Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,939, Josiah Brackett, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Brackett, Josiah
S 36,939
CONTENTS

36 939 Very INVALID. !
File No. 36,939
Josiah Brackett Pli. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 380
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10-516
Maine Pension
Josiah Brackett of Falmouth in the state of Maine who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Six years
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 28 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 of May 1818 and sent to W m Wedgery Esq Portland District of Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10 3 / 30 82.83 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1819 6 mo 48.
$130.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under the law of the 1 st May 1820.
Notification sent to John Murray Esq 28 th June 1820 Portland Maine

Private Col Brewers Regiment Massachusetts Line 1775-8 years
Admitted

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Joseph Brackett Julian of Galaxanth — in the Maine District, that he served as a Private Soldier — in the war of the revolution on the Continental Establishment, that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Galaxanth aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a Private Soldier — to Col. Burbeck's Company of the 10 th Regiment, Col. P. of the Massachusetts Line, that he entered said service on or about the beginning of the year 1775 and that he left said service on or about the 8 th day of June one thousand seven hundred and eighty three — having been in the service nearly the whole war.
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this 28 th day of April 1818.
Joseph Brackett
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the _____ day of _____ one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said _____ farther offered in evidence
and more than
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said _____ served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Wm Widgery
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. William Widgery, is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate, and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this 23 rd day of October A. D. 1818.
Geo. Bradbury

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I James Means of West Brook in the District of Columbia being here sixty four years of age, testify that I am personally acquainted with the within named James Bruckett that on the 24th February, 1777 I enlisted him in Col. 1 st Berkshires company for 12 M th . Regiment, I being then a lieutenant in said com- pany. He was white for three years, and not seen about two when he was discharged as an invalid. His name is on the rolls of the company, and in my possession.
James Means
Mass. District Sp. Personally appeared the above named James Means and made oath that the deposition by him above submitted is true before me Abner Dyer Justice of the Peace
Testify that the above named James Means is a credible witness. — Abner Dyer

N o 168. Josiah Brackett
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N o 10,516
May 11. 1819
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the fifteenth day of June . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS , Judge of said Court.
ON this fifteenth . . day of June . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Josiah Brackett . . aged sixty four . . . years, resident in Stamouth in said District, 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. Burbanks & Means in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer . . . 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 28 th day of April . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10516 . . . 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.
Witness Jos. Pofe
Josiah  his  Brackett mark
Sworn to and declared, on the fifteenth day of June . A. D. 1820.
BEFORE Albion K. Parris
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real Estate — none —
Personal estate — none except the poor clothes on my back — I have no income — and am not able to walk but by the help of two canes — I have no family — I am supported by the town
Witness Jos. Pope
Josiah X Brackett meah
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Parri's U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me who, by occupation am a which I am able to pursue by reason of
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.      

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, 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 . . . . . dollars and one . . . . . cent, and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth . . . day of June . . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr. Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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