Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,254, for John C Mink, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Wink, John C.
3 1, 2 5 4
BLt. 30.908-160-55
CONTENTS

As mach 3/35 171487 June 16
John C. Minton
Capt Baker Col Cobb One mile
Ent 1776 dis 1781
Revolutionary War
me June 32- 18200
ad: 160000 per 18/56 B D G
R.H.
Isaac Reed Haldorbaugh Lincoln Co - me
Vol 16 = 2 = 42

18.200 Maine
John B. Minick of Lincoln in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company command by Captain Parker of the Regt: command by Col. Hunter in the Mass. Militia line for 14 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of $6 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of July 1835 and directed to D. M. Cobb. Waldoboro.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $93.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 23.33
$116.65
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk
Book E Vol. 1 Page 34

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Lincoln
ss.
On this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
John C. Mink aged ninety six years, a resident of Waldoboro in the County and State
aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that he is the identical John C. Mink who was a private in the Revolutionary war in the Company commanded by Captain Baker in the
STATE OF MAINE.
Lincoln, ss.
I, EDMUND B BOWMAN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that John H. Kennedy
whose name is affixed to the annexed paper as a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, was on the day of the date thereof, legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such; and that the signature to the annexed papers purporting to be his is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this fourteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- five
E. B. Bowman Clerk.
And your applicant states that at the time he entered the service aforesaid, he was residing in Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
County of Lincoln
ss.
On this ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid,
John C. Mink aged ninety six years, a resident of Waldoboro in the County and State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that he is the identical
John C. Mink who was a private in the Revolutionary war  Baker in the
Regiment of Infantry commanded by Colonel McCobb in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the eighteenth day of June, 1812.
That he volunteered He refers to his proofs on file in the Pension Office on which his Cert. of Pension issued & recorded in said Pension Office Book E, Vol. 1. Page 34. by W. L. Williams Clerk - on which Cert. he now draws pension at rate of $46.66 per year
That he Enlisted or volunteered at Fort Head , on the Kennebec River on or about the _____ day of _____ 18 16 for
the term of Three years and continued in actual service in said war for the term of Six months, was honorably and was honorably discharged at _____ on the
day of _____ A. D. 1781 as will appear by The Muster Rolls of said Company, & of the Company of Capt. Hunter's Company at Broad Bay. Lieut. Geo. Ulmer ,
That he has not that he has heretofore made application for Bounty land, under the act of _____ and received a Land Warrant, No. _____ for _____ acres, which he has since legally disposed of, and cannot now retain.
And your applicant states that at the time he entered the service aforesaid, he was residing in Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine .

He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional Bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act of Congress, approved March 3d, 1855. He also declares, that he has never applied for nor received, under this or any other Act of Congress, any Bounty land Warrant, except the one before mentioned.
And for the purpose of this application, I, the said John C. Mink do hereby constitute and appoint Isaac Reed of Waldoboro in the State of Maine, my true and lawful Attorney, for me, and in my name, to demand and receive from the Secretary of the Interior, a warrant for the quantity of land due me as aforesaid: and I fully authorize and empower him to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose therein expressed, hereby ratifying and confirming whatever my Attorney or his substitutes may lawfully do in the premises.
witness J. H. Kennedy
John his C. Mink mark
We John Pitcher and A. W. Clark , residents of Waldoboro in the County of Sagadahoc and State of Maine on oath depose and say, that the foregoing declaration and Power of Attorney was signed and acknowledged by John C. Mink in our presence, and we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, and our personal knowledge of him for many years past, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be in his declaration.
John Pitcher A. W. Clark
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me, on the day and year first above written, by John C. Mink the declarant above named, and by John Pitcher and A. W. Clark witnesses above named, and I certify that
I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
John H. Kennedy Justice of the Peace.
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John C. Mink
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STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF LINCOLN SS.
Special At a Court of Common Pleas holden at Waldoboro in said County on the seventh day of September A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared in open Court, before JOHN RUGGLES, Esq. one of the Judges thereof,
John C. Mink
a resident of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the pro- vision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he
was Born in Waldoboro, in the year 1763 That he has a record of his age in the family Bible in his possession - That he lived in Waldoboro at the time he enlisted into service and that he has resided in Waldoboro ever since the Revolutionary war - That about the first of May in the year 1780 he enlisted as a Private in the Massachusetts State Troops in Capt Jordan Parkers Company and Col Samuel McAbbs Regiment stationed at the Fort at Copes Head near the mouth of the Kennebec River where he served until the last of December following making 8 months service during which time he helped to build the said Fort at Copes Head and also several Barracks - recollects while there that a British Army & Navy chased two Vessels into the Kennebec and drove them up high & dry on the Beach said Army also fired upon the Fort and Barracks but did but little injury - on the first of May in the year 1781 he enlisted again in Capt Reed Company and Col Hunters Regiment of State Troops and stationed at Copes Head where he served until the first of July following making two months service and from Copes Head he was marched by the same Capt Reed to a place called "Dutch Neck" on the Muscongus River about 30 miles from Waldoboro where he served until the 4th of November following

and June 1861 he went to a place called Dutch Neck on the Sagadahoc River about 30 miles from Waldoboro, where he served until the 1st of November following
making 6 months service. That his first service at Cox's Head was 8 months and his second enlistment was 2 months, and at Dutch Neck 4 months in all 14 months service. While at Dutch Neck he was ordered to march to Georges River to protect the Town of Thomaston from being invaded by the British Forces. He further testifies & says that while at Dutch Neck a Mr. Tolman's House was burnt by the British Forces and that he was also there when a boy by the name of Brown was taken as a spy and condemned to be hung and was within 60 yds of said Brown when he was hung. He further says he never received any pension. His charge book was always discharged by words of a month. He also further says that Andrew Gentner, Frank Miller & Jacob H. Brunheim were with him in the service. and that he is known to Gen. Denny, McCobb and Isaac G. Grotey Esq. who are his neighbours and can attest to his character.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
John L. his Elliott mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
John Reagles
Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas for the State of Maine.

The Denny M c Coos and Isaac G. Grooton both of M c aldon Certify that John C. Mink who subscribed to the foregoing application he is reported to be sixty nine years of age and is a man entitled to credit on oath - he is reported and believed in the neighborhood to have been a soldier in the Revolution and we can concur in that opinion
Denny M c Coos Isaac G. Grooton
Signed as sworn to the day and year aforesaid
J. Ruggles J. C. C. P.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after 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 Denny M c Coos and Isaac G. Grooton Esqrs who have signed the proceedings certify that they are residents in M c aldon, the former of whom is collector of the Port, that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. Ruggles J. C. C. P.
I, Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas for Lincoln County, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
Attest Nathl Coffin Clerk
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
Clerk of the Courts of Record and Court of Common Pleas in Lincoln County.

18973
John C. Mink Maine
15 May 33
Obj. 16.
Adon e
14 m's
$46.66 P. 397
18,973
2. McCobb.
Waldoborough
Me

BRIEF in the case of John C. Mink  61. of Lincoln, in the State of .  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Mass State Troops In 1796 enlisted 8 Private Capt Park Col M'Coll   State Troops 1798 2 " Capt Reed Col Hunter   " " 4 " " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Woodborough, Mass now Maine  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached agreeably to the regulation the witness is not certified 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

June 4, 1940
BA-J/MCS John C. Mink, S.31254
Mrs. M. A. Russell Togus, Box 163 Maine
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for information relative to John C. Mink, a Revolutionary War soldier who lived in Lincoln County, Maine.
The data which follow were taken from papers on file in the pension claim, S.31254, based on the military service of John C. Mink.
John C. Mink was born in 1763 at Waldoboro, (which was then in Massachusetts but later in Maine). The names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Waldoboro, John C. Mink enlisted May 1, 1780, and served eight months as private in Captain Jordan Parker's Company in Colonel Samuel McCobb's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted May 1, 1781, and served six months in Captain Reed's Company in Colonel Hunter's Massachusetts Regiment.
John C. Mink was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1832, at which time he was living in Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine. He was living there in 1855.
The papers on file contain no data relative to the family of this soldier.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension of John C. Mink, the name and address of the person to whom it was paid and possibly the date of death of this soldier, it is suggested that you address The Comptroller General, Records Division, General Accounting Office, Wash-

ington, D.C., giving the following data:
John C. Mink, Certificate 18200, issued July 30, 1833, rate $46.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832. Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLIER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

I Frank Miller of Waldoboro in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine aged Sixty Seven years of age do swear that John C. Mink of said Waldoboro served at Cox's Head with me for the term of six months and while I was on board the Sch Enterprise Capt Austin the said John C Mink was on Cox's Head 2 months and that he helped build the Fort on Cox's Head and Barnes, and I further swear that the said John C Mink did service for

The term of eight months at " Coxes Head "
Frank Miller Lincoln SS Sept 9, 1852 Then personally ap- peared the above named Frank Miller and made oath to the truth of the above Statement In Open Court
Before me J. Ruggles J. C. C.
Attest Nathl Coffin Clerk
I Certify that the above named Frank Miller is a credible person and whose statement is entitled to credit D. M. M. 11/6/52

In Court Sep. 7. 1832
I Jacob H. Samheimer of Maldoboro in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine, on oath do testify and say that John C. Munk served with me in Capt Johan Paken Company Col McCobb Regiment at a Place called Coxes Neck from the first of May 1780 to sometime in November following making 6 months service at said "Coxes Neck" during which time he helped build the Fort and Barracks. He further swears that the said John C. Munk served 2 months at a Place called "Dutch Neck" in Capt

Reeds Company & Col Huntas Regiment This was in May & June 1781 - I was not in the service then but the Comp any was stationed near my Father House and used to see him almost every day -
Jacob Bornheimer
Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid
in Open Court
J. Ruggles J. 6.6.P.
State of Mass
Attest Markoffin Clerk
Lincoln County ss Sept 7 1832 Then Personally appeared the abovenamed Jacob Bornheimer and made oath to the truth of the foregoing sworn state ment
Before me
I certify the abovenamed a credible witness
Danny M. Cobb Esq. Jacob Bornheimer is Danny M. Cobb Esq.

State of Maine.
DANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the said [blank] and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings of the Court of Common Pleas, at a special
session thereof holden at [blank] in said County, by the one of the Judges of said Court on [blank] day of [blank] A. D. 1832, in the matter of [blank] application of [blank] for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this [blank] day of [blank] A. D. 1832.
CLERK.

May 30
My Free
Hon James L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension Washington city
Name & Act

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5 Mer Aug

31 254 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31, 254
John C. Mink Rev Rev War
Act: June 1 st 1887
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 288
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1913 June 18. Hist. to Cyrus W. Clark, c 1925 Mar. 28 Hist. to Edith W. Mank M c D 1940 June 4. Hist. to Mrs. M. A. Russell, M c D

EDITH W. MANK 12 RESERVOIR STREET LAWRENCE, MASS.
Feb. 14, 1925.
Rev. and 1812 War Section Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give me the pension record of John Mink who enlisted and lived in Waldoborough, Maine?
I wrote to you recently concerning the record of Philip Mink and you could find no record. I find that in his enlistment he wrote his name Wincke. Would there be a chance that he had a pension under that name?
I am anxious with both of these to find references to other members of their immediate families. Thanks you for your help.
Very truly yours,
Edith W. Mank. (over).

P.S. You kindly gave me the pension record of Valentine Hlink. This did not give his death. Would your records show his death by showing when his pension ceased?
E.W.M.

Lewiston Me. Box 163
April 24 1940
Director of Pensions Veterans Adm. Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I have received information from the Adjutant General's Office at Augusta Me. to the effect that John C. Mink veteran of the Revolutionary War, enlisted in the Mds. militia with the rank of private from Lincoln County Me.
It is requested that any information on the above named veteran be

forwarded to me. I am a direct descendant of John C. Mink and I would appreciate all information possible.
Respectfully yours Mrs. M. A. Russell.

The American Shoe Finding Co.
E.R. Laird, General Manager
Factories at Whitman, Mass. Boston, Mass. Bingham, Maine
Whitman, Mass. June 11, 1913
Pension Dept Washington D.C.
Will you kindly furnish me with information of the service of John C. Nink of Waldoboro Maine, as a soldier in the Continental army during the war of the Revolution?
Yours truly
Cyrus W. Clark 57 Walter St. Roslindale Mass

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John C. Mink a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 31.254
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1, 1780 8 mos. Pri. Jordan Parker Samuel McCobb Maine.   May 1, 1781 6 mos. Reed Hunter        
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Waldoboro, Lincoln Co., Me.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 7, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Waldoboro, Me., in 1855.
Age at date of application, born _____ 1763, Waldoboro, Maine.
Remarks: His claim was allowed. There is no family data on file.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
May 1855

Rev. & 1812 War Section
MS
March 28, 1925
Edith W. Mink 12 Reservoir St. Lawrence, Mass.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.31254, it appears that John C. Mink was born in 1763, at Waldoboro, Maine.
While a resident of said place he enlisted May 1, 1780, and served eight months as private in Captain Jordan Parker's Company, Colonel Samuel McCobb's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted May 1, 1781, and served six months in Captain Reed's Company, Colonel Hunter's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 7, 1832, while a resident of Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine. There is no data
There is no data on file relative to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension and possibly the date of death of the above mentioned Revolutionary War pensioner you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St., N.W., Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data:

11.01 JOHN C. MINK, Certificate 18200, issued July 30, 1833, rate $46.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Maine Agency.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner