Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,875, for William Hunt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (mass.) Hunt, William
S. 32,875
CONTENTS

7,143
Massachusetts
William Kent 4
Boston in the state of Massachus ts
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greadon of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year —
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th of March 1810.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of March 1819 and sent to the Hon ble S. Davis, Boston, Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 11\frac{6}{31}  89. 54    Semi-ann l all ce ending 4 th Sept r . 1819.  48. 00  
$ 137. 54
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Concurred Suffolk County.
William Kent Boston Massachusetts Sep r 11 1820

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston 5 February
A. D. 18 19
William Hunt
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions 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;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A B together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
5 February 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, William Hunt by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
J. P. Russell
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

No 49
William Hunt
2 July 1878 - private
Greaton's rest Chapachut
Dec 1775 One year & Wanting
His judgment is confined to the shell of the animal - shell - shunk and the redwood in some cases of the application. Not on rolls -
88 March 1810 -
Winter.

District of Massachusetts. March 30 1818
William Hunt testifies that he was a private soldier in Capt. Elijah Vose company commanded by Col. Groton that he entered on January 1776 to serve as a Continental Soldier & enlisted for one year that he served till the 31 st day of December 1776. and that he was then discharged having completed the time for which he was enlisted. and that said Regiment was in the Massachusetts Line of Infantry
William Hunt
Mass. Dist. B. Boston March 30. 1818.
I Elijah Vose certify that William Hunt above named served as a private soldier in my company commanded by me in Col. John Groton's Regiment in the Continental Service from the first day of January 1776 to the 31 st day of December 1776 against the Common Enemy.
Elijah Vose Lieut. Col.
Massachusetts District B. Boston 2 July 1818 The said William Hunt swears further on oath declares and says that he is in such reduced circumstances of life as to stand in need of as- sistance from his country for support.
Mass. Dist. July 2. 1818
William Hunt
Sworn to before me
Mr. Francis D. July 2. 1818

No. 44 William Street 2 Sept 1818 - private Ezekiel's right & Mahapachut I am sure you are the only one who is going to tell the truth about the state of mind and the condition of some cause of the officer. Not a word
31 March 1818
Moston Jan 30. 1819 Elijah Vore maketh oath to the truth of the within certificate. I well know the witness named in the within. I enlisted him in Cambridge in December 1775, for one year, and he served the term faithfully, in my Company, in the most northern expedition - I was then Captain of a Company in Greaton's regt. ment.
Mast. Dis.
Elijah Vore
Jan 30. 1819
Person before me
McDermott Dist Judge Mast. Dis.

Mr Hunt
No 7143
March 1819
sent for in
1820
Onkawa
Sept '19

District of Massachusetts, ss.
ON this tenth day of June 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record, viz. a Special District Court of the United States for the said District, William Hunt aged One years, resident in the County of Suffolk, in said District, Wood Sawyer who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: as a Private in Capt. Deane's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Bond, and in the Company commanded by Capt. Page and Regiment commanded by Col. Green in the Massachusetts Line of the Army. My Declaration was dated on the 30 March 1818. and my Pension Certificate March 5 1819. & Number 7143
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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.
William Hunt
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of June A. D. 1820 - before
W. Davis { Judge of the Massachusetts District Court.
I, JOHN WATSON DAVIS, Clerk of the Massachusetts District Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto 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 _____ dollars and _____ cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of June 1820
John W. Davis { Clerk of the U. S. District Court, for the Massachusetts District.

Schedule of Property belonging to the Subscribed late a Russian Private in the Army of the Revolution.
Real Estate None
Personal Estate None
Occupation a laborer but unable to work much in consequence of my laboring under a Rheumatic affection.
Family None
William Hunt

32875 Recd INVALID.
File No. 32,875
William Hunt
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 198
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Edward Hutton of Dorchester in the County of Norfolk within the State of Massachusetts husbandman do on oath declare that I was a private in the first regiment of the Massachusetts line of the army of the American revolution in a company commanded by Elijah Root Square and in the regiment commanded by John Greaton Esq. that William Root of Boston in the County of Suffolk labourer enlisted in said company in the year service so called beginning about the commencement of the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six that I remembered him at Cambridge in the first part of said time and afterwards in the State of New York and afterwards in Canada and am confident he served his time of enlistment for one year out and further saith not
Edward Hutton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss at Dorchester on the first of February 1819. Edward Hutton whose signature is annexed to the above affidavit made oath to the truth of the same
Before Col. Nathaniel Root Justice of Peace and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston Dec 7 th 1819. I further certify that Edward Hutton above named is in my opinion a credible witness and entitled to be believed in any court and that he subscribed the above in my presence Edward Root Justice of Peace as aforesaid

Norfolk ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts I Horatio Townsend, clerk of the Judicial Court in the County of Norfolk, do hereby certify that Edward H. Robbins Esq., is a Justice of the Peace throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, duly commissioned by the Executive authority of said Commonwealth, and that the signatures to the within Certificates are in the hand writing of the said Robbins
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, at Dedham, this fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Horatio Townsend
A

Bill Wore of Boston in the County of Suffolk gentle- man do on oath declare that I belonged to the first Massachusetts regiment of the army of the revolution my was commanded by John Green S q d n and served in that regiment during the years service of one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in the capacity of a Quarter Master and lieutenant and I knew William Hunt now of Boston in the County of Suffolk labourer to have been a private in a company commanded by Elijah Wore S q d n belonging to said regiment I believe that Hunt during said year doing his duty in the ranks of said at Cambridge near the place during the siege of Boston and after- wards in the State of New York and afterwards in Canada and I have a full belief that he served his time out according to the terms of his enlistment
Bill Wore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts S. H. L. of Boston on the fourth of July 1819
Bill Wore whose signature is annexed to the above affi- -davit made oath to the truth of the same
Before Edward H. McVinn Justice of peace Boston July 4 th 1819
And the Commonwealth of Massachusetts I further certify that the above named Bill Wore in my opinion a credible witness to any fact he testifies to and as such I should admit him in any judicial proceeding and that he subscribed his name to the above in my presence Edward H. McVinn Justice of peace as before

Norfolk, ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
I Horatio Townsend, Clerk of the Judicial Court, in the County of Norfolk, do hereby certify that Edward H. Robbins (Esquire), is a Justice of the Peace throughout the the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, duly commissioned by the Executive authority of said Commonwealth, and that the signature to the within Certificate are in the hand writing of the said Robbins.
In Testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Dedham, the fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Horatio Townsend