Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6,398, James Willson, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Willson, James or Wilson.
S. 6398
CONTENTS
carded.
son of William. b. Apr. 4, 1754 at Graystreet (seven miles from Londonderry) Ireland. res from 1772 to 1832, Oakham and Barre, Worcester Co. Mass -

Massachusetts James Wilson*
of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Sparhawk in the [blank] line for [blank]
James Wilson* Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 20 Dollars -- Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of June 1832 and Lieut. G. Folsom of Worcester per present
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $60 -- Semizant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 20 -- $80 --
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. N. Blair Clerk Book D. Vol. 257 Page 93,

Rev. D. Tomlinton, for Jas. Wilson.
Jas Wilson - Barre -
$40

I Daniel Tomlinson of Oakham in the county of Worcester & Commonwealth of Mass do testify that I was ordained over the church & congregation of Oakham in the year 1786 & have remained there ever since. Was well acquainted with Mr William Wilson who removed from Ireland with his family some time before my ordination. Was well acquainted with family. He had four sons - James Robert William & John. James has lived in Oakham & Bourne ever since with whom I am well acquainted. The said James Wilson is the person who applies for a pension (Daniel Tomlinson)
Worcester ss. August 20, 1832.
Personally appeared Daniel Tomlinson subscribing to the above declaration and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me.
Sheldon Felton Just. of the Peace

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Hon Nathl Vaine Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Lieut. James Wilson , a resident of Barnes Oakham , in the County of Worcester , and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy eight years, who being first 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he, the said James Wilson, was born on the fourth day of April, A.D. 1754, at a place called Graysteel, on the road between Londonderry & Newtown, seven miles from the former, & five miles from the latter, in Ireland; that his parents emigrated to America A.D. 1772, together with their children, namely, four sons & three daughters, landed at Philadelphia, and took passage for Boston; thence came to Oakham, at the invitation of his father's brother, then a resident of that place. And he has continued to reside at said Oakham and Barre until the present time. That in the year 1776, in the Spring, he enlisted at Barre, in said County, under Capt. Hawes, as he believes, for six months' service, and proceeded to Roxbury & thence to Dorchester, where he performed the whole term of service. No person is now living who served in said Company, to his knowledge, and he can produce no evidence of the fact but his own declaration. That he again enlisted at Barre, in December, 1776, for three months, in the company commanded by Capt. John Oliver, Regt of Col. Sparkhawk, & proceeded to Morristown, State of New Jersey, where his Company joined the Army of Gen. Washington. From that place he was marched to Raritan River, where he was discharged at the end of his term of enlistment. That Elias Marsh of Oakham, served with him during this term. That again, in September, 1777, he enlisted at Barre, in the company of Capt. Thomas Lord, Regt of Col. Cushing, for three months, and marched to Saratoga, New York, by the way of Bennington; that on his arrival at that place the enemy was in Bemis's Heights; and during the battle of seventh October, he was in a picket guard of two hundred men. That after the surrender of Burgoyne, he proceeded down the river with the American forces to Tarrytown State of New York, & was discharged at the end of three months from the time of enlistment at the latter place. That Lieut. French, of Oakham, saw him at Saratoga who is the only person that can testify as to the last term of service.
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.
Nathl Vaine Probate for the County of Worcester
James Wilson

We Daniel Tomlinson, a Clergyman residing in the  Oakham near Dane , and Skelton Fretton, residing in the same town , hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Lieut. Jas. Wilson, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Daniel Tomlinson NATH. JAMES Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester Skelton Fretton Jus. of the Peace. and I further certify that I am acquainted with the Rev. Mr. Tomlinson & wife Skelton Fretton Esq. that they are respectable and entitled to full credit.
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Daniel Tomlinson who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Oakham and that Skelton Fretton Esquire who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Oakham and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
NATH. JAMES Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Theophilus Wheeler Register, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Wilson made, are part and parcel of the record for a pension. That James Wilson, Allen Whitten, Fretton before whom the annexed affidavits were IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts. 20th day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theophr. Wheeler Register of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts.

Rehras
6398
INVALID.
File No. 6398
James Wilson  ★
Print Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol. a , Page 408
[Arrangement of 1870.]
James Wilson  ★ June 20/04. Records corrected. RS

Asa Smith Jr Jas. Wilson.

I, Asa French, of Oakham, county of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts being ninety one years of age, do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Lieut. James Wilson, and that in the campaign of the year 1777, at Saratoga, I saw the said Wilson in the ranks of Capt. John Lord's Company, Regt of Col d Cushing, at said Saratoga, but being in a different part of the army, I cannot testify as to the time he was in the service; it was called the three months' campaign, and I have reason to suppose he was enlisted for three months.
Worcester, ss. Oakham, Aug. 20, 1832.
Personally appeared the abovenamed Lieut. Asa French, and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement, but being blind, was unable to sign the same. And it is the opinion of the subscriber that the above statement is entitled to full credit, and that the deponent is a person of strict veracity, & incapable of falsehood.
Shelton Felton Jus. of the Peace

Certificate in the care of Jas. Wilson.

Washington City, Nov. 13, 1832.
I hereby certify that the declaration of James Wilson, of Baire, Massachusetts, for a Pension under the act of June 7, 1832, was written by me from the statement of said Wilson, and that, on a faithful examination of him in relation to his Revolutionary services, I was unable to ascertain the names of his officers in his first term of service, except that he had an indistinct recollection of the name of his Captain, as stated in his declaration. Said Wilson was at that period a stranger in the Country, and did not possess, as was the case with others, the advantage of a previous acquaintance with his officers. He is now in broken health, his mind impaired by age & sickness, and, I am fully satisfied, unable to amend his declaration in relation to the point referred to. The most unexceptionable certificates of the good character of said Wilson, can be obtained, if required, from his neighbors & general acquaintances.
Geo. Folsom, of Worcester, Mass.

This March for Jan Wilson.
Dear Jan Wilson, I hope you are well and happy. I have been thinking about you and your family. I hope you will be able to come and see us soon. I am very sorry that I have not been able to write to you sooner. I have been very busy lately. I hope you will be able to understand. I am very sorry for the trouble. I hope you will be able to forgive me. I am very sorry for the mistake. I hope you will be able to understand. I am very sorry for the trouble. I hope you will be able to forgive me. I am very sorry for the mistake.

I Elias Marsh of Oakham in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being of lawful age do testify and say that in the time of the war of the Revolution I think in the year 1777 I served three months as a militia man in the company of Capt. Oliver of Athol and in the Regiment of Col. Sparhawk of Barre Our service was in the state of New Jersey near Morristown, and at the time when Gen. Washington Army was quartered at that place. I further testify that James Wilson now of Barre in said County served as a private in said company during the whole term of three months as aforesaid.
Elias Marsh
Worcester J. Dec. 9. 1829 Personally appeared Elias Marsh and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed.
Before me James Allen Jur. Peace
I hereby certify that Elias Marsh, the above depos- nent, is well known to me, is a credible person, and that his above statement is entitled to full credit. Skelton Fulton Jur. of the Peace