Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9172, for Luther Mason, Connecticut

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Nason, Luther
No. 9172
Kepnsibah or Kephsibeth
CONTENTS

Michigam Hephzibah Mason widow of Luther Mason who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 3 rd February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of May 1853 and sent to
J. M. Thayer Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1848, Page 202 Vol. 6
1832

New York
Luther Mason
of Colesville in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Smith — of the Reg't commanded by Col. Mead in the Connecticut line for 12 months —
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 th day of Jan'y 1833 — and Rev. H. Dyer Waipawa
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1832 $ 69 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mo '33 20
$ 80
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Rev. G. Stiles Clerk, Book A Vol. 5. Page 126

11588
Luther Mason
6.14
Sep 4 1832 Nov 30 1832
P 110.
Horace Dresser Harpersville Broome Co N. York

10,588
BRIEF in the case of  Luther Mason - Colesville,  Co. of Broome in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court- 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 3. How old is he? 75 years 4. 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.     Apl. In 1777 5 private Gen. blank   June " " 27 " do   Oct. " " 1 " do   June 1778 9 5 " do   June 1779 " Col. M c Leod, Maj. Tylar   Oct. 1781 44 " Col. J. Smith, H. L. Harrison   61 3d. J. Weed, Bayly & Platt.   blank  
5. In what battles was he engaged? 6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Litchfield, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. 7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses for the 9 months, & L. D. G. 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Fawcett Examining Clerk.

admitted
12 mo
40$-

State of New York } County of Broome } ss
On this 30 th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Broome, now sitting, Luther Mason resident of Colesville in the County of Broome and State of New York, aged seventy five years, 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 passed the seventh of June in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two. —
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following circumstances, and while residing in the town and County of Litchfield, State of Connecticut. In an alarm at Danbury in the State of Connecticut, in the month of April, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and spent five days. In an alarm at Crumb Pond near the Hudson River in the State of New York, in the month of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and spent one week. In an alarm at Fishkill, State of New York, in the month of October, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven, and spent one month. — In an alarm at New Haven, State of Connecticut, in the month of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, and spent five days. — That he enlisted for the term of nine months, at Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, in the month of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, into a volunteer regiment raised in the State of Connecticut, the only field Officers of which Regiment, that he now recollects, were Col. Mathew Mead and Maj. — Tyler; — the names and ranks of the Officers of the company to which he belonged were as follows; James Smith, Captain, Samuel Harrison, Lieutenant, John Weed, — Bayley and — Platt, Sergeants; that he was discharged at Horse Neck in the month of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty; that during his term of enlistment he was in a skirmish

in which the British Major Holford was taken; that he marched from Litchfield to Farmington, from thence to New Haven, from thence to Horse Neck where he was discharged, having served out his nine months term of enlistment; and that afterwards, he was out in an alarm at New Haven, in the month of October, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, in which he spent forty four days. Of his service in alarms, he has no witnesses or documentary evidence. He was born at Litchfield, Ct. on the 30th day of March in the year seventeen hundred & fifty seven. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, or an annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State. Luther Mason.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year afore- said.
T. B. Marvin Clerk
Mr Lemuel Badger residing in the town of Colchester and Genes Smith residing in the same town, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Luther Mason, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid.
Genes Smith
T. B. Marvin Clerk
Lemuel Badger
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 Lemuel Badger who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident resident in the town of Colchester and that Genes Smith who has signed the same is a resident in the same town of Colchester.

and the auditable puses and that this state- ment is entitled to audit.
J. B. Marvin, clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Broome County do hereby certify that this contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Luther Mason for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this se Thirtieth day of August, in the year one thousand eight hun- dred and thirty two.
J. B. Marvin Clerk of Broome, Com. Pleas.

State of Michigan Senawee County ss
Circuit Court for the County of Senawee March Term A.D. 1853
I Warner Wing Circuit Judge in & for the County & State aforesaid do hereby certify that Hepzibah Mason above named came into Court & executed the foregoing instrument in open Court while in Session and that it was proved in open Court to my satisfaction that she is a respectable resident of this County & is the same person who represents herself to be in the foregoing declaration as I believe .
She has this day appeared before me in open Court whilst in Session & acknowledged the above power of attorney to be her act & deed
Warner Wing Circuit Judge
State of Michigan Senawee County ss
I John Miller Clerk of the circuit Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the Hon Warner Wing before whom the foregoing proceedings were had, was at the time of execution a Circuit Judge in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my seal of office and subscribed my name this 25 th day of March in the year 1853
John Miller County Clerk

STATE OF Michigan } ss. COUNTY OF Emmetsburg }
Be it known, that on this 24 th day of March , A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty three , before in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Nephibette Mason _____, a resident of Adrian in said County, and made oath according to law, that she is the widow of Sutler Mason who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death at the rate of $40. per annum—that she was married to the said Sutler Mason on the 16 th day of December eighteen hundred and thirty five in the town of Windsor and State of New York that her said husband died on the 3 rd day of October eighteen hundred and forty three that she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtain- ing such amount of Pension as may be due under any of the Laws, Regulations, or decisions that have been or may hereafter be adopted.
The said Declarant further states, that she hereby constitutes and appoints John M. Thayer of Washington her true and lawful Attorney and Agent to prosecute said claim, with power of substitution, to examine all papers and documents in re- lation to it, and to do all things necessary and lawful in the premises; except drawing the money, which will be hereafter provided for.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me, Warren C. King Circuit Judge
Nephibette F. Mason mark

J. M. Shayer,

State of New York } Broome County } ss
Levi Manville & Lucy his wife both of the town Colesville County & State aforesaid being by me duly sworn att depose and say that they were present at the marriage of Luther Mason of then of the town of Harford Susquehanna County State of Pennsylvania to Mrs Hephzibah Merchant of the town of Colesville County of Broome & State of New York some time in the month december 1835 that they were well acquainted with both the parties, & that Luther Mason died in Oct 1842 at the town of Colesville and as far they know said Hephzibah Mason still remains his widow Sworn & subscribed before me this 22nd day of February 1853
Levi Manville Lucy Manville
A.B. Fraser Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above witnesses are entitled to full credit & confidence and that I am entirely disinterested in the premises
A.B. Fraser Justice of the Peace
STATE OF NEW YORK, BROOME COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE.
I, ERASMUS D. ROBINSON, Clerk of the County of Broome, Do HEREBY CERTIFY, That J. B. Fraser whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Justice of the Peace, in and for the said County of Broome, duly elected and sworn, and authorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of such Justice of the Peace, and verily believe that his signature to the said Certificate of proof or acknowledgment, is genuine. And that said instrument is executed and acknowledged in conformity with the laws of this State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County the 24 day of Feb. A. D. 1853.
J. P. Williams asst. CLERK.
6th August

Revolution Connecticut  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 9172
Josephine Mason Wid  Luther Mason Brit Rev War
Act: Febry 30 1853
Index:—Vol. 66 , Page 5-
[Arrangement of 1870.]
May 14-1899 History Mrs. H. A. Johnson West-9 th St. Conn. Ave. (See Jms. 40.812) July 22, 1900 Mrs. H. A. Johnson 3100 - 12 th St. N.W. Copies of papers on file

May 14-1897 History to Mrs. H. A. Johnson West-9 th st. Erie, Pa. (see Inv. 40.812)
July 27, 1900 Mrs. H. A. Johnson Erie Pa - Cannot find copies of papers in claim

Hepsibah Mason Mich act 3 d Feb. 53 Rev. L. 1.
Sister Mason. her husband, was a pensioner act '32 New York.
J. M. Thayer Present
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Cupine
Pension Office Present

March 8. 1853 Declaration and Evidence in Case of Hephzibah Mason widow of Luther Mason. No 417 Michigan Dec 20 33/11 417
Act 31 Feb. 1853
Revolutionary $40 per Annum - Commencing 3 rd Feb. 1853
J. M. Thayer Present
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

In Matter of Luther Mason
10,588.
Pension Application

Brief in the case of Hephzibeth Mason, widow of Luther Senawee County and State of Michigan act February 3. 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832.
Marriage proved by parol evidence of parties present - certified to be credible by the acting magistrate - Government in the Declaration that no record evidence of marriage exists, waived - the claimant now residing in Michigan and the marriage having taken place in Pennsylvania. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. M. Thayer Esq. Present
Name and residence of Agent
R. D. Dey
Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Luther Mason
which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

 XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ?  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?  XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ?  XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? eto Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ?  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ?  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ? 
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades : For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
† QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

State of New York
Delaware County ss: On the fifth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, in the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Delaware, being a court of record in and for said County, constituted and declared by the acts of the Legislature of the State of New York, John Weed resident in the town of Sidney in the County of Delaware and State of New York, aged seven seven years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, that he is now well acquainted with Luther Mason now residing in the town of Coblesville in the County of Broome and State of New York, and has known and been acquainted with the said Luther Mason for fifty eight years past and upwards. And the said John Weed further says, that he knows and well recollects that the said Luther Mason enlisted at Litchfield in the State of Connecticut, in the month of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, into the company commanded by Captain James Smith in the regiment commanded by Colonel Matthew Clapp (being a volunteer regiment raised in the State of Connecticut) for the term of nine months, and that the said Luther Mason served out the said term of nine months in said company and regiment and was discharged at Horseneck in the State of Connecticut in the month of March in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty. And this Deponent further says that he enlisted at the same time and place, into the same company in the same regiment and served the same term of time and lived with the said Luther Mason in the same mess and tent and was discharged at the same time and place: and knows the said Luther Mason now residing in said town of Coblesville, in said County of Broome, to be the same Luther Mason, who enlisted and served in the company and regiment and for the term of time and was discharged as above mentioned and further this deponent saith not. Sworn to, subscribed and =
John Weed

declared in open Court on the fifth day of June 1832 C. B. Sheldon Clerk.
I Certify that John Weed the person who Sworn to the within affidavit, is well known to me and that he is a credible person, and that his oath is entitled to credit,
C. B. Sheldon Clerk.
of Del. County
I Crawford Sheldon Clerk of the County of Delaware and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do. Certify that the foregoing affidavit was Sworn to and subscribed in Open Court. the day and year aforesaid —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court December 18 1832 C. B. Sheldon

Broome County, fr:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, one of the judges of Broome County on Plea: Luther Mason who being duly sworn upon oath and saith that his services in the alarm, at Danbury, Green Pond, and Fishkill were not in any regularly organized company, & consequently that he was not under any regularly constituted officers, his services being merely that of a volunteer. That in the alarm at New Haven he served under Capt. Alexander Collier and Lieut. — Goodwin, the only company officers he now recollects. There were no field officers. — The regiment into which he enlisted, & in which he served out his nine months term, was commanded by Col. Mathew Mead; his, with Maj. Tyler, were the only field officers which he now recollects. The company in which he served was commanded by Captain James Smith. The other company officers which he now recollects were Lieut. Harrison, Lieut. John Wood, — Bayley, and Platt, Sergeants. — That the above is an enumeration of the names and ranks of the officers under whom he served according to the best of his recollection — and

further this deponent saith not — Subscribed and sworn this 15 th day of December 1832 before me Mr. Thos. Blackwell Luther Nason
State of New York Broome County } S. B. Marvin Clerk of said county do certify that Thos. Blackwell Esq. before whom the preceding Affidavit purports to have been taken was on the date thereof a Justice Judge of the court of common Pleas in and for this county. Also I am well acquainted with his hand writing and verily believe the signature of Thos. Blackwell is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 25 th day of Decr. 1832
S. B. Marvin Clerk

State of Michigan County of Lenawee } Aff
on this nineteenth day of April eighteen hundred and fifty three, before the Subscriber, a justice of the Peace in and for the said County personally appeared Hepsibah Mason and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Spencer Mason who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 40.00 per annum that he lived at the time of his death in the town of Coleville in the County of Broome & State of New York and died there on the 3 rd third day of October eighteen hundred and forty three (1843) and that she has remained ever since unmarried and still his widow
Hepsibah Mason
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Hepsibah Mason and that I know nothing contrary to the above statement
Burton Kent Justice of Peace

State of Michigan } County of Lenawee } ss
on this nineteenth day of April eighteen hundred and fifty three. Before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared William Moor, and Maria Moor and made oath in due form of law that they are personally acquainted with Mrs. Hepzibah Mason, that she is the widow of Luther Mason late of the state of New York, who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 40,000 dollars per annum and that she has not again married but is still his widow
William Moor Maria Moor
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I further certify that the above are credible witnesses, and that I am in no way interested in the application of Mrs. Hepzibah Mason for a pension.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, } LENAWEE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
I Hereby Certify, That Boston Hunt
whose name is subscribed to the annexed and foregoing Certificate of Affidavit was at the date thereof, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly qual- ified and authorized by the Laws of this State, to take the same, and to all of whose Official acts as such Justice of the Peace full faith and credit are due and ought to be given; And that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Boston Hunt and ver- ily believe his signature subscribed to the annexed and foregoing Certificate of Affidavit is genuine. I further certify, that
the annexed instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the Laws of the State of Michigan, to entitle it to record therein.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court, for said County, at Adrian, this 19 th day of April A.
D. 1853
John C. Miller
Clerk of said Court and County.

State of Michigan } County of Lenawee } ss
on this nineteenth day of April eighteen hundred and fifty three. Before the Subscriber a justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid personally appeared William Moor, and Maria Moor and made oath in due form of law that they are personally acquainted with Mrs. Hepsibah Mason, that she is the widow of Luther Mason late of the state of New York, who was a pensioner of the United States at the rate of 40,000 dollars per annum and that she has not again married but is still his widow
William Moor Maria Moor
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written, and I farther certify that the above are credible witnesses, and that I am in no way interested in the application of Mrs. Hepsibah Mason for a pension
Burton Keat Justice of the Peace
LENA
the annexed instrument is executed therein.
IN TESTIMONY WHERE
said County, at Adrian, this
D. 1853
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