Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17008, for John Payne, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Payne, John
S. 17008
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Maine 21. 543
John Brown Cyprus in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Richardson of the R.G. commanded by Col. Thayer in the Maine line for 9 mos & 21 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 32 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Sept 1833 and sent to S. J. New Paris, Maine
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $80.83
Pen-sion. allowance ending Mar 34 - 16.17
$97.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Atkinson Clerk Book 2 Vol. 1 Page 43

John Payne
15800
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State of Maine
County of Oxford ss.
On this fifteen th day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate now sitting John Paine a resident of Norway in the County of Oxford & State of Maine aged 77 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 passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as here in stated.
At the commencement of the war of the Revolution he lived at Hiram in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts after the British left Boston he enlisted for the term of two months to go to the Castle below Boston to repair damages in a company commanded by Captain Tufts
2 a man by the name of Burbank was the chief engineer he served out the time of two months for which he enlisted and was dismissed. afterwards at the time of Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island he was drafted for
1 thirty days in a company commanded by Captain Richardson - he thinks Col Thayer commanded the Regiment. - he served out the period for which he was drafted and was dismissed - In the year 1779 in the spring he enlisted for the term of three months to go
3 to Boston to guard prisoners and public stores in a company commanded by Lieutenant Rice, he served out the time for which he enlisted and was dismissed at another time he was drafted with his whole company
4 commanded by Captain Robert Smith and went to the Castle where he staid three weeks - in the year 1780 he enlisted for the term of three months to go to Rhode Island in a company commanded by Captain Bacon he there served the time of his enlistment and was dismissed. He never at any time received a written discharge. He refers to the deposition of Philip Mills as the only testimony he is able to furnish.

of his service. He was born in Needham in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts February 9. 1754. From Needham he removed to Dublin in the State of New Hampshire from whence he removed to the State of Maine where he has resided for the last nine years in the town of Newry and Bachelder's Grant in the County of Oxford. He now resides in Newry.
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 any agency of any State.
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid JOHN PAYNE Stephen Emery, Judge
We Eli Twitchell & Barbour Bartlett, both of Bethel in the County of Oxford, Esquires, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Payne, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. We further certify that said Payne sustains an excellent character for truth & veracity, & that we place full confidence in his declaration.
Eli Twitchell
Barbour Bartlett
Sworn to & subscribed in open court the day & year aforesaid
Stephen Emery, Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states, he adducing the deposition of Philip Millis & the certificate of Eli Twitchell & Barbour Bartlett, credible men, for (there being no settled regular clergyman in said Newry) in corroboration of his own declaration.
Stephen Emery, Judge

I Joseph G. Cole Register 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 John Paine for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this fifteenth day of September A.D. 1832
Joseph G. Cole Register

I, Philip Mills of lawful age, do testify and say that in the spring of the year 1776, John Paine of Norway in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, performed duty, as a private soldier in the Massachusetts State troops, in the Company commanded by Captain Tufts, on an Island in Boston-harbour, called Castle-William, for the term of two months, in repairing and rebuilding the fortifications, destroyed by the British army. That he, afterwards, went to Rhode-Island, as a private soldier in the Massachusetts State troops, in an expedition, called Sullivan's expedition, and was out thirty days; but I do not remember the names of the Company or Regimental officers, under whom he went; and also that he, afterwards, but in what year I have forgotten, performed duty as a private soldier of the Massachusetts State troops, under Lieutenant Rice, for the term of three months, and was stationed at Boston to guard military stores and prisoners taken from the enemy: and that he also performed the further term of three months service as a private in the same troops in the State of Rhode-Island, but I do not remember the year nor the name of any of his officers, when he performed this last service.
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that
William Frye Esq
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of
Philip Mills is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this 18 th day of October in the year A. D. 1832.
R. King Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

I, Philip Mills of lawful age, do testify and say that in the spring of the year 1776, John Paine of Nantucket in the County of Dukes and State of Maine, performed duty, as a private soldier in the Massachusetts State troops, in the Company commanded by Captain Tufts, on an Island in Boston-harbor, called Castle-William, for the term of two months, in repairing and rebuilding the fortifications, destroyed by the British army. That he, afterwards, went to Rhode-Island, as a private soldier in the Massachusetts' State troops, in an expedition, called Sullivan's expedition, and was out thirty days; but I do not remember the names of the Company or Regimental officers, under whom he went; and also that he, afterwards, but in what year I have forgotten, performed duty as a private soldier of the Massachusetts' State troops, under Lieutenant Rice, for the term of three months, and was stationed at Boston to guard military stores and prisoners taken from the enemy: - and that he also performed the further term of three months' service as a private in the same troops in the State of Rhode-Island, but I do not remember the year nor the name of any of his officers, when he performed this last service.
Philip Mills
Dukes ss September 15, 1832. Personally appeared Philip Mills and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true. Before me.
William Lys, Justice of the Peace
Dukes ss: June 22, 1833. I hereby certify that the above named deponent, Philip Mills, is a person of truth & veracity.
William Lys, Justice of the Peace.

John Payne 16806
Parish of Me 21 days
Capt Richardson Col Thompson's Regt Miss
60 2 33 52 33 2 64 66 16 17 80 83
J. G. Gole Esq. Paris Me

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Payne Newry Masne which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no device or inscription

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? see XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? see XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? see If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? see the affidavit of Philip Mills Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? see XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. † Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no see 2 sec 16  See the affidavit of Philip Mills XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡ QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

17008 INVALID.
File No. 17008
John Payne Rev War
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 295
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Payne, John GRADE Private LINE Virginia
WARRANT NUMBER 12475 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 18, 1793 to Robert Means, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.