Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,279, John Billington, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Billington, John
S. 45,279
CONTENTS

17.272 New York R
John Billington of Germantown Co. in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of May 1815
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of May 1870 and sent to Roswell Balliett Esq.  Rocheaster New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1870 — $ 176-77 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1870 " 48- 22 mos 3/31 $ 224-77
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Dead. See letters June 16. 1871 to J. Lawrence & T. W. Alcott, N.Y. d. Alb. ag?
John Billington Private Mass. line 1815-1870

State of New York
Guerne County p. 1 On the second day of May in the year of our Lord 1818 before me the subscribers one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Guerne in the State of New York, personally appears John Billington aged fifty seven years resident in the county of Guerne in the State of New York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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 - That the said John Billington enlisted on the seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord 1777 - for three years as a private at Middlebury in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by captain Joshua Eddy in the Regiment under command of colonel Bradford of the Massachusetts line; that he continued to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States until the seventeenth day of April in the year 1780 when he was discharged from service at West Point in the State of New York, that he was in the battle of Stoney Point and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of assistance from his country for support - And that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
John Billington

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
Ralph Parker judge
I Ralph Parker one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Seneca in the State of New- York as aforesaid do Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Billington did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preced- ing declaration against the Common Enemy And now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress
Ralph Parker judge
And I do hereby further certify that I am satisfied by the oath of Solomon Close, a reputable witness, that the said John Billington is in reduced circumstances and absolutely needs the assistance of the country for support.
Ralph Parker
Genesee County ss. I hereby certify that the court of Common Pleas of Genesee County is a court of Record in the State of New-York and that Ralph Parker Esquire was, on the second day of May in the year 1818, one of the Judges of the said court, and that the official signa- tures to the declaration and certificates her- unto annexed are his signatures In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said court this 8 th day of June 1818
S. Cummings Clerk

John Billington
17.278
Sept 1 st
Aspwood Babbit Rochester
Nov. 10 th

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
ONTARIO COUNTY, ss.
On this Seventh day of September 1820 personally appeared in open Court, (being a Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, and constituted a Court of Record by proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, and recognized as such Court by the laws and judicial decisions of said State,) John Billington in said county, who being aged fifty nine years, resident of the town of Clarkson in said county, who being, first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: in
Colonel: Bradford's Regiment of Infantry, in a company commanded by Captain Eddy. And in the Massachusetts line for the term of three years.  That he is a Farmer by occupation, but in consequence of the Rheumatism he is unable to labor but very little. That his family residing with him consist of a wife and 3 children, Lorenzo aged 18 years, Mercy aged 13 years and Glenn Wilson aged 10 years, and his wife aged 50 years who has been able to do little or no labor for a number of years. The children are healthy.
and that he made application for a Pension on the Twelfth day of May 1818 and that he received a Pension Certificate, No. 17.272 And I 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, 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, viz.
  1 Cow - Midling $12.00   1 Year Old Bull do - 5.00   1 Calf do 2.00   1 Hog - good 4.00   4 Pigs 3.00   5 Tons of Hay - subject to an Execution of about $15. 3.00   12 Bushels Rye 3.00   1/2 Acre Potatoes 4.00   3 do Corn (Mostly destroyed by Squirrels) 8.00   2 Piece, Chain 1.00   2 Old Hoes .50   2 Old Axes 1.00   1 Old Scythe .25   1 Old Pitchfork .25   1 Chest, with Drawers very Old 1.00   1 Sow Chest .50   1 Table & one stand, (old) 2.00   7 Old Chairs 1.50   1 Pot - 1 dish - Kettle - 1 Tea Kettle - 2 Iron Basons 2.50   1 Pr. hand irons - 1 Shovel - 1 Trammel 2.00   1 Tin Pail - 3 tin Pans - 1 Cullendu 1.25   1 Tea Canister (old) 8 Knives & 10 forks - 1.25   5 Table & six Tea Spoons (Iron & Old) .75   1 Doz. Earthen Plates - different sizes - 4 Bowls .75   1 Set Cups & Saucers .25   1 Large Spinning Wheel - (Old) 1.50     62.25 

Amo brot forward
$ 62.25
  1 Foot Wheel 1 50   1. Wooden Pail . 25   2. Barrels for meat 1. 50   3 dry Basks 25   1 Bible 1. 00   1. Testament . 25   1. Psalm Book . 25 
$67.25
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court Sept. 7. 1820, - Before me. — S. Cummings Clk
John Billington
At A Court of Common Pleas, held at the Court House in Batavia - in and for the County of Genesee - before the Judges of said Court - on the Sixth day of September, in the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty: —
Present -
John H Jones Isaac Wilson Richard Smith Moses Hayden Ralph Barker
Judges
Depts - In the matter of John Billington a Pensioner residing in the Town of Clarkson in said County.
The said John Billington as a person placed on the Pension List of the United States - having exhibited a Schedule subscribed by him, containing his whole estate or income (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) in pursuance of an Act of Con- gress of the United States, entitled "An Act in addition to an Act entitled "An act to pro- vide 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 hun- dred and eighteen - passed May 1. 1820 - and having taken, subscribed and pro- fessed to this Court, the oath or affirmation by the said Act required - and the said Court having heard evidence of the nature and value of the property men- tioned in the said Schedule - and duly considered the premises, are of the opinion that the property contained in the said Schedule is of the value of sixty seven Dollars and twenty five cents, and they hereby order their Clerks to certify the same in due form.
Genesee COUNTY, ss.
I, Simeon Cummings - Clerk of said county, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I farther 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  sixty seven dollars and twenty five cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Seventh - day of September 1820.
S. Cummings
Clerk of the Court aforesaid, in and for said County.

45279 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 45-279 John Billington Per Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Billington & Application
Col. Bradford's Massachusetts Regt.
1777- 3 years -
2 May 1810.
Deserted 23 rd Jan y . 1780.
Admitted on / act of receiving final settlement certificate & deposition of witness as to his having taken an oath to Roswell Babbitt Rochester, New York.

State of New York Greene County ss.
Matthew Brown of the town of Gerts in the county of Greene being duly sworn doth depose and said that he is acquainted with the above named John Billington, and that in the years 1781 & 82, the said John Billington laboured for this deponent as a hired man, and that in this deponent during that time saw the said John Billington discharge from the service of the United States as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and further that said discharge was an honorable one, and on one which this deponent drew the the back wages of the said John Billington, for the said John Billington at Boston after the close of the said war and further that in this deponent is Seventy seven years of age and that he is wholly a disinterested witness for the said John Billington.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 31st day of December 1819 - Rofwell Balchick Commissioner
Matthew Brown
I certify that the above named Matthew Brown is a credible and very respectable witness — R Balchick Commissioner
State of New York
Greene County ss. John Billington the above named applicant for a pension being duly sworn says that about the first of January 1780 a man by the name of Francis Billington belonging to the same company with this deponent deserted from the service of the United States and further that in this deponent did not desert from said service, but served faithfully until he was honorably discharged
John Billington

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 31 st day of December 1819 - Roswell Babbitt Commissioner
Genesee County } Clerk's Office } S. Simeon Cummings. Clerk of the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that Roswell Babbitt is & was on the day of the date of the above affidavit a Commissioner duly author- -ised by Law to take the same, and that the name subscribed thereto, officially, is in his own proper hand writing. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 4 th day of Jan y A.D. 1820
Simeon Cummings Clk by R. B. Smead, Dep

Rockburn July 14
Dear
203 old age
To the Honorable the Secretary of War Christopher D. [?] Columbia Colo. meade w. C.

Rochester Genesee County N.Y. York January 13 th 1820 To the Honorable the Secretary of war
Dear Sir,
Inclosed I return John Billington's application for a pension with supplementary affidavits showing that he was not a deserter &c. He feels very anxious on the subject. Will you have the goodness to inform me whether you have received Austin Smith's application which was forwarded by me, and whether it has been acted upon or -
With much Respect &c Roswell Babcock
Ft Billington 26. 82 2. 2 o 26. 36