Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14,118, for Turner Peterson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Peterson, Turner
S. 14.118
Carded
CONTENTS

759 New York
Turner Peterson,
of Saratoga Springs in the State of New York who was a Private in the Companies commanded by Captains Hall & Turner of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Egan & Mearshall in the Massachusetts line for 8 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per Ann. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of October 1832 and sent to W. W. Warner
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $29.09 Pemi=ant. allowance ending Mar. '33 $13.33 $42.42
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. Wm. Baump Clerk. Book D Vol. 5 Page 124

No 1495
Turner Peterson
2/26.66 13.33 39.99

V o 1495
BRIEF in the case of Turner Peterson — of Saratoga Springs in the State of New York (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Before a Court.
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
Aged Seventy One Years
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.     1 st Period In 1776 Jan y — 2 — Private Gen. Colonel Gary — Major Turner Capt. Joshua Hall.   2 Period " " May 1 st — 6 — " Colonel Marshall, St. Coll. Bradford — Major Bapeth & Capt. Thomas Turner  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
was in no regular fighting.
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Duxbury, Plymouth County Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
by traditionary evidence.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
the papers appear to be duly authenticated.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
James BD
Examining Clerk.

State of Maine DNR County of Saratoga; On this 30 th Day of July 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Vice Chancellor of the 4 th Circuit now sitting Turner Peterson a Resident of Saratoga Springs in said County & State age of Seventy one Years who being first duly sworn ac- cording to Law both on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated -
He lived at Duxbury, County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts, And in January 1776 he Volunteered with 30 others in that Town, under Captain Joshua Hall Colonel Crary's Regiment of Militia, The Major's name was Turner, He Volunteered for two Months, went to Roxbury where they joined a part of the main army was there & did duty as a Soldier for about a Month & until 4 th of March following then marched on to Dorchester Hills & occupied 2 Forts there the same night General Thomas had the chief command at the hills, But Major Gerd Ward had the command of the Troops at Roxbury. The Camp was at Roxbury, tho we were there & at the hills off & on until 17 th March When the British Evacuated Boston. Then he staid the two months out & as then discharged - he had no written discharge There was no regular fighting, But there was frequent canonading & throwing of shells to & fro from the British at Boston.
About the 1 st May following he enlisted for six months, at the same Town of Duxbury under Captain Thomas Turner, & Colonel Marshall of Boston, & Lieutenant Colonel Bradford, & Major Bapett. We marched into Boston staid about a fortnight, then went to Nantasket in the night & drove the British shipping out of the Harbour. Then went on to Castle Island, & repaired the Works & Remained there the rest of the six months & was regularly discharged He don't know as he received any written discharge

he did it is lost - after Driving the British out of the Harbour, the next or the following we took about 800 Prisoners who came into Portau supposing the British were there. -
That he has no Documentary Evidence In proof of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service -
He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present declaration that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State -
James Peterson
Sworn to & Subscribed the Day & Year of our Lord
Mill. Division,
Clerk in Chancery
We James W Farlin and a Clergyman Residing the Town of Saratoga Springs in the County of Saratoga State of New York And William L S Warren District Atto- ney of the said County residing in the same place hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with James Peter- son who has Subscribed & sworn to the above declara- tion. That we believe him to be Seventy one Years of age: That he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution That we concur in that opinion -
Wm L S Warren
J. W. Farlin
Sworn to & Subscribed the 28 th Day of July  July 1832 before me Thos. Mann Justice of the Peace.
Commission of deeds.
At the same time of making the above declaration the said James Peterson was interrogated by the Court. 1. Where & in what Year was you born? to which he answered. That he was Born in the said Town

of Duxbury in the Year 1760. To further interrogations perceived by the War Department, he answered that he has no Record of his age, he lived in Duxbury when called into Service, Since the Revolutionary War he has lived about 20 Years in Lebanon & Plainfield in the State of New Hampshire. 18 Years ago he moved from there to Saratoga Springs where he has lived ever since, he was called into Service as a Volunteer by enlistment as above stated. The names of officers he has above stated, he never received any written Discharge from the service as he remembers. The names of the persons in his neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity, to their knowledge of his services as a soldier of the revolution are James W. Farlin Wm L. Warren. Miles Beach. Deacon C. Palmer. Gideon M. Davis & others.
Sworn & subscribed this 30th Day of July  June 1842. G. M. Davis.
Clerk in Chancery
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories perceived by the War Department that the above named appli- cant was a Revolutionary Soldier & served as he states - And the Court further certify that it appears to them that James W. Farlin who has signed the forego- ing Certificate is a Clergyman residing in Saratoga Springs that William L. Warren who has also signed the same is a Resident of the same place. And both said persons are well known to the Court & are credible persons that their statement is entitled to credit & the said Court do further certify that in their opinion the statement of the applicant is entitled to credit as true. Gideon M. Davis Clerk of the Court of Chancery in & for the fourth Circuit of the

State of New York do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James Peterson for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 30th day of July 1832.
A. M. Davison, Clerk in Chancery
State of New York Saratoga County ss - I Thomas Palmer Clerk of the County of Saratoga do certify that Thomas Peterson who has subscribed the within Jurat of the within affidavit of William L. F. Warren & James W. Harlin, was at the date thereof a justice of the peace in & for the County of Saratoga - In Testimony whereof I have here- unto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Saratoga the tenth day of August 1832 - Thomas Palmer Clerk
No 1495

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section EEL
July 26, 1929
Mrs. M.S. Johnson West Lebanon New Hampshire
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.14118, it appears that Turner Peterson was born in 1760, in Duxbury, Massachusetts.
While residing in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in January, 1776, and served two months as a private in Captain Joshua Hall's Company, Colonel Cary's Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted May 1, 1776, and served six months as a private in Captain Thomas Turner's Company, Colonel Marshall's Massachusetts Regiment.
After the Revolution he lived for twenty years at Lebanon and Plainfield, New Hampshire, then moved to Saratoga Springs, New York, of which place he was a resident when he was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1932.
There are no data concerning his family.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.
Date of death not on AB

Res man
14118 INVALID.
File No. 14 118
Jurmus Peterson Priv Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Aug. 21, 1908. History to Wm. B. Browne, Blackinton, Mass. F.W.
1920, July 14 Hist to Miss Blanche L - Daniels - Ev
1929 - July 26 - Hist to Mrs M. B. Johnson Edg

RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by L. D. L.
Claim No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant of Danbury Mass
Soldier Turner Peterson
Service Mass
Additional Service Reco- War
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim except Invd. # 14118

Rev Sec
Route 3, Windsor, Vermont.
June 14, 1920.
Record and Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Is there any record of Turner Peterson or his widow of Saratoga, or of Saratoga Springs N.Y. receiving a pension for his services in the Revolutionary War? If not, is there any record of Mrs. Turner Peterson or Mrs. Hannah Peterson of Morristown, Vt. receiving any?
I thank you in advance for the information.
Yours truly,
(Miss) Blanche L. Daniels.

E. W. BLACKINTON & CO., GENERAL MERCHANDISE
BLACKINTON, MASS., Aug 14 1908
Dear Sir
Please send me the Revolutionary Record of Turner Peterson of Lumbury, Mass. If possible should like to know if he had a pension in his old age and in what town he was then living.
Yours Truly
Wm. B. Browne
Blackinton Mass.

West Lebanon, N. H.
April 13, 1929
Pension Bureau Rev. Soldiers Dept.
Gentlemen:
My ancestor Turner Peterson was a Rev. war soldier and applied for a pension from Saratoga Sp. N. Y. in 1832. Will you write me a record of this that I may get the record of the birth of his children?
Very truly yours,
Mrs. M. S. Johnson West Lebanon N. H.

for a statement of the military history of Turner Peterson a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. S. F. 14,118
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jan. 1776. 2 mos. Pri. Joshua Hall. Cary. Mass.   May 1, 1776. 6 " " Thomas Turner. Marshall. "          
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Duxbury Plymouth Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, July 30, 1832. His cl. was ab.
Residence at date of application, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, Born at Duxbury, Mass. in 1760.
Remarks: ✓