Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,980., John Prescott Batcheller, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Batcheller, John Prescott.
$ 33.980.
CONTENTS
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33980 Very INVALID.
File No. 33,980 Am
John H. Butcheller Pri Rev. Dan
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 27
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Massachusetts.
John P. Batchelder, Capt. Perkins } Private, Mass. Line - 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 on the 8 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th of Aug t 1818 and sent to Hon. Stephen Merrill , Haverhill, Mass:
Arrearages to 11 th Sept. 1818 5 months & 4/30ths $ 41.00
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Continued Pension Mass. Line
Notified on 2nd October 2nd 1820 to Abraham Biglow, Cambridge, Mass.

To the Secretary of the Department of War, Sir, please to transmit the Certificate of allowance of any pension under the late law to Stephen Minot Esqr. of Haverhill, Mr. who will forward it to me.
Fawklsburg April 1. 1818.
John P. his Batchelder mark.
Witness
Jonathan Clark

John P. Batchelder April 7. 1818
Orange Mass. City Howland Mass.
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I John Prescott Batcheller of the age of 62 years declare and say, that I am a resident citizen of the United States; that I reside in and belong to Tewksbury in the County of Middlesex in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; I further say that in April 1775 I enlisted as a private soldier into the army of the United States Revolutionary war for the term of 8 months; I then entered in Capt. Perkins company of artillery in Colonel Brainerd Reg't of Massachusetts Troops, & served therein during that 8 months; I then immediately enlisted again without leaving the service, into Capt. Drury's company of artillery in the same Reg't for one year, & served therein the year out; when I again without leaving the service enlisted again for three years into the same company; & served the whole time out & then entered again into the same company for during the war, & served accordingly until the 15 th May 1783 when I was honorably discharged & so left the service at Springfield. I have since lost or worn out the discharge & have none other positive evidence of the service in my power to produce.
I further say that I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support, and I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States.
Fate, Stephen Minto.
John P. Batcheller mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex ss. April 3. 1818 Then the above named John P. Batcheller made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me.
Stephen Minto { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, W m Brown Esqr. depose that I am acquainted with the above named John P. Batcheller; I knew him to be in the year's service in 1776, & have always understood & have no doubt that he served during the war: - I also know him to be very poor & needy.
W m Brown
Middlesex ss. April 3. 1818 Then the above named W m Brown made solemn oath that the said deposition by him subscribed is true before me,
Stephen Minto, Judge, &c.

Whereupon, it appearing to my satisfaction that the said John P. Batcheller did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his declaration that the said W m Brown, Benjamin Douse, & Eliphalet Manning are credible witnesses aforesaid, against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case & the proceedings had thereon to the department. I also certify that in my opinion, the said John P. Batcheller is in indigent circumstances in life & in need of assistance for support. Secretary of the department of War.
Stephen Minot, { Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, Benjamin Douse, of Tewksbury, depose & say that I know the within named John P. Batcheller, I was in the army with him, & do know that he served in the army of the Revolutionary war from April 1775 to about the middle of October 1776 as he has within stated, and I always understood, & have no doubt that he served the whole war, but I do not know positively. I also know him to be in indigent & needy circumstances.
Benj. Douse
Aug. 3.
I, Eliphalet Manning of Tewksbury depose & say that I know the within named John P. Batcheller: I know that he enlisted & entered the service of the Revolutionary war the first of January to 1776 for a year & served therein the year out; also I frequently saw him in the service after that time, & have no doubt that he served during the whole time specified by him within. Eliphalet Manning
Aug. 3.
Midollery p. August 3 d 1818 Then the above named Benjamin Douse & Eliphalet Manning severally appeared & made solemn oath that the said depositions by them respectively subscribed are true before me.
Stephen Minot, Judge as aforesaid.

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John S. Patchell L
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Aug. 1818
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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 STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, Associate Justices 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, John P. Batchelder resident in Seekonk - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 77411, 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, John P. Batchelder 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 first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. L.S. 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,
Table with 2 columns: Item, Value. Rows: One table (0 70), Three old chairs (0 30), Three knives & forks (0 20), One kettle (0 25). Total: $0.95.
John P. Batchelder in his sixty eighth year his wife Hannah in her sixty fourth both of them worn out John P. Batchelder much

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, John P. Batchelder 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.
John P. Batchelder mark
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed John P. Batchelder took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Stephen Minot 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 ninety five 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 20 th day of July 1820.
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Wm. Pickering