Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31500, Benjamin Worther, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Worthen, Benjamin Worthen
S. 31500
CONTENTS

Maine 11.363
Benjamin Worther of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine who was a Pr. in the Company commanded by Captain Plummer of the Regt commanded by Col. Allen - in the Mass. as camp Troops
18 Mo Private — 60
Inscribed on the Roll of — Maine at the rate of 60 Dollars — was per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Apr l 1833 and sent to R. C. Vose Augusta, Me.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 120.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 30.
$ 150.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk. Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 63

31 500 Ray INVALID.
File No. 31,500
Benjamin Worthen Pis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index: Vol. 2, Page 463
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Henry Worthen
Private - Mass'tts troops.
Plummer's Co: 9 months
Crosby's Co: Allen's regt 3 months
Plummer's Co: McComb's regt 6 months
18 months as a private, Adm d $60. —
Applicant informed - Certified by Judge April 4. 1833. —
R. G. Vose, Augusta, Me.
I have been informed
seventy seven

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this twelfth day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Benjamin Worthen a resident of Farmington in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy three 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 June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Benjamin Plummer and served in Col. not recollected regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Plummer, Capt. He does not recollect the name of his colonel. That he enlisted in that company & regiment in April 1776 for nine months, served at Pleasant Point at the mouth of Georges river, Maine, & after serving out the full term of his enlistment, was verbally discharged in January 1777. — That in October 1777 he again enlisted as a private in Capt. Crosby's company & Colonel Allen's regiment of the same troops for three months served at Machias, Maine, & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was discharged there in January 1778. — That in May 1779 he again enlisted for six months as a private in Capt. Benjamin Plummer's company in Col. W. Cobb's regiment of the same troops, served in the Bayaduce expedition, retreated up the Penobscot river & was discharged at Camden in November of the same year. —
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the War department, he answers:
That he was born in Nobleboro, Maine, in 1759, where he presumes his age was recorded & where his home was during his revolutionary services. That he has lived in Farmington for the last thirty five years. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute & never received a written discharge. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services,

Answers to interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the War department, he answers:
That he was born in Nobleboro, Maine, in 1759, where he presumes his age was recorded & where his home was during his revolutionary services. That he has lived in Farmington for the last thirty five years. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute & never received a written discharge. That many of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services.
12 Sept
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.
Benjamin Worthen mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before Nathan Weston Esq. Act J.P.C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
State of Maine Apr. 4, 1833. It has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the above named applicant, by reason of age & infirmity, cannot without prejudice to his health appear in open court to renew his declaration & again to make oath to the same.
Nathan Weston Act J.P.C.

R. G. Vose, Augusta, Me.
I William Blackwell of Kennebec do hereby certify that I well know the within named Benjamin Worthen that I have known him from a boy, & during his services as within stated our homes were in the same town. I well recollect his having served at Machias, his being absent from home his return, During his service at Pleasant Point I frequently saw him there while I was visiting my friends at that place, & I fully believe he served the length of time as he has within stated. Having been an Orderly Sergeant in Capt. Plummer's company in Col. McCobb's regiment from May to November 1779 I well know that the said Benjamin Worthen served six months in that Company Regiment as he has within stated.
State of Maine } subscribed & sworn to this 12th day of September 1832. Kennebec } the deponent being a credible witness. Depose me Wm. Worth Justice Peace, State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Benjamin Worthen for a pension that William Worthen is a Justice of the Peace as above. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this twelfth day of September
A. D. 1832
J. A. Chandler

I Andrew Knowlton of Nobleborough in the county of Lincoln & State of Maine aged eighty years on oath do testify & say that Benjamin Wetmore of Farmington in the state aforesaid formerly of Nobleborough in the year of our Lord 1777 was in the service of the United States as a private in a company of Infantry commanded by Capt. Crosby & attached to a regiment commanded by Col. Allen three months at Machias in the state of Maine I know he served the aforesaid time of three months for I was with him & a sergeant in the same company he enlisted the first of October & was discharged the January following
Lincoln ss July 23. 1832 Then the above named Andrew Knowlton was examined & cautioned & sworn to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed taken at the request of Benjamin Wetmore
Before me Peabody M. Wells Justice of the Peace
I Benjamin Chapman of Nobleborough in the county of Lincoln & state of Maine aged seventy one years on oath do testify & say that I am knowing to the facts as above stated by Andrew Knowlton & know them to be true for I was in the same company
his Benjamin Chapman mark
Lincoln ss July 23 1832 Then the above named Benjamin Chapman was examined & cautioned & sworn to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed taken at the request of Benjamin Wetmore
Before Me
Peabody M. Wells Just. of the Peace
I further certify that the above named Knowlton & Chapman are in my opinion men of veracity & disinterested
Peabody M. Wells
Who is a Justice of the Peace

Benj. Wetmore
Deposition of William Knowlton v. Benjamin Chapman taken for Benjamin Wetmore

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Worthington Benjamin GRADE Private LINE Maryland
WARRANT NUMBER 11817 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 10, 1790 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.