Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,868, for Lot Hunt, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Mass
Hunt, Lot
S. 32,868
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8,823 Massachusetts
Lot Hunt 4
of Duxbury in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of April 1818 and sent to Nahum Mitchell East Bridgewater Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March 1810 to 1818 85.56
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1819 Some 48.
$133.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Information of Lot Hunt 4, private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year.

32868 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32,868
Lot Hunt
Div Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 198
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Duxbury April 11-1818
This may Certify that Lot Hunt served as a private Soldier from the first of May 1775 to the 31 day of Dec r 1775 the first eight months in Capt Sam l Bradfords Com y & Col l Cotten Regiment the next year in Col l Baileys Reg under the same Captain -
Judah Helen then an and Officer in the same Company & Reg t -

Log Hunt
8823
Sept 1819
Not
ENAD

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
On this Nineteenth day of July 1826, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County John Grant aged thirty nine years, resident in Duxbury in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of one year 1776 - in Col: Bradford's company Col: Bailey's Reg: Massachusetts line and that he has received a pension certificate dated 3: April 1819 - and numbered 223. in pursuance of his original Declaration made 14: April 1818. and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
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.
Real Estate in Taunton house & barn present etc. horn & chaise. 1 Blish - 1 bow - 1 hoe - 18 chains - 2 Mahogany tables desk - clock - watch - crockery - kitchen furniture shoes - sundry other small things - table furniture - Some $330. to divers persons My wife Abigail is 68 years of age both of us infirm myself lame & helpless and small boy named Ezra Hunt. He is 11 years of age & a girl named Lucy Price who lives with me 9 years of age John Grant
Sworn to, and declared, on the 19th day of July A.D. 1826 before Nathaniel Mitchell Justice of the Court
I, John H. Thomas - clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule 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 1135 dollars and cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Twenty first day of June 1826
Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

Lot Hunt Duxbury

I, Lt. Hunt of Duxbury in County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, believing myself to be entitled to the benefit of the act of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, granting pensions to certain persons therein described; Do hereby testify & say that I enlisted into the Army of United States as a private soldier in the year 1775 near Boston, in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Bradford, Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regiment; that at the expiration of eight months service, on the first day Jan y 1776 I enlisted into the company of Capt. Samuel Bradford, as a private soldier, Col. John Baileys Regiment in the Massachusetts line, for twelve months, in which company I served part at or near Boston, the residue at New York & its vicinity, during some time of 12 months, where my service ending the last day of December 1776, I was verbally discharged by my Capt. & returned home.
Respecting my reduced situation in life, it testifies & say, that being nearly 68, & my wife 67 years of age, & both of us unable to much of any thing, myself not having been able by reason of lameness, to prosecute my former calling in the codfishery for eight years last past, & from the best improvement I can make of what I now possess, I cannot realize more than forty dollars per annum clear, I am induced to prefer this my humble claim. I pray that the pension provided for the old, lame, and reduced soldiers of 1758, & 6, may be allowed me, & as in duty bound will ever pray. — and from my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support.
Lt. Hunt
Sworn to April 14. 1818

Lott Hunt Private Bailey Mass. Regt. 176 on you April 14 1818
(2)
Lt. Hunt Swanton

Judah Alden, an old revolutionary officer, a man of strict honor & veracity, & a respectable Magistrate of the County of Plymouth, Ms, appeared before me the said Judge, and made solemn oath that his certificate in favor of Lot Hunt aforesaid, accompanying the said Hunt's Declaration, is just and true —
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Lot Hunt — did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, & that he needs the assistance of his country for support. —
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above certificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss. On this 14 th day of April A. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Lot Hunt of Duxbury aged sixty seven years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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,"
/see his said declaration enclosed/