Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31423, for Joel Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thompson, Joel
S. 31423
CONTENTS

Maine
11.375
Joel Thompson
of Kennebec Co in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Curtis — of the Regt commanded by Col. Cargill — in the Massachusetts for Troops —
8 Mo 7 Da Sergeant — 41.15
Inscribed on the Roll of — Maine at the rate of 41 Dollars 15 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of April 1833 — and sent to. R. C. Dorr, Augusta. Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 — 82.30 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept " 20.57 1/2 102.87 1/2
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. T. Sprague — Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 1 Page 58

Joel Thompson
Private - Mass. troops.
Sergeant No 1650.
Curtis Co. Bangall's regt
8 months.
May to Dec. 1775.
Served 8 months 7 days as a Sergeant.
Applicant in firm - Certified by Judge in open Court Apr. 4. 1833.
$41.15
DECLARATION
R. G. Vose, Augusta, Me.

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
ON this twelfth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Joel Thompson a resident of Leavittown , in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec- laration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Kurtis and served in Col. James Bangs Regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Kurtis capt. &
Bangs col. That he enlisted in that company & regiment in May 1775 as a sergeant for eight months. That he served first at Cambridge , Mass. & afterwards at Deer Island in Penobscot bay & was discharged there the thirty first day of December of the same year. That he enlisted & served as a sergeant during the above period but never had a warrant in writing. —

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born in Brunswick Me. in 1754, where he presumes his age was recorded & where his home was during his revolutionary service. That he afterwards removed to said Lewiston where he has lived about fifty years. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute. That he did not receive a written discharge. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Isaac Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, Before
Nathan Weston Jr. not J. J. C.
And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
State of Maine Kennebec St. 1835. It has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the above named applicant by reason of age & infirmity, cannot without prejudice to his health, appear in open Court to renew his declarative & again to make oath to the same.
Nathan Weston not J. J. C.

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. NATHAN WESTON, Jun'r, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Joel Thompson for a pension.
Benjamin D. Bryant  we Justices of the Peace  that Moses Bennett &
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 16 th ,
day of August
A. D. 1832,
J. A. Chandler

314203 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,428
Joel Thompson serg Rev war
Act: June 7 th 82
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 431
[Arrangement of 1870.]

To all whom it may concern —
We the subscribers hereby certify that we have been acquainted with Col Joel Thompson for a number of years past and he is a gentleman of good moral character in our opinion and can be relied upon for truth and veracity —
Lewiston August 13 th 1832 —
S. H. Read } Selectmen
John M. Gray } of
S. D. Gracelon } Lewiston.
Dan Read justice of the Peace for the County of Androscoggin E. Herrick, late member of Congress

I Alexander Gray of Lisbon in the county of Lincoln & State of Maine, testify & say, that I enlisted in the company of Capt James Curtis of the town of Brunswick in the county of Cumberland & state aforesaid, in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five; that I served my country in said company during the term of nine months, as a Soldier, that I marched with said company from Brunswick to Cambridge, & from thence had orders to march to the eastward, where we repaired, & there rendered our country service in guarding the eastern shores. Your deponent further states that Joel Thompson at whose request this deposition is taken belonged to the same company & served therein during the said term of nine months, that I was well acquainted with the said Thompson then & there & have been since Alex r Gray
Lincoln B. August 5 th 1832
Then the above named Alexander Gray made oath to the truth of the above written - & subscribed the same taken at the request of Joel Thompson of Lewiston before me
Benj. D. Bryant Justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Rideout of Bowdoin in the County of Lincoln State of Maine of Seventy 8 eight years of age do testify and say that I enlisted in the Company of Capt James Curtis of the Town of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland State aforesaid in March Seventeen hundred Seventy five and the first of May following as near as I can recollect I marched with said Company from Brunswick to Cambridge Massachusetts and from thence we marched to the East at Deer Island I served in said Company eight months after we started to Ward to Cambridge. I further testify and say that before we marched to Cambridge we went to Harpswell Island and built a small fort. I believe that we was there about one month, and I further testify and say that Colr Joel Thompson of Lewiston State of Maine County of Lincoln at whose request this deposition was taken belonged to the same Company with me and served the whole term of the enlistment and was a Sergeant in said Company
Benjamin his Rideout
Lincoln ss August 14 - 1882 Mark
Then the above named Benjamin Rideout who is a man of good Moral Character and a man of truth Made oath to the and truth of the above deposition by him subscribed
Before me Moses Merrill Justice of the Peace

Joel Thompson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 13 th 1832.
* 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 Joel Thompson served as a Sergeant in Capt. James Curtis' company in Col. James Margill's regiment from May 15 th to December 31 st 1775; was paid for Eight months & seven days service.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy