Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6991, for David Mason, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Mason, David
R6991
CONTENTS

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David Mason Starksboro, Addison County Vermont
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Repe d
See Special letter to Claim, directed as above
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BRIEF in the case of David Mason  of Starksboro, Addison County in the State of Vermont  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  In open Court (County Court)  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  How old is he?  67 years  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     May 1832 In 1780 — 6 — private Gen. Benjamin, Col. Jackson Rejt. Genl. Leamed's Brigade.   Massachusetts Troops   Second Regt   enlisted   disch.    7 th July 1780  12 th Dec. 1780     5. 6 m.   
 In what battles was he engaged?  none  Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Town of Salisbury, Massachusetts.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditional evidence by two responsible witnesses according to the regulations.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  They are not 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Robert Fowler Examining Clerk.

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
6991 own
P. O. David Mason
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

David Mason.
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State of Vermont } On this 25 day of July 1832 Addison County p } Personally appeared before the Judges of the County Court, in open Court, David Mason resident in Starksboro, in said County, aged sixty seven years, & upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress pass d 7 June 1832 - That he the said David Mason enlisted, in the month of May 1780, in the town of Salisbury in the State of Massachusetts, for the term of six months in a Company commanded by Capt. S. Benjamin in Col. Jackson's Regiment, & Genl. Learned's Brigade - and joined the Continental Army at West Point, immediately after his enlistment. and served out said term of enlistment, at West Point, and Windsor on the north River, but chiefly in the Jerseys; and at the expiration of said term of enlistment, he was discharged at West Point. That he had a written discharge, signed by Genl. Learned, & Col. Jackson, according to his best recollection, which said discharge he believes now to be lost.
That he does not know of positive proof, now in his power, of the actual services above stated - That he has resided in Starksboro, his present resi- dence about 15 years last past, previous to that he resided in Northfield in New Hampshire about 15 years - & previous to that he resided in Salisbury in Massachusetts - That he relinquishes all

all claim to any pension, except the present, and that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any state - David Moser Sworn to the day and year aforesaid
Sam. Swift Clerk

We Theron Downey, and David Kellogg & both of Starksboro, in the County of Addison & State of Vermont, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Mason who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age, that he is reported & believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Theron Downey David Kellogg
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid,
Sam. Swift Clerk
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 named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Theron Downey, and David Kellogg who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Starksborough in the County of Addison, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit: - And that it further appears to them, that Elisha Ferguson, Ira Bushnell & others, who have subscribed the certificate hereto annexed, are residents in said Starksboro and hold the offices severally annexed to their names, and their several names are their own signatures - And that their statement is entitled to full credit.
Sam. Swift Clerk.

To the Honorable judges of the County Court County within and for the County of Otsego
We the undersigned subscribers would hereby certify that we have been acquainted with David Mason for a cdo. of years Last past and that he has Resided and has now Reside in this town and that he is an Industrious farmer and is a Man of Truth and Veracity whose testimony may be Relied on Bated at Starksboro this 25 th day of July 1832
Chas Hargraves } of the Ira Bushnell } of the
Wm Worth 2 d Ira Bushnell }
selectmen
Abel Wentworth
Augustus White
Sam l Hill
Myron Bushnell Just Pece

State of Vermont Addison County ss
I Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Addison do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of David Mason for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 30 th day of July 1832.
Sam l Swift Clerk