Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40,270, for Gideon Post, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Post, Gideon
NUMBER
$40,270
CONTENTS

A 394 Pennsylvania
Gideon Post
of Huntingdon in the state of Pennsylv a who was a Fifer in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 5 years.
Enscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 24 th of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th of Sept r 1819 and sent to Miss Hall, Esq r Wilkesbarre - Pa a
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1819. 16 mo. \frac{4}{30} 130.93 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar 1820. - 40.00
Continuing $178.93
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Luzerne Co. Pa a
Notification sent December 29. 1820 to Lt. Genl. M c Donough, Quarterm ter Genl

Gideon Post Jifer.
Gideon Post Jifer ~ Brewers Wast. R. 1775 to 1781 20 th April 1818
The deposition of two credi- ble & disinterested witnesses, whose testimony is taken & authen- ticated, (on the certificate of an officer of the Regt.) to prove the facts of the application, is required.
The certificate of the facts, as produced in circumstances of evidence, is required.
Admitted.

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA,
LUZERNE COUNTY, SS.
On this Twenty fourth day of April A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber, President Judge of the Eleventh Judicial district in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, personally appears Gideon Post aged fifty three years, resident in Hankeytown in the said County of Luzerne in the State aforesaid, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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." That he the said Gideon Post enlisted in Berkshire County in the state of Massachusetts in July 1778 as a fifer in the company commanded by Captain Ezra Heacock of the 1st. Com. commanded by Genl. Putnam when he was eleven years old) of the Massachusetts line that continued that he continued to serve in the said corps and in other Regts in the service of the United States, until the year 1781 when he was discharged at Stillwater from when he was discharged from service in the State of New York state of New York that he was in the service of at the taking of Genl. Burgoyne. in Col: Brown Regt. when he was defeated on the Mohawk river that his discharge is lost And that altho he was only eleven years old when he entered the service aforesaid as a fifer he also faithfully served on the Continental Establishment till July 1781.
And that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the Assistance of his Country for Support—and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. Except the testimony of Col: Abiel Fellows here present
Sworn to, subscribed and declared, Before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Gideon Post
The foregoing
And on the same day and at the same time and place Came Col Abiel Fellows who being sworn to did depose and declare that he was Gideon Post the above applicant in the Revolutionary War when he was a fifer in the Massachusetts line
Abiel Fellows
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year of. Ph. Barunche

WE the subscribers do certify that we are Neighbours to Gideon Post an Applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" are well acquainted with him and believe he has no real property and is in such indigent circumstances that he is entitled to the Assistance of his country for his services in the revolutionary war under the aforesaid Act of Congress
Given under our Hands March 1819
Earl Tuthill Caleb Hoyt Abie Fellows Chester Darn Charles Gaylord Jr. Isaac Simon Tuthill
tion that the said Gideon Post did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceeding declaration, against the Common Enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the Department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Andrew Brannon
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, LUZERNE COUNTY, SS.
I, Andrew Brannon
Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne aforesaid do certify and make known that Thomas Brannon Esq. is, and was at the time of signing and taking the foregoing depositions and certifying the same, President Judge of the 11th Judicial district of the State of Pennsylvania, that the signature is his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and Seal of Office, at Wilkesbarre, in the County of Luzerne aforesaid.
first day of May 1818 A Brannon Pro

I, Thomas Mendenhall President Judge of the eleventh Judicial district in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Ebenezer Post did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the Common Enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the secretary for the Department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
T. Mendenhall
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, } LUZERNE COUNTY, SS. }
I, Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne aforesaid do certify and make known that Ebenezer Post is, and was at the time of signing and taking the foregoing depositions and certifying the same, President Judge of the 11th Judicial district of the State of Pennsylvania, that the signature is his proper hand writing and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and Seal of Office, at Wilkesbarre, in the County of Luzerne aforesaid.
first day of July 1818
A Beaumont Pro

Jesse Fell Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne in the Eleventh Judicial District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Do Certify to the Secretary at War that I am acquainted with the signers of the the annexed certificate and believe full faith and credit may be placed in what they state, two of them being Justices of the Peace and one a Colonel of Militia -
Given under my hand at Wilkesbarre May 10 th 1819 -
Jesse Fell
State of Pennsylvania - Luzerne County B-33
I certify that Jesse Fell Esq r whose name is there subscribed to the above Certificate is now & was at the time of subscribing the same a competent Judge in and for said County duly Commissioned
That the above is his own proper signature and that full faith and credit are due to his official acts In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Wilkesbarre the 19 th day of May A D 1819
C. A. Baunmont Pro

District of Pennsylvania J. J. State Luzerne County ss.
On the 12 day of August AD 1820 personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid the same being a Court of Record, Gideon Post who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows to wit in the Land Service in the Regiment commanded by Col. Samuel Brainerd and the Company commanded by Capt. Ezra Hanchett of the Massachusetts line as in his original declaration stated April 24th AD 1818 and set forth and that his Pension certificate numbered 14394 and that the said Gideon Post do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March AD 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my Property or any part thereof with an intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the Provisions of the acts of Congress passed the 18 day of March AD 1818 entitled an Act to provide for certain Pensioners engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War - and that I have not nor has any person for me in trust or Securities or contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed
Gideon Post
Real Estate non Schedule
Debts owing about $25 - Debts due $30 c 1 Cow - 15 - 8 Sheep $8 c 1 Fattened Bull and bearing 4 - 2 Chairs c 50 1 Old Chest 25 3 Knives & Forks - 25 - 2 Iron Spoons 12 1 Small Kettle - 10
Pension
I am by occupation a Farmer and 56 years of age and a cripple and have been so since my 17 th year and unable to labour I have a wife Sarah by name 57 years of age and in healthy I have one daughter Sabra by name 22 years of age healthy also another daughter Thankful 18 years of age not healthy and one named boy Joseph by name 10 years of age which comprehends the whole of my family
Sworn and Subscribed in Open Court 12 August 1820
Gideon Post
A. Beaumont Prob.

State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
I Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County do certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the record 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 aforesaid schedule is fifty eight dollars and twenty two and a half cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1820
A Beaumont Pro.
18 Sep '19 maine
Grason Post 1439
District of and State of Pennsylvania
On this 25 th day of November A.D. 1820. in open Court at their adjourned Session before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Luzerne District and State aforesaid the same Court being on of Record came the aforesaid Grason Post who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose that he at the time of the foregoing Declaration was and now is a Resident of the Township of Union in the County of Luzerne aforesaid
Grason Post
Sworn & subscribed in open Court 25 Nov 1820
David Scott, President Judge of the 11 th Judicial district of the state of Penn a
Luzerne County ss.
I Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County do certify that the above is a true copy of the affidavit sworn and subscribed in open Court. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Luzerne County at Wilkes barre the Eighth day of December A.D. 1820
Andrew Beaumont Prothonotary

406 South Cayuga St. Ithaca, New York - Sept. 1. 1904.
Chief of Bureau of Pensions, War Department, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am desirous of ascertaining the military record of Gideon Post , who was born in Watertown, Conn. June 23 rd , 1765, and who died in Fairmount (township) June 2 nd , 1829; and who served during the War of the Revolution as a musician. He enlisted

at the age of 14—(I suppose in the State of Conn.)—under Lieut. —, and served through the War, and received a pension from Government. I know nothing farther relative to his services.
(He married Sally Tubbs, born June 14, 1763, died Dec. 1, 1826. Their children were Betsy, Josiah, Gideon Jr. , Lewis, Sabra, James P. Thankful, Nathan. My line of the above is from Josiah, my f, and Gideon Jr. (my g. father.)
He was my great grandfather; and I wish to obtain a complete account of what is stated of him in

your Department as possible, for the purpose of becoming a member of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Trusting to be favored with this information soon,
I am, dear Sir,
Very respectfully yours —
(Mrs.) Etta Post Blackman
(Address on first page — (Mrs. J. K.) —

MILITARY SECRETARY'S OFFICE 919001 1904 WAR DEPARTMENT
406 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca, New York, Sept. 1, 1904.
Gideon Post, Musician, Rev. War., Connecticut.
Mrs. E.P. Blackman (Mrs. J. K. Blackman) requests military record of above named, who, is said to have received a pension

Sept. 12, 1904. Hiet. to Mrs. J. K. Blackman. Ithaca, N.Y. 226
40 270
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 40 270
Gideon Root
Wife Mrs. Root
Act: 8 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 898
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Luzerne County ss.
Before me Jesse Fell one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in & for said County of Luzerne in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania personally came Nathan Forbes who being by me duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that he was an enlisted Soldier in the revolutionary war - in Capt. Furgersons Company in Col. Brewers Regt. in the Massachusetts line that he he enlisted about the 1 st of May 1776 for 9 months and served that time & about one month Over - That he well knew the Applicant Gideon Post in the said service, that the said Gideon served in the same Regt. with this deponent - And that said Gideon served all the time the deponent was in the service at that time - as a piper -
Nathan Forbes
Sworn & Subscribed this ninth day of August 1819.
Jesse Fell
I Jesse Fell one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas in & for the County of Luzerne in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Doth certify to the Secretary at War that Abiel Fellows & Nathan Forbes the signers of the foregoing Depositions are of good Character & that full faith and credit may be given to their Depositions being both of them known to me - Given under my hand at Wilkesbarre Aug e 9 th 1819 -
Jesse Fell
State of Pennsylvania Luzerne County ss.
Answr Document Petition of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do hereby that Jesse Fell from whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is now and was at the time of making & subscribing the same Associate Judge of the County of Luzerne in the eleventh Judicial District of Pennsylvania that the above is his own signature & that full faith & credit are due to his official acts & deeds In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Wilkesbarre this twenty fifth day of August Anno Domini 1819 A. Beaumont Pres