Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44212, William Washburn, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Washburn, William
S. 44212
CONTENTS

To New 13980 Massachusetts Roll.
William Washburn, Capt Killam Private Massachusetts line
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 14. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of Oct r 1818 and sent to Joshua Green, Esq. Wendell, Mass. —
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 . . . $ 37.60 Semi-ann. all'ce ending March 4. 1819 . . . 48. " am d 4m: 21/30. $ 85.60
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
{ Three years }
New Salem Franklin Co.
Died July 26. 1851 Agency books.
William Washburn Revolutionary War Massachusetts Died July 26. 1851

3.980
William Washburn
New Salem
3.980
Oct 1818
Oct 20/20
1820
May 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
P ERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, William Washburn aged fifty five years, resident in New Salem 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:
I entered the service in March 1781, in the company commanded by capt. Samuel Thillem in the 5 th Regiment of infantry commanded by col. Rufus Putnam of the Massachusetts line of Continental troops, and was afterwards transferred to the first Regiment of infantry, in which regiment I served until January or February 1784, and have been a pensioner under the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818, and received a certificate from the war department numbered 3.980. and that I have not been able to labour for seven years past in consequence of wounds received from the falling of a tree and have been supported as a pauper by the town of Wendell, for three years previous to my receiving a pension

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.
William Washburn
Sworn to and declared, on the eleventh day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord CLERK.
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records 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 six dollars and seventeen cents
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord — CLERK.

Schedule of the estate of William Washburn of New Salem in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1. 1820
8 Chairs 2.00 Chest of drawers 1.50 3.50 1 Pot, 1 Dishkettle, 1 Tea kettle, 1 Skillet 2.32 2 Water Pails 34
$6.17
William Washburn

I William Washburn of New Salem in the County of Franklin & Commonwealth of Massachusetts now in the Fifty second year of my age, Do testify & state that I served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as follows, In March 1781. I enlisted for three years, & entered Capt. Killam's company in Col. Rufus Putnam's Regiment, stationed at West point, & when the men who enlisted for the War were discharged, we were arranged in the First Regiment, I served untill January 1784, & was then honorably discharged. - being then a Minor my Father took my discharge, he is since dead, & his papers so deranged & lost, that I have not been able to find it, nor do I know where it is. - And by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, stand in need of assistance from my Country for supports.
William Washburn
I Zedekiah Fisk of Wendell in the County of Franklin Gentleman Do testify & say that I served in the Revolutionary War for three years & belonged to Capt. Burnham's company of Infantry in the eighth Reg. commanded by Col. H. Jackson, & that I was personally knowing to the abovenamed William Washburn serving in the Continental Army as he has above stated, & was honorably discharged. - Zedekiah Fisk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Franklin ss:
Be it known, that on the fourteenth day of April A: one thousand eight hundred & eighteen before me Joshua Green a S. Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Franklin in the Western Circuit of this Commonwealth, came William Washburn & Zedekiah Fisk abovenamed & made Oath to the truth of the foregoing statements by them respectively subscribed.
Joshua Green S. J. C. C. C. P.

I Samuel Orcutt of Wendell, Gentleman, Do testify & state that I served in the Continental Army of the revolution that I was in Cap t Chambers' company in Col o Tappers Reg t I was personally knowing to the within named William Washburn serving in the Continental Army as he has stated having frequent intercourse with him while there; & the morning I left the army which was in December 1783, I then saw him at West point, & he thought if he could then have seen his Captain he might have obtain'd his discharge & return'd home with me, (but his Cap t was absent from the Army,) he however tarried a month or two longer before he came home — Samuel Orcutt
I William Washburn would further state in addition to my former statement, that soon after I joined the Army, Our Regiment was ordered to the South & were at the capture of Cornwallis. — but I being a new recruit was left at West point, to do Garrison duty, & was in Cap t Heudanis drill company; at the return of the Regiment from the Southward, I again join'd my old company commanded by Cap t Skillam.
William Washburn
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. —
Franklin ss: I hereby certify that the abovenamed Samuel Orcutt & William Washburn personally appeared before me this fifteenth day of Septem r . A D : 1818. & severally made Oath to the truth of the foregoing statements by them respectively subscribed. & I do further certify that I consider the said Samuel Orcutt & Zedekiah Fisk who testified on the other page to be both of them men of credibility & to be depended upon; & also that the said William Washburn is in reduced circumstances, & stands in need of assistance from his Country for support,
Joshua Green S. J. C. C. C. B. P.

April 12, 1937.
Gertrude C. Newhall Lynn, Massachusetts.
BA-J/ILL William Washburn S. 44212
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of William Washburn, who received a pension in 1818.
The data given herein were found in pension claim, S. 44212, based upon service of William Washburn in the Revolutionary War.
William Washburn of Wendall, Franklin County, Massachusetts, enlisted some time in March 1781, served as private in Captain Killam's company, Colonel Rufus Putnam's 5 th Massachusetts regiment, and in Captain Roudin's company stationed at West Point, and continued in service until January or February 1784, at which time he was discharged from Captain Killam's company, of the 1 st Massachusetts regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 14, 1818, at which time he resided in New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts; he had resided previously in Wendell, Massachusetts. The soldier was then in the fifty-second year of his age; the date and place of his birth and the names of his parents were not given. William Washburn stated that as he was a minor at the time of his discharge from service, and his father took his discharge.
The soldier moved in September 1822, from Massachusetts to Ellicott, Chautauqua County, New York; he had a family at that time, but no names of members of his family were given.
William Washburn died July 26, 1851.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

HH 212 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 44 212
William Washburn
Rev Rev Dr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 537
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1914 Nov. 18. Hist. to Miss Ruth J. Wilson, letter in B. 45,638 Jonathan Clark & 1916 Mch. 3. Hist. to Henrietta M. Benson. f.
1923 May 7. Hist. to J. B. Foster Esq. 1937- April 12. Hist. to Gertrude C. Newhall- S.D.

102 West 7th St., Jamestown, N. Y., Recd. Feb. 21, 1916. Sec.
Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C.,
Are there any records in your department concerning the Revolutionary War Service of one William Washburn, who, I believe, was born in Vermont but later moved to Mass. He spent the last years of his life in and around Chautauqua County, New York, and is buried in Jamestown, Chaut. Co!
Also are there records from the War of 1812, which show service in that war

of Consider Benson? o
If there are any facts as to place from which Consider Benson enlisted I should like them.
If there are any fees connected with the furnishing of these records I shall be glad to send them.
Yours respectfully, Henrietta M. Benson.

J. B. FOSTER
DEALER IN LIVE STOCK
Home Phone 25-6
13 Fulton St
R.F.D. 77
Jamestown, N. Y.
Feb 13 1923
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen! Will you kindly send me records all information on file in regard to Wm Nicholson a soldier of the Revolutionary war.
He was a pensioner and mentioned in pension roll published in 1840. He was then a resident of Chautauqua Co. The place of enlistment and birth are unknown.
Thanking for any information you may have.
Very truly
J. B. Foster
#13 Fulton St

BRIG. GEN. JOHN GLOVER CHAPTER LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS
Pension Records Office War Department Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Can I secure a copy of K of the pension papers of William Washburn , — pension granted in 1818. He served in the Continental Army from Apr 3, 1781, throughout the war from Franklin Co. - Mass - Enlisted, I believe, at Shutesbury. He was born May 9, 1767 at Wendell, Franklin Co. - He lived the last of his life in Ellicott, Chautauqua Co. N.Y. —
Sincerely yours, Gertrude C. Newhall — Registrar

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Washburn a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 44,212
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mch. 1781 to Jany 84 May 1784. Private Samuel Killam Rufus Putnam 5 Mass.   Houdin   Killam ✓ 1 Mass  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Ap. 14, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, New Salem, Franklin Co., Mass.
Age at date of application, in his fifty-second year.
Remarks: In Ap. 1822 he removed to Ellicott, Chautauqua Co. N.Y. with his family whose names are not stated. He died July 26, 1857 Agency book.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Only one pensioned in New York.

Not on rolls
Admitted

State of New York Shatskill County ss
William Washburn being duly sworn deposes &
saieth that he is the same William Washburn mentioned in an original certificate in his possession of which the following is a copy.
"War Department,"
"Revolutionary claim,"
"I certify, that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 14th of March 1799 William Washburn 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 fourteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. -
6 1/2 3 2 2
Given at the War Office of the United States this twenty eighth day of Octo one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
(a copy)
J. C. Calhoun Secy of War
We doth further swear that since that time he hath received a communication from the War Office in the words following.
"War Department, Pension Office
Sir.
Sept 20, 1820
No 3945
You are hereby informed that the whole of your property has been examined; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the pension Roll.
I am, respectfully Your obedient servant,
To Mr. William Washburn care of B. Alvah George Greenfield Mass.
J. L. Edwards
(copy)

He said William Washburn doth further swear that his former place of residence was Wendell in the county of Franklin & state of Massachusetts from thence he removed to the town of New Salem in the same county, and that in the month of September last he arrived with his family at the town of Elliott in the county of Chan- tague and State of New York, where he pur- poses in future to reside - Sworn & subscribed William Washburn This 24th day of December A.D. 1822.
Before me
Samuel A Brown one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the county of Chautauque
To the hon. J. B. Calhoun Sec'y of War
Sir - From the above affidavit you will be satisfied that I am a pensioner of the revolution, and also that I have changed my place of residence. It will be therefore much more convenient for me in future to receive my pension money in the city of New York - If you would transfer me from the Massachusetts to the New York Agency so that I can receive my money in the city of New York, and make an order to that effect, and send it by mail, to the care of Saml. A. Brown Esq.

of Farmstown Chautauqua Co (NY) you would confer a favor on your Obedient humble servt
Dated Dec. 24 th 1822 - William Washburn
State of New York,
2 Chautauqua County } ss. I, John Dexter, Clerk of the said County of Chautauqua, do certify, that Samuel Br- own was on the 28 th day of December 1822, a Justice of the peace, duly appointed, commissioned & sworn acting in & for the said County of Chautauqua, and under the authority of this State.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the County Seal, at Mayville, in said County, this 6 th day of January 1823. c.
John Dexter
Is the petition of the petitioner to be transferred from one agency to another sufficient, without proof that the applicant is the identical per- son named in the certificate, and proof that the person before whom the afft is made is a magistrate by the Clerk's certificate? -
Yours &c
S. A. Brown

M m Washburn's ap- plication for transfer from Massachusetts to New York. —
Transf. 30 Jan: 1823.
Mar 19
City of Washington.
Secretary of War
Rev John B. Calhoun
Recd 28 Jan. 1823.
Mr. Calhoun for transfer

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. —
I the subscriber a S. Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Franklin in the Western Circuit of this Commonwealth. —
Do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the forenamed William Washburn served in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in the foregoing declaration, & which I now transmit to the Secretary for the Department of War. — Given under my hand & sealed with the Seal of the Court aforesaid this fourteenth day of April A D : 1818. —
Joshua Green of S. J. C. C. C. P. Off.