Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35,147, Solomon Wolcot, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Wolcot, Solomon.
S 35,147
Wolcott or
Woolcot or
CONTENTS

11 465 Dist. of Maine.
Solomon Wolcott, of Cumb. Co. in the state of Massach. who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Larned, of the Massachetts line, for the term of One year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th of June, 1819. and sent to Albion H. Parris, judge Paris, Oxford County, Dist. of Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. 87.16.
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1819. } 48. "
10 mo. \frac{23}{30} 8 \frac{4}{31}
$135.16.
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Notification sent 26 June 1820. to John Murphy for Exp. Portland Maine Maine

United States of America } District of Maine ss. }
To Second Jordan of Durham in said District, esq
Greeting
Whereas at a special District Court of said United States for Maine District, held at Paris in said District on the seventh day of April A.D. 1818, Solomon Holwell of Maine in said District presented himself and claimed a certificate of his having served in the War of the Revolution against the common enemy, for the purpose of receiving a pension from said 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 & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war"; and whereas in the

course of the examination here had it ap- pears, that the testimony of Ebenezer Wood- bury and James Hebbard of Durham in said District is material and necessary 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 the said Second Judge are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper ex- pense of the applicants, to take the deposi- tions of the said Ebenezer Woodbury and James Hebbard, and the same, when taken, together with this warrant, to cer- tify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
Given under my hand and seal, at Paris in

said District, this twenty first day of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Alexis H. Parris Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine

Cumberland ss May 20 th 1818 - Pursuant to the Order I have taken the Deposition of James Webber & Obeneye Washbury and return the same Seamby Jordan Justice of the Peace

I Ebenezer woobury of Durham in the county of Cumberland yeoman of Lawfull age Depose testify and say in the year 1776 I enlisted under Capt Black woobury in the Continentall service for one year and was attached to Col Starks Regiment in the Hannover Line General Sullivan was Commander in Chief at that time in the Canada Campaign at that time was well acquainted with Solomon Woolcott who was then a sergeant in the same Regiment under Capt Walker I further say I am well knowing to his going to the town of Methuen with Lieut Hall after Deserters and got one and returned back to the Army again and further say as at Ebenezer Woobury
Cumberland ss Durham May 20. 1810 - Personally appeared Ebenezer woobury and made solemn Oath to the above Depo- by him subscribed before me - Richard Jordan Justice of the peace

I James Hebert of Durham in the County of Cumberland yeoman of Lawfull age Depose, testify and say in August 1776 Salloman was with Lieut Benjamin Hall came to my house in the town of Methuen after Deserters from Canada I understood they got one in our town and returned back to the Army with him and further say not James Hebert
District Maine
Cumberland ss Durham May 20 th 1810 - Personally appeared James Hebert and made Solemn Oath to the above Dep by him Subscribed Before me
Simon O'Fordan Justice of the Peace

We the subscribers, Select men of the town of Minot in the County of Somer- land and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify, that Solomon Washburn an inhabitant of said Minot, is in indi- gent circumstances, and stands in need of support from his country, agreeably to an act of Congress in that behalf enacted
Minot April 6 1818
Joseph Howard } Selectmen Nicholas Noyes } of Charles Moody } Minot

Afs. B. Ins.
I Solomon Walcutt, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Elliot in the county of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that, on the first of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment, for the term of eight months as a private soldier in Captain Norris company in Colonel Leavens Regiment and General Thomas Brigade, which time I fully served, when the said company was disbanded. Without leaving the service I again enlisted into the army of the United States on the continental establishment, for the term of one year, as a sergeant in Captain Sylvanus Walcutt company, in said Colonel Leavens Regiment, in which company I served to the end of said term of one year when, by order of Colonel Stokes, a transfer into whose Regiment said company had been previously transferred, I was regularly discharged. I further testify that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, and that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States. Solomon Walcutt
Subscribed and sworn to
Before
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge

Solomon Wolcott (Sergeant)
Lieutenant Capt. Prof.
1776 for 1 year.
8 th April 1810.
See Deed of Adm ty case
United States of America District of Maine ss -
I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the several persons within named as witnesses are credible -
A. K. Parris U.S. Dist. Judge
Solomon Wolcott

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Solomon Wolcott 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 depositions of James Hubbard and Ebenezer Woodbury, taken before Secomb Jordan a respectable magistrate appointed by Delegates for this purpose; and the certificate of Asaph Howard & others, municipal officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life; all which are hereto annexed.
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 Solomon Wolcott the applicant, served as a non-commissioned officer 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.
Alcion L. Parrie
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction, that the above named Solomon Wolcott , in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his country for support - Alcion L. Parrie, U. S. Dist. Judge

N o 104. Solomon Wolcot
Copy
contine
11.465 7 pence 3/4
STATE DISTRICT
History of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the hereby certify that the foregoing seal and the several letters thereunder are true copies from the I John Mussey, Esq. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of
total amount in value of the property exhibited to the several persons
total amount in value of the property exhibited to the several persons
the said Court on this day personally appeared the said John Mussey, Esq. Clerk of the said Court, and being first sworn, deposes and says that the foregoing seal and the several letters thereunder are true copies from the original thereof now on file in the said Court and of the whole thereof.
John Mussey
Clerk of the U. S. District Court
104

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 sixth - day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the ninth - 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 ninth - - - 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, Solomon Wolcott . . . aged sixty six . . . years, resident in Minot . . . 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 Sergeant . . . in the company commanded by Capt. [blank] in the Regiment commanded by Colonels Samuel [blank] & Keyes 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 8th - day of April . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 11465 . . . 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.
Solomon Wolcott
Sworn to and declared, on the ninth } 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 — none
Personal estate — no income, no money due — I have been partly supported by the town of Minot —
Solomon Wolcot
Sworn to
Before
Albron H. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Solomon Wolcot . . . who, by occupation am a farmer . . . which I am not able to pursue by reason of old age and infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Sydia, my wife 65 unable to work   Solomon Wolcot  
Sworn to
Before
Albron 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 _____  dollars and . . . one . . . . . cent s . and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this ninth . . . day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Nussbaum " " " "
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

35 147 Pay INVALID.
File No. 35 147
Solomon Colcott
Sergt Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 48
[Arrangement of 1870.]