Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,412, for Joseph Morrill, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Morrill, Joseph
S 22, 4/2
CONTENTS

Vermont 9334.
Joseph Morrill
Derrielle in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Itherson of the Reg t commanded by Col d Wigglesworth in the Militia as for
10 months.
Death not on G. B.
Enscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 33. Dollars 33. Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7. day of May 1833. and sent to Amos Paul, Derrielle, Vt.
Arrears to the 4th of March 33. — 66. 66. Pens ant. allowance ending 4 Sept r 33 — 16 66
$ 83. 32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Ac d June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Francis F. Francioni Clerk book C. Vol. 3 d Page 77

No 5342
Joseph Merrill
Vermont
Admitted
Private 10 months
8
33. 33.
15 5
1 50
16
16. 66

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Morrill of Danville  by  of  Calais  in the State of  Vermont  (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 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? 78.  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.     February In 1776 2 Private Gen. Col. Johnson. Rowell   July " 5 " Col. Wigglesworth   September 1777 3 " Col. Johnson  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Stillwater  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Living for services in 1776. Additional for 1777.  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.
Jas M. [unclear] Examining Clerk.

Joseph Morrill Declaration
Q
No 5342
[Faint, illegible handwriting on the right page]

State of Vermont } ss. District and County of Caledonia }
On this 11 th day of July A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before Hon. Benjamin H. Denning Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting for the District aforesaid Joseph Morrill a resident of Danville in the District and County aforesaid aged seventy eight 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 of June 7. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated viz.
That at Methuen in the State of Massachusetts he entered the service for the term of two months which he served in February and March 1776 in the Company of Capt. Johnston (the name of the Col. not recollected) — Stationed at Prospect Hill in or near Charlestown, Mass. — recollects being in the service at the time the British evacuated Boston — saw the ships as they were sailing out on board of which were the British troops.
That at said Methuen about the first of July 1776 he entered the service for the term of five months in the Massachusetts troops in the Company of Capt. Eliphalet Bodwell in the Regiment of Col. Wigglesworth — marched thro' Charleston S.C. and Rutland Vt. to Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain in the State of New York where he was stationed and remained until his term of service had (before the end of five months) expired being sick with the fever and ague he left by permission a few days.
That in the month of July or August 1777 at said Methuen he entered the service in the Massachusetts troops for the

term of three months in the company of Captain Johnson in the regiment of Col. Johnson father of the Captain - marched to Bennington, Vermont, where he arrived a short time after the battle of Bennington where he remained a day or two - saw the Hessian and British wounded prisoners confined in Bennington meeting house - from thence went on a scout to Castleton & Hubbardton Vt & mount Independence on lake Champlain - from thence to Stillwater, New York, I was in the battle at Stillwater a few days before the surrender of Burgoyne after which battle he went to Albany with wounded men and returned to Stillwater after the surrender of Burgoyne marched to Albany and from thence down to White Plains where he was discharged late in the fall. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
That he was born at South Hampton, New Hampshire, resided at Methuen, Massachusetts in the time of the war from whence he removed to Danville, Vermont, about forty years since.
That he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure other than what is hereto annexed.
Joseph Morrill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Benj F. Deming Judge of Probate
I Jeremiah Morrill residing in Danville in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont, depose and say that I am knowing that my brother Joseph Morrill was in the five months service at Ticonderoga in 1776 - I was in the same regiment tho' stationed on the opposite side of the lake. I have no doubt that he served the several times as stated in the foregoing declaration tho' I have no personal knowledge except of the five months service.
Jeremiah Morrill
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid B. F. Deming Judge of Probate

We Samuel Sias and Augustine Clarke residing in the town of Danville in the county of Caledonia and State of Vermont do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Morrill who has made the foregoing declaration - and have known him for more than twenty years - that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides a man of truth and veracity - and we believe that reliance may be placed in his statements relative to his revolutionary services
Sam Sias A. Clarke
Sworn to and subscribed July 30. A. D. 1832
Before Benj H. Deming Judge of Probate
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion 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 Jeremiah Morrill who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing affidavit is a credible person whose statement is entitled to credit and that Samuel Sias and Augustine Clarke who have subscribed and sworn to the foregoing certificate are well known to the court as Gentlemen of the first respectability in whose statements the most entire confidence may be reposed
I Amos Paul Register of the court of Probate for the District of Caledonia aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Joseph Morrill for a pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this first day of August A. D. 1832
Amos Paul Register

S. W. TRAEGER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, NOTARY PUBLIC
noted
9334-32
Platteville, Wis., Oct 19 th 1901
To the Honorable Commission of Pensions Washington D.C.
I have the honor to request of the Bureau of Pensions information on the following points, to wit: 1 st The record of one Joseph Merrill, Pensioner, who died about 1833, former residence, Danville, Vermont. 2 nd of his Service, Co. and Regiment.
I have the Honor to be, Respectfully, S. W. Traeger.
P.O. Platteville, Wis.

J 22482 RECEIVED JAN 4 1902
Platteville, Wis., Dec. 30, 1901.
Hon. H. Clay Evans, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Sometime ago I had Mr. S. W. Traber ascertain for me the military history of Joseph Morrill, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, which he did in due time. The history gives date of application for pension. I should like to learn the date on which his pension was granted and date of his death or date when

the pension was discontinued.
Hoping to receive the de- sired information
I am, Resp'y.
(Mrs.) Mary F. Loonis.

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