Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19814, for John Thompson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thompson, John
S. 19814.
carded
CONTENTS

1801 Massachusetts
order to pay. See letter Nov. 26. 1832. to S. Allen & P. A. J.
John Thompson
of Mendon in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Battery commanded by Captain Eraggin of the Regt. commanded by Col. Deany in the War Dept. line for 9 Months and 22 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 32 Dollars 20 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of Nov. 1832 and sent to J. Holson
Arrears to 4th of Apr '32 $48.30 Semi-annual allowance ending Dec 33 16.10 $64.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Book D
Geo. B. Hiles Clerk Vol. 2 Page 86

Depositor of Branch Bullard

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss I Rufus Attrick of Mendon in said County & Commonwealth, do testify & say that I was born in said Mendon the eighth day of March A.D. 1746. That I have been acquainted with John Thompson of said Mendon from his infancy and that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary Service of the U.S. in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Loveggins in the Regiment of Col Denny or Bane in the year 1776 or I think - we were drafted for two months and we served that term of two months at a place called Forty-Town in the State of New York on the Hudson River it being the months of Sept the months of Sept. Oct. & Nov. in 1776, accord- ing to the best of my recollection - and further the deponent saith not -
Rufus Attrick
Worcester ss August 23 d 1832 Then the above named Rufus Attrick personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me
Samuel Allen Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss. I further certify that I am acquainted with said Deponent and in my opinion he is a credible witness
Samuel Allen Justice of the Peace

Deposition of Rufus Heinrich
[Faint, mostly illegible handwritten text]
March 2nd 1858
[Faint, mostly illegible handwritten text]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Worcester ss. I Baruch Bullard of Upton in said County & Commonwealth do testify & say that I was born in Upton in the County of Suffolk, now Norfolk in said Commonwealth December sixteenth A.D. 1758. That I have been acquainted with John Thompson of Upton ever since June 1778 when he was a soldier in the Revolutionary War the U.S. He entered the service in the Compa- ny commanded by Capt. Seagraves in the Regiment of Col. Pickering & he was stationed at Providence R.I. where he served three weeks & was discharged in July following - Further the Dependent saith not
Baruch Bullard
Worcester ss. Upton August 23 d 1832 -
Then personally appeared Baruch Bullard who subscribed the above Deposition & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me Samuel Allen Justice of the Peace
Worcester ss. Aug 23. 1832. I further testify that I am acquainted with said Dependent & that he is a credible witness
Samuel Allen Justice of the Peace

I Nathan Wood of Milford in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say, that I served three months in the Revolutionary War, in the expedition against Burgoyne, in the year 1777, as Massachusetts militia - our Regiment was commanded by Col. Rice, and our Company was commanded by Capt. Peter Penniman. We marched to join the Northern Army in August of that year - We joined it soon after marching through Northampton in Massachusetts, and then to Bennington in Vermont, and from there we joined Gen. Gates at Stillwater who commanded our troops - our Regiment was at the capture of Burgoyne, and I saw him after his surrender - I am well acquainted with John Thompson of Mendon; he served in said expedition of three months, as a private soldier; our Regiment was discharged from said service in November 1777 - Nathan Wood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. August 28: 1832 - Personally appeared the above named Nathan Wood, and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed, before me. I further certify, that I am well acquainted with said Wood, and that he is a person of truth & veracity, and fully entitled to full credit - Albert Warren Rawson, Justice of the Peace for said County of Worcester -

I Benjamin Pickering of Mendon in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say that I served in the war of the Revolution - In December 1776, I enlisted for the term of three months, and marched to Dorchester in the state of Massachusetts, and that I served out said time; Col. Nicholas Dike commanded the Regiment; and Capt. Samuel Baldwin commanded the left company; and I was a Sargeant of the left company. After said time was out, myself and part of our company with Capt. Baldwin were requested to serve another month which we did in Boston, and then we were discharged and returned home. - I was born in said Mendon in June 1758, and have resided there ever since - I have been well acquainted with John Thompson from his childhood until this time - He served in our company under said Capt. Baldwin, in said three months service, and also in said month service, amounting to four months. I have now in my possession the original Roll of said Capt. Baldwin's company and his name the said Thompson's name is borne thereon; We were Massachusetts State Troops, enlisted, but under continental pay - said John Thompson has ever resided in said Mendon - And further the Deponent saith not.
Benjamin Pickering
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester ss. August 20. 1832 - Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Pickering, and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition before me - I further certify that I well know the said Pickering, that he is a person of truth & veracity and is a credible witness.
Attest, Warren Rawson Justice of the Peace

John Thompson
9 mo 21 d
John Thompson John Thompson

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twentyeighth day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thi two personally appeared in open Court, before NATH l Gaine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester now sitting John Thompson a resident of Mendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. In the year 1776. I served two months in the Regiment of Mass- achusetts drafted militia commanded by Col. Denny, in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Coram; our company formed at Upton in Massachusetts & marched to the State of Connecticut, and joined the army at Tarrytown on the North River where we were stationed. And in its vicinity we were discharged, which was in November of that year. I served another tour of duty of four months at Manchester in the State of Massachusetts in the Regiment commanded by Col. Dike, in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Baldwin. This was in 1776 & 1777. I also served another tour of duty of three months in the year 1777, in the expedition against Burgoyne. We enlisted and marched in August of that year to Northampton in the State of Massachusetts, & from there to Bennington in the State of Vermont, and from there we joined Gen. Gates army at Stillwater, and was present at the capture of Gen. Burgoyne and was discharged in November of that year; our Regiment in this expedition was commanded by Col. Rice, and our company by Capt. Peter Pownall. I served another tour of duty of three weeks in the State of Rhode Island, was stationed at Providence, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Pickering, and in the company com- manded by Capt. Scaggravis. This was in the year 1778. The whole time of said several services amounts to One months and three weeks; and the whole I served as a Massachusetts militia man - I never was in any engagement with the enemy. I am Seventy two years of age, I was born in Mendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and have lived there ever since
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before NATH l Gaine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
John Thompson mark Attest. Warren Pray

Being a Ruler of the Gospel, a Clergyman residing in the Town of Mendon and Rufus Aldrick residing in the Town of Mendon hereby do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Thompson who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be only  two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Wife N. M. H. Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Benjamin Pickering Mrs. D. L.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories scribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 'the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Berry A. Pickering & Rufus Aldrich who signed ceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the  are both  Loung of Mendon and that they who has also signed the same is a resident in the d is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
to credit. Nathl. Greene Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I, Nicholas Wheeler Register, Clerk of the Court of the probate  for the county of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Thompson for a pension. of the Wagon Master  Samuel Allen before whom the affidavit was made and sworn to before me this IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand affixed the Seal of the said Court this 28th day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
28 th day of August
Shepard Wheeler Register of said Court of Probate. in Worcester in Massachusetts

Resolution
19814
INVALID.
File No. 19814
John Thompson Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32"
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 417
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nov 24. So. Mendon Ms. Nov. 16
Free
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions - Pension Office - War department - Washington City - D. C.

Mendon Nov 13 th 1836 -
Sir, Enclosed are the pension papers of Benjamin Dikering and John Thompson who you will perceive have not applied for their pensions for more than a year - Certificates of identity are therefore annexed upon which the usual order of payment is requested to be made -
Having made out the papers, I beg leave to remark in explanation of the number of Thompson's certificate, as certified in the certificate of identity to be in blank - that there is no number upon it - This originated in the circumstance that the blank form of the certificate of identity from the War Office which is required to be filled in cases like the above, contains the word number - and this is the manner in which I believe this certificate was last designated when the papers were sent out and the money obtained at Boston -
Respectfully Yours
J. L. Edwards,
Samuel Allen
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington City
(Signature)
N.B. Please to direct the papers in return to: South Mendon