Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19433, for John Priest, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Priest, John
S. 19433
carded
CONTENTS

John Priest -
App d for Pension.
Dec. Term 1820. Windham County Vets.
N o 10814
on - (J. L. E.)

State of Vermont.
County of Windham ss.
At the County Court, begun and held at New Haven, within and for the County of Windham, on the second Monday of December in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-
Present-
Hon. John Roberts, Esq. Chief Judge.
Hon. Jaius Hall
Ebenezer Huntington, Esq. Assistant Judges.
On this thirteenth day of December, A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of record for the said County, proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having, in certain cases, the power of fine and imprisonment, John Priest, aged 75 years, resident in Westminster in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows. That he enlisted into the three years service in the Year 1776 & entered the Regiment of Col. Thomas Marshall in the Company of Capt. King, for the term of three Years, in the Massachusetts Line, and served till the Spring or Summer 1778, when he was discharged on account of being disabled by a rupture in the groin, by Gen. Heath.
That he has received a Pension under the Act of the Congress of the United States of the 18th March 1818, that the number of his pension certificate is N o 10.814, and the date of his original declaration is dated June 26 th 1818.
And I do solemnly swear, That I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: 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.
Schedule of Real and Personal Estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted.
About fifteen acres of poor rocky land, with a small old poor house thereon, of the yearly income or value of $18 - Two looms $24 - one horse worth $30 - one old single sleigh & harness $20 - One old plough at 50 cents - two small pigs $2.40 - one old broken chain & horse traces $1 - One old ox yoke & staples & ring at 50 cents - two turkeys, 67 cents - two old tables 50 cents - Four old broken chairs $1 - Two old chests, one with drawers, $3 - A few pieces of old broken crockery, 75 cents - three old pewter spoons & old pewter plates 75 cents - One old broken iron pot, 25 cents - two old iron kettles 75 cents.
John Priest.
And I do also swear that my occupation is that of a Farmer - and am very infirm - have a grievous break or rupture in one of my groins - am unable to labour - was placed on the Pension Roll of the United States as an Invalid Pensioner in the Year 1818 - my family consists of my wife aged more than seventy years, and very infirm - and two grand children, one Fessenden Priest, aged eighteen years, and a grand daughter, Roxana Priest, aged 19 or 20 years -
John Priest.
Sworn to and Declared in open Court on the thirteenth day of December A. D. 1820.
Before
John Roberts, Judge.

I James Elliot, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Sched- ule thereto annexed, are truly co- pied from the Files and Records 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 afore- said Schedule is 106 dollars and 7 cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, on the fifteenth day of January 1821.
James Elliot, Clerk of the Court for the County of Windham.

Vermont 30.671
John Priest
in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain King of the Regt. commanded by Col. Marshall in the Mass. line for 10 months & 16 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 35 Dollars 11 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of May 1836 and sent to Hon. W. Hubbard, H. Senate
Arrears to the 4th of March '36. 175.55 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep '36. 17.25 $193.10
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book E-2 Vol. 3 Page 93
1888
Aug 27 - E.S. Steam History Press
Mr

33,706
John Priest
1000 ft. R.R. 10 M. 1000 ft. 1000 1000 ft. 1000 77 1/2
Altitude 1000 ft. 1000 ft. 1000 77 1/2
Dr. H. H. H. H. N.S.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. —
State of Vermont
Windham County ss. On this 2 nd day of May A D 1835 Personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Westminster in the County and State aforesaid now sitting, in open court John Priest a resi- dent of Westminster in the County of Windham & State of Vermont aged Eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 1832 That he entered the service of the U- nited States in the Revolutionary War by enlistment in East Bridge Company and in Colonel Marshall's Regiment of Massachusetts Troops, he enlisted at Fitchburg Mass, he then lived there, but does not recollect at the time he enlisted, when he enlisted he en- listed for 3 years, John Hamill was his Lieutenant, he joined his company at Somerville Mass in the fall of the year, and marched from that place to Ticonderoga, through Worcester, North Hampton, and New- ington, and was at Ticonderoga at the time it was taken by the British, he then went to Albany, was sick and was placed in the hos- pital, after he left the hospital he had a furlough for three weeks, to go to Fitchburg, and at the end of the 3 weeks he went to Boston, and was again put into the hospital for some time, then arrested in guarding the barracks, and was discharged at Boston by General Heath, was discharged in the spring of the year, and was in actual service as he believes one year and a half or more, his discharge he sup- poses it is in the office of the Sec y of War, to which he refers, on his way from Ticonderoga to Albany he was wounded at or near the Ox Creek, having been harassed on the way by the British Troops, he by hard exercise, and excessive exertion, occasioned a rupture of his groin, he does not know that any person is now living by whom he can prove his service, he was known at Sudbury Mass but has no record of his age, he lived at Fitchburg at the time of the war and in the year 1783 moved to Rockingham & lived there about nine months, then went to Putney Vt, and lived there once summer, then moved to Westminster Vt, and has lived there from that time to the present, except that he has lived at Putney about three years from 1823 to 1827.

and he declares his name is not on the roll of any agency as a pensioner except on that of the agency of the State of Vermont under the act of Congress of March 18 1818 and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and except the pension to which he is entitled by virtue of the acts of Congress concerning Invalid pensioners
John Priest
Subscribed to and acknowledged the day and year aforesaid
Alexander S. Gamplett Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states
Alexander S. Gamplett Judge of Probate
I David S. Putnam Clerk of the Probate Court for the District of Westminster aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Priest for a pension. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 2 o day of May A.D. 1835
David S. Putnam Clerk

August 2, 1938
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BA-J/REL John Priest-S.19433
Miss Alice L. Priest #16 Brewster Terrace Brookline, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers filed in pension claim, S.19433, based upon military service and disability resulting from that service of John Priest.
John Priest was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The date of his birth and names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, John Priest enlisted the latter part of the summer or early in the fall of 1776, served as private in Captain King's Company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's 10 th Massachusetts Regiment, was at Ticonderoga when it was captured, and marched from there to Albany; during the march, they were constantly harassed by the British and he was subjected to hard exercise and excessive exertions which resulted in a rupture; was placed in the hospital at Albany and later in a hospital at Boston; while in the latter place, assisted in guarding the barracks and was discharged February 27, 1778, as unfit for military duty.
In 1780, he moved to Rockingham, Vermont and lived nine months; then moved to Putney, Vermont and lived one summer; then moved to Westminster, Vermont.
He was allowed pension from March 17, 1786, on account of disability resulting from the above noted injury, at which time he was residing in Essex County, Massachusetts. John Priest was continued on the pension roll under the Act of June 7, 1832.
In 1820, he was residing in Westminster, Vermont and then stated that he was aged seventy-five years and that his family residing with him consisted of his wife, aged more than seventy years, her maiden name and date of their marriage not shown, and two grandchildren, Romana Priest, aged nineteen or twenty years and Fessenden

Priest, aged eighteen years: he did not give the names of the parents of his grandchildren; from 1823 to 1827, he resided at Putney, Vermont, and in 1835, was again a resident of Westminster, Vermont.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Priest (S.19433), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
John Priest Certificate No. 30671 Issued May 28, 1836 Rate, $35.11 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1842 Bellows Falls VT. Sept. 18. 1933. Director of Pensions Washington. D.C.
Dear Sir:
The enclosed blank, asking for the war record of Jno. Priest has been sent to Montpelier VT. and To Wash. D.C. to the Adj. Gen. Office with no results and I am directed to send same to you.
Mr. Priest may have enlisted from some other state but made his home after the war in VT.
Please give your record a careful check and advise as soon as possible.
Respectfully Yours Harry H. Hartwell Lock Box 395

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. Heisner.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier John Priest
Service Rev.
(Additional Service Residence  Windham Co Vt in 1818 and  in 1833, )
No. _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No O.L. Ins. Wid or Ref except S. F. 41.081 (residence Salem N.Y. in 1818) and S. F. 3.739. (see Licking Co Ohio in 1833) not identical see above and S. F. 41.085 which was  compounded  newspapers & refers to  with S. F. 19.433.

404 M St. N.W., Washington, D.C.
Feb. 15, 1906,
Chief of the C.W. and N. Division, Pension Bureau, U.S.A.,
Sir:—
I write to ask for the record of the service of John Priest, of Lancaster, Massachusetts, in the War of the Revolution,
He was about sixty years old at the time of the war.
I am aware that there

were several John Priests in the Revolution. The one whose record I wish was an old man at the beginning of the war.
I am,
Very respectfully,
(Miss) Alice Bukey 404 M St. N.W. Washington, D. C.

6 Granite St., Cambridge, Mass.
Dear Sir:--
A history of the Wright family is being prepared for publication.
It will comprise the English pedigree from the 14th century and coat of arms; also an account of Dea. SAMUEL WRIGHT, who settled in Springfield, 1638, removed to Northampton, 1657; and an historical and genealogical review of many of his des- cendants down to the present time.
Over 3,000 names of Samuel Wright's descendants, together with dates of mar- riage, birth, and death, have already been collected and arranged in family tables.
Many rare historical events and inci- dents are also introduced to illustrate the real life and character of our fore- fathers.
Your manuscripts and family records relating to the Wright ancestry may now be printed and preserved in this work.
If in doubt whether you are a de- scendant of Samuel Wright, please send me the record of your earliest ancestor and I will try to assist in tracing your lineage.
Hoping that the above may be of mu- tual interest, I am,
Respectfully yours,
RODNEY P. WRIGHT.

6 Granite St. Cambridge Mass.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen,
Please send me a copy of the application for pension made by the late John Priest, a Revolutionary Soldier of Westminster, Vermont.
He was one of my ancestors and as I remember his pension was granted in about 1840 .
I should like to learn when, and where he died, also all data relating to him.
Very Truly Yours,
Feb. 7, 1902.
Rodney P. Wright

19433
INVALID.
File No. 19433
John Priest Rev. Rev. W. R.
Act: June 7 1932
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 377
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Mar. 24 1902 Retney R. Wright Cambridge Mass
Mar. 9, 1906 - History to Miss Alice Baley, City. MR.
1911 June 23 Hist. to Mrs. John Spencer Baley, City.
1933 - Oct 20 - Hist. to Harry H. Hartwell - Etah
1938 - Aug 2 - Hist to Miss Alice L. Priest EER

10.814
Vermont R
John Priest
of Westminster in the state of Vermont who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshalls of the Massachu ts to line, for the term of 5 years 1776-
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of June 1816.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of May 1819. and sent to Judge R White Pittsfield Co. Vt.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 10 mos \frac{4}{30 \frac{1}{2}} 83.9
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819. 48-
$ 131.90
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
6.814
See letter 13 May 1835 to A.S. Campbell
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August 1, 1938
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BA-J/MCS Joel Priest, S.41080 John Priest, S.19433
Miss Alice L. Priest 16 Brewster Terrace Brookline Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to Revolutionary War soldiers, Joel, John and Joseph Priest, who received pensions while living in Vermont, and Mary Priest who received a pension as the widow of a Revolutionary War soldier.
Because of the large number of requests for records of Revolutionary War soldiers and the lack of clerical force available for furnishing such information, it has been impossible to comply in full with requests similar to yours. The records of Joel and John Priest are furnished you herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

October 20, 1933
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BA-J/REL John Priest-S.19433
Mr. Harry H. Hartwell Lock Box 395 Bellows Falls, Vermont
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of John Priest, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, who was buried in Westminster West, Vermont.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.19433, based upon the military service of John Priest in that war, and disability resulting from that service.
John Priest was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The date of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the latter part of the summer or fall of 1776, served as a private in Captain King's Company, Colonel Thomas Marshall's 10 th Massachusetts Regiment; he was at Ticonderoga when it was captured; marched from that place to Albany during which he was subjected to hard exercise and excessive exertions by the British Troops, which resulted in a rupture; was placed in the hospital at Albany and later in the hospital at Boston; while at the latter place assisted in guarding the barracks, and was discharged February 27, 1778, as being unfit for further military duty.
In 1780, he moved to Rockingham, Vermont, and lived nine months; then moved to Putney, Vermont and lived one summer; then moved to Westminster, Vermont.
He was allowed pension from March 17, 1786, on account of disability resulting from the above noted injury, at which time he was residing in Essex County, Massachusetts.
In 1820, he was residing in Westminster, Vermont, and then
On Mass D. S. Vol XII page 786 as Priest
Could not find Rockingham Vt. probably means New Hampshire
Found him on Invalid book 1835 list as of Mass. Essex Co

stated that he was aged seventy-five years, and that his family residing with him consisted of his wife, aged more than seventy years, her maiden name and date of their marriage not shown, and two grandchildren: Roxana Priest, aged about nineteen or twenty years, and Fessenden Priest, aged eighteen years: the names of the parents of Roxana and Fessenden are not shown, and there are no further family data. From 1823 to 1827, he resided at Putney, Vermont, and in 1835, was again a resident of Westminster, Vermont.
→ John Priest was continued on the pension roll under the act of June 7, 1832.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, John Priest (S.19433), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing the following data:
John Priest, Certificate No.30671, issued May 28, 1836, rate $35.11 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.
He recd a pension in 1818; was struck off the roll; was then pensioned under Act 1832
Put this in Pat. with 1786 pension time

MR. Inv. file 19433. Rev. War.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., March 7, 1906.
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of John Priest , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall of 1776 1 1/2 yrs. Pvt. King Thomas Marshall Mass.                                                                 
Battles engaged in, Ticonderoga.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Fitchburg, Mass.
Date of application for pension, June 20, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Westminster, Windham Co. Vt.
Age at date of application, 71 yrs. Born at Sudbury, Mass.
Remarks: Soldier's wife was over 70 yrs. old in 1820; name not stated. Grandchildren, Fessenden and Roxana or Roxana Priest.
Very respectfully,
Miss Alice Buker 404 M St. N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Commissioner.
By John Tatum

MISS ALICE L. PRIEST 16 BREWSTER TERRACE BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS
July 4-1938
Revol -
Pension Bureau for Revolutionary War Washington. D. C.
Dear Sir:
Can you please give me the records of the following who were pensioners in 1840:
✓ Joel Priest of Brattleboro, Vermont ✓ John Priest of Westminster, Vermont ✓ Joseph Priest of Corralton, Vermont ✓ Mary Priest of Hancock, New Hampshire, residing with Daniel Priest
If I am asking too much, please stop at the though ! I am compiling a Priest Record for donation to perhaps a dozen or twenty libraries, one of them the Library of Congress.

But this does not entitle me to ask too much. - But you will save having me around!
Very appreciatively yours, Alice L. Priest
Stamped addressed envelope enclosed.
net - July 6

Vienna, Fairfax Co, Va.
22 June 1911
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:—
An ancestor in my husband's family who served in the War for Independence, I am told, is John Priest of Massachusetts. Probably Lancaster. His home was Lancaster where his father lived. I do not know where the son

was living at the time of the war. I am informed that this  John Priest was in an Invalid Regiment. That his services have been identified in your office for Mrs Helen (Bukey) Bethel my husband's niece.
Please let us have a copy of his record for my son - and accept sincere thanks from -
Mrs John Spencer Bukey -
In my own family I am searching for Revolutionary services of my great grandfather Sabnet or Sebrat Scott.
The Census of 1790 gives his residence in Fairfax County Virginia - he died in Georgetown D.C. 1824. He always owned a "plantation in Virginia". Kindly let me know if you have any military record of services for him - Gratefully Mrs John Spencer Bukey

Tillamook Falls 1 st May 5 th 1835
Sir
M r John Priest was placed on the pension list as an invalid pensioner about forty years since at the rate of $40. per year on the roll of the Massachusetts Agency.
In the year 1819 then residing in Vermont he relinquished his invalid pension and was placed on the pension list of the P t Agency at the rate of $96 p t year under the act of March 18 1818. —
His wounds and disabilities continue, and he served over year and six months as a private. — From this statement of facts I wish you to be so obliging as to inform me whether he can relinquish his pension under the act of 1818 & be restored to his pension as an invalid or also obtain a pension under the act of 1832 without deducting any part of what he has received under the act of 1818. and whether the act of Feb 19 1833 is applicable to this case. — By favoring me with an answer to my inquiries you will confer an obligation upon me
I am very Respectfully
Y r O bl Serv t
Hon J. P. Edwards
A. S. Cummings

A. S. Campbell
May 13. 1835.
G. C.
Second Series Correspondence
Buora Vol 27 Page 23-

War Dept. Pension Office May 13. 1835.
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 5 th inst. I have to inform you that John Priest cannot relinquish his pension under the act of March 18. 1818, and get restored to the Invalid Pension List, with a view of obtaining the provisions of the act of June 7. 1832. The act of Feb. 19. 1833 does not embrace his case. No one can under that act relinquish the pension under the act of 1818 for the purpose of obtaining two pensions.
A. S. Campbell Esq. Bellows Falls Vt.

John Priest -
76 - 5 years
Marshall's Chap't
Rept
Amittet

To Phinehas White Esq. Chief Judge of the County Court within & for the County of Windham and State of Vermont. I, John Priest in the 72 nd year of my age, at I suppose and now a resident in the town of Westminster in the County and State aforesaid. Claiming the benefit of an act of Congress passed on the 10 th day of March in the present year of our Lord 1818. entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolu- tionary War". Do pursuant to the provisions of the said act, here upon oath make the following Declaration, to wit, that I served as a private soldier in the Revolutionary War as follows, I enlisted at a place called Lancaster in the State of Massachusetts in the latter part of the summer or fall of 1776. For the term of five years in the 10 th Massachusetts Regt. commanded by Col. Thos. Marshall in the company under Capt. King - and faithfully served till February 1778 when I was discharged from the service in consequence of a wound I had received at Boston Mass. - And I further declare that I am now a Pensioner on the Pension Roll for the Massachusetts Agency at the rate of five Dollars & one third per month - And I do further declare, that I am very infirm, unable to labor, have but little property, so that by reason of my reduced circumstances I am in immediate need of further assistance of my country for support - And in case of my being placed on the Pension Roll for the Vermont Agency agreeable to the provisions of the act aforesaid I do hereby relinquish and give up my present Pension as by the said act pro- vided
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20 th day of June Anno Domini 1818 -
John Priest

State of Vermont } Be it remembered that on Windham County ss } this 20 th day of June A.D. 1820
John Priest, the foregoing applicant, personally appearing made solemn oath to the truth of the preceding declaration by him subscribed, in due form of law before me
Phinehas White Chief Judge of Windham County Court And I do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the sd John Priest did serve in the Revolutionary War on the continental establishment, as by him stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy And I am fully satisfied that he is present entitled to assistance applied for —
And I do now transmit the proceedings a good and true taken before me, to the Secretary of the Department of War in pursuance to the direction of the above mentioned act of Congress —
In witness whereof I have set my official signature and have caused the seal of Windham County Court to be annexed —
Phinehas White
Chief Judge of Windham County Court

Head Quarters Boston February 27. 1778
John Priest of Colonel Marshall's Regiment being unfit for duty as a soldier is hereby discharged from further service in the Army.
By order of General Heath
J. Keith D.A.G.
To whom it may concern
True copy from the Original in the Secretary's Office
Attest John Sowerby Secretary