Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,645, Ebenezer Bolton, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bolton, Ebenezer
S. 29,645
CONTENTS

10.592
Massachusetts
Ebenezer Gorton of Worcester in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bemis of the Regt. commanded by Col. Whitecomb in the Mass. line for 8 months
81 March
State
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 26 Dollars 67 1/2 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of April 1833 and dated Hartford Mass for Ebenezer Gorton
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $53.31 Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 Sept " 13.33
$66.64
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Book
Vol. Clerk,

Ebenezer Bolton Yarmouth by Simson Sunderland Westminster Worcester Co Mass Nov 1871
16 oby Dec 1 1832
Print 8 Mos
Grace Johnson E Worcester Mass - P 124.

BRIEF in the case of  Abenethy Britton  of  Dorchester Co  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Eighty Two -  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. As a Gen.     In 1775 8 - Private Col. A. Whitecomb  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westminster  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Incorrect tape does not pass under the seal 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
A. H. Madison Examining Clerk.

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Samuel D. D. D. Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting Ebenezer Bolton a resident of Gardner in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty two 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 act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That he, the said Ebenezer Bolton at the time of his enlistment he was a Resident in that part of the Town of Westminster now Gardner and that he is now Resident in the Town of Gardner in said County that he enlisted on the 19th day of April A.D. 1775 for the period of eight months in the Company commanded by Edmund Barnes and Regiment under the command of Col. Asa Whitcomb as one of the Massachusetts State Troops or Militia and marched to Cambridge in Massachusetts and from there to Prospect Hill near Boston Mass, and so on out said time of enlistment.
I was in the Battle on Bunker Hill so called during the whole time.
At the expiration of said time of eight months I was honorably discharged - I have no will or documentary evidence of my discharge -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Ebenezer Bolton
now
Before
N. A. H. James
Judge of Probate
for the County of Worcester

We _____ a Clergyman residing in the _____ and residing in _____ hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be _____ years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the and that who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
N. D. D. D. D. D. of Providence in the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Register , Clerk of the Court of Probate for Worcester County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Abner Batten Affidavit is a true copy of the original for a pension, and that Simon Anderson whose name is affixed to the same ESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court this 21 st day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theophilus Wheeler Register of Probate & Notary Public for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts -
Batten 110 19/71 G. H. ...
Geo. Folsom attorney.

I Isaac Miller of Westminster in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify and say that Ebenezer Bollen of Gardner in said County was sold in the year 1775 on the nineteenth day of April of that year in the Company commanded by Capt Edmund Baggis and Regiment commanded by Colonel Whitcomb in the Battle of Bunker Hill and several Regts. months and was honorably discharged on Prospect Hill near Boston further the deponent saith not. — Isaac Miller
Westminster, Commonwealth of Massachusetts July 19 th 1832. — Then personally appeared the above named Isaac Miller and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed was true — Myron Stearns Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Isaac Miller is believed by me to be a credible Witness. Myron Stearns Justice of the Peace

Jude Sawyer of Gardner in the County of Worcester in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do hereby certify that Oliver Boston of said Gardner enlisted as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts State troops in the year 1775 on the nineteenth day of April of that year and marched to Cambridge in Massachusetts and from thence to Prospect Hill in the company was commanded by Capt. Edmund Bemis and Regiment commanded by Col. Whitecomb for the term of eight months and was honorably discharged. — Jude Sawyer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester 11 August 3. 1832
This personely appeared the above named Jude Sawyer and made oath the above affidavit by him subscribed is true — Simon Sanderson, justice of the Peace
I hereby certify the above named Jude Sawyer is a credible witness — Simon Sanderson, justice of the Peace

J N P O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., May _____, 189__
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Ebenezer Bolton , 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. April 19. 1775 8 mo Pri. Edmund Bemis Asa Whitcomb Mass
Battles engaged in, Siége of Boston & Bunker Hill
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Westminster Mass
Date of application for pension, August 1832
Residence at date of application, Gardiner Mass
Age at date of application, Aged 82 years
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Mr H S Robbins
Box 3351 82nd North St
New York City
Commissioner.

JOSEPH WILD.
JOHN CARTLEDGE.
JOSEPH WILD & CO. Manufacturers of Feltings,
82 & 84 WORTH ST., AND 11 & 13 THOMAS ST.,
P. O. BOX 3351.
New York, March 27 1893
To the Pension Bureau Inland Dept. Washington D.C. Old War Division. Sir.
Will you please send me a copy of the Military history of Ebenezer Bolton who served with Massachusetts troops 1775 to 1777. from the town of Westminster Mass. and drew a Pension for services. who lived in Gardiner Mass. after the Revolutionary war Yours Very truly H. S. Robbins

29 645 Pay INVALID.
File No. 29 645
Ebenezer Bolton Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1827
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 45
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1893 May 10, Kept to H. S. Robbins New York City. Box 335,