Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,587, Aaron Turner, Mass. Privateer

SERVICE
Mass. Privateer
Turner, Aaron
NUMBER
S. 11587
carded.
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10.927 Rhode Island
Aaron Turner
of Bristol in the State of R.I. who was a Serjt in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Jacobs in the R.I. time for Serjt 10 mo P 14 "
Mass. Line. Records corrected. Act. 30 '33
Inscribed on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 96 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of May  April 1833 and Accts  Accts (H. G.) J Burgess Providence R.I.
Arrears to the 14th of May 1833 $19332 Semi-ant. allowance ending 2/9/33 4833 $241,65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Plain Clerk Book 6, Vol. 2, Page 132
He died April 17 - 1845 -

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June the 7 th 1832.
The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, County of Bristol, ss. On this sixteenth day of July A.D. Eighteen hundred thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the judges or justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Bristol within and for said County of Bristol, Aaron Turner, of Warren in the County of Bristol in said State aged seventy five years and upward, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In the month of December A.D. 1776 at the time the British took possession of Rhode Island, he volunteered and joined Captain Joseph Durfee's Company of Militia in Freetown in the State of Massachusetts, and went with said Company to Tiverton in Rhode Island where he served in said Company about five weeks. In the latter part of the year 1777, he thinks, he cannot recollect the precise time, he enlisted into a Company raised to guard the shores on the East side of Narragansett Bay commanded by said Joseph Durfee, in which Company he served about six months. Said Durfee with said Company was under the command of Major General Sullivan, he thinks, the British landed at Fall River in said Town of Freetown and he fought them with said Company under said Durfee's command. After having served six months in said Durfee's Company, he enlisted into the Company commanded by Captain Jacob Haskell in Colonel John Jacob's Regiment in the Massachusetts line, which Company was raised for twelve months service, and said Company and Regiment joined the Rhode Island Brigade under the command of Brigadier General Ezekiel Cornell; and he, the said Turner served in said Jacob Haskell's Company as first sergeant, until said Company and Regiment on the 28 th day of December A.D. 1778, were discharged. Jacob French was Lieutenant of said Company, until his death, when Pratt was appointed Lieutenant, the ensign's name he does not now recollect. The Lieutenant Colonel's name was Paine. He was with said Company on Rhode Island at the Battle with the British in August 1778; General Cornell's Brigade composed of Colonels Jacob's, Hopkins', and Crary's Regiments was on said Island; Colonel Levingston's Regiment was also on the Island. After he was discharged from said Haskell's Company, he volunteered from time to time to guard the East shores of Narragansett Bay and served in different Companies of Militia under different commanders making his whole service against the common enemy about two years. And after this he served on board the Privateer Sloop Jack Isaac Freeborn commander eight months. He was born in the Town of Freetown in Massachusetts March the 4 th A.D. 1758, and he has now no record of his age. He lived in said Freetown when he entered

said service. Since the Revolutionary war he lived about twenty years in the Town of Freetown in said State of Rhode Island; and since that he left Freetown he has lived the principal part of the time in said Town of Warren where he now lives. He received no written discharge from said service, but was discharged verbally by the commanding officer at the expiration of each term of service.
He has no documentary evidence of his service except the depositions of Joseph Turner and Samuel Reed.
He knows of no person, except Grindal Chase
whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He is known to the following persons in his present neighbourhood, who can testify to his character for veracity, and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution, vizt. Benjamin Cole and Ebenezer Luther Esq. He is not particularly acquainted with any clergyman in his neighbourhood.
Aaron Turner
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Attest  Isaac Davis Clerk Aaron Turner
We, Benjamin Cole residing in the town of Warren aforesaid and Ebenezer Luther residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Aaron Turner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be upward of twenty five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Attest  Isaac Davis Clerk Benj. Cole  Ebenezer Luther
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Benjamin Cole who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Warren aforesaid and that Ebenezer Luther who has also signed the same is a resident in the said Town of Warren , and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest  Isaac Davis Clerk
I Isaac Davis Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Aaron Turner for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 16 day of July A.D. 1832
Attest  Isaac Davis Clerk

I Joseph Durfee of Gray in the County of Bristol Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire Testify and say That in the summer and autumn of the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and seventy Seven at which time I was Captain of a company of Militia and in actual service Aaron Furner of Warren in county of Bristol State of Rhode Island was a private soldier in my company and did duty under my command. I further say that after said Furner left my company he entered into the State service in the regiment commanded by John Jacob and in the company of Jacob Perkins, and from the best of my recollection said Furner was in actual service under different commands, twelve months or more, and further the deponent saith not.
Joseph Durfee
Bristol ss. Town of Gray this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two the aforesaid deponent was examined, and cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law, to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed, taken at the request of Aaron Furner of Warren in the county of Bristol State of Rhode Island, to be used in his claim for a pension under an act of the first session of the twenty second Congress of the United States, entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution
Joseph Gooding Justice of the Peace

I Grindal Chase, of Barrington in the County of Bristol in the state of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, of the age of seventy four years and upwards, do hereby certify and say, that I have been well acquainted with Aaron Turner, of Warren in the County and state aforesaid for upwards of sixty years, that I know that said Aaron Turner was in the service of the revolutionary war in the company of militia commanded by Captain Joseph Dyer of Free town in the latter part of the year 1777; I cannot recollect the precise time he served in said company, but from the best of my recollection I am confident that said Turner served about six months as a private soldier in said Captain Dyer's company. After said Aaron Turner was discharged from said company, he enlisted into Captain Jacob Haskins company in Col John Jacob's Regiment of the Massachusetts line. This company was raised for twelve months service and said Aaron Turner served as first sergeant in said Jacob Haskins company until the same was discharged in the latter part of the year 1778. I do not recollect the precise time when said Turner enlisted into said company but think it was in the fore part of the year 1778; he continued in said company after his enlistment until he was discharged & served in the same Brigade.
Sworn to and subscribed in open court this 16 day of July AD 1892
Attest Ichabod Dyer, Clerk

I Samuel Reed of Troy in the County of Bristol and state of Massachusetts, of lawful age to give evidence to testify and say that I have been acquainted with Aaron Turner of Warren in the state of Rhode Island for more than sixty years — In the year seventeen and seventy seven the said Aaron was engaged in the service of his country in the war of the Revolution and served with me in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Joseph Durfee, stationed at Troy in the state of Massachusetts and at Newport in the state of Rhode Island and served in said company according to the best of my recollection six months — I further testify and say that when the said Aaron Turner left the company commanded by Capt. Durfee as aforesaid, he enlisted in the Massachusetts state service in the said war, that he served as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Jacob Haskell, in Col. John Jacob's Regiment, that he was engaged in Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island, that he continued to serve in said company according to the best of my recollection about eight months —
And further the deponent says not —
Samuel Reed
Bristol ss. Troy, July 23 d . 1832 — Personally appeared the above named Samuel Reed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him given and subscribed — taken at the request of Aaron Turner to be used in his claim for a pension under an act passed by the twenty second Congress of the United States at their first Session — entitled an act for the relief of soldiers of

I Samuel Reed of Troy in the County of Bristol and state of Massachusetts, of lawful age to give evidence to testify and say that I have been acquainted with Aaron Turner of Warren in the state of Rhode Island for more than sixty years — In the year seventeen and seventy seven the said Aaron was engaged in the service of his country in the war of the Revolution and served with me in a company of militia commanded by Capt. Joseph Durfee, stationed at Troy in the state of Massachusetts and at Kingston in the state of Rhode Island and served in said company according to the best of my recollection six months —
I further testify and say that when the said Aaron Turner left the company commanded by Capt. Durfee as aforesaid, he enlisted in the Massachusetts state service in the said war, that he served as a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt. Jacob Haskell, in Col. John Jacob's Regiment, that he was engaged in Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island, that he continued to serve in said company according to the best of my recollection about eight months —
And further the deponent says not —
Samuel Reed
Bristol ss. Troy July 23 d . 1832 — Personally appeared the above named Samuel Reed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by given and subscribed — taken at the request of Aaron Turner to be used in his claim for a pension under an act passed by the twenty second Congress of the United States at their first session — entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution —
Before me James Hand Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Samuel Reed whose deposition has this day been taken before me, is a gentleman of sound mind and memory, of strict integrity and whose veracity is unimpeachable — that he is aged and very infirm — and that I do not consider him able at present, to travel so far as Warren
Troy July 23 d . 1832
James Hand

The Court hereby certify, that it appears to them, that Joseph Dunfee, Grindal Chase and Samuel Reid, who have subscribed and sworn to the aforesaid depositions are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. And the Court further certify, that it is proved to them, that Joseph Goadling and James Ford who have certified the aforesaid depositions of Joseph Dunfee and Samuel Reid are Justices of the peace for the aforesaid County of Bristol, and that the signatures annexed to said depositions are their genuine signatures.
Attest Richard Davis Clerk

I Thomas Durfee of Troy in the County of Bristol Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gentleman.

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Aaron Turner
R.I.
$96.66. Apr. 6
The requirements in the minutes 5 11 & 12 not completed papers not properly authenticated
Sergeant 1st Month Prob 74
Hn T Bangs Providence Levi Hart
(Waver R.I.)

BRIEF in the case of  Aaron Turner  of Warren of Bristol  in the State of  Rhode Island  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? )  3. How old is he? 75  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In the month of Dec. In 1776 1 5 private Capt B. Durfee (Volunteers)   latter part of 1777 (thinks) about 6 " ditto - May to fall   after expiration of above term to 28. Dec 1778 3 12 1 st Sergeant Capt Haskins - Col. Jacobs' Mass. Line   see note below   after this served on board 8 (Seaman) (Shepherd) privateer Sancy Capt. Galt Freeborn.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at Sreetown Battle of Rhode Isl d Aug t 29 '78.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Sreetown, Mass. 
 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
3 Living Witnesses - Tradition.
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
They are sewed & wafered together but the Clerk signs each paper
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.
says he enlisted for 12 months in Capt Haskins Company after his discharge he says he served in diff t companies of Militia, so that his whole service was about 2 years

December 9, 1930
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Mrs. Burnham R. Creer 438 Kenneth Road Glendale, California
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 11587, that Aaron Turner was born March 4, 1757 in Freetown, Massachusetts.
While living at said Freetown, he enlisted and served as follows with the Massachusetts troops:
From December, 1776, five weeks as private in Captain Joseph Durfee's company; late in 1777, six months as private in Captain Joseph Durfee's company; immediately afterward, ten months as first sergeant in Captain Jacob Haskins' company, Colonel John Jacobs' regiment, was in the battle of Rhode Island, and was discharged December 28, 1878; seven months as private in the militia guarding the shores of Narragansett Bay, names of officers not stated.
He also served eight months as steward on the privateer, Saucy Jack, Captain Isaac Freeborn.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 16, 1832, at which time he was living in Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island.
He died April 17, 1845. A B -
There is no reference to either wife or children.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Bristol ss. in Warren, November the 27 th A.D. 1832.
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol in said State, Aaron Turner, a resident in Warren in said County, who on the 16 th day of July A.D. 1832, made his declaration on his oath before said Court in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7 th A.D. 1832, and being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear more positively as to the precise length of his service, than he was stated in his said declaration, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, in the war of the Revolution in the manner stated in his said declaration, and in the following grades:
For fourteen months I the said Aaron Turner served as a private soldier in the militia; and for ten months more I served as a sergeant in Colonel John Jacob's Regiment, making the whole of said service two years; and I also served as a steward for eight months on board of a privateer commanded by Isaac Freeborn and cruised against the common enemy; and for such service I claim a pension. And I further depose and say that the reason why I have not obtained the affidavit of a clergyman is, that the clergymen, who reside in my neighborhood, have resided there but a short time; and that they have no personal knowledge of my revolutionary services, and I am not particularly acquainted with either of them.
Aaron Turner
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and in the year above written
Daniel Rootworth Jus. Court of Pleas

The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Bristol sc. I Ichabod Davis clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol in said State, do hereby certify, that the within named Daniel Bosworth, who has certified the within written affidavit, is chief Justice of said Court, and that the signature within written is the genuine signature of said Daniel Bosworth.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Bristol in said County this 27 th day of November A. D. 1832.
J. P. Davis Clerk

Hon James L Edwards

Providence April 30 th 1839
Hon James L Edwards
Sir
Herewith are inclosed the papers of Aaron Turner. Mr Turner is one of our most fair minded & honest men. If he has willfully made untrue statements it will be your best course to close your examination of all further cases in which any statement may be required of any man to entitle him to a pension. If Aaron Turner does not tell the truth, then what the Psalmist said in his haste was correct "surely all men are liars." Enclosed you will find his statement in a letter to you by which I think every thing is explained. He sends the deposition of Jos & Betsy Dufey by which his Volunteer Service

turn is proved. He exhibited to me his old book kept as orderly sergeant; & by my advice it is now enclosed to you; because the tone & defunct it proves that the owner of it was in the turn & has also some dates of some importance. I pray of you to have his can recommend as soon as may be & the result forwarded to me
I am, Sir, with high respect
Your obedt Servt
William Burgess

I Joseph Burfee of Ives in the county of Bristol State of Massachusetts, testify and say, that in the war of the revolution at the time the British troops had possession of Rhode Island Asah Turner of Warren in the county of Bristol State of Rhode Island and served as a private soldier in a company of militia under my command, after his term of service expired in my company, I recollect of his serving in one or more volunteer companies, raised to reconnoitre the shore and repel the incursions of the the enemy (which were frequent) and I think he served in that capacity under different commands until the British evacuated Rhode island, or not far from that time.
Joseph Burfee
( Bristol ss. On the twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty three the aforesaid deponent was examined and cautioned, and sworn agreeable to law, to the above deposition by him subscribed, taken at the request of Asah Turner of Warren in the county of Bristol State of Rhode Island, and I hereby certify that the above deponent is a disinterested and credible person
Joseph Gearing Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Dufee of Gray in the county of Bristol State of Massachusetts certify and say that in the war of the revolution at the time the british troops had possession of Rhode Island I well remember that Aaron Turner of Warren in the county of Bristol State of Rhode Island at that time said Turner was at Tennantman and neighbor of mine and he served as a private soldier in volunteer companies that were raised to guard the shore and to prevent the enemy from plundering and their frequent sallies from the Island and he served in the capacity of a soldier until about the time the British left Rhode Island Benjamin Dufee
Bristol ss. On the twentyseventh day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirtythree The above deponent was examined and cautioned and sworn agreeable to law to the above deposition by him subscribed, and I hereby certify that the deponent is a disinterested and credible person.
Joseph Goddard Justice of the Peace

I Samuel Reed of Troy in the county of Bristol Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say that in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and seventy seven or seventy eight I did duty in a company of Militia under the command of Joseph Durfee of said Troy and Aaron Turner of Warren in the county of Bristol and State of Rhode Island did duty as a private soldier in said company at the same time, and when said Turner left said company he entered into the States service, for twelve months and further this deponent saith not.
Samuel Reed
Bristol ss. Town of Troy this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty two the aforesaid deponent was examined, and exoticated and sworn agreeable to law, to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of Aaron Turner of Warren in the county of Bristol State of Rhode Island - and, to be used in his claim for a pension under an act of the first session of the twenty second Congress of the United States, entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution.
Joseph Goding Justice of the Peace

Warren N.H. January 29-1833
In your letter of December 14 th 1832, to Levi Hale Esq r Relative to the documents in support of my Claim for a Pension has been handed to me and an explanation of the supposed discrepancy between my Declaration of 16 th of July and my affidavit of 27 th of November has been requested in your letter you say that I have stated in my declaration that in December 1776 I volunteered & served five weeks as a private and in 1777 I enlisted served six Months and at the expiration I again enlisted served 12 Months as a Sergeant Making a period of 19 months and five days and that in my Affidavit dated 27 th of November last I have stated that I served 14 Months as a private and ten Months as a sergeant Making a Period of 24 Months service and that my Claim cannot be allowed unless I account satisfactory to the Department for this discrepancy I hope that you will have the goodness to re-examine my Declaration as I think that my statement therein made must have been misunderstood I stated that in 1776 I volunteered & served as a private five weeks and in the year 1777 I enlisted in Capt Joseph Dufus Company and served six Months and that after having served six Months in said Dufus Company I enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt Jacob Haskell in Colonel John Jacobs Regiment in the Massachusetts Line which Company was raised for twelve Months service and that I served in said Jacob Haskell's Company as a Sergeant untill said Company and Regiment on the 28 th day of December 1778 were Discharged not that I served 12 Months as Sergeant as is supposed I cannot recollect the precise time that I enlisted into said Company but I am confident that I served as sergeant in said Company not less than ten Months as stated in my Affidavit Making of my aforesaid services seventeen Months and five Days I also state I think in my Declaration that after I was Discharged from said Haskell's Company I volunteered from time to time to guard the East shores of Narragansett Bay and served in different Companies of Militia under different commands making my whole service against the Common Enemy about two years I cannot recollect the precise time or periods of this volunteer service in the Militia but I am confident that I served as a private soldier in this service not less than seven Months Making the whole Period of my service not less than twentyfour Months Seventeen Months as a private and ten Months as a sergeant as stated in my Affidavit Declaration

of 8 Months service on board the Privateer Commanded by Isaac Isborn I do not perceive the discrepancy between my Declaration and Affidavit I intended in both to state the period of my services - According to the truth of the case from my age and consequent loss of memory I am not able to state my services with more Precision than I have in my declaration and I do not know that it is in my power to procure any more evidence than the Documents which have been forwarded to the Department in support of my claim I feel confident that I am justly entitled to a Pension for two years service but if my whole claim is not satisfactorily proved to the Department I trust that I shall not be entirely excluded from all Participation in that Bounty of my Country which has been so liberally bestowed upon my Companions in arms and I hope that at least I may be allowed a pension for so much of my service as are proved by the documents in support of my claim as it will be of essential benefit to me in my declining years
With high Consideration I am very Respectfully your most Obedient Servt
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Aaron Turner

April 22, 1931
Mrs. Carrie Turner Jensen Apt. 1, 3215 Chicago Avenue Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that in the Revolutionary War pension claim of Aaron Turner (S. 11587), who was a sergeant in the Massachusetts troops, the names of his parents are not shown.
He died April 17, 1845.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, and the name and address of the person paid, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing the following:
Aaron Turner, Certificate 10927, issued May 7, 1833, rate $96.66 per annum, to commence March 4, 1831, Act June 7, 1832, Rhode Island Agency.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. file 115-87, Aaron Turner.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 1776 weeks. 5 mos. Pri. Joseph Durfee Mass.   Late in 1777 6 mos. " Joseph Durfee "   Dec 28 '78 10 mos. 1st Sgt. Jacob Hoxworth John Jacobs "   Immediately enlisted 73 mos. Pri. in militia guarding shore of Narragansett Bay "   8 mos. Steward Isaac Freeman on Riverton Sloop Jack "  
Battles engaged in, ✓ Rhode Island.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Taunton, Mass. after war Dyers in Tiverton
Date of application for pension, July 16, 1832. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Warren, Bristol Co. R.I.
Age at date of application, born at Taunton Mass. March 4, 1757.
Remarks: Sold died April 17, 1845 - place of burial name of father not mentioned nor is it stated whether he was or was not married
He d. Apr. 17 - 1845 -

Apr 30, 04 Orderly book Dway slept. Mem. within. C.
Apr. 20, 1905 Miss to Lt. Col. J. M. Eddy - Chicago Ill
1908, Aug. 7. Hist. to Jas. B. Winston, A.C.P.
1917 Aug. 17 Hist. to J. R. Peterson.
1917 Oct. 20 to Charles J. Davis.
1930 Dec. 9. Hist. to Mrs. B. B. Davis R. Creek Aug.
1931 Apr. 22. Mrs. Carrie Davis 6 yrs parents name not given etc Aug
Rev. M. J. ...
11.587 ✓ INVALID.
File No. 11.587
Aaron T. ...
Sgt. ...
Act: June 2 nd 1832.
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 881
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2d change James Maxwell Eddy Jr., Glencoe, Illinois, (48125). S.A.R. Son of James Maxwell and Elizabeth N(Brookes) Eddy. (3)Great grandson of Aaron Turner , Sergeant in Mass.Troops. Pensioned.
What were names of Aaron Turner's father and mother? To whom did pension continue? Any information gladly received, by,
Mrs.Carrie Turner Jensen Apt.1- 3215-Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis Minnesota
3-11-1931.

438 Kenneth Road, Glendale, California, Nov. 13, 1930.
Mr. Earl D. Church, Commissioner of Pensions, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am very desirous of obtaining all available information regarding the Revolutionary war service, etc., of a certain Aaron Turner , a pensioner, who was a native of Freetown, Mass., resided there at the time of the Revolution, and later lived in Rhode Island, I believe in the town of Tiverton. If he left a widow, did she receive a pension?
Thanking you, I am
Very truly yours,
Margaret Phillips Creer
(Mrs. Burnham R. Creer.)

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Commissioner of Pensions, Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
In making application for membership in the Rhode Island Society Sons of the American Revolution, I have been asked by the Secretary to furnish if possible a certificate from the Pension Bureau as to the services of my ancestor, Dr. Aaron Turner, whom my records show received a pension from the United States Government, his claim being allowed on July 16, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Warren, Rhode Island. He first enlisted as a resident of Freetown, Massachusetts, in December 1776 and served altogether a period of two years and eight months.
If such a certificate as I am asked for can be sent to me, I will be very glad to receive it and will remit promptly any fees attached.
Thanking you for your kind attention, I remain,
Very truly yours,
CJD/TCG
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Narragansett Pier, R. I.
August 7, 1917.
The Pension Office,
Washington D. C.
Gentlemen:--
If possible I would like to have authentic information concerning the service in the American Revolution of Dr. Aaron Turner, of whom I have the following unauthenticated data:
Dr. Aaron Turner, of Washington County, Rhode Island, is accredited a pension in the Pension Rolls of 1835, for service in a militia regiment under the title of sergeant. He is mentioned again in the pension rolls of 1840, when his resid-

dence is given as Providence, Rhode Island."
If by consulting your records you can verify this information, I would greatly appreciate the favor.
Yours very truly,
T. R. Peterson
Box 545, Narragansett Pier, R. I.

Providence 7/30 '08 Hon Commisioner
Will you send me the record of Aaron Turner's services in Revolutionary War, He was first from Tiverton R.I. & Freeport Mass Died in Providence Apr. 17, 1845 On Pension roll of R.I. N o 31.3335, His wife's name was Cynthia, Can you give maiden name? Also Name of Aaron's father, & place of burial of Aaron, record of death gives no place of burial, Your reply will confer great favor on
James B. Winsor, General Deliv y , Providence R.I.

HEADQUARTERS FIRST INFANTRY, ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD.
COLONEL JOSEPH B. SANBORN, LIEUT.-COL. JAMES M. EDDY.
CAPT. W. J. SANDERSON, ADJUTANT. CAPT. WM. F. KNOCH, QUARTERMASTER. CAPT. BURNELL GUNTHER, COMMISSARY.
CHICAGO. April 21 st 1905
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Sir:- I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of April 20 th , giving the record of my Great Grandfather, Aaron Turner, in the Revolu- tionary War & to thank you for same
Very respectfully
J. M. Eddy Lt. Col. 1 st Inf. Ill. N. G.

HEADQUARTERS FIRST INFANTRY, ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD.
COLONEL JOSEPH B. SANBORN. LIEUT.-COL. JAMES M. EDDY.
CAPT. W. J. SANDERSON, ADJUTANT. CAPT. WM. F. KNOCH, QUARTERMASTER. CAPT. BURNELL GUNTHER, COMMISSARY.
CHICAGO, Mch. 29 th , 1905.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:- I have the honor to request that I be furnished with the military record of my great grandfather, Aaron Turner, who served in the Revolutionary War, a pensioner of the U. S. May 7 th , 1833.
Volume of Pension Rolls shows as follows:- Aaron Turner, Sergeant, Mass. Militia. (514) Pg. 44, Statement of Washington County Rhode Island.
   Annual Allowance Sum Recd Descrip of Service When placed on Pension Roll Commencement of Pension     $96 66 289 98 Mass. Militia May 7 th 1833 Mch. 4, 1831. Age 77 years  
Would like to know in what Company & Regiment he served, with dates of enlistment & discharge, what engagements, if any, he was in & any other information you may have.
Very respectfully,
James M. Eddy, Lt. Col. 1 st Inf. Ills. N. G.