Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37231, for James Mc Cormack, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Dear,
McCornack, James
NUMBER _____
S. 37231
CONTENTS

Application sent to John Harvey Esq. Secy of War October 1820, Portland, Maine.
10,376
Maine
Daniel McCormick
of Lowell  dist. in the state of  Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Parkinson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years 
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of May 1819 and sent to W. W. Dyer Esq.  Portland, Maine. 
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 3/4 3/4  84.76 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 48.00 
$132.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
 Continued  Cumberland County 

N o 260. James M c Cormack
Copy
10876 Fownall
CM
May 19
Feb 1819
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
Special
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Monday  Thursday , being the twenty fourth day of July and by adjournment from day to day, on the day of  in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty fourth day of July 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, James M c Cormack aged seventy nine years, resident in Pownall 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 Private in the company commanded by Capt. Sumner in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson 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 seventeenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10.376 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.
Witness J.P. Boyd
James M c Cormack mark
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty first day of July 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 — I have none
Personal estate — I have none
I am dependent on charity for support — I have been blind for fifteen years
Witness J.P. Boyd
James X his McCormack mark
Sworn to July 21. 1820
Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me James McCormack who, by occupation am a farmer, which I am not able to pursue by reason of infirmities and blindness
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     I have no family Witness J.P. Boyd Sworn to Before James X his McCormack mark Albion 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, and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fourth day of July. . . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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James McCormack Private Col. Jacksons Regt Map. Line 1778 to 1783 Dec 17 Apr 1818
3 Years
Robt
Admitted

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
James M c Cormack of Pownal in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Pownal aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to the 1 st Continental Company of the seventeenth Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the fifteenth day of November one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and that he left said service on or about the thirtieth day of November one thousand seven hundred and
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this 10 th day of April 1818.
James M c Cormack
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN , that on the seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said James M c Cormack farther offered in evidence
The deposition John Lawrence hereto subjoined -
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said James M c Cormack served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this seventh day of April - in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Wm Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Geo Bradbury A. D. 1818. 35 th day of July

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY, is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 30 th day of July A. D. 1818. Lees Bradbury
and Court, this 30 th day of July Geo Bradbury
the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, in and by the order of the said court, dated the _____ day of _____, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and _____, and of the Independence of the United States the _____, and of the said Act, _____ States, and _____ your

John Lawrence
Subscribed and sworn to this seventeenth day of April 1878
Before me. Wm Wiggins Judge etc

37231 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 37231
James McCormack Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. L , Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]