Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37595, James Blackinton, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Blackinton, James Blackington
S. 37595-
CONTENTS

12:191 R District of Maine James Blackington of Thomaston in the state of D. of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ware of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 14 of April 1818 Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1818 and sent to Ebenezer Thatcher Esq. Thomaston D. of Maine Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819 88. 22 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48. 00 10 Mo \frac{27}{30} \frac{4}{31} $136. 23
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
New Certificate sent to Joseph Swift Esq. Cashew, Cumbra Bank Dec. 1819
Copied for hand Agt.
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21 April 1812 James Blackington Thomastown application for Pension.
District of Maine
In April 1780. Enlisted in Col. Vose's Reg't Mass't Line Served till Decr. 1783.
Admitted
Ebenezer Thatcher Thomastown, Maine.

Quist Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that James Blackington , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Thomaston , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the fourth day of April , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the Pension List of the United States, agreeably to the provision of an Act, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Private Soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this first day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this fifteenth day of May in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathl. Coffin

I James Blackington of Thomaston in the County of Lincoln and Commonwealth of Massachusetts - do testify and declare that I enlisted as a private soldier to serve in the Revolutionary Army of America on the Continental establishment and in the Massachusetts line In the Month of April (according to the best of my recollection) in the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and eighty - that I was put into Captain Jeremiah Miller's company of Infantry in the first Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose in the Brigade of Brigadier General Glover - that I continued to serve in said Company, Regiment & Brigade against the common enemy from said April one Thousand seven hundred & eighty until the Month of December A d one Thousand seven hundred & eighty-three in which last mentioned month I received an honorable discharge from the service under the hand of Major General Henry Knox at West-Point on Hudsons River - but not considering said discharge of any importance afterward, it is now lost - I further testify & declare that I have never received any pension for revolutionary services, hereby relinquish all claim to any pension by virtue of any law prior to that of the eighteenth of March last - I further testify & declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country & therefore respectfully claim to be placed upon the pension list of the United States as a private soldier in pursuance of the Act of Congress of

the eighteenth of March (one Thousand eight hundred & eighteen) to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War -
Dated at Thomaston the fourth day of April (one Thousand eight hundred & eighteen) -
James Blackinton

affid
I Hugh Munroe of Thomaston in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts testify & declare that I am well acquainted with James Blackington of Thomaston aforesaid who has ap- plied for a Pension for Revolutionary services under the late Act of Congress of March 18 th A D 1818 That I knew him in the Army of the Revolu- tion & that he served in said Army from the Spring of the year - A D 1781 to the Month of December A D 1783 - Against the common enemy that he served during the whole of said term in the first Regiment command- ed by Colonel Joseph Vose of the Massachu- setts line - and that he is now in reduced circum- stances in life & stands in need of his Country's assistance for support - Hugh Munroe
State of Massachusetts County of Lincoln ss -
On this 29 th day of April A D 1818 personally appeared Hugh Munroe before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second Eastern Circuit in the State of Massachu- setts & being duly cautioned & examined made solemn oath to the truth of the facts contained in the above deposition by him subscribed
Ebenezer Thatcher
I hereby certify that Hugh Munroe who made & subscribed the above deposition is a credible Witness
Ebenezer Thatcher Judge as aforesaid

District of Maine ————— State of Massachusetts Lincoln County ss — I Nathan Hancock at present resident on St George in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts — but late a soldier in the Army of the American Revolutionary War testify & declare that I am well acquainted with James Blackington now of Thomaston in the County aforesaid — but late of said Army a private — & that I knew said James Blackington in said Army & that he actually served with me in the same corps viz in Colonel Joseph Vose's Regi- ment more than the term of one year against the common enemy — Nathan Hancock
State of Massachusetts County of Lincoln ss — On the 29 th day of April A.D. 1810 Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Jus- tices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit in the State of Massachusetts — Nathan Hancock who has subscribed his name to the above Dep- osition and after being by me duly cautioned made sol- emn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained Ebert Thatcher
I hereby certify that Nathan Hancock who made & sub- scribed the above deposition is a credible witness — Ebert Thatcher Judge as aforesaid

James Blackington
12.191.
James Blackington Sept. 10/19.
STATE OF MAINE
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STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this sixth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared before Ebenr. Thatcher a Judge of the C. C. C. Pleas 2 Eastern Circuit
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, James Blackinton aged fifty six years, resident in Thomaston in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Jer Miller in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jos. Dose in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fourth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 12191 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
James Blackinton
Sworn to and declared, on the sixth day of July A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Ebenr. Thatcher
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
One Cow, One Swine
Working tools - a hoe and shovel
Furniture Six old chairs
Two birch tables
2 Old trunks
Sundry cooking utensils worth five dollars James Blackinton
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me James Blackinton who, by occupation am a labourer which I am unable to pursue by reason of infirmities of body
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Betsy 46 years in health-my wife   Caroline 19 years in health   Thomas Jefferson 16 years in health   James Maddison 14 years in health   Barbary 12 years in health   Angelina 10 years in health   Rebecca of 8 years in health   Benjamin Franklin 4 years in health   Abby 2 years in health  
Attest Nat. Coffin Cler.
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 Thirty dollars and cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twelfth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

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37595 Rev INVALID.
1930 Apr. 21. Photos mailed to Edw. H. Gould. See Joel Adams W. 23402. Q.W.Y.
File No. 37,595-
James Blackington Pri Rev 1880
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Portland 19 - Sept r 1819
J L Edwards Esq r
Sir
I find among my certificates that have been returned to me, a Clerical error in James Blackington's case - He is returned by the name of Thomas Blackington - If you find by inspection of his declaration, that what I have stated is correct - will you have the goodness to correct the certificate & forward the same to Joseph Swift Esquire Cashier of the Cumberland Bank - Portland - as soon as convenient to you -
Yrs respectfully - Ebert Thatcher