Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,448, for Elijah Stetson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Stetson, Elijah
S. 37,448
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Maine - 17496 R
Elijah Stetson
of Portland  Dumham in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gailly of the Mass line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 th of April 1878.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of June 1890 and sent to Miss Mary Stetson, Esq. Portland, Me.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1890 — $ 177.83 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 Sep 1890 " 48.
22 mo. 3/30 4/31 $ 225.83
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
30 80 27 1 3 3 1.83

37 448 Rev INVALID.
File No. 37, 448
Elijah Setson
Rev Rev Mar
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 899
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Lot Randall of Pembroke Massachusetts a Pensioner under the late law, do testify and say, that I was a soldier in the war of the revo- lution for nine months in Capt. Seth Drew's Com- pany and Col. Jno. Bailey's Regt. and Mass'ts Line; and arrived at Fishkill June 10. 1778 and Elijah Sturtevant, then of Hanover, now of the District of Maine in Massachusetts marched with me and served in the same company during the same time, & was honorably discharged at the end of his time, & came home with me. and was a faithful good soldier. I have recd. my certificate for the same service. We were discharged in the Spring of 1779. L. Randall
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. Nov. 22. 1819. The above named Lot Randall personally appearing made so under oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me. And I do further cer- tify that the said Randall is a man of vera- city, and has received a pension certificate through me,
Nahum Mitchell Judge of the C.C.C. pleas & jus. Peace thru the State.
P.S. My hand writing will be well known at the War Department. NM.

Elijah Stalson
The undersigned of the town of Milford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts do hereby certify that the within copy is a true copy of the original now on file in the office of the Secretary of the State.
Lowell

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....
Elijah Stetson of Durham in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of the nine months on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Durham aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicant's reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, being now seventy years of age.
And your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to Capt. True Company of the Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the tenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight and that he left said service on or about the tenth day of February one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine. The term of his enlistment having then expired and he received an honorable discharge, which entitled him to a pension, which he has not received by reason of the non-payment of the same.
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 28 th day of April 1818.
Elijah Stetson
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the 28 th 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, Elijah Stetson 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 Stetson farther offered in evidence
that he has not received a pension
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Elijah Stetson 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 28 th 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.
W. Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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 hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this sixteenth day of February A.D. 1820. Saml. Freeman
Roger S. Russell of Portland.