Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33841, Ephraim Turner, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Turner, Ephraim
S 33841
CONTENTS

33 841 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33, 841
Ephraim Turner Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 324
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

10. 313
Q
10. 313
Massachusetts
Ephraim Turner
of Seekonk in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Nine Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the first of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th of May 1819 and sent to Sarah Ware Esq. Bentham Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819. 86. 84 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep: 1819. 48. 00 $134.84
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20. 15. 1820. To James Sprague Esq. of Bristol Esq. Southampton Mass

Ephraim Turner Private Col Bradfords Regiment Massachusetts Line 1779-9 months
Admitted
see rolls

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Bristol ss.
On this ninth day of April 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Ephraim Turner aged _____ years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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."

And I certify that from evidence in the s d Applicant is meritorious and in reduced circumstances as to his in his declaration hath stated
Further
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Ephraim Turner did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the forementioned act of Congress.
Gaius Ware
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

I Ephraim Turner of Seekonk in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on Oath do testify and say that I was a private soldier in the War of the revolution, that I enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Fish, in the Regiment commanded by Col Bradford in General Patterson's Brigade that I enlisted in August A.D. 1779 for nine Months and served out the term of enlistment and was regularly discharged in the Month of May A.D. 1780, but which said discharge is now lost, that I served at West Point in the revolutionary War for the term aforesaid and against the common enemy; that I am infirm, in reduced & distressed circumstances and stand in need of support from my Country. —
Ephraim his Turner Mark

Ephraim Turner
10.313
May 1819
Civil Sep 15
1820
[Large cursive signature, likely E. Turner]
Sep '19
declared that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: in the early part of the war, in the Continental Army, and in the latter part of the war, in the State Militia.
appeared in open court being a court of record for the said county.
On this
before me
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
SS. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the original now on file in my office and of the whole thereof.

To either of the Honourable Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol. Gentlemen, This may certify that Ephraim Turner has been supported by the Town of Seekonk, and is a very poor man and has no property whereof to make an inventory.
Seekonk May 29th. 1820.
Geo. W. Walker & Selectmen of Seekonk, Samuel Allen
Scituate March 15th. 1820. I have no property or estate real or personal (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) to inventory.
Ephraim his Turner mark

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BRISTOL ss. Circuit Court of Common Pleas. June Term. 1820.
On this thirteenth day of June 1820, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said county, of Bristol
Ephraim Turner aged Seventy years, resident in Seekonk . in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: to wit, that he served as a private in the Revolutionary War from August 1799 to May 1780. in Genl. Patterson's Brigade, Col. Williams's Regiment, in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment, completing the full term of nine months, and was then honorably discharged, as I have before declared and received a Pension Certificate No 10,313.
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 I have no property to inventory as may appear by the Certificate of the Selectmen of said Seekonk; that I am infirm and incapable of labour, from the effects of former sufferings and rheumatic complaints which have made me deaf. One child resides with me a son Polly, thirty years old, and from whom I can derive no support.  Ephraim X Turner
Property of no value
Sworn to, and declared, on the thirteenth day of June in open Court before Jas Sprool Esq.
I, James Sprool clerk of the Circuit Court of the Common Pleas for the County of Bristol do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the 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 no dollars and no cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty Second day of July 1820.
Jas Sprool Clerk of the Court for the County of Bristol.