Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4963, Perez Bradford, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bradford, Perez
S 4963
CONTENTS
carded

THIS certifies that Prue Bradford, Serjeant an inhabitant of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , who belonged to the Massachusetts Militia commanded by M aj Josiah Whitney in Col. W m C. Cotten Comp y in the service of the United States of America , aged Thirty four , as appears by Certificates lodged in the Pension- Office, having been examined by me, is found to be disabled in said service by having his left thigh Broken, by a Musket ball . And I do hereby certify that he is entitled to receive Twelve shillings per Month, commencing 17 th March, 1786 agreeably to the Resolution of Congress, of the 7 th of June, 1785, and to an Act of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , of the 17 th March, 1786. and that P te Bradford , is now fit for service Or. Garrison  Deputy GIVEN under my hand, at BOSTON , this Seventeenth day of October in the year of our Lord, 1786, and in the Eleventh year of the Independence of the United States of America .
John Dices Commissary of Pensions.

Revtran 4963 INVALID.
File No. 4963
Percy Bradford Sergt Mafs Neil
Act: _____
Index:—Vol. M , Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]

CANCELLED by me J. L. Edwards Sept. 21. 1831
55. Bank

Pension increased to $8 per m. commencing 16 August 1831 and certificate sent to Pension. Plymouth, Mass
Massachusetts
Percy Bradford Sergeant
Captain Colton's company of the Mass. Militia.
Ratio of disability,
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony,
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at 3.20 dollars per month, to commence on the 17 March 1782.
Certificate of pension issued on the 17 of Oct. 1782. and
Arrears to 4th
Sem-an'l all'e ending
Act of the

Rebecca Bradford Application for increase of pension
Increase to $8 per mo: from 16 Aug. (rec d . 9 Sept. 1831) 1831 send cut: to Parker
Plymouth Mass rec d . 9 Sept. 1831

INCREASE OF PENSION.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, that Perez Bradford formerly a Sergeant of captain William C. Cottons company company, in the Col. Josiah Whitney's Regiment of The Massachusetts Line who, it appears by the accompanying certificate, (a) was placed on the pension roll at the rate of twelve shillings per month per month, on account, as he states, of having received a (c) wound in his left thigh which was broken by a musket ball while in the line of his duty, and in the said service, on or about the twenty fourth day of August in the year 1778 at a place called Rhode Island in the state or territory of Rhode Island, is not only still disabled in consequence of the said injury, but, in our opinion, is entitled to receive two dollars per month more than he already receives as a pensioner, being disabled to a degree amounting to (b) of a total disability.
We further state that the said Perez Bradford is now nearly eighty years of age. He is entirely incapable of manual labor and can scarcely walk without assistance. We conceive therefore but just that he be recommended as a candidate for a full pension. James Thacher } Surgeon.
Nathan Hayward } Surgeon.
(a) The pension certificate, which must be sent to the War Department.
(b) Here state the degree of disability, say, one-third, one-half, three-fourths, or otherwise, as the case may be.
(c) Here particularly describe the disability, and state its origin and progress.
The above affidavit must be made before a magistrate duly qualified to administer oaths, and his official character and signature must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. The magistrate must certify that the Surgeons are reputable in their profession.
If the claimant is within thirty miles of an Army Surgeon, he must obtain his testimony.
N.B. The pension of Perez Bradford has been raised from twelve shillings to three dollars per month.

Plymouth 16 Aug 16 1831. Then personally appeared James Parker M.D. and Nathan Hayward M.D. and made oath that the within certificates by them subscribed is true and I further certify that the aforesaid deponents are well known to me and are reputable in their professions as Surgeons -
Before me - M c Peter Cotton Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss Clerk's Office of the Judicial Courts Aug 16 1831
I M c Peter Cotton Clerk of said Courts hereby certify that M c Peter Cotton Esquire is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth and that his name above subscribed is his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court the day & year aforesaid
M c Peter Cotton

1 1881 INCREASE OF PENSION.
United States.
Massachusetts
DISTRICT, 33.
April 7th. 1881
To Doctor James Thacher of Lynn in the Doctor Nathan Hayward of Lynn in said district.
Pursuant to an act of Congress of the United States, passed the 24th of May, 1828, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force 'An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes;'" you are hereby appointed and authorized to examine the disability
of Peter Bradford of Massachusetts — who is inscribed on the Pension List of the United States, and is claimant for an increase of pension, conformably to the 5th section of the act of the 10th April, 1806, revived as aforesaid; and you are to report, in writing, and on oath or affirmation, your opinion of the nature of his disability, and in what degree it prevents him from obtaining a subsistence by manual labor; and in your proceedings in the premises you are to be regulated and governed by said act.
Given under my hand and seal, at Boston this seventh day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and eightyone
J. C. Lewis District Judge U. States Massachusetts District.

ORIGINAL CLAIM.
United States.
DISTRICT, ss.
I Judge of the District Court of the United States of America for the District, by AUTHORITY of an act of Congress, passed the 24th day of May, 1828, entitled "An act to revive and continue in force an 'Act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War, and for other purposes,'" DO HEREBY ESPECIALLY AUTHORIZE AND COMMISSION of the
county of and district of to take all evidence pursuant to the rules and regulations of the said act, for substantiating the claim of of the town of in the county of and district of to be placed on the Pension List of the United States, by reason of known wounds received in said war, or since, (as prescribed in the fourth section of "An act concerning invalid pensioners," passed the 25th of April, 1808.) while in the actual service of the United States, and in the line of his duty. And when the same shall be completed, to return the evidence, affidavits, certificates, and proceedings had hereupon, together with this commission, to the Secretary for the Department of War.
Given under my hand and seal, at the day of in the year one thousand eight hundred and