Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 1992-100, for Josiah King, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
King, Josiah
B.L. No 1992-100
CONTENTS

This certifies, that Jariah King died in Norton April 1 st 1807.
True copy from the record.
Attest. Pitt Clarke Minister in Norton.

Bristol p. Commonwealth of Massachusetts - August 8. 1833. I certify that the within named Pitt Clark is an ordained Minister of the Gospel in Norton in said County of Bristol. Nathaniel Pratt Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol ss. I Anselm Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that at a Court of Probate holden at Norton in and for said County of Bristol, on the fifth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty three, by the Hon. Hodijah Baylies Judge of said Court of Probate, it was satisfactorily proved to said Court, that Josiah King, late of said Norton, deceased, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, that he died about twenty seven years ago, that he left five children viz. Josiah King, Hannah Holmes, Peggy Prior, John King and Betsey Bates, who are still living, and that they, together, with the following named persons, Grand children of said deceased, viz Calvin King, Sally King, Lewis King, Maria King, Elizabeth King and Hannah King, are all the heirs at law, to Josiah King aforesaid, deceased —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of November Eighteen hundred and thirty three — Anselm Barrett

Josiah King N o 1992.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities :
State of Massachusetts } County of Bristol }
I, Isaiah King  one of the heirs at law of Isaiah King do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Isaiah King did enter the service in 1777, for the term of three years , and served as a Soldier in the Regiment No. sixteen under the command of Colone Henry Jackson of the Massachusetts line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the War .
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Isaiah King on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Isaiah King.
Know all men by these presents, that I, Isaiah King aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Isaiah King to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
Personally appeared the above named Isaiah King subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest,
Given under my hand this 23 rd day of November 1833
Laban M c Wheaton Justice of the Peace.
Bristol ss.
In testimony that the above written Laban M c Wheaton Esq r was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, &c., in the State of Massachusetts at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Taunton this Seventh day of December 1833.
J. P. Sprague Clerk, &c.

Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts.
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Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary's Office. Boston 13. Apr. 1832.
This certifies, that it appears by the Army books in this Office, that Josiah Rung of Norton, in the County of Bristol, since Commonwealth of Massachusetts, enlisted the 20 th day of Sep r . 1777. in Capt. Hastings Company and Col t Henry Jacksons Reg t as a Private, and for during the war, that he continued till the 20 th Nov. 1778. when he was promoted to the Office of S Sergeant, and served in said capacity till the 31 st day of December 1780, at which last period the books in this Office end.
Edward D. Dangs, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 10 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Josiah King of Norton, a private in Capt n Hastings' Company & Col d Henry Jacksons Regiment, has Credit in the Continental Army Books, for services from Sept r 20 th 1779 to Dec r 31, 1779. 27 m s & 11 Days at 40/.  For which the nominal has been paid by the Continent £63 14 3    he was Serg t to Nov r 20 1778. . . . .  m s 14     then reduced . . . . .  (day) 13. 11.      27. 11     m s days  £ s d     Viz 8. 11 at 48/ & m s . . . . .  20 1. 7     5. 19 at 60/ " . . . . .  16. 18. —     13. 11 at 40/ " . . . . .  26 14 8      £ 63 14 3   
Also, From Jan y 1 st to Dec r 31 st 1780 as Serg t in 12 m s at 60/ 36. 0. 0 39. 11. and 99 14. 3
Josiah King's name is borne on a Return of the Men belonging to the Town of Norton, Jan y , 1781. in the Continental Army for 3 Years, or during the War, & enlisted as Sergeant Jan y 18 1780. under Capt m Hastings in the  Rev d

Regiment commanded by Col o Henry Jackson for During the War.
Josiah Kings name is also found, in a Book of Soldiers names who have prov d their being entitled to receive Twenty dollars or 200 acres of Land, Granted by a Resolve of the Gen l Court March 1801. for Granting Lands to certain Soldiers &c. where he receiv d his Twenty Dollars for service in the 7 th & 9 th Regiments.
Edward D. Bangs, Secretary of the Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Whereas application has been made to this Court by a number of persons who served in the late American Army, during the war with Great Britain, praying for a grant of some of the unappropriated lands in this Commonwealth, and as such a grant will promote the settlement of such land, as well as be some reward to those citizens whose meritorious services in the field so essentially contributed to establish our Independence: — Therefore, Resolved, That there be, and hereby is granted to each noncommissioned Officer and Soldier who enlisted into the late American Army to serve during the war with Great Britain, and who was returned as a part of this State's quota of said army, and who did actually serve, in said army the full term of three years, and who were honorably discharged, and unto the children if any there be, if not, to the widow of such noncommissioned officer and soldier, and to them only who enlisted as aforesaid and died in said service, two hundred acres, to be laid out at the expense of the Commonwealth, as soon as there shall appear a number sufficient to take up a quantity of land that shall be equal to one township of Six miles square, to be divided and appropriated under such regulations as the General Court shall hereafter prescribe, within the following limits, viz: beginning at the Northeast corner of the land now appropriated by the Committee for the sale of eastern lands, on the eastern line of this Commonwealth, thence running west, Six miles, thence northerly in a line parallel with the said eastern boundary line, until a tract shall be completed sufficient for each noncommissioned officer and private Soldier, their children or widows as aforesaid.

to have the aforesaid quantity of two hundred acres, or twenty dollars, as an equivalent for the aforesaid two hundred acres to be paid out of the Treasury to the Selectmen of the town where any such non commissioned officer or soldier, their children or widows as aforesaid, resides for his or their use and benefit.
And it is further Resolved, That where any such non commissioned officer or soldier has deceased, or shall deceased before he shall get possession of the land hereby granted to him, his children or widow as aforesaid shall be entitled to the same, and in order to secure to the said non commissioned officers and privates, and their children and widows as aforesaid, the benefits of this grant.
It is further Resolved, That all deeds, mortgages or conveyances of, or bonds or contracts of every description concerning any of said lands, which may be made by any such non commissioned officer or private, his children or widow, before the same shall be laid out and have a settlement made thereon, and five acres thereof shall have been brought under improvement, shall be null and void; provided always, that no such noncommissioned officer or soldier, his children or widow shall have any benefit from this Resolve, who shall not make application therefor within three years from the time of passing this Resolve, and who shall not make the aforesaid settlement and cultivation within the term of six years. And the Secretary is directed to publish this Resolve in such of the newspapers printed in this Commonwealth, as his Excellency the Governor may direct, six weeks successively, directly after passing the same.
In Senate March 4 th 1801. Read (and) accepted, as taken into a new draft.
Sent down for concurrence,
Sam t Phillips Presdt.

In the House of Representatives - March 4, 1801 - Read and Concurred. Edw d H. Robbins Sp k
March 5 1801.
Approved Caleb Strong.
A true Copy att. Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 10 th 1833.
I hereby certify that it appears by the Public Records deposited in this Office, - that Josiah King of Norton in this State, did, under the provisions of the above Resolve, prove to the Secretary and Treasurer of the Commonwealth his claim to the Bounty therein granted to surviving Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, which fact was accordingly certified by said Secretary and Treasurer to the Governor and Council, May 25. 1802, and that the Governor and Council did on the 7 th of June 1802, issue a warrant on the State Treasurer for the sum of $20 - in favor of said Josiah King, in conformity to the provisions of said Resolve, and to the said certificate of the Secretary and Treasurer. I further certify that the evidence of said King's honorable discharge (which must have been at that time exhibited to said Secretary and Treasurer to entitle him to their certificate) has in the lapse of time been lost or mislaid, as the same is not now found on the files of this Department.
Edward D. Bangs, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Norton, Jan. 4 th 1834.
Sir
I have just now rec d . yours of the 28 th ult. enclosing Land Warrant N o . 1992, issued in the names of the heirs of Isaiah King, who was a soldier in the Massachusetts line, of the revolutionary Army; and am, with due respect, your humble servant.
Isaiah King.

Josiah King Feb 15 th 1829
Cards Vols - Newton Mass or Refugee Jan 29 28
William Gordon Esquire Office Department of War, City Land Washington City.
R. Feb 15 th 1829

Boston, Jan. 28th 1839.
Sir
At the commencement of the revo- lutionary War, my Father was a resident at the head of the Bay fjord in Nova- Scotia, and being determined to adven- ture his fortune in the struggle for freedom; late in the fall of 1774, he left his residence there in great precipitan- cy, Boston harbor being then blockaded, and being apprehensive he might be forcibly detained there, came off with- out taking any of his effects but such as were necessary for his family of 6 children, on board a small sloop, and after a very cold and tedious passage, arrived safe in Providence, Rhode Island, and the spring following entered the Ameri- can army as the 2 nd Capt in the 9 th Mass. Regt. commanded by Col. — Brewer, and I myself, then being in my 14 th year, entered with him in the same service; and having been lately made acquainted with the circumstances of Congress having made early appropriations of sundry Lauen Ships of land for the remuneration of Canada and Nova Scotia Refugees, considering my Father and myself as such, I

I write for information how to make application - all the facts above mentioned can be well substantiated. - My Father has been dead more than 30 years.
I am, Sir, with all due respect your very humble servant,
Josiah King.
William Gordon, Esq.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Bristol } ss.
I Josiah King and heir at Law, to Josiah King deceased, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, Josiah King aforesaid, about, or in the Year, 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and, that, he served in Regiment No. sixteen of the Massachusetts Line, commanded by Colonel Henry Jackson ; and that, he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the War, when he was reg- ularly discharged from the Seventh Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, commanded by Colonel John Brooks ; and when he was a Sergeant
I further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Josiah King aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he has ever received it, or transferred his claim, in any manner, whatsoever:—
All Men, By These Presents, that I constitute and appoint be my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive, from the Secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land due to me and to the other heirs of I have hereunto set my day of
THEREFORE KNOW aforesaid, do hereby of Greeneville, in the State of New-York, to of Greeneville, in the State of New-York, to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive, from the Secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land due to me and to the other heirs of and seal, this 183
Josiah King
COUNTY of Bristol ss. August 8. 1833. Personally appeared before me Horatio Pratt a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid Josiah King subscriber to the above declaration, who acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined, to be free act and deed; and likewise made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing thereof declaration. Dated this Eighth day of August 1833.
Horatio Pratt
STATE OF Mass. COUNTY OF Bristol } ss.
Horatio Pratt was a Magistrate, duly authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Massachusetts at the above date, and that his name there subscribed, appears to be his usual signature; I have here- unto affixed the Seal of the State and subscribed my name, at Saunder this Eighth day of August 1833
H. Pratt