Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,874, Thomas Carleton, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Carleton, Thomas or Carlton
S. 17,874.
CONTENTS
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New Hampshire Thomas Carlton
Rockingham in the State of N H who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain of the Regt commanded by Col Bradford in the Mass line for 6 Mos from 1780 + Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of N Hamp at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of October 1832 and sent to David A Gregg Derry N H
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 30 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 - 10
$ 40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk, Book 20 Vol. 147 Page 147

The Bearer hereof Thomas Carlton Sold r in 7 th Massachusetts Reg t Having serv d . as a Good & Faithfull Soldier The full term of Six months The Term he Engag d for is hereby Discharg d . the service
Given Under my hand. at work points This 3 Day of January 1701
The Quarters Commissarys. between This & Bradford Mass t State are to Furnish him with provis n on his march To that place
Benj am Warren Capt ain Comm d

Dedication of Thomas Carlton NO 4,431

State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham
On this Seventh day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the justices of the Superior Court of Judicature now sitting at Exeter within & for said County of Rockingham Thomas Carlton a resident of Derry in said County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged sixty nine years who first being 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 th 1832.
That in the year 1780 he with three others in the town of Bradford Massachusetts in the month of June volunteered in the continental service of the Revolutionary War and marched from said Bradford to Andover Massachusetts to be mustered. From Andover now called West Cambridge he thinks Bradford he marched to Menotomy, where he received orders to march to Springfield Massachusetts. At Springfield he was enrolled in the company of Captain Phinehas Parker in the continental line. From Springfield he marched under said Parker directly to West Point where he was stationed and drilled. The company to which he belonged under said Parker was destroyed off into other companies. The company to which he belonged after he arrived at West Point was commanded by Captain John Fuller and belonged to the sixth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford. After he had been at West Point about one month he was transferred to the service of Walter to Doctor Drape a Surgeon in the flying Hospital so called in which service he closed the term of his service in the Army being the

being the full term of six months as will appear by his original discharge which is herunto an- nexed.
He Henry relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Thomas Carlton Attest Chadwick Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states
I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Carlton for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this seventh day of August Anno Domini 1832
Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

Thos. Carlton of Easton N.H. N o 4431.
Private
1780, 6 Months Col. Bradford's Regt Maf Line
Adm J L G
Recd 1 Sep 1834
David A. Gregg Esq Agent Derry N.H.

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Carlton of the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 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. As a Gen.     In 1780 — 6 — Private Col. Bradford's Regt. Capt. Phinehas Parker Capt. John Fuller  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bradford Massachusetts now of Exeter in the County & State first above.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? his written discharge annexed to his affidavit.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No certificate of a foreign man. 
I  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

17 874
INVALID.
File No. 17,874
Thomas Carlton
Pr. Rev war
Act: June 7 n . 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 63
[Arrangement of 1870.]