Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,333, for Luther King, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
King, Luther
S 21,333
CONTENTS
Carded

9457 Luther King
Life 8 Months
60
Rev. H. Hubbard Charlestown N.H.
Amasa E. Cook, Newport

BRIEF in the case of  Luther King  of  New Port  in the State of  R.I.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     June 1 In 17 75 , 8 , Seaman Capt Colton  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Melbourn Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. H. Addams Examining Clerk.

Vermont. O. 647
John H. Campbell
Sister King
of Newport in the State of New Hampshire who was a Sister in the Company commanded by Captain Colton of the Regt commanded by Col. Brewer in the Mass due for 5 months
Inscribed on the Roll of John H. Campbell at the rate of 29 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum. commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of March 1833 and sent John H. Hubbardston N.H.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $55.66 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept. 14.67 $70.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. C. Adison Clerk, book 2. Vol. 15 c Page 98
born to Peter Agt. 19. Sept 1839. To Vermont from 4 th Sept 1838. 9. Oct 1839. - Notifi- -cation to G. B. Mansur Esq. Montpelier Vermont

9454 Application of Luther King for Pension — 11

State of New Hampshire } Court of Common Pleas County of Sullivan } Sullivan ss. August term 1832
on this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the judges of the said court of Common Pleas now sitting, Luther King a resident of Newport in the said county of Sullivan & State of New Hampshire, aged seventy seven 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated (viz) that he entered the service about the first of June 1775 in the company commanded by Capt Isaac Colton as a musician 10 th unit, a fifer, that the Lieut of the company was a Mr Wright, whose christian name he does not now recollect, in the regiment commanded by Col Bremer.
Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was, as I believe, born in Springfield in the county of Hampshire in the commonwealth of Massachusetts in March 1755.
2 d Quest. Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ans. I have none, & do not know of any.
3 d Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary war and where do you now live?
Ans. I was living in Wilbraham - sometimes called Springfield mountains, & was about that time set off from the town of Springfield, in the county of Hampshire, and commonwealth of Massachusetts.
About thirty six years ago, I removed from said Wilbraham to Newport aforesaid and in about one year after that I removed to Croydon in the said county of Sullivan, where I lived about two years - & then returned to said Wilbraham in the said county of Sullivan & State

about two years - & then returned to said Newport in said county of Sullivan & State of New Hampshire, where I now reside - 4th Ques. How were you called into the service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, & if so for whom? - Ans. I volunteered & enlisted -
5th What the names of some of the regular offi- cers, who were with the troops, where you served. Such continental and militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. Ans. I recollect seeing Generals Washington & Lee - Capt Walbridge -
I recollect the New Hampshire, Massachusetts & Connecticut Regiments -
Capt Walbridge's Company - was I think, in the same Regiment.
after I enlisted I was employed in & around Springfield in the recruiting service - & marched thence to Watertown where the Regiment was partly organized and after about a week marched from thence
marched by the most usual route to Roxbury near Boston and arrived there the day of Bunker Hill battle, when Charlestown was in a full blaze, which I distinctly saw - and from thence after a short time was marched from thence to Brookline, which is but a little way from Boston also - and after a while was marched back to Roxbury and was stationed back of the meeting house, where I remained till I was discharged & received my discharge there While I was stationed at Roxbury, I once marched with other non-residents with a number of officers to examine Dorchester Point in order to fortify it - but made but a short stay there.
I recollect the names of Porter Walbridge a fifer, who sometimes played, with me through all his father's company. He being the son of Capt Walbridge, was afterwards in the company by the name

I recollect the names of Porter Walbridge a fifer, who sometimes played, with me though out of his father's company. He being the son of Capt Walbridge, there was a drummer in the company by the name of Colton, Benj. I think — & there was an other soldier also in the company, whose name was Colton — an other by the name of Josiah Bliss — I think in the same company, certainly of the same regiment — and one named Perez Anthony Anteerle — but whether any of these are now living I do not know.
I was not in any battle but the regulars once came out as far as one Dodge's tavern on Boston neck and burnt out his — tavern when we were called out, came in sight of them but there was no actual battle —
and was discharged after faithfully serving out the said term of eight months for which he enlisted above. The first of February A.D. 1776 with recollection that it was but a short time before the British forces left Boston — I was a musician & played on the fife.
Quest 6. Did you receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Ans. I do not recollect receiving any written discharge. If I did, it has long been lost —
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, & who can testify as to your character for veracity, & good behaviour and your services as a soldier of the revolution.
Ans. I am well known to Dea Parson, a clergyman and town clerk of said Newport & Thomas Elias Ely a counsellor at law —
8 Quest Did you serve in the continental line or the state militia, when?

8 Quest Did you serve in the continental line or in the Massachusetts militia; which?
Ans. I cannot now say which.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - Luther King Sealed to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
We the undersigned  John Wood a Clergyman, residing in the town of Newport in the county of Sullivan & State of New- Hampshire and Amasa Eells of the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Luther King who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion John Wood Amasa Eells Sealed & subscribed to the day and year aforesaid

And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and that he served as he States and the Court further certify that it appears to them that John Parsons John Woods who has signed the proceedings  proceedings certifi- cate, is a Clergyman, resident in Newport in the said county of Sullivan and that James  Thomas Ely, who has also  also signed the same  proceeding certificate , is a resident in said Newport Justice of the peace &c. and is an Creditable Person and that their Statement is entitled to Credit —
I Ben B French Clerk of the court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the applica- tion of Luther King for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty eighth day of august in the year of our lord eighteen hundred and thirty two. B. B. French
as about the first of June 1775. was  was a musician

June 3, 1910.
Mr. William T. Dewey, Montpelier, Vermont.
Sir:
In reply to your communication dated the 26" and received the 28" ultimo, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the record of a soldier of the Revolution unless a claim has been filed on account of his services, and that out of the twelve soldiers whose records you desire, the following are the only names found on the list of Revolutionary War pensioners paid at the Vermont agency.
Survivor's File No. 21,833, Luther King, Fifer, Captain Isaac Colton's company. Colonel David Brewer's regiment. Massachusetts troops. Born March 17 55 , Springfield, Massachusetts, resided at Montpelier, Vermont, in 1839. Date of death not shown.

Providence
21333 INVALID.
File No. 21,333
Luther King Wife - Mrs. King
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 231
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Vermont.
I, Silas M. Dinsmore, Governor of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify, That William H. Cadwell is an acting Justice of the Peace, within and for the county of Washington in said State, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the tenth day of November 1838, and will expire on the last day of November 1839, and that his signature, affixed to the affidavits of Luther King and Nihemiah Harvey hereto attached, is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of said State to be hereunto affixed, at Montpelier, this twelfth day of September in the year, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, and of the Independence of the United States the sixty fourth.
By His Excellency's command, Geo. B. Manser, Secretary.
Y. H. Judson

I Ira Person, a clergyman, residing in the town of Newport in the county of Sullivan - hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Luther King, who has made application for a pension - that I believe him to be seventy seven years of age & a person of sober life of good moral character, and of unimpeachable veracity that he is reputed and believed in the neigh- borhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution - & I concur in that opinion -
Ira Person.
Sullivan ss. Newport August 28. 1832. Sworn to before me Amasa Piles justice of the peace -

Montpelier Vt 12 th Sept. 1839
Sir,
I herewith enclose the application of — Mr. Luther King to be transferred from the Roll of the New Hampshire Agency to that of Vermont.
Very respectfully
Yours
G. B. Manser
Hon. J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City.

Acts
Mr. Evans
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Oct 8
W. L. Evans
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Pension Agency
Concord N.H. Oct. 2. 1839
Sir
In answer to your favour of the 19th ult. I have to inform you that Luther King a Pensioner under the Act of 1832 at the rate of $29.33 per annum was last paid to the 1st. of September 1838—
Very Respectfully (Your Ob t Serv t )
To Hon. J. S. Edwards Commis. Pensions Washington City
Geo. Minot for J. Hill Pension Ag t now absent

Application For a transfer
State of Vermont Washington County ss }
On this Tenth day of September 1839, before me the Subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County of Washington and State of Vermont personally appeared Luther King, who, on his Oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Isaac Cotton in the Regiment commanded by Colonel in the United States Service; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of New Hampshire at which time he resided in the Town of Newport in said State from whence he removed in the latter part of September 1838: That he now resides in the State of Vermont in the Town of Montpelier in the County of Washington where he intends to Remain, and wishes his pension to be made payable at the pension office of the United States Agency at Montpelier Vermont in future. The following is the reason for his removing from said Town of Newport in New Hampshire to Montpelier Vt. His Health being Very poor and so infirm as to be entirely unable to labor and he having Only One Child living and she being Married and residing in Town of Montpelier and being desirous of having her Father come and reside with her I thought it to be both a privilege and pleasure to accept of her kind offer and therefore did remove to said Town of Montpelier in September 1838. And that not having Received my Semi Annual pensions due me in March 1839 nor my pension due me on the 4 th instant I do most Respectfully Request that these two payments may be transferred and paid me at the Agency in Vermont, as it is very inconvenient for me to procure the payment of the same from the pension office in New Hampshire.
Luther King
Witts Solomon Harvey
Sworn and Subscribed to before me the day and year aforesaid William W. Gadsby justice of the peace

State of Vermont Washington County p } Be it known that before me on the Eleventh day of September A D 1839 the sub- -scrib a justice of the peace in and for said County of Washington personally appeared Nehemiah Harvey and makes solemn Oath that he has been acquainted with Luther King who has taken the within Oath for Fath for Fifteen years past and knows that his is the person described in the within affidavit and that he is the Identical Luther King who is entitled to a pension Sworn and subscribed to before Nehemiah Harvey in the day and year last above written
William W. Cadwell justice of the peace
State of Vermont Washington County p } Montpelier September 11 th 1839
I hereby Certify that Mr Nehemiah Harvey the signor of the foregoing affidavit is a credible witness and that full credit is to be given to his affidavit.
William W. Cadwell justice of the peace