Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1913, for Oliver Morton, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Norton, Oliver
Mr. 1913.
Mass. Sea Service
Melinda
B. L. Nt. 67.611-160-55
CONTENTS

Georgia 27815
Oliver Morton of [blank] in the State of Geo: who was a Pr: Master in the Comp y  commanded by Captain Patridge of the [blank] commanded by [blank] in the [blank] line for 9 mo: Mass s Sea Service
Inscribed on the Roll of Georgia at the rate of 34 - Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of May 34 Clinton Geo: and Sub M t Beasley
Arrears to the 4th of March 34 102.- Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. — 17 119.-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Ruth Rice Clerk Book C Vol. 64 Page 98
Order to pay 17. Oct 1837.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 Sept 1837 to 4 March 1838 Age notified 4 June 1839
Paid as above from 4 March to 4 Sept 1839. Age notified 24 July 1840

2281. Georgia Linda Morton, widow of Oliver Morton who served in the Revolutionary war Seaman } war, as a pirate }
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 30 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Oct r 1853 and sent to
J. M. Knight Present
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 152 Vol. A
(1913)

272.641. consolidated with 143.935.
Act March 3, 1855.
Amanda E. Ezra H., and Malinda H. Morton, minor children
Oliver Morton - private.
Revolutionary War.
No. 67.611.
Special.
R. W. Bonner, Clinton, Geo.

Oliver Morton
28.404
Admitted - 6 mo
Deceased - 24 -
3 mo. private 10. — 2.
34 —
Rev. Beasley Ky — Clinton Co Ga.

Declaration of Oliver Morton in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832
State of Georgia Jones County On this the 23 rd day of April in the year Eighteen, Hundred and thirty four personally came in open Court before his honor Lucas B. C. Lamar Judge of the Superior Courts of said County of Jones which Court is now sitting Oliver Morton a resident of Captain Warren's district of said County & there aged seventy years on the fifth day of September in the year Eighteen Hundred & thirty three Who being first 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 the 7 th 1832. That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit. That he entered the Naval Service in the brig Independence under the Command

of Captain Isaac Lampson. Lieutenant Thomas Hudson & sailing Master Theophilus Cotton as a private that he was engaged in a battle between the said Brig Independence and the British Brig Hape Commanded by Captain Dawson off near Halifax Nova Scotia. The Brig Independence was taken by the said Hape and was carried to Halifax where applicant and others of the crew were detained as prisoners of war more than seven months on the prison ship During the engagement lasted for more than one hour and a half from Halifax on this applicant with others of his fellow prisoners were taken to New York on the British Line Frigate and from New York were carried to Rhode Island and on Long Island where this applicant made his escape and went to Plymouth and joined the Militia under Captain Partridge and marched to Dorchester Hill near Boston where he served three months as such Militia man The applicant cannot state on account of loss of memory cannot state the precise

he entered the Service Nor the precise time he quit the Service Nor can he state the precise length of time he served upon the Brig Independence but he is certain that he served on said Brig Independence Six Months or more & he further states that the services here in enacted were performed soon after the Commencement of the Revolutionary War & for such services applicant claims a pension. This applicant was born in Plymouth Massachusetts on the 5th September 1763 but applicant has no record of his age but a record of his age is kept at Plymouth Massachusetts This applicant was living in Plymouth Massachusetts when called into service Since the Revolutionary War he lived in the County of Martin North Carolina until the year 1818 when he moved to Jones County Georgia his present place of residence This applicant served as a Volunteer on the Brig Independence and as a substitute

for his father Silas Morton in the Massachu- setts Militia at Augusta Hills near Barnstable This applicant can not state any other officers than Capt. Parsons for when in said service of the Militia This applicant never received any written discharge from service This applicant names Isaac Nathan a Clergyman & Thomas B. Slade Esq. his neighbors Who will testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution and I the said Oliver Morton hereby relinquish- ing Claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares his name is not in the pension roll of the agency of any State
Oliver Morton
Sworn to & subscribed this the day of years before me
Lucius D. Lamar J. B. V. C.

We Jacob Watson a clergyman residing in the neighbourhood of Oliver Morton & Thomas B. Shadle residing in the same neighbourhood hereby certify that we are well acquainted with the said Oliver Morton who has sub- scribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy years of age that he is respected and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion I mean to subscribe the day & year aforesaid Jacob Watson Thomas B. Shadle Lucius D. Lamar 1860
I Lucius D. Lamar Judge of the Superior Courts of said County and State do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter

and after putting the interrogatories fore- closed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states & I further certify that it appears to him that Jacob Watson Who has signed the foregoing Certificate is a clergyman resident in the neighborhood of the said Oliver Martin & that Thomas B Slade Who has also signed the same is a resident in said neigh- borhood and is a credible person and that their statements are entitled to credit
Lucius Q Clamar J.B.C.

I, John J. Beasley Clerk of the Superior Court of Jones County, State of Georgia do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Oliver Morton for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office This 26 th day of April 1834
John J. Beasley Clk

Georgia Jones County
To any Minister of the Gospel Judge Justice of the Superior Court, or Justice of the Peace — You are hereby authorized to join Mr Oliver Morton and Mrs Malinda Lary in the holy state of matrimony according to the constitution and laws of this state and for so doing this shall be your sufficient license — Given under my hand and seal this 27 th day of September 1831.
Charles Macarthy C.C.O.
Georgia Jones County
I do certify that Oliver Morton and Malinda Lary were joined in matrimony by me this 28 th day of September 1831.
Thomas C. Price M.G.
Georgia Jones County
I do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the marriage of Oliver Morton Senior, and Malinda Lary as taken from the records in my office this 25 th day of May 1853.
Albert Hutchings Ordinary Jones County Georgia

State of Georgia } ss. On this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand county of Jones } eight hundred and fifty three - before the subscriber a Judge of the Court of Superior Court held in and for the county and State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, per- sonally appeared Mrs. Melinda Morton — who is to me known as a resident of the town of Clinton in the County of Jones and State of Georgia aged fifty three 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 provisions made by the Act of Congress, approved 3 d February A.D. 1853, viz:
That she is the widow of Oliver Morton — deceased, who was a Private and seaman in the war of the Revolution and a Pensioner of the United States under Act of 7 th June 1832, at the rate of Twenty four Dollars per annum, which was paid to him at the agency at Savannah. That she was not married to the said Oliver Morton prior to January 1840, was married as will appear by the annexed certificate as follows:
She further declares that she was married to the said Oliver Morton — on the 28 th day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty one as will more fully appear by the proofs hereto annexed: That her husband the aforesaid Oliver
Morton died on the nineteenth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and forty Eight (1848). She further avers that she is now a widow, and that she has never before made any application for a Pension.
Subscribed & sworn to before me this day and year first above written, and I certify that I have no interest in the application as attorney, agent or otherwise.
Jas. H. Barron J. J. C.
Melinda Morton
I do hereby constitute and appoint Samuel M. Knight of Washington D.C. any time & lawful attorney for the purpose of presenting this my application for a Pension, to attend to the same while pending, and to receive the Certificate when issued and to do all things necessary and proper, as fully as I could do were I personally present. Dated this 11 th of July 1853.
Witness.
Melinda Morton
J. C. Johnson, Jas. H. Barron J. J. C.
State of Georgia } ss. It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited county of Jones } before me the undersigned Judge of the Court of Superior Court a Court of Record held in and for the said County that Oliver Morton who was a Revolutionary Pensioner and a resident of said County and State died on the nineteenth day of January — eighteen hundred and fifty three  forty eight and that he left surviving him the following named widow and children, viz: Melinda Morton, widow, Amanda Eleanor, Ezra Dyer, & Malinda Ann Morton.
Witness my hand this eleventh day of July A.D. 1853. Jas. H. Barron Judge.
State of Georgia } ss. I do hereby certify that Hon. James H. Barron county of Jones } whose genuine signature appears attached to the foregoing declaration and certificate, was at the date of the same a Judge of the Court of Superior Court held in and for said County (a Court of Record) duly commissioned and sworn. Witness my hand and seal of said Court
this 11 th day of July — A.D. 1853
Ellert Hutchinson

Malinda Morton.
Act 8 th March 1855.
143,953
S. M. Knight. Present,

State of Georgia } ss. County of Jones }
On this sixteenth day of May 1855.
before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Malinda Morton aged 56 years, a resident of Clinton County of Jones in the State of Georgia , who made oath in due form of law, that she is the identical Malinda Morton to whom, under the provisions of the Act of 3 d February 1853 , a pension of Twenty dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband Oliver Morton a Soldier of the Revolutionary war, and late of Jones County, State of Georgia . She further states that her Pension
Certificate, under the aforesaid Act of 3 d February 1853 is numbered as entered on page 152 , bears date the fifth day of October 1853, and is made payable at the Savannah Geo. Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act of 3 d March, 1855, never having received or known herself entitled, or made application, under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband, she respectfully refers to the proofs heretofore adduced, now on file in the Pension Office, and upon which her annuity as aforesaid was granted.
That, since being placed on the list of Revolutionary Pensioners, she has not intermarried, but continues the widow of the said Oliver Morton .
She appoints as her attorney for the within specified purpose, and with power of substitution, S. M. KNIGHT , of Washington City, D. C.
11 Malinda Morton
Attest: Alexander Johnson Aurelius W. Gibson
SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Malinda Morton , to be the identical person she alleges herself to be—a Pensioner of the United States, and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow; and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
12 Moses R Draper J. Peace.

State of Georgia } ss. County of Lowndes }
That since being placed on the roll of Pensioners, she, the said Melinda Norton , has not intermarried, but remains, and now is, a widow: That they have known her for Ten — years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit: 15 That they live neighbors to, and are almost daily in communication with her family and have been for several years, that she could not have intermarried without their knowledge.
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
16 Alexander Johnson Aurelius W. Gibson
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
12 Moses R. Draper, J. P.
State of Georgia } ss. County of Jenks }
I Hereby Certify, That Walter R Drape Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name. I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of _____ Court, for the County aforesaid, this sixteenth day of May 1855.
Thos. M. Mendenhall Clerk of Supreme Court
NOTES.
1. In _____ widow's full name. 2. Give the Post Office address. 3. Insert the title of the Act under which her Revolutionary Pension was granted. 4. State the amount in dollars and cents. 5. Insert the full name of her late husband. 6. State what rank he held. 7. Give the name of the County in which he lived at the time of his death. 8. Insert the registry number of her Pension Certificate. 9. Give its date. 10. State where made payable. 11. Widow's signature in full. 12. Magistrate's signature. 13. Insert the witnesses' full names. 14. Give their Post Office address. 15. Here give a statement of the facts and circumstances from which the foregoing testimony is adduced, or from which the witnesses knowledge is derived. 16. Witnesses' signature.

Ezra G H Malinda E Morton Additional Evidence No 272,641

Amanda Elinah. Morton. Born. May 14 th 1834 Ezra Dyer Morton Born August 14 th 1836 Malinda Ann Morton Born October 5 th 1841 - Malinda Morton. Wife of Alvin Morton deceased departed this life the 29 th of January 1856 -
Gorgia Jones County } Before me William Norland a Justice of the Inferior Court in and for said State and County, and authorized under the laws of said State to administer Oaths for general purposes. personally Came Alvin H. Morton and James Goddard Guardians in law for Ezra Dyer Morton and Malinda Ann Morton, and also Executors on the Estate of Alvin Morton late of said County deceased, who being sworn, deponeth and saith that the above and foregoing contains a tran- script from the family Bible of Alvin Morton deceased, and that the dates of the birth of his Children in life on the 3 rd day of March 1885 are correctly transcribed from the same, also the death of Malinda Morton, widow of Alvin Morton deceased, and marriage of Lord Marrant No. 28 1848. is correctly transcribed from the same - They further swear and certify that there is no Public record of said births and deaths, but from their long and intimate acquaintance with Alvin Morton in his life time and with his wife Malinda, and from their living near and being familiar with his family, matters they in no doubt about the legit- imacy of said Children - And they further state that they would remit the family Bible to the Commissioner of Pensions but that it is a large and heavy Book and fear that it might be lost, destroyed or mutilated in the transportation

thereof - Sworn to and subscribed in my presence this the 9 th day of June 1857 -
William Shoreland S.H.C.
James "Godard" Oliver H. Norton
Sworn to and subscribed before me this June 9 th 1857
David, C. Blunt Feb 16 th
William Moorland 19/6

Georgia Jones County } I Charles MacCarthy Clerk of the Superior Court in and for said State and County hereby Certify that William Browland, whose genuine signature is affixed to the foregoing Certificate and affidavits and before whom the same were subscribed and acknowledged was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Superior Court in and for said State and County and authorized under the laws of the State of Georgia to take such acknowledgments and to administer Oaths in general proceedings and that full faith and credit are due to all his official acts as such. Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at Clinton, County of Jones and State of Georgia, this June 9 th 1857.
Charles MacCarthy

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
June 3, 1929
Bureau of Navigation Navy Department Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1913 , it appears that Oliver Morton , who is referred to as Oliver Morton, Senior, was born September 5, 1763, in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
While residing in said Plymouth, soon after the commencement of the Revolutionary War, he entered as a private on the brig "Independence" and served six months under Captain Simeon Sampson; he was in a battle with the British brig "Hope" near Halifax, Nova Scotia, when the Independence was taken and sailor was held as a prisoner at Halifax more than seven months, was then taken to New York and to Rhode Island and made his escape on Long Island and returned to Plymouth. After which he served as substitute for his father, Silas Morton, in the Massachusetts Militia under Captain Partridge for three months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed
Pembroke Data

April 23, 1834, at which time he was living in Jones County, Georgia.
He died there January 19, 1848.
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

Wars Section. Ans
December 4, 1928
Mrs. Laura E. Welch 371 11th Avenue Dawson, Ga.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 1913, it appears that Oliver Morton, who is referred to as Oliver Morton, Senior, was born September 5, 1763 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
While residing in said Plymouth, soon after the commencement of the Revolutionary War, he entered as a private on the brig "Independence" and served six months under Captain Simeon Sampson; he was in a battle with the British brig "Hope" near Halifax, Nova Scotia, when the Independence was taken and sailor was held as a prisoner at Halifax more than seven months, was then taken to New York and to Rhode Island and made his escape on Long Island and returned to Plymouth. After which he served as a substitute for his father, Silas Morton, in the Massachusetts Militia under Captain Partridge for three months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed

April 23, 1834 at which time he was living in Jones County, Georgia. He died there January 19, 1848.
Stop The soldier married September 28, 1831 in Jones County, Georgia, Mrs. Malinda or Melinda Lary. She was allowed pension on her application executed July 11, 1853 at which time she was living at Clinton, Jones County, Georgia, aged fifty-three years.
Their children were-
Amanda Eleanor or Elinah born May 14, 1834. Ezra Dyer " August 14, 1836. Malinda Ann " October 5, 1840.
The widow, Malinda, died January 20, 1856 in Jones County, Georgia.
Oliver H. Morton testified in the case in 1857, no relationship shown.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

1913 WIDOW, &c.
File No. _____
Melinda Morton Widow Oliver Morton Seaman & Private Mass Va Line militia
Act _____
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909 Nov. 3 Hist. to Miss Willie Turner. V.L.M.
1910 Feb. 4 Hist. to Hon. Charles G. Barnett. V.L.M.
1910 Feb. 23 Hist. to Hon. W. G. Brantley.
1914 June 11. Mr M. B. Morton of Charlotte C.H. Va advised that this pensioner was born in Mass & served in Mass Mil. & on Brig Independence, and is erroneously reported on printed list of 1835 as of Va militia see letter in miscellaneous file of above date
1922 Nov. 28. Hist. to Mrs. Howard T. Abney, Box 473 Athens Ga (see her letter in Pils Morton 846398)
1928. Dec. 4. Hist. to Mrs. Laura E. Welch awj
1929. June 3. Hist. to Tombstone Data to Navy Dept. awj

Pension Office Sept 23/53
Sir Please report time of last payment to or death of within named pensioner
Respectfully &c
F Burt Esqr. L M Oliver 3 Aud Comm r Present.
Oliver Norton, act 7 th June 1832 $34.00 p. annum. — Died 19 th Jan. 1848, Paid to his death.
F Burt Auditor, J n

28648
5 Nov Ans

67.611.
160 acres.

272. 641 bond with 143. 935 Act Mar. 3. 57
Amanda E., — Ephraim D., & Melinda A. Morton. min. child. Oliver Morton. juv.
July 9 1857 July 9 1857 July 9 1857
Adm? 2660 ann. 2.5
Revij. war.
Special.
Papers
R. W. Banne. Clinton. P.
July 9/57. At the Land Office — J. P. July 29/57. Wm. Redmond to Dr. R. B. Bonar Esq. Land Office with a complete giving the date of the birth of warrant.
Vol. C No. 2.

W. M. Knight, Mch. 13 th 1857
Notice 1857- Issue R. M. Bornee of Clinton Ga. to establish death of warranter & ages of minors -
Mortgage file - D.P.M.
Vol m 2, page 98.
143,935 Not Mch 3/ May 23 1857 Malinda Morton Malinda Morton Boring Oliver Morton
Revolutionary War Claimant is a Pensioner Act Feb 9 1855 refers to Pension on file
See July 53-2281
Will 160000 May 12 1852 B.G. Morton
Cert. to Claimant, Clinton. Jones Co. Geo.
W. M. Knight
P. Resent

Orig No, 1853. #2964,
Appl. of Malinda Morton, widow of Oliver Morton, Jones co., Georgia.
27815
Oct. 3 d Feb. 1853.
Rev. Allowed $30 per ann. Com. Feb. 3-1853
J. M. Knight, Present.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Pension Office, Official Business

143.935 Oct 53 ✓ minors' application 272.641. Oliver Morton
Rev. 9 Nov.
✓
Wart. 286.48 for 160 acres cancelled July 9/37. See 67.611 for 160 acres spaced to the minors.
M
✓

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 13 th , 1840.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Oliver Norton, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of Thirty four Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March, to the 1 st Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Edward B. Parrish
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Pension Agency Planters Bank Savannah 9 Oct 1837
Sir
For your Approval and Authority to pay I enclose Oliver Mortons pension voucher whereap plication is for two years pension.
Respectfully Yr Obs Servt
J. G. Edwards
Comm of Pensions Washington City
Marshall Cushing Hens agt

TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
May 18 th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838 entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Oliver Morton, — a Pensioner on the Roll of the Georgia Agency, at the rate of thirty four Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Septm. 1837, to the 4 th March, 1838,
Respectfully, yours,
J. Slane acting Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Brief in the case of Mrs Malinda Mooton widow of Oliver Jones County and State of Georgia act of Feb. 3 - 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of June 7, 1832 at $34 per annum
Pirate & Seaman Allowed $30 per annum until to his death
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage proved by public record Death " " auditor's report Identity " " (circumstantial)
Name and residence of Agent
S. M. Knight Present
Examining Clerk.
J. H. May.

Clinton Jones Co Georgia June 9 th 1857
Dear Sir
Enclosed I hand additional evidence" in the application of minors of Alvin & Malinda Norton deceased, with the proof required -
Respectfully
R W Bonner

Clinton, Jones County Ia., April 8, 1887 Comm Pension Washington City D. C.
Dear Sir,
Please find enclosed the application of Ezra Sizer & Malinda Ann Morton, Minors of Alvin Morton deceased through their Guardians, and also the Bounty Land Warrant, No 28,648, issued to Malinda Morton, Widow of Alvin Morton deceased, which issued after the death of the said Widow, and as a matter of Law and right the claim belongs to the minor children - Your early issue of a warrant for these minors will much oblige
Yours, very respectfully R. M. Bonner Atty for Claimants

Washington.
July 19 th 1853.
Hon. S. P. Waldo, } Comm ee of Pensions. } Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration of Mrs. Malinda Morton, widow of Oliver Morton, dec d (late a pensioner on the Georgia Roll, under act of 1832,) for the benefits of the 2 nd Section of the Act of 3 rd Feb y 1853; together with evidence of her marriage.
Very respectfully,
Your obed t Serv t ,
S. M. Priggin

Washington,
May 21. 1855.
Hon D. F. Waldo. Comm. of Pensions Sir:
I have the honor to enclose herewith the application of Malinda Morton, & Elijah Hammons for Bounty Land under Act 3 d March 1855.
Very respectfully Your obedt Servt, L. M. Knight

Bounty
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Land
Department
(of the Interior)
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
It is hereby Certified, that under the Act of March 3rd 1855, entitled, "An Act in addition to certain Acts granting Bounty Land to certain Officers and Soldiers who have been engaged in the Military Service of the United States"
Marceline the Morton, widow of Oliver Morton Private
Revolutionary War.
is entitled to locate ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES , at any Land Office of the United States, in one body, and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands, upon any of the public lands subject to sale at either the minimum or lower graduated prices.
Given under my hand, and my seal of office, this 30th day of May 1856
No. 28648
A. Smith
J. D. [Signature]
Commissioner
Note. You can locate this Certificate at any of the United States land offices, or it will be located for you by the General Land Office on the return of it with your request to that effect endorsed thereon, specifying the State and Land District in which you wish the location made. If you locate it, fill up and sign the following application.
To the Register of the Land Office
I locate this Certificate, in the
quarter of section
at in Township
of Range
Register.
Attest

State of Georgia Before me Leonard Beard Jones County a Justice of the inferior court  Peace in and for said County, and authorized under the Laws of said State to administer oaths for general purposes, personally came, James Godard and Oliver H Morton Guardians for Ezra Dyer Morton and Malinda Ann Morton, Minor Children of Oliver Morton deceased, who was a private in the Revolutionary War, and in con- sequence of his said services, a Bounty Land Warrant No 28,648, was issued to Malinda Morton his widow on the 30 th day of May 1836, for one hundred and sixty acres. But the said Malinda Morton having departed this life in said County and State, about or on the twentieth day of January in the Year 1856, and prior to the date of issuing said Warrant. The same is hereby returned to the department of the Interior for the purpose of having it cancelled, and another one for like number of acres, issued to Ezra Dyer and Malinda Ann Morton, the two and only minor children of the said Oliver Morton. In all of which the deponents do make oath, and further stateth that they have no means of proving the services of the said Oliver Morton as Guardian of said Minors, but that the Commissioner of Pensions from proof heretofore rendered, issued the above described Bounty Land Warrant, and that this application is made for procuring the same to the only minor children entitled under the act of 3 rd March 1835 to Bounty Land —
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 7 th day of April in the Year. A. D. 1857 (Inferior court stricken out and) (Peace assumed before me) Leonard Beard J. P.
James Godard Oliver H. Morton Guardians &c

We David E Blount and Beauford Stallworth Residents of the said County of Jones and State of Georgia upon our Oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by James Ward and Oliver H Morton in our presence and that we believe and know that they are the persons they represent themselves to be David E. Blount Beauford Stallworth
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons that the claimants are the persons they represent themselves to be and that I have no interest in this claim This April 7 th 1857
Leonard Ward, J.P.
State of Georgia } Clerk's Office Inferior Court for Jones County } Said State and County — J Charles
McCarthy. Clerk of the Inferior Court for said State and County, do hereby certify that Leonard Ward before whom the foregoing declaration and affidavit was duly signed and acknowledged, and whose genuine signature is affixed thereto, was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said State and County and authorized under the Laws of said State to administer Oaths for general purposes and that full faith and credit are due to all his Official acts as such. —
In witness whereof my hand and the seal of said Court, at Clinton, County of Jones and State of Georgia this the 8 th April A.D. 1857
Charles McCarthy, Clerk.

SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
JAMES R. MANN, ILL., CHAIRMAN. IRVING P. WANGER, PA. FREDERICK C. STEVENS, MINN. JOHN J. ESCH, WIS. CHARLES E. TOWNSEND, MICH. JAMES KENNEDY, OHIO. JOSEPH R. KNOWLAND, CAL. WILLIAM P. HUBBARD, W. VA. JAMES M. MILLER, KANS. WILLIAM H. STAFFORD, WIS. WILLIAM M. CALDER, N. Y. CHARLES G. WASHBURN, MASS. WILLIAM C. ADAMSON, GA. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, ALA. CHARLES L. BARTLETT, GA. GORDON RUSSELL, TEX. THETUS W. SIMS, TENN. ANDREW J. PETERS, MASS.
Mrs. F. A. DONNELLEY, CLERK.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE,
WASHINGTON, D. C. March 1, 1910.
Hon. J. L. Davenport, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:-
I would be glad if you would have an investigation made of the records of your Bureau to ascertain whether Oliver Morton, of Massachusetts, and Wiley Patterson, of Georgia or one of the Carolinas, were pensioned on account of their service in the Revolutionary War. If these names, or either of them, appear upon the pension roll, I would be glad if you would furnish me such information as the records disclose in reference to their military service.
I beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
MAR 2- 1910

Sixty-First Congress.
RICHARD WAYNE PARKER, N. J., CHAIRMAN. CHARLES Q. TIERNEY, MASS. JOHN A. STERLING, ILL. ROBBEN C. MOON, PA. GEORGE J. DICKEN, MICH. GEORGE R. MALEY, N. Y. EDWIN M. HIGGINS, CONN. HERMAN F. BOESSELL, OHIO. EDWIN DE KET, MICH. PAUL HOWLAND, OHIO. FRANK M. NYE, MINN. WILLIAM P. SHEFFIELD, R. I. HENRY D. CLAYTON, ALA. ROBERT L. HENRY, TEX. WILLIAM G. BRANTLEY, GA. CHARLES C. REID, ARK. EDWIN T. WEBB, N. C. CHARLES C. CARLIN, VA.
JOHN W. BOSTWICK, JR., CLERK.
Committee on the Judiciary,
House of Representatives U. S.,
Washington, D. C.,
March 21, 1910.
Pension Commissioner, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
One of my constituents, who is a descendant of Oliver Morton, of the Revolutionary Army, is desirous of knowing where and when he enlisted in the army together with any other fact concerning him or his service that appears of record. She advises me that he is known to have drawn a pension as a Revolutionary soldier, and I am therefore hopeful that the information now desired can be found in your records.
I will appreciate very much your furnishing me with same.
I am,
Very truly yours,

Rr
Dawson Georgia, Feb. 27 th 1928.
War Pensioner, Washington D.C. - Dear Sir,
I am seeking this information for S. A. R. member- ship. Please refer to your list of pension Revolutionary soldiers, give me the record of Albin Morton of Va. N. C. and Jones Co Ga. born in Mass, Sept 3 rd 1763, died in Jones Co Ga. Jan 19 th 1848. his first wife Sarah Everett married in Ash Co N. C. 1784 he married second Mrs. Lary in Jones Co Ga.

Children by first marriage Silas Morton, my grandfather David Morton married Nannie Phillips, Mary, Sarah, Oliver H. Lemill Penelope Penelope Thomas H. Survived by second marriage, Morton Oliver Vol 2 Va line. Revolutionary Soldier's page 219 S of W. 1830- pension Georgia - 47.
And oblige, Yours truly
Mrs. Laura E. Welch, 371, 11 th Ave.
Lawson, Georgia

In reply address not the signer of this letter, but Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C.
Refer to No.
Nav-642-2-GWB-LCJ
NAVY DEPARTMENT BUREAU OF NAVIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C.
29 May 1929
SUBJECT: MORTON, Oliver, -- Re: Service record and headstone.
Sir:
It appears that the widow of the above named man was pensioned for service rendered by him during the Revolutionary War under Record Division Wid. File 1913. A statement is desired showing the verified service that this man rendered in the navy. In an application for headstone for his grave service is alleged from April 27, 1776 to July 5, 1777.
Respectfully,
R. H. LEIGH, Chief of Bureau.
C. B. Hatch C. B. Hatch, By direction.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.

contains in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion in this Bureau. Also see file 1913.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.      Soon after commencement of War he entered as a Private on the Brig Independence & served under Capt. Simson Sampson, was in a battle with British Brig Hope, when the Independence was taken and soldier detained as a prisoner at Halifax. He was taken to New York & Rhode Island, made his escape on Long Island Sound, and went to Plymouth where he substituted for his father, Elias Morton in the Mass. militia under Capt. Partridge & served 3 mos. & returned to as Oliver Morton Jr.   
Battles engaged in, See above
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Plymouth Mass.
Date of application for pension, Apr 23 1834. He was alive
Residence at date of application, Jonesboro Ga.
Age at date of application, born Sept 5 1763 in Plymouth Mass.
Remarks: He died June 19 1848 here
Soldier married in Jonesboro Ga. Sept 21 1831 Mrs. Melinda Gary. She was allowed pension on an application executed July 11 1853 while a resident of White County Ga. aged 53 yrs. Children: Amanda (Eliza) (died May 12 1834), Ezzie Dora (died Melinda's son) will d. June 20 - 1856 in Jonesboro Ga. (died Aug 14, 1836 Oct 15 - 1840). Oliver H. Morton (died in 1857 in Jonesboro Ga.)
Very respectfully,
Revised mch 4 1913

March 4, 1910.
Hon. Charles L. Bartlett, House of Representatives.
My dear Mr. Bartlett:
In reply to your letter dated the 1 st and received the 2 nd instant, I have the honor to advise you, that in the claim, Wid. File No. 1,913, Revolutionary War, it appears that Oliver Morton, who is referred to as Oliver Morton, Senior, was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, September 5, 1763 and while a resident of said Plymouth, soon after the commencement of the Revolutionary War, entered as a Private on the brig Independence and served six months under Captain Simeon Sampson; he was in a battle with the British brig Hope, near Halifax, Nova Scotia, when the Independence was taken and sailor was detained as a prisoner at Halifax more than seven months; he was then taken to New York and Rhode Island, and made his escape on Long Island Sound, and went to Plymouth where he substituted for his father, Silas Morton in the Massachusetts militia under Captain Partridge and served three months.
He was allowed pension on an application executed April 23, 1834, while a resident of Jones County, Georgia, and died January 19, 1848.
Soldier married in Jones County, Georgia, September 22, 1831, Mrs. Melinda Lary. She was allowed pension on her application executed July 11, 1853 while a resident of Clinton, Jones County, Georgia, aged 53 years.

Their children were Amanda Eleanor, Ezra Dyer, and Malinda Ann.
The Revolutionary War pension records fail to afford any information in regard to Wiley Patterson described in your letter.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. War Section.
June 11, 1914.
Mr. W. S. Morton, Charlotte Court House, Virginia.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 3" instant, you are advised that this Bureau is unable to furnish the history of a soldier of the Revolution, unless a claim for pension or bounty land has been made on account of his services, and in order to identify such a claim, in addition to the full name of the soldier, some of the following data is essential: names of some officers under whom he served, places of residence at enlistment and after service, approximate date of his birth and death, given name of his widow.
You were furnished the record of Josiah Morton, Revolutionary War pensioner of Rockingham County, North Carolina, on June 5, 1914.
You are herewith furnished the record of Samuel Morton of Madison County, Kentucky.
The Revolutionary War pensioner of Jones County, Georgia, reported on the pension list of 1835 as of the Virginia militia, is not Odlin Morton as stated by you, but is Oliver Morton, and the service is incorrectly printed on said list, as he was born in Massachusetts and served in the Massachusetts

militia and on the brig Independence.
The Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford information in regard to any soldier named Joseph or Joe Morton, Jacob Morton, Colonel William Morton and Lieut. Col. Josiah Morton. Muster and pay rolls of such soldiers that were formerly in this Bureau have been transferred to the custody of the Adjutant General, U.S.A. War Department, to whom you should apply for information in regard to them.
Very respectfully,
J. M. Salzbauer Commissioner.