Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26713, for Josiah King, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental mass
King, Josiah Miriam
W. 26713
CONTENTS

15775 Massachusetts
Josiah King
of Shelburn in the State of Massachusetts who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Lord. of the Regt. commanded by Col. Stewart in the Massachusetts line for Two Years. From 1781
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 120 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of July 1833 and sent to the Hearst at Norton Mass
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $240. Semi-annual allowance ending Sep 1, 60
$300
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. I. Beale Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 nd Page 45
See letter 27 July to Pension Agent
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State of Vermont
Chittenden county } On this 22 d day of April 1878 before me the undersigned one of the Assistant Judges of Chittenden County Court, personally appears. Josiah King, aged Fifty six years, resident in Shelburne in the said County, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, 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, That he the said King, enlisted in the year 1775. to serve eight months, in Capt. Josiah Kings Company in the 9 th Mass. Regt. — and served out the full period of enlistment — That in 1776. he enlisted into Captain Sopers Company in the Dicks Regiment of the Mass. Line for one year, and served out the full period of service — That in the year 1777. he enlisted for three years — into Captain Burrs Company of the 2 d Massachusetts Regiment, and contin- ued the full period of service — and voluntarily continued in service until the close of the war and was discharged at White Plains. as a Sergeant — at the time Col. Ebenezer Sprout then commanded — That he gave his discharge and Went to a Gen. Gordon. to procure his land — that he was in the Battle at Fryburg in 1776 — was in the battle at White Plains — and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services sworn to and declared. Before me, the day and year aforesaid } Josiah King.
Turner Chittenden Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court

I Truman Chittenden Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Josiah King did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy; 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. Burlington April 22 d 1878.
Truman Chittenden Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court
State of Vermont Chittenden County
I Nathan B. Haswell Clerk of Chitten-
den County Court do hereby certify that Truman Chittenden before whom the within certification and certificate given is an Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court, duly qualified, acting under the authority of this State and that his name at the end
is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court this 22 d day of April 1878.
Nathan B. Haswell
State of Vermont Chittenden County
Burlington July 26. 1879
I Truman Chittenden Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court, in addition to the above certificate, do hereby certify, that it has been made to appear to me that the above named Josiah King is poor and in reduced circumstances
Truman Chittenden
N. B. Haswell, Esq. Burlington, Vt.
Josiah King Adm. Corr. G. G.

Reported
894. Massachusetts Miriam King, widow of Josiah King who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergeant
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of July 1848. and sent to
Wm A. Hale H of B
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 79 Vol. 2

Isaac King
Declaration in Ch. C. March 1. 1852
N. B. Haswell Esq. Burlington Vt.

Revolutionary Claim, under Act of Congress, May 1, 1820.
STATE OF VERMONT.
Chittenden
COUNTY, ss. }
ON this
first Monday
day of
March,
1822 personally appeared in open Court, being the
Court for the County of
Chittenden
and a Court of Record for said County,
Josiah King
aged
60
years, resident in Burlington
in said County, who being duly sworn,
according to law, doth on his oath, declare that he served in the revolutionary war, as follows:—
Subscribed
in the year 1777 into Captain Bares Company in the Second Massachusetts Regiment for the term of three years, after the expiration of which term he again enlisted for during the war in the battle of White Plains and Monmouth and other engagements previous to and after the same as per original declaration made before the Hon. Asa Patten Chittenden Assistant Judge of Chittenden County Court on the 22 nd day of April 1818 on which he received a Pension certificate dated March 19. 1819 numbered 8429 will fully appear.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day 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.
1 then yr old Waifer $15.00
1 out lot of $20.00

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.
   1 thing good leather $15.00   2 Skins 6.00   3 Soles 4.00   6 Elastics 2.25   6 Plates 18   6 Doz Superb Pencils 3.40   1 Mitten 50   Amb. Cup $29.07  
    1 Aunt Jemima $39.07   1 Iron pot 1.00   1 Iron kettle .75   1 Iron Spoons .25   1 Iron tea kettle 1.00   1 Iron fork .25   1 Iron pan .25   6 Iron spoons 2.50   1 Candle stick 1.50   Total Amt. $48.82   
I have a wife and three children who are dependent on me for support see Clapp. Aged 22. Sh. A. 16. S. 13.
My Dear Sarah Maria
Before
Nathan B. Merrill Clerk
I
Nathan B. Hoxie Clerk of Chittenden County
Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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 Thirty four dollars and 82 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 25 day of March 1822
Nathan B. Haswell CLERK.

12204
Re Sept. 11, 1845.
William King,
Widow of Israel,
Act June 17, 1844.
Mrs.
St. Mark's

State of Massachusetts Bristol County
Be it known that on first day of July eighteen hundred and forty five personally appeared before the Hon d Oliver Prescott Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the said County of Bristol, Miriam King a resident of Norton in the said County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Acts of Congress of
That she is the widow of Josiah King who was a Sergeant in the war of the Revolution and served as a Sergeant a large portion of that war, and he was pensioned under the Act of Congress of 7 th June 1832, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum which he continued to receive up to 4 th March next previous to his death.
But by reason of age and infirmity, & consequent loss of memory, she is unable to recollect who his superior officers were, but has heard him say that he served during the whole war. And she refers to his declaration which he made under the said Act of 7 th June 1832, and which is now on file in the war office of the United States at Washington for evidence of his services in said war.
And she further declares that she was Married to the said Josiah King on the twenty tenth ninth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven & that her late husband, the said Josiah King died on the sixth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty five, & she further declares that she has not intermarried since his death, but continues his widow up to the present day. She refers to the evidence heretofore annexed.
Miriam King
Sworn to & subscribed on the day and year above written Before me
Oliver Prescott Judge of Probate

I Oliver Prescott Judge of Probate, further certify that the foregoing applicant for a Pension William King cannot, on account of age and bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Oliver Prescott Judge of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol county ss. I Anselm Mawett Registrar of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Oliver Prescott whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates, was at the date thereof and still is the Judge of said Court —
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this third day of July eighteen hundred and forty five

I John Crane of Norton in the County of Bristol and state of Massachusetts, being forty six years of age, do hereby testify and say, that I am the Clerk of the said Town of Norton, and have the custody of the Records of said Town and upon one of the said Books of records - which has been kept for recording Marriages, the following Record is found, namely -
May twenty ninth one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven. Married each to other. Josiah King Jr and Miriam Cobb, both of Norton, by Rev. Joseph Palmer.
And I do further testify and say, that the above is a true extract from the said Record of said Town of Norton in my office with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the said record in fair legible figures as follows - to wit
May 29 th 1787. Married each to the other Josiah King Jr, and Miriam Cobb, both of Norton, by Rev. Joseph Palmer.
And I do further testify and say that I have no interest whatever in the obtaining of a pension for the widow of the said Josiah King.
Dated at Norton August 7 th 1845.
John Crane { Town Clerk of Norton

State of Massachusetts
Bristol County - ss. August 7 th 1845. Then personally appeared John Coane a Credible witness, and to me personally known, and made Oath that the within affidavit by him subscribed is just and true in all its parts -
Before me Cromwell Leonard Justin Pease

I Horace B. Wetherell of Norton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, being thirty seven years of age do hereby testify and say, that I was well acquainted with Josiah King now deceased, and that he was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and that the said Josiah King died at said Norton on the sixth day of April eighteen hundred and forty five, leaving a widow. to wit, Mariam King with whom I am also well acquainted, and I do further testify and say, that the said Mariam King is still living, and that she has not intermarried since the death of her said late husband, the said Josiah King, but that she continues as his widow up to the present day, and is now a Resident of the said Town of Norton.
Dated at Norton July 28 th 1845.
Horace B. Wetherell
State of Massachusetts
Bristol County - }
ss. July 28 th 1845. Then Horace B. Wetherell a credible & disinterested witness, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Bromwell Leonard Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
To all men to whom these presents shall come, I James Sprout Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Bromwell Leonard Esq., whose signature is subscribed to the foregoing and annexed certificate, is a Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas, duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court, at Taunton, this eighth day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and forty five.
Ja. Sprout

you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Brattleboro Oct 75 Bunker Hill 8 mos. Private Isiah King 9 th Mass.   76 1 yr. Soper Read   77 Burr 2 nd Mass.   81 Lt Leviathan Ebenezer Sprout   discharged 83-4 at Melrose  
Battles engaged in, Frogg Neck, White Plains, Mon. Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, Apr. 22 1818 Residence at date of application, Holburne, Chittenden Co., Vt. Age at date of application, 6, Apr. 22, 1762 Remarks all in 1822 Clarissa 22 John A. 16 Sarah B 13 - dependent child  1830 Norton Bristol Co. Mass - Mar. 7 Mass 29 1787 Miriam  Cobb Sol. E. Apr. 6. 1845 int. app. July 1. 1845 res  Norton, Mass. at 80.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Transf. to Massachusetts 4 Aug 1830 for 4 weeks 1830 and notification sent to Pension Master's Dept a letter 30 April 1832 to Pensioner do 1 May 24 do July 6. 1833 to P. A. Kenney.
To CRB Russell 28 Mar 1832 Burlington Vt
To Massachusetts 8429 from Vermont
Isaac King 4
of Shelburn in the state of Vermont who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years 1776-1800
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 nd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of Mar: 1819 and sent to N. B. Haswell Esq Burlington Vermont
  Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819  $ 83. 43    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819  48     $131. 43  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Chittenden County

William King, widow of Josiah King Sergeant.
2 years service.
120 per annum.
Act June 17, 1844 Com. April 6, 1845.
Mop Roll.
Marrried May 29 th 1787 Hus. died April 6, 1845.
Lat. A. Bopett, Taunton, Mass

Massachusetts
Miriam King, widow of Josiah King, who was a Sergeant, in the Massachusetts line.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844. 6th of April, 1845.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Oct: 1845 and sent to A. Russell, Taunton, Mass.
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book II.
Vol. 1 — Page 61.

Rey
26 7/13
WIDOW, &c.
Sept 7 1905 History to Thos. H. Ridgate, Treas. Dept. D.C.
26.7/13
File No. 
Miriam King Wid of Josiah King Sergt Rev War
Act: Feb 20 1848
Index:—Vol. A , Page 403
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Respectfully referred to Chief of Old War Div for consideration and reply J. H. Brooks acc

Washington D.C. Sept 4 th 1905.
Walter J. Brooks Esq.
Assistant Chief Clerk,
Pensions Office Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
One Josiah King - appears on the Revolutionary Pay Roll at the end of the War, will you please give me if possible his rank in the Army - his birth place and where he claimed his residence, in fact any information regarding him - that would enable me to complete some missing links in my family history - he being a relative, and this information is sought only for the purpose of completing family history and to secure admission to one or more of our Historical Associations,
Very truly Yours &c Thomas H. Ridggate
% Miscellaneous Division Treasury Department Washington D.C.

J. L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington

Fauntler Mass. Sept. 8. 1875
Sir,
Herewith is the application of Meriam King Widow of Jonah King for a pension -
Any communication you may be pleased to make relative thereto may be made to me
Very Respectfully
Your obed.
A. Marsh
J. Edwards Esq. Coun l of Meriam Washington -

Smooth King
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Burlington Vermont by Hermon Allen Esq Agent for paying U.S. Pensions
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, _____
Josiah King _____ late a Sergeant _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont _____ Agency, at the rate of eight _____ dollars per month, to com- mence on the twenty second day of April _____ one thousand eight hundred and eighteen . _____
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this nineteenth day of March _____ one thousand eight hundred and nineteen. _____
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency Levi Lincoln Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know Ye, That Laban Wheaton Esq is a Justice of Peace, in the county of Bristol.
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commissioned, and that to his — Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twenty fourth day of July A. D. 1830, and in the fifty fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Bangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.

APPLICATION FOR A TRANSFER.
County of Bristol ss. Massachusetts
On this fourth day of June 1830, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Bristol personally appeared Jasiah King who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Simeon Lord in the Regiment commanded by Colonel E. Sprague in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Vermont from whence he has lately removed; that he now resides in the State, (District, or Territory,) of Massachusetts where he intends to remain, and wishes his pension to be there payable, in future. The following are his reasons for removing from Burlington, Vermont to Norton, Massachusetts , viz. that being in the decline of life, he may be more in the midst of his friends.
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, } the, day and year aforesaid. }
Sabarn Wheaton.
Jasiah King.
I Samuel Mosey of Norton, in the County of Bristol Mass. do testify that the person who has taken the above oath is the same person therein described himself to be Jasiah King
☞ The oath to be taken before a duly qualified Magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated. The county Clerk, Secretary of State, or some other officer, must certify, under his seal of office, that the officer who administered the oath is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, Mayor, Alderman, or Notary Public, as the case may be, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine.
☞ The oath must be supported by the testimony of some respectable person, as to the Pensioner's identity. He must swear, that the person who has taken the above oath is the person described in the affidavit. The Magistrate must certify, that the witness is a person of veracity; and the affidavit must also be authenticated in the manner above directed.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss. July 16. 1830. Samuel Mosey aforesaid, is a gentleman entitled to full credit, as a man of truth, made oath to the truth of the above declaration, by him subscribed. Before me Sabarn Wheaton Justice of the peace.

Jonah King Miss
Sept 2 years
Clarent Norton Miss

Seth Capron of Walden in the County of Orange in the State of New York - do Testify & Say That I am in the thirty second year of my age, and that I was well acquainted with Josiah King of Norton in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the Army of the Revolution - and that I am knowing to his having served in said Army as a Sergeant from some time in the summer of 1781 to about the first of June 1784 as on that day, we left the Army & sought our distant homes together, I am also knowing to his having obtained his promotion by dint of his own Merit & to his having sustained his Office with distinction: And to all this I do hereby Testify to the best of my recollection & belief.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 8 of June 1803
Seth Capron
J. W. Eager Justice of the Peace
I Samuel W. Eager the above named Justice do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Doctor Seth Capron who made and signed the above affidavit that he is a highly respectable person and his testimony entitled to every credit
J. W. Eager
State of New York
Orange County ss. I, Aba Dorrance Clerk of the said County do hereby certify that Samuel W. Eager Esq. before whom the above affidavit was made to have been sworn and whose

He same is subscribed to the within Certificate as at the date of the same a true & correct copy for said security and that I am acquainted to with his hand writing and only believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit and the acknowledgment certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature
Witness my hand and Seal of office this 12 th day of June 1832 J. D. Williams

Minium King
ad.
110-411
admitted
Hm. A. Hale WofR

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol ss.
I, James Sprague, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Brownell Swann, Esq., whose signature is affixed to the within certificate, is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed, the seal of said Court, at Farmington, this fifth day of July, in the year Eighteen hundred and forty-eight. Jas. Sprague

State of Massachusetts Bristol County } ss.
1848
On this fourth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight personally appeared Miriam King before me Cromwell Leonard one of the Justices of the Peace within and for the said County of Bristol. Miriam King a resident of Norton in said County aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed on the second February 1841. Granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war.
That she is the widow of Josiah King who was a Sergeant in the said war and served therein over seven years, and during the whole of said war. She entered the service at first when a boy as waiter to his father who was a Captain, and she remembers to have heard him say that he was out during the whole time or term, but has forgotten the Colonel & other officers under whom he served and respectfully refers to his own declaration which is now on file in the war office at Washington. And also to her own declaration when she was pensioned subsequently to his death. Her said husband was principally of the Continental line.
And she further declares that she has received under the Act of Congress of 1841 one hundred and twenty dollars per annum. And she further declares that she is still a widow.
witnes Clarissa King.
Miriam King
Sworn and subscribed the day, and year, above written.
Before me Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace
And I do further certify that the above said Miriam King is personally known to me, and is the identical person who has received the pension as above stated by her.
Cromwell Leonard Justice Peace

Worton Ct Jan 28 th
Free
Feb 11 th
Hon. Lewis C.aps.
Secretary at War. Pension Office.
City of Washington.
Verne

Norton, Jan. 4. 26th 1833.
Sir,
I inclose the within, in order that I may be farther benefited according to the late pension act, having served my country for more than two years in the capacity of a Sergeant.
I was transferred from the Roll of Vermont to that of Massachusetts on the 4th of August 1830, where I now reside, and respectfully request my certificate to be transmitted to me in this place.
I am, Sir, with due respect, your obedient humble servant.
Josiah King.

I Josiah King of Norton, County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, was born and came into this stage of existence on the 22 nd day of April in the year of our Lord 1762 - and lived thro' the case of King Providence, till the year 1775, when, about three weeks before the battle of Bunker Hill, I became numbered among the rebels, who then surrounded the British troops in the Town of Boston in the State of Mass ts and continued in said rebellion or revolutionary Army until the year 1781, when, in the fore part of the summer of said year, I was appointed a Sergeant in the 2 nd Mass. Regt. commanded by Col. E. Sproat, and in the Company of Capt. Simeon Lord, and continued as such, in said Regt. till the winter of 1783-4, when I was honorably discharged therefrom as a Sergeant.
Josiah King.
Subscribed and sworn before me This 28 th day of June 1830.
Edw n Raymond Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Y Bristol ss. I, Isaac Sprague, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Ephraim Raymond, Esq., whose signature is affixed to the within Certificate is a Justice of the peace in & for said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this Seventeenth day of July, in the year Eighteen Hundred & thirty three.
Isaac Sprague

Honorable Mr. Caton,
Secretary of War, City of Washington, U.S.
John C. Apple Aug. 30/30

Honorable Mr Eaton:
Secretary of War, City of Washington, U.S.
John C. [?] Aug. 30/30
Q

Norton, Mass. July 29th 1830.
Hon ble Mr. Eaton.
Sir I have recd. from the War Office, an answer to my letter, of the 17th ult. requesting my name to be transferred from the roll of Pensioners of the Vermont Agency to that of Massachusetts, inclosing a blank form with directions, which I have filled up, and obtained, as I suppose, the necessary certificates; all of which, I enclose, and am with all due respect, your very humble servant.
Josiah King.