Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 40273, for Joseph Potter, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Potter, Joseph
NUMBER
S. 40273
Mass.
CONTENTS

12720 Ohio
Joseph Potter 2 o
of Clermont Co. in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 months.
inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 th of July 1815
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of July 1819. and sent to D. C. Bryan, Esq. Williamsbg. Ohio.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 7 7 / 31 57. 00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 40. 00
$ 105 : 00
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
cont'd
Joseph Potter 2 o of Clermont Co. in the state of Ohio who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 months. inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 th of July 1815. Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of July 1819. and sent to D. C. Bryan, Esq. Williamsbg. Ohio. Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 7 7 / 31 57. 00 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 40. 00 $ 105 : 00 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } Continued cont'd

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File No.
40,273
Joseph Potter Rev Rev Rev
Act:
18 th (March) 18 th
Index:—Vol.
8
, Page
898
[Arrangement of 1870.]

29 July 1840.
Joseph Potter private 6th Fifer's Regiment Massachusetts Line
1798-3 years
1770-9 months
Re-entered the Roll and was ordered to be
same Comp y & Reg t
Joseph Potter
the
Resuming of the appointment
Admitted.

State of Ohio
Clermont County
On this 29 th day of July 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the judges of the court of common Pleas for the County aforesaid personally appeared Joseph Potter aged fifty eight years resident in said State and County who being by me duly sworn accord- ing to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made by the late act of Congress entitled An act to provide for certain persons in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolu- tionary war That the said Joseph Potter enlisted in the year 1776 in the province of Maine and State of Massachu- setts in the Company commanded by Captain George White of the infantry in a Regiment commanded by Col Tupper that he continued to serve in said Corps or in the service of the United States in the revolutionary war until the year 1779 when he was discharged from the service in West point in the State of New York that was in battles of the taking of Burgoyne and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has never received any pension and that he has no other evidence in his power of his said Service
his Joseph X Potter mark
Sworn to declared and subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid John Morris
I John Morris judge of the court of common pleas as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that Joseph Potter did serve in the war of the revolution as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for more than nine months on the continental establishment And it further appears to my satisfaction that he does stand

in need of assistance for support as before stated 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
August 7 th 1818.
John Morris
The State of Ohio ss I. David C. Bryan Clermont County Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas Within and for said County do certify that John Morris Esquire whose name is signed to the within certificate of the deposition of the therein named Joseph Potter and before whom the same appears to have been made and also whose name is signed to the uncorroborated there is and was at the time of signing his name thereunto a true image of the said Court of Common Pleas duly commissioned and sworn and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid the 21 st day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
David C. Bryan

State of Ohio Clermont County } ss
Personally appeared before me the subscriber the within and before named judge of the court of common pleas for the county aforesaid Hugh Mulloy who being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith That fore before and within named Joseph Potter did serve in the war of the revolution in the eleventh Massachusetts Regiment under Col-Tupper in a company commanded by Capt George White for the term of nine months of which company I was a Lieut and further saith not
Hugh Mulloy
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord 1819
John Morris

State of Ohio  Brown County 
on this second day of August 1820 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for said County (having the power of fine and imprisonment) Joseph Potter resident in said County who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war in the 19 th Massachusetts Regiment under Col. Tappan in a company commanded by Capt. George White and that he is now inscribed on the pension list rolls of the Ohio agency by pension certificate bearing date at the War Office the twenty first day of July one Thousand Eight hundred and nineteen and numbered 12720. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 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 intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in land and naval service of the United States in revolutionary war" passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person for me any property or security 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 as follows one cow one yearling heifer two calves say 5 months old one mare and colt one set of plow-irons one pair of harrows chains one horse collar one axe one hoe nine yearling hogs one sow and eight pigs two dutch ovens one tea kettle one pot rack nine plates one set of cups & saucers three tin cups three knives & forks one coffee pot and one barrel. further one man and colt for which I have not paid and I am further indebted one man Eight Dollars to another two Dolls twenty five cts to another one Doll. & fifty cts to another 75 cts to another $2.60- to another $4.75- to another twenty five cts

and I further State that Greater part of the foregoing property of which I am in possession of was purchased with the pension aforesaid And I further declare that my occupation is that of a farmer that I am 61 years of age and have been subject to fits for fourteen years Barbery my wife is forty two years of age has been alive for 3 years and still continues so I have four Daughters Susanah aged fifteen years Nelly aged 11 years Nancy aged Eight years Charlotte aged four years and from those circumstances the said family is unable by their labors to support themselves Joseph his Mark Potter Sworn to and Subscribed and declared on the 2 nd day of August A.D 1820 in open Court before Abraham Shepherd Clerk of C.C.P.B.C —
I Abraham Shepherd clerk of the Court of common pleas within and for the County of Brown and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto 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 Eighty Dollars In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this 15 th day of April 1821 Abraham Shepherd clerk C.C.P.B.C
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