Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,889, for Oliver Jackson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Jackson, Oliver
S. 32,889
CONTENTS

32 889 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32, 889
Oliver Jackson Serg Rev War
Act: 16 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 487
[Arrangement of 1870.]

77996
Massachusetts.
Oliver Jackson
of Watertown in the state of Massachusetts who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Grafton of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One (Year) War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of March 1819 and sent to William Wetmore Esq. Salem Mass.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 89.28 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48.
$ 137.28
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Oct 13. 1820 Nicholas Patten to William Patten Esq. Cambridge Mass.

Oliver Jackson
7799
17 July 19
Respectfully
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820.
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice,
and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Oliver Jackson resident in
Watertown
in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7199, now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the late a “ 18th March, 1818, Oliver Jackson
Sergeant 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 thirty first day of
March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventh “ day of March one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
“ No property whatever either real or personal & has no debts due to him from any person, lives in the family of his Son a labourer, said Jackson is now sixty six years of age by profession a Farmer very infirm is often wholly confined to the house by rheumatic complaints is unable to labour. He enlisted in 1775 in Capt. Bartolow Company for eight months and served out that period when he again enlisted in Capt. Williams Company in 3rd Regt Col. Grafton Massachusetts line for the period of three years and served out that time he then again enlisted in Capt. Burbank Company of Artillery, Col. Braine for the term of nine

months, and served out that period when he was honour- ably discharged. Oliver Jackson.
Sworn to and declared before W m Wetmore. Judge etc.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. M c Neilson a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, Oliver Jackson do 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. So help me GOD.
Oliver Jackson
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Oliver Jackson took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
M c Neilson Judge of said Court."
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule 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 nothing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820 .
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

Oliver Jackson. 31 Mar Col. S. Francis Regt. Massachusetts Line 1778 — 3 years
Sam G

Oliver Jackson of Watertown in the County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts a Citizen of the United States Testify and declare, that I was a Soldier in the Army of the United States and served in the Revolutionary war on the Continental Establishment against the common enemy. In the Month of April Seventeen hundred & seventy five I entered and served in Cap t Hazletons Company of foot for the term of eight Months. at the expiration of that time I entered & served in Cap t Joseph Williams Company in the 3 d Reg t commanded by Col. John Greaton, for the term of one Year. I then entered & served in Cap t Henry Burbanks Company of Artillery in Col Jn o Crane Reg t for the term of six Months. I then entered & served in Cap t Claps Company of Infantry for the term of three Months. I then entered again in Cap t Henry Burbanks Company of Artillery in Col John Crane Reg t of the Massachusetts line & served during the war, and until the last of the Army were disbanded. I am now in necessitous circumstances and stand in need of Assistance from my Country for support, being now Sixty three years of age. And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed to me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed. Oliver Jackson
Be it Remembered that on this thirty first day of March Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred & eighteen; pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" made & passed on the 18 th of March A.D. 1818.
Personally

Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within the state aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice the within named Oliver Jackson & after due examina- tion & caution to testify & declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid & subscribes the same in my presence; & on examina- tion duly made by me the Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court.
Wm. Wetmore
Oliver Jackson

Middlesex ss March 31. 1818
We the subscribers, Inhabitants of Watertown & Citizens of the United States do Testify & say that we are well acquainted with Oliver Jackson subscriber to the within written declaration & know him to be a man of truth & veracity - we have no doubt of the truth of the facts therein stated by him & We know that he is wholly destitute of property and in need of Assistance from his Country for support. -
Daniel Jackson Ammi Jackson
The subscribers Testify & say that I know Mr. Oliver Jackson above named, that he was a Sergeant in the Massachusetts line of the Revolutionary Army on the Continental establishment for more than nine months. -
John George
Sworn to by all the above named Deponents before me W m Wetmore the Judge within named