Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29922, for Thomas Jackson, Massachusetts

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Maine N o 4106
Thomas Jackson, of Pittston in the State of Maine who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Wiley of the Reg t . commanded by Col. M. Jackson in the Massachusetts line for 3. years Sergeant, and Quartermaster's Sergeant.
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Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 120. Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of Jan y , 1833. and sent to R. C. Vose — Augusta, Me.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1832 $ 180. 00 Semizant. allowance ending 4. Mar: 33 $ 60. 00 $ 240. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis F. Francis Clerk, Book X. Vol. 1 st Page 66.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Thomas Jackson, aged sixty six years, born in Newton, Massachusetts, a citizen of the U. States, now resident in Pittston in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that on the eighteenth day of June 1775, I enlisted as a private soldier into the service of the war of the revolution against the common enemy, to serve for the remainder of that year, into the company commanded by Capt Nathan Fuller, and regiment commanded by Col. Bond of the Massachusetts troops. This period I fully served out, but before it expired I again enlisted as a private soldier into the continental service of the U. States against the common enemy for the term of one year, to commence on the first of January 1776, in the company commanded by the same Capt Nathan Fuller, and regiment commanded by Col. Bond aforesaid of the Massachusetts line. Under this last enlistment, I served until Nov r 1776 when at Mount Independence I took, on account of illness, my honorable discharge from the army, signed by General Gates. The discharge I have not preserved. In March 1777 I again enlisted as a sergeant into the continental service of the U. States against the common enemy for the term of three years, into the company commanded by Capt John Wiley, and regiment commanded by Col. Michael Jackson of the Massachusetts line. Under this last enlistment I served until the fourteenth of February 1780, at which time I took my honorable and final discharge from the army at West Point which was signed by Michael Jackson Col. Commandant. The discharge I have since lost. I was discharged as quarter master's sergeant in Capt James Keith's company, to which I was transferred in Oct o 1778. I depend principally for support upon my labor, of which I am able by reason of rheumatism and other infirmities to do very little, & am in need of the bounty of the government. I was at both of the battles at the taking of Burgoyne under Col. Brooks and in various skirmishes. I hereby relinquish all my claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge born on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be put upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
Thomas Jackson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss
On the fourth day of April A D 1818 Thomas Jackson within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed
Before me Nathan Weston Esq Chief Justice C. Court Common Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Nathaniel Bailey of Pittston, in the District of Maine, of lawful age, upon oath testify and declare, that I am well acquainted with the within named Thomas Jackson. He is indigent, and in need of the bounty of the government, and sustains the character of a man of truth.
Nathl Bailey
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss
On the fourth day of April A D 1818 Nathaniel Bailey above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed
Before me Nathan Weston Esq Chief Justice C. Court Common Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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I Joseph Pulcifer, of Pittston, Maine, upon oath testify and declare that I am acquainted with Thomas Jackson, within named I belonged to the army at the same time he did, in the same Brigade - I fully believe he served the period, by him stated
Joseph Pulcifer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss
On the sixteenth day of April A D 1818 Joseph Pulcifer above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition, by him subscribed
Before me
Nathan Weston Esq Chief Justice C. Court Common Pleas, Second Eastern Circuit

State of Maine.
I John Davis Clerk, for the County of Kennebec of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Ken- nebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court ; and that the original was exhibited in open 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, including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is Nothing  dollars and  cents; and deducting therefrom  the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property  in the opinion of said Court, is  dollars  Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of August 1820.
J. Davis Clerk of said Court for the County of

Thomas Luckson
Will of ... ... Court
6235
March 1819
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R.C. Rode Augusta (Me)

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
ON this fifteenth day of August, 1820, personally appeared before Ebenezer Shattuck Esquire a Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Thomas Jackson aged fifty years, resident in Pittston in the County of Kennebec within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain Fuller, and Regiment commanded by Colonel M c Jackson of the line of the State of Massachusetts upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of
Nearly five years.
that his original declaration was made before Judge Weston on the fourth day of April 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered 6225. And I, the said Thomas Jackson do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; 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.
Thomas Jackson
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, viz:
I have no property except my clothing & I have no income except my pension from government. No debts due to, or from me. My occupation has been that of a Sailor, but am now unable to work. My family consists of myself, and wife who reside with one of my children.
Except the foregoing I have no estate or income whatever.
Subscribed Sworn to and declared both the oath and schedule on the fifteenth day of August 1820.
Before me Eben Shattuck a Justice of the C C C Pleas 2 d Eastern Circuit
A true copy
Attest John D. D. Clerk

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29922 INVALID. Reery
Mch. 17-1897-Histo Mr. A. D. F. Manning Medford, Mass
File No. 29,922
Thomas Jackson Leig Rev Wm
Act: June 7 th 1897
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 918
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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5235
Maine
Thomas Jackson, Sergeant,
Massachusetts line - 329 In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of Jan'y 1810 and del d R. C. Vose, Augusta Me.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 5 mo 1/30 - 40.26 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 48.00
$ 88.26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Pittston.
Contoocook
Notification sent to R. C. Vose Esq. 20th Nov 1820. Augusta Maine

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Thomas Jackson , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Pittston , in the said County of Kennebec , in the District of Maine, on the fourth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a non commissioned officer , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty second day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston  per C. Lunt C.C.C. Phas 2 d E. Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
John Davis

To the Commissioner of Pensions Dear Sir
I am very anxious to know if the Thomas Jackson whose name is recorded at the State House as a K. M. C. man from Plymouth, in the Rev. Volunteer  was was my ancestor , as that was my great grandfather's name and he lived in Plymouth but no mention is made

of his family I am not certain about his identity. If you find his name or any of his family's on the per- -son roll, or if you know of any list of Revolution- ary heroes so I shall be sure of the family, will you kindly let me know
Very sincerely
A. D. F. Manning 37 Forest Street Wadsworth Massachusetts.

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
U. S. I. 29922.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
March 17, 1897.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Thomas Jackson, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 4, 1818, at which time he was 66 years of age and residing at Pittston, Maine, and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a sergeant in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Wiley and Col. Jackson. He enlisted at Newton, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. A. D. F. Hanning,
Holford, Mass.

Thomas Jackson
6235
Payable semi-annually---the first payment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next,
at the Cumberland Bank of Portland Maine
Record

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Thomas Jackson late a Sergeant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty eighth day of January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Tho. Jackson
adm P
Big and small
Master Serf
thru year
$120

Augusta, Me. September 30, 1832.
TO THE HON. LEWIS CASS, Secretary of War.
SIR:—Being now a pensioner on the Maine Roll in the receipt of a pension under the Act of Congress, of March 18, 1818, and being entitled to the benefits of the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832, by first relinquishing my further claim to the pension under the first named Act. I do accordingly hereby relinquish my further claim to such pension, and state that I served as a Sergeant in Capt. Wiley's
Company, in Col. M. Jackson's Regiment of the Massachusetts , line of troops, that consisted of 10 Regiments for three years. I served in that company for Capt. North's company of the same regiment, doing duty for about a year as Quarters Master's sergeant. As Quarters Master, I was honorably discharged. I turned over to my papers now on file in the War Department.
and do therefore respectfully request that I may be placed on the Pension List under the Act of Congress of June 7, 1832. My pension, under the first named Act, was Eight dollars per month. My pension certificate which is herein enclosed, in numbered 1225 , and I was last paid at the Branch Bank of the United States, at Portland, Maine, the fourth day of September 1832. I now live in Oldtown in the County of Kennebec Maine, and it is my request that any communications upon this subject may be addressed to ROBERT C. VOSE, Esq. of Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine.
I am Sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant.
Thomas J. Jackson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 29. 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Thomas Jackson served in Capt. Wiley's Company in Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment three years 25 days , viz., from March 2 d 1777 to March 2 d 1780. twenty months of which time, he served as a Sergeant & the residue of the time as Quarters Master's Sergeant. — Three years viz from March 2 d 1777 to March 2 d 1780.
Edward D. Bangs Secy

Thomas Jackson, Pittston Kennebec Co. Sergt. Col. M. Jackson Mast. Reg. 1777 to 1780.
April 4. 1818
Admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
July 5
1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Thomas Jackson served as a Soldier in Capt. Wiley's Company, and Col. M. Jackson Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from 2 d March 1777 to 2 d March 17 th 1780, being three years and  months.
Hlden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Jackson, Thomas GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7312 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 10, 1790 To Justus Banks, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.