Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28781, for John Lawrence, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass
Lawrence, John
NUMBER
S.28781
CONTENTS
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John Laurence
of H (Garmouth) in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Dais of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Vose in the Maine line line, for the term of 3 Years from May 17 77 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eighty - Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st day of Mar 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of Augt 1832 and sent to John Murray Portland Maine
the Roll on day of
182 and notification sent to
at
Pension commencing on the
of 182
  Amount due on 4th of  } Mar 1832  $  80  -    semi annual due  40       $  120   
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
June 1832
Recorded Book 2 Vol 1 - Page 67 -

John Lawrence
Application for a pension
Aug. 1832
(A private)
P. 6
306
Page 67
$80 per ann

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the first day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this first day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge John Lawrence a resident of North Yarmouth in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged Seventy six 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 7th, 1832. That he was placed on the pension list roll of the District of Maine agency and a Certificate of pension granted to him on his application made on the 17 day of April 1818. That his name was stricken from the pension list on account of his property. That he served in the revolutionary army in the company commanded by Capt. Hill, in Col. Vose's Reg't That he now resides in North Yarmouth, and resided there when he made his first application in April 1818.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine .
John Lawrence
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
} U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Mufsey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this third day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Mufsey
} Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

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John Lawrence
WILLIAM DISTRICT SE
whereby certifies that the foregoing copy and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the 1. John Lawrence Esq. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the  day of and by adjournment from day to day, on the fourteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Asher Ware Judge of said Court.
ON this fourteenth day of February in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, John Lawrence — aged seventy three years, resident in North Yarmouth in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolution the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress, of the 18th March, 1818, and the 1st May, 1820; that he, the said John Lawrence enlisted for the term of three years  or about on the last day of May in the year 1777 in the State of Massachusetts — in the company commanded by captain Davis — in the regiment commanded by colonel Joseph Dose in the line of the State of Massachusetts — on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until the fall of 1780 — when he was discharged from the service, in West Point — in the state of New York — that his name has been placed on the pension list and dropped therefrom by the act of congress of May 1. 1820. That he has not before exhibited any schedule of his property under said act of May 1. because he has understood that agreeably to the opinion of the Attorney General none were entitled to a continuance of their pensions, if they had any property and were not supported or assisted by charity. That he now makes his application in consequence of the late regulations of the War Department relative to pensions adopted by the Hon. Secretary Porter.
BEFORE
Asher Ware
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland  within and for the District of Maine, on the Tuesday, being the  day of and by adjournment from day to day, on the fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS,
the line of the State of more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the day of A. D. 181 , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pen- sion, numbered _____ was granted. 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 ; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
John Lawrence
Sworn to and declared, on the 14 day of February A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Asher Ware
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Of real estate - I have sixty seven acres of land with a house and barn on it in North Farmouth - and I have no other real estate
Of Personal estate - I have two cows, one yearling heifer, nine sheep, and one swine and a few articles of household furniture. I have no income except what I can realize from the above mentioned property - I have never conveyed away any of my estate since the Pension of 18 March 1818 was passed - I am in debt to different persons as much as three hundred dollars for articles of support which I have received and which I cannot pay without disposing of the land above mentioned.
John Lawrence
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Lawrence who, by occupation am a farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of age and great bodily weakness and a rupture and having had my leg broken
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Mary 76 in comfortable health   John Lawrence  
Sworn to Before Ashur Ware Jit. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Jr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto 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 nine hundred eight dollars and no more cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of February , A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty, nine .
John Mussey
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

28,781 Ray INVALID.
File No. 28,781
John Lawrence Rev Rev Mr
Act: 7 th June 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Lawrence
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland , at the Cumberland Bank .

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
John Lawrence ————— late a private ————— in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com- mence on the seventeenth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United
States, this seventh day of
May , one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Capt. Davis's Coy Col. Vose's Regt. North Bermonths
10.421

10.421
Maine John Lawrence
of South Berwick in the District of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wose of the Maine line, for the term of three years .
Inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April, 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th of May 1819 and sent to Wm. Wadsworth Esq. Portland, Maine .
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 10 mo. 84.76 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sep. 1819 48.00 $132.76
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued.
Notification sent to J. Wadsworth Esq. 23 Aug 1821

John Laurence Jst.
1 st Regt Mass Line 1777-8 years
Dec: 17 th April 1818
On roll

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....
John Lawrence of North Berwick in the Maine District, that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the town of New England on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at North Berwick aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support, very humbly in regard of any
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a private soldier to the 1st  John Hill Company of the 1st Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the last day of March one thousand seven hundred and 75 and that he left said service on or about the last day of March one thousand seven hundred and 76
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 22 day of April 1818.
John Lawrence
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty 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, John Lawrence 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 John Lawrence farther offered in evidence
The deposition of John Lawrence which is herewith an annexed
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said John Lawrence 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 27 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. attached is hereby a true copy
Wm 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 hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 12 th day of August A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the seventeenth day of August 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, John Lawrence 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 John
Lawrence farther offered in evidence the deposition of John Lawrence which is herewith an exhibit
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said John Lawrence served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy. that he is in now at the present time
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 27 day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second. attached is hereto an exhibit
Wm 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 hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 12th day of August A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury

I John Starbird of the age of sixty two years depose and say that I am well acquainted with John Law- rence now present - I knew in the revolutionary war - He belonged to the first Regiment in the Massachusetts line in 1777 which was the first of my knowing him - He was mustered as a three years man -
John Starbird
Subscribed and sworn to this 17 th day of April 1818 -
W m Widgeon Judge