Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37297, for John Peirce, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Pierce, John or Pierce
S 37297
CONTENTS

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John Pierce or Pierce Dist: of Limerick in the state of Maine who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dose of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of the Dist: of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 th of May 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of March 1819 and sent to B. Greene Esq. South Berwick - Maine
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 9 \frac{10 \frac{1}{4}}{30 \frac{3}{4}}  87. 03    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819.  48. 00    $135.03  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Yorke County

37 297 Rwy INVALID. Am
File No. 37 297
John Pierce Corp Rev 220
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 389
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Pierce corporate Deacon Col Vose's Regt Mass line 1799 - 3 years
dec 13 th May 1818
cor.
Admitted.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. }
ON this thirteenth day of May A. D. 1818,
before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears John Pierce aged seventy two resident in Limerick in said county of York, 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 John Pierce, in the year 1775, enlisted as a private soldier in the Continental Army for the term of eight months, under Capt. Hill, in the Reg t Com- manded by Col. Phinney, of the Massachusetts Line, & continued to do his duty in said Company & Reg t , until the eight months of his enlistment expired, when he again enlisted in the same Company & Reg t for the further term of one year, which term of time he continued to serve in said Company & Reg t , and at the expiration of said term, he again enlisted for the term of three years, in the same Company, the Reg t then commanded by Col Vose, and continued to do his duty in said Company & Reg t in the various places in which they were stationed, until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged but rec d no written discharge. That he was in the battle at Monmouth where he was slightly wounded, and at the taking of Burgoyne's Army.
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs 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 above said.
Benj a Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Pierce did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do 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 before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this thirteenth day of May Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj a Greene