Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,007, for Thomas Nixon, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Nixon, Thomas
S. 19007
carded
CONTENTS

10.177.  Massachusetts Thomas Nison
of Framingham in the State of Mass who was a D r in the company commanded by Captain — of the Reg t commanded by Col Nison in the Mass line for 2 years.
Dec 4. '41 There is no authority for date of death as Dec. 4. 1841, it cannot be ascertained where said date was obtained. Bolls agency books show Jan. 4. 1842. 9/19/10
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 120 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of March 1833 and sent to claimant Framingham Middlesex Co Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $240 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Feb — 60 —  $300 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk Book 20. Vol. 2 nd Page 59.
72 Middlesex $96 emig 11 Sept 1845 yd 18 Oct 1849 Sup.

Thomas Nixon
claims for 2 years & more
Dr. Martin first 2 years
$120-
claimant
Farmingdale
Middlesex Co
Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
On this twenty ninth — day of August in the year  eighteen hundred & thirty two — personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas  Drobeta , now sitting at Framingham within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid Thomas Nixon of said Framingham
aged seventy years
Who being 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
I made an application for a pension under the act of Congress passed March 18. 1818, which was successful, & my name was placed on the pension roll, as will appear by the Certificate thereof which is herunto annexed. I was dropped from the roll on account of my property. The evidence of my revolutionary services was filed in the War Department when my memory was good — I lived in Framingham at that time and ever since — My memory has been much impaired within a few years — according to the best of my recollection, I was a private first for the greatest part of the time & quarter master sergeant the remainder — My father Thomas Nixon was the Col. of the Regiment in which I served. It was a Regiment of Infantry — The Regiment was first called the fourth Massachusetts Regiment & afterwards the sixth — I was a resident of said Framingham at the time of my first application & have resided there ever since
Thos Nixon
(over)

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
100th day  Thos Nixon We Jonah Adams residing in the town of Framingham and David Kellogg
a Clergyman residing in the town of Framingham in the county of Middlesex hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Nixon who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be Seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
100th day  Wm B.  David Kellogg Jonah Adams
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that 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 it appears to them, that David Kellogg who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Framingham & that Jonah Adams also resident in Framingham and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. J. P. C. May Clerk of the Court of Probate in & for said county of Middlesex
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Thomas Nixon for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Isaac D. Dyer

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, _____
Thomas Nixon _____ late a Quarter Master Sergeant. _____ in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts _____ Agency, at the rate of _____ Eight _____ dollars per month, to com- mence on the _____ 11 th _____ day of September _____ one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this _____ 18 th _____ day of October _____ one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex ss.
On this twenty ninth — day of August in the eighteen year hundred & thirty two — personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas  Probate , now sitting at Framingham within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid Thomas Nison of said Framingham
aged seventy years
Who being 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 7th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
I made an application for a pension under the act of Congress passed March 18. 1818, which was successful, & my name was placed on the pension roll, as will appear by the Certificate thereof which is herewith annexed. I was dropped from the roll on account of my property. The evidence of my revolutionary service was filed in the War Department when my memory was good — I lived in Framingham at that time and ever since — My memory has been much impaired within a few years — according to the best of my recollection, I was a private first for the greatest part of the time & quarter master sergeant the remainder — My father Thomas Nison was the Col. of the Regiment in which I served. It was a Regiment of Infantry — The Regiment was first called the fourth Massachusetts Regiment & afterwards the sixth — I was a resident of said Framingham at the time of my first application & have resided there ever since
Thos Nison
(over)

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Thos Nixon We Jonah Adams residing in the town of Framingham and David Kellogg
a Clergyman residing in the town of Framingham in the county of Middlesex hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Nixon who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be Seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
J. P. May  W. B. Webb  David Kellogg Jonah Adams
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that 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 it appears to them, that David Kellogg who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Framingham & that Jonah Adams also resident in Framingham and is a credible person, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
J. P. May Clerk of the Court of Probate in & for said county of Middlesex do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Thomas Nixon for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
Isaac D. May

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex to wit,
On this be hundred at on Dr On at ation of Inte at were propounded to him to wit :
within and for the County of day of
A. D. 183
claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following
1. Where, here, and in what year were you born ? Answer,
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it ? Answer,
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live ? Answer,
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom ? Answer,
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service ? Answer,
6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution ? Answer,