Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8971, for James Porter, Massachusetts

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Porter, James
S. 8971
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10.770 New Hampshire
James Porter
of Hillsboro in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  of the  commanded by Col  in the  line for 9 Mos.
★ Mass. Lines. Nov. 17/04 Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 50 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Sept 1833 and sent to Back en Amherst N H.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60  Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept "   15   $75 
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H M Blair Clerk, Book  Vol. 1. Page 110.

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File No. 8971
James Porter
Prison Recd War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 12 , Page 299
[Arrangement of 1870.]

18705
James Porter
Rev J M
$36-
E Parker Esq Amherst MA

BRIEF in the case of James Porter County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open 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.     1 st May In 1775 8 1 by the request Private Col d Francis Goddard Gen d Sullivan  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Danvers Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? See accompanying report. The testimony  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Can not 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Nicholas Cottle Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 13 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that James Porter then of Danvers served as a private, in Capt. Eben Francis Company Col. Mansfield's Regt. three months and five days previous to the first day of August 1775.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

James Porter
18703
Please send to Dr. Parkin Amherst Mt.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Hillsborough, ss. At a Court of Probate holden at Anhurst
within and for said County, on the Second day of October Anno Domino, 1832, Before EDMUND PARKER, Esq. Judge of Probate. Personally appears in open Court, before the said Court now in session
James Porter
of Peterborough
in said county, aged Seventy seven years,
Who being 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say,
That about the first of May in the year 1775 at Danvers in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts he enlisted in Capt. Ebenezer Francis company in Col. Mansfield's regiment to serve as a private eight months - Billy Porter was Lieutenant and Arthur White Ensign of the company. Israel Hutchinson was Lt. Col. and Gora Putnam Major of the regiment. He marched to Cambridge where he served a part of the time and a part at a place within the bounds of Charlestown town as he thinks, and served his time out which was the last day of December of that year. - The regiment was in General Sullivan's Brigade, and at his request the company agreed to serve one month longer, which time he served and was then dismissed. -
He received no written discharge. He was born in Danvers and lived there during the War, and in the year 1786 he came to live at Peterborough where he has ever since lived. - He never had a written discharge. -

He 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,
James Porter
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate
We Elijah Dunbar — a Clergyman residing in the town of Peterborough in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Asa Gibbs — residing in Peterborough aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Porter who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 77 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Elijah Dunbar Asa Gibbs
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Edmund Parker, Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that the Rev. Elijah Dunbar who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Peterborough and that Asa Gibbs who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Peterborough and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Parker — } Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register and Clerk of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of James Porter for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of Probate for said county, at Concord in said county, this Second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C.H. Atherton
Register and Clerk of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were prop- said James Porter and the following answers given, on oath, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Danvers in the year 1755 as I believe County of Essex Mass:
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no record of my age but suppose there is one in Danvers -
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, I lived in Danvers
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer, I enlisted for the eight months & volunteered for the one months -
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I have stated the names in my declaration
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer, I never received a written discharge.
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Rev. Elijah Dummer - Samuel Smith, Jonathan Smith John State - Stephen P. State Esq. and others -
Attest,
C. H. H. Herson Register and Clerk.