Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35661, for John Thurlo, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thurlo, John
S. 35661
CONTENTS

8056
Maine.
John Thurlo
of Poland Dist. in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Phinney of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year -
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist. of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1812 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of March 1819 and sent to C. K. Parry, Esq. Paris, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 10 20.4  30.3 , 06.36 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 40.00
$ 134.36
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Cumberland County -
Verification made July 7 th 1820 by John Hovey Jr. Esq. Pembang Maine

N 210. John Snurlo. Copy
8.056. Memo R. G.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Bethel within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty first day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty first day of June 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 Shurlo aged sixty four years, resident in Poland in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Stewart in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Phinney in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the eleventh day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 8056 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 Shurlo
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty first day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
{ 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:
Real estate — none —
Personal estate — four sheep — one yearling — I have no income — and am owing about fifty dollars.
John Thurlo
Sworn to June 21. 1920
Before
Albion Th. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me John Thurlo . . . . . who, by occupation am a Farmer . . . . . which I am not able to pursue by reason of lameness of my shoulders occasioned by a fall —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife, Elizabeth and myself are placed he bought 64 sick most of her time — she supported by a son, who lives on a place he bought at Vendome — John Thurlo  
Sworn to Before
Albion Th. Barris U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. 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 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 twenty first day of June . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$80-

John Shurle (Private), Colonel. Brimney's Regt Mass t Line. 1776-1777
Dec. 11 th of April 1818
Admitted -
John Shurle.

Aug 11. 1880
I John Thurla a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Noland in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, do hereby and say, that on the first of January, A.D. 1776 I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment for the term of one year, as a private soldier in Captain Wentworth Stinnerds company, Colonel Edmund Phinneys regiment in the Massachusetts line, which term of one year I fully served, when I was honorably discharged. I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support and that I am not boone on any pension list of the United States.
John Thurla

I James Webb of Westbrock in the County of Cumberland, do testify and say that I was an officer in the Revolutionary army, that I knew John Thurlow as a soldier in said Army in the company commanded by Wentworth Stewart in Col Edmund Phinnys Regiment, from June in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five until the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy six: during which time he maintained the reputation of a faithful soldier --
James Webb
Cumberland St. Westbrock April 30 th 1818
Then personally appeared James Webb and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him signed
Before me Moses Prindle Sec. Penn.
I certify that James Webb Esq. the aforesaid deponent is a person of undoubted credibility.
Moses Prindle

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came John Thurlo the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The deposition of James Webb, taken before Moses Quincy a reputable magistrate, duly authorized; and the certificate of Josiah Dunn and William Morris municipal officers of the corporation, to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life; all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said John Thurlo the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

We the Subscribers Select Men of the Town of Poland hereby certify that Mr John Thurlow an Inhabitant of this Town is In reduced circumstances In Life and stands in need of assistance from his country for support Poland April the 15 th A D 1818
Jonah Duns William Harris Selectmen

35 661
Very INVALID.
File No. 35-661
John Thurlow His Rev No
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 480
[Arrangement of 1870.]