Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15763, Samuel Bradley, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bradley, Samuel
S. 15763
boarded
CONTENTS

Maine 18.105
Sam l Bradley of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Gleason of the Reg t commanded by Col l Nixon in the Mass s line for 8 mo.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of July 1833 and sent to R. C. Vose Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 53. 32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept r 13. 33
$ 66. 65
Recorded by W. L. Wilkins Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 4
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }

Sam l Bradley Private 25818 Capt l Gleason C o Virgin Regt Must d - from April 1775 to last of Dec 1775 8 mo s -
E. D. Bangs Cert. p r Rolls up to Aug t 1.75. none found further
Proof John Sawyer & Warren Williamson credible witnesses 8 months - private
admd 8 mo. pri. $26. 66.
R. G. Rose, Augusta, Maine

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
ON this eleventh day of December A. D. 1832 personally appeared on open (court) before the said Samuel Bradley of said State, Samuel Bradley a resident of New Sharon in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Seventy years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Micajah Gleason and served in Col. John Nixon's regiment of the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: viz. Gleason Capt. Nixon Col. That he enlisted in that company & regiment in April 1775 as a private for eight months , that he served at Winter Hill in Cambridge, Massachusetts , & after serving out the full term of his enlistment was verbally discharged at that place the last of December of the same year.

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers: that he was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1762, where he presumes his age is recorded, & where his home was during his revolutionary services. That he afterwards removed to Maine & has lived in said New Sharon upwards of twenty nine years. That he enlisted, was discharged, as he has stated, was not drafted or received as a substitute for another. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Samuel Bradley
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Ernest Wherman C. J. C. C. Phas
And the said judge before whom said court was held does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he stated in the certificate of Edw. P. Bangs, Sec'y & which is hereto annexed
Ernest Wherman

I, Warren Williamson of New Sharon, Kennebec County, Maine, aged thirty five years, upon oath say, that I well know Samuel Bradley within named & have known him ever since I was a boy. I believe him to be seventy years old upwards & have frequently in years past heard him speak of his revolutionary services & have no doubt he served as he has within stated. He is a man of veracity & entitled to credit.
Warren Williamson
State of Maine } Sworn & subscribed this 19th day of April A.D. 1833. Kennebec p: } the deponent being a Deputy Sheriff for said County & a credible witness.
Before me Wm. Ward, Jr. Justice Peace.
State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that Ebenezer Whitman Esq.  Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Bradley for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 17th day of December
A. D. 1832
J. A. Chandler

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189__
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Bradley , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 8 mo. Pvt. James Gleason John Nixon Mass.   Was stationed at Winter Hill Cambridge, Mass.  
Battles engaged in, none given Residence of soldier at enlistment, Haverhill, Mass. Date of application for pension, Dec. 11/1832 Residence at date of application, New Sharon, Me. Age at date of application, born in Haverhill, Mass., 1762 Remarks: His pension was all in, no record found of Brigate Bradley
Very respectfully,
H. C. McQuesten 1310 Post St.  San Francisco, Cal.
Commissioner.

G. H. C. W. St. Louis, Mo. Dec. 7, 1895.
Barnes Boston, Mass.
P
15763 INVALID.
Mich. 7/4 Nat. Herit McDermott, 131 Pa Francisco, Cal. Mil-lichi sent Mrs. J. H. P. E.
File No. 15-763
Samuel Bradley Pri Rev-war
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Maine. Wenatchee, p:
I John A. Chandler, clerk of the courts, Wenatchee county, hereby certify that Samuel Baker, Esq., & William Ward, Esq., before whom the annexed proceedings were had are Justices of the Peace & their signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine.
Witness my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State this 29 th day of April 1833. —
J. A. Chandler

I Joshua Sawyer of New Sharon, Kennebec County, Maine, aged Seventy-one years upon oath testify & say, that I am well & personally acquainted with Samuel Bradley of the same New Sharon an applicant for a pension I have been for about sixty years I when living in Haverhill in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I fully believe that he served in the year 1775 in Capt. Micajah Gleason's company in Col. John Nixon's regiment of the Massachusetts troops. He is a man of veracity & entitled to full credit. Joshua Sawyer
State of Maine,
Kennebec ss:
Subscribed & sworn to this this twenty fifth day of April 1833, the deponent being a credible witness.
Before me,
Samuel Barker Justice Peace,

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, November 15 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Samuel Bradley is borne on "a muster roll of the company under the command of Capt. Micajah Gleason in Col. John Nixon's regiment to the first of August 1775," as having enlisted as a private April 23 d . 1775, & was paid for three months & 16 days service, And that further rolls of said company are not to be found in this Office.
Edward D. Bangs Secy
Secy's Office. May 8 th 1833.
I further certify that the following is a true copy of the allowance of the pay roll mentioned above, viz "In Council Jan y . 23 d . 1776 read & allowed thereupon ordered that a warrant be drawn on the Treasurer for 167. 11. 1. in full of this roll."
Perez Morton Dy. Secy
Edward D. Bangs Secy

111 Trenton St East Boston Mass - Nov 18-1895
To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly inform me of date re of Pension of Sam l Brodley who en- listed in Faverhill Mass in Micajah Glason's Co - Col. John Noyon's Regt - on the 20 th April 1775 Yours Respectfully (Mrs L. H.) A. D. Barnes

To the Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D.C.
Will you also inform me of the date of the first issue of pensions to Rev- olutionary soldiers  on account of  ms  1 " "act of March 9 th 1778 - and Subseq
Yours respectfully
A. D. Burns
(Mrs J. att.)
111 Trenton St East Boston Mass -

Faint, mirrored handwritten text, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page. The text is mostly illegible but appears to be a formal letter or petition.

DR. CHAS. A. MOQUESTEN, 1618 JACKSON STREET.
R.
131. Post. St
6 N 17 30 E no hinge
San Francisco, Cal. February. 10 th 1894.
The Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C. Sir:-
Information is hereby respectfully requested of Daniel Bradley, and his Brother Wingate Bradley Revolutionary Soldiers, I have a letter from Samuel Bradley (my maternal Grand Father) dated, October 18 th 1849. wherein he states, that he and his Brother Wingate entered the American Army, April 16 th , 1775, in Haver- hill, Mass. Col. John Nickson, Capt. S. Gleason's Company, and served four years (no number of Co or regiment- given) That he received a pension for army service, "Eight months $26.66", no number of certificate given That he left the Army and served in the navy for several years - on board the ship Buchanan and Lord Starling, That the latter vessel (while he was serving on board) was captured by the British Brig "Pallas" where he was held as a prisoner of war until exchanged at the end of the war. Information requested is for their records and statements in regard to pension received by them. Respectfully, Chas. A. MoQuesten

O. W. & N. Division.
P.S.
2.15763
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., December 7, 1895.
Madam:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of SAMUEL BRADLEY 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.
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     He enlisted in the month of April, 1778, and served eight months as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Moses Clapp, of Col. John Mixon's Mass. Regiment; stationed at Sister Hill, Gloucester, Mass.  
Battles engaged in,
Port Royal.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Haverhill, Mass.
Date of application for pension.
December 11, 1882.
Residence at date of application,
New Sharon, Maine.
Age at date of application,
Born, Haverhill, Mass., in the year 1762.
Remarks:
The first service pension act for the relief of Revolutionary soldiers was passed on March 18, 1818.
Yrs. J. H. Barnes, Very respectfully, 111 Trenton St., R. Boston, Mass.
Commissioner.