Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W, for Simeon Morton, Massachusetts

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Morton Simeon Elizabeth
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There is no notice of rejection of this claim on the printed list of 1852 Nor is there any such admitted claim on the New York Agency Book. And no claim under any spelling of the name. AW.
DEC 28 1911
see Mass Records for service of Simeon of Hatfield

V No 7932. Elizabeth Norton N.Y. act 7 July '38.

State of New York Livingston County } ss
On this third day of July in the year 1841 personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Elizabeth Morton a resident of the Town of Honeoye in the County aforesaid aged Seventy five 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 July 7, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the Widow of Simeon Morton who was a private in the War of the Revolution and who first served as "months men" so called in Corps raised for Eight months, and afterwards in the regular service. thinks that she heard her Husband Simeon Morton say that he enlisted at Hatsfield in the year 1775. That she cannot state the day or the year when her said husband left the service, has heard the said Simeon Morton her Husband say he was in one engagement, but does not know under what Officer he acted or what one he served under nor at what place said engagement took place. That her Husband resided with his Father in the Town of Amherst in the State of Massachusetts. She further declares that she was married to the said Simeon Morton on the 20 th day of December (1788) seventeen Hundred and seventy Eight and that her Husband the aforesaid Simeon Morton died on the 22 or 23 day of May (not certain which day) in the year Eighteen Hundred and Twenty five. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, and is still the widow of said Simeon Morton but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen Hundred and ninety four viz: at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before
Leman G. G. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County
for Elizabeth Morton M. A. R.
The words "and is still the widow of the said Simeon Morton" interlined before signing Leman G. G. a Judge.

State of New York 3 Livingston County p
The within named Elizabeth Norton who was known to the within declaration made her mark thereto for the reason that she by reason of age and in- firmity is unable to write her name. Witness my hand this 3 rd day of July 1841.
Susan Gibbs one of the Judges of the Livingston County Court