Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,493, for Ephraim Potter, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Continental Mass.
Potter, Ephraim
S. 33 493
CONTENTS

4,086
Massachusetts Roll Died Jan'y 29 1825
Ephraim Potter
Nixon's Mass. Private Inf'ty Reg't 1777 - 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence the 25 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Nov 1818 and forwarded to Stephen M'Intosh Haverhill Esq. Mass'ts
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1818 42 86 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819 48.00
$ 90 86
5-mos 7/31  4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
✓ Continued
Concord, Middlesex Co.
Note isation sent to Abraham Biglow Esq Oct 13 1820 - Cambridge Mass

Ephraim Potter.
March 25. 1818
Not on the rolls of Wisconsin's regt.
Adm d

I, Ephraim Potter, of the age of sixty two years, declare & say that I am a resident Citizen of the United States; that I reside in & belong to Concord in the County of Middlesex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; that in the latter part of April 1775 I enlisted in the Continental Army, for eight months, as a corporal in Capt. Butler's company, & in about ten days afterwards I was transferred to Capt. Gridley's Company of Artillery as a bombardier; but the Regiment I cannot recollect: I served during said eight months, & then left the army by reason of the time expiring: — That some time in February, 1776. & before the 20 th day, I enlisted as Sergeant in Capt. Butler's Company, in Colonel Nixon's regiment, for one year, & served untill November 20 th 1776, when by reason of sickness I was discharged by Brigadier General Nixon, & now exhibit his Certificate thereof: About April 1777 I enlisted for three years, & entered as a Sergeant, in Capt. Bradley's Artillery Company, in Colonel Crafts Regt. the number of which I cannot tell. I did my duty therein for three years, except a small part of the last part of the time, when I was employed in the Laboratory; & then had an honorable discharge from the proper officer, which I cannot now find.
I know of no other proof of my declarations now attainable: I also declare that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my Country for support, & that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States.
Ephraim Potter
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. March 25. A.D. 1818 Then the above named Ephraim Potter made solemn oath that the aforesaid declaration by him signed is true, before me,
Stephen Minot
Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
Whereupon it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Ephraim Potter, did serve in the Revolutionary war, against the common enemy, as stated in his declaration aforesaid, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case, & the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary, of the department of war, in life
I also certify that the said Potter is in very indigent & needy circumstances Stephen Minot Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

Phillip, Bourrough 20 th Nov r 1776.
Serj t Ephraim Potter of the late Capt s Butlers Comp y Col s Nixon's Reg t by reason of indisposition of body is rendered unfit for duty, this present campaign, is discharged the Service
signed, J n Nixon B. G.
To whom it may concern.
I certify that the above is a true copy of an ancient writing exhibited to me this 25 day of March 1818 by Ephraim Potter, therein named.
Attest, Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.

Ephraim Potter
4086.
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through handwriting from the reverse side of the page]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice , and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Ephraim Potter resident in Concord in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 4.080 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the “18th March, 1818, Ephraim Potter  late a “ Private 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 commence on the twenty fifth day of  March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this second “day of November one thousand eight hundred and  eighteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  11 old wooden clock $ 2.00   9 chairs 1.50   3 old tables 1.50   1 Umbrella 0.75   1 looking glass 0.33   1 pair dogs shovel & tongs 0.75   Lot iron ware 2.00   Tin ware 0.33   2 old iron candlesticks 0.25   brockery ware 1.25   1/2 doz knives & forks 0.75   1 pair bellows 0.33   5 tea spoons 1.25   2 trunks 0.75   1 candle stand 0.50   Earthen ware 0.17   3 boxes 0.17   Ephraim Potter. $16.08 

Anno Bob over - $14.08
1 bread trough - - - - - 0.17
4 old casks - - - - - 0.20
Lot of tools for hoopng barrels - - - - - 4.00
Broad axe - - - - - 0.75
4 water pails - - - - - 0.50
2 wash tubs - - - - - 0.58
1 brass kettle - - - - - 0.75
1 pair steel yards - - - - - 0.25
Scythe and snearth - - - - - 0.50
1 shovel and hoe - - - - - 0.50
1 fork - - - - - 0.12
1 small grind stone - - - - - 0.50
5 galls of soap - - - - - 0.75
1 waiter - - - - - 0.12
$23.77
Ephraim Potter.
And the said Ephraim Potter being first duly sworn does on oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war four years and eight months - entered the service under capt. Joseph Butler in Col. Nixon's Regiment one year and eight months, seven months of which time he served in the artillery - In capt. David Bradleys company and Col. Crafts Regiment of Artillery three years - that he is sixty four years of age his family consists of himself and wife - that his occupation is that of a cooper, but is so much debilitated by bodily infirmity that he can do but little labour
Ephraim Potter
Sworn to and declared before
Wm Wetmore Judge No. 11

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm. Wetmore — a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
4 I, Ephraim Potter do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me God.
Ephraim Potter.
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A.D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Ephraim Potter took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Wm. Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and 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
twenty three dollars & seventy seven cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820
Attr. Abraham Biglow

33 493 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 33 493
Ephraim Potter
Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 826
[Arrangement of 1870.]
June-27-1900 Mrs. R. M. Rich, Syracuse NY
June 22, 1905 History to M. L. Akers Little Rock, Ark - his letter in Inv. 44,245 Ephraim Potter.

How
Pension Department, Washington, D. C.
Sir,
If there is any re- cord in your de- partment of the Revolutionary service of Ephraim Potter .
born July 14, 1760,
Coventry, Rhode Island married Lizzie Parker kindly read me same. He had a

brother Lieutenant George Potter. If any charges for the information de- sired I will gladly remit.
Respectfully
Anna Gerroll Rich
Syracuse, New York
June twenty,
Nineteen hundred
Address:
Mrs. V. M. Rich
512 James Street Syracuse, N.Y.

I. 33, 493
Ephraim Potter
Mar 25, 1818 - 62 -
Concord, Middlesex Co. Mass.
Enl. latter Apr 75 Corp.
Capt Jos. Butler Col. Nixon 1 st Mass. Arty. Bombardier Capt. Bridley
Cont Army 7 th
Feby 76 Sgt.
Capt Jos. Butler
Col. Nixon 4 th Cont. Inf. dis for sickness Nov. 20, 76
Apr 77 Sgt.
Capt David Bradley
Col. Craft
regt Arty
3 rd

Concord Ms. March 25. 1818.
To the Secretary of the Department of War, Sir, I wish you to transmit the Certificate of my Pension under the late law, to Stephen Minot, Esq. of Haverhill Ms. who will forward the same to me.
Ebenezer Dutton

Discharge from Army
Ephraim Peter Cont. Mass - S33493

Phillips Burrough 23 Nov r 1746 Serjt Ephraim Potter of the late Cap t Butlers Comp y Col s Nixons Reg t by reason of indisposition of Body, is rendered unfit for this present Cam- paign, is Discharged this Service — D r Nixon 1746
To whom it may concern

Ephraim Potter Levent Mass S 334 93

Serjt Ephraim Fletcher Camp Winter Hill Feb y 25. 1776
You are hereby Ordered (by Gen l Sullivan) to go to Concord, & assist Ensign Wheeler in Enlisting Men and purchasing Arms, Agreeable to General Orders of 21 st inst t and make your Personall Appearance, neat Saturday Morning. —
Jn o Nixon Col l
No, Slaves, Old Men, or Boys to be Enlisted,