Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15761, Peter Bradford, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bradford, Peter
S. 15761
CONTENTS
Carded

18.069 Maine
Peter Bradford of Kennebec in the State of Maine who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain of the Regt. commanded by Col. Cotton in the Mass. and line for Service .
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of July 1833 and due to R. C. Vose Present
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 80.00 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept.  20.00 $100.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 4

3558
Peter Bradford Col. Cotten's Chas. Reg.
9 mo Apr 2 1775 to Jan'y 76
There were no enlistments, - prior to Dec '75 for nine months , on continental establishment
Rejected.
Proof- Capt. Double Warrants
R. C. Vose Augusta, Me.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Peter Bradford, aged seventy two years, a citizen of the United States  now in Duxbury, Massachusetts, now resident in Vespaltown in the District of Maine, upon oath testify and declare that in March 1775 I enlisted as a minute man in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, in what was adopted as upon the continental establishment, in Capt Patridge's company and in Col Cotton's regiment of the Massachusetts troops or line. I enlisted as a sergeant - We continued to exercise four days in the week, and immediately upon the alarm at Lexington in April 1775 I mustered as a sergeant in Capt Samuel Bradford's company and the same Col. Cotton's regiment and served until the first of January 1776 when at Roxbury I was honorably but verbally discharged - Having served from my first enlistment more than nine months - My sergeant's warrant dated May 1775 and the receipt for my gun on the day of my discharge is herunto annexed.
From my reduced circumstances, I need the assistance of my country for support. And I do hereby relinquish all my claim to any pension

heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge bound by any such list whatever.
Peter Bradford
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hearken to.
On the fourth day of June A.D. 1810 Peter Bradford above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declarations, by him subscribed.
Before me, Nathan Weston Jr. C.J. C.C.C. Plead P.E. Circuit.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Joseph Wordsworth aged sixty eight years, a Captain three years in the war of the revolution, upon the continental establishment, now resident in Winslow in the District of Maine, upon the oath testify and declare that I know that Peter Bradford within named enlisted and served as he has within stated. From his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
who was a credit to us all Joseph Wordsworth and is now deceased Nathan Weston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Kindly
On the fourth day of June A.D. 1810 Joseph Wordsworth above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the above deposition, by him subscribed. Before me,
Nathan Weston C.J. C.C. Phis & E. Circuit

26049 Peter Bradford, Sergeant. Mass. troops. Colonel Cotton's regt. 9 months. -
Nine months as a Sergeant Bays cutt 1 st May 75 recd of his arms 1 st Aug 75
Round 8 mo. 15 days A. O. H.
R. B. Rose, August 10, me,

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF MAINE, } ss. KENNEBEC COUNTY, }
On this Sixth day of June A. D. 1832 personally appeared before me Benjamin Smith a Justice of the Peace for said party in said State, Peter Bradford a resident of Readfield in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged Eighty Seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following dec- laration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain  and served in Col.  regiment of the  line or troops under the following named officers: That in March 1775 he enlisted as a minute man in the war of the revolution against the common enemy, in capt. Partridge's company in Col. Bottom's regiment of the Massachusetts troops on line ; that he enlisted as a sergeant & continued to exercise four days in the week & immediately upon the alarm at Lexington in April 1775 he mustered as a sergeant in capt. Samuel Bradford's company and the same Col. Bottom's regiment & served as a sergeant until the first of January 1776 , when he was verbally discharged at Roxbury. Boston . Having served from his first enlistment nine months at least, That his sergeant's warrant dated May 1775 & the receipt for his gun on the day of his discharge are annexed to his declaration made before the Hon: Nathan Weston Esq. on the 4 th day of June 1832 of which are to be hereto annexed. —

And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born at Duxbury, Massachusetts, in the year 1746 where he presumes his age is recorded. That when he entered the service he lived in Duxbury. That he afterwards lived in Capealboro, Maine, & now lives in said Readfield. That he enlisted & was discharged as he has stated. That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services.
Benjamin Patreen Benjamin Smith
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Oct 21 1841
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Benjamin Smith Justice Peace,
And the said Justice does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. Further certifies that the applicant is from bodily infirmity prevented from going from home to make his declaration before a Judge or Court of Record.
Benjamin Smith Justice Peace

State of Maine.
KENNEBEC, ss.—I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that Benjamin Smith Esq. before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Peace for of said county in said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Justice in the matter of the application of Peter Bradford for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 8 th day of June
A. D. 1823. —
J. A. Chandler

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190_____
Dear
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Peter Bradford a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 15,761
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 8 mos. Sgt. Samuel Bradford Theophilus Cotton Mass.                                                   
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Duxbury, Mass.
Date of application for pension, June 4, 1818 - Cl. al.
Residence at date of application, Vassalborough, Me.
Age at date of application, b. Duxbury, Mass. 1746 - d. Jan. 11, 1834
Remarks: In 1821 his son Martin was forty-one years of age. No further family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

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15761
1912, Apr. 6 Hist. 15 Frank J. Lewis
INVALID.
File No. 15761
Peter Bradford
Sergt. Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 487
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 10 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Peter Bradford, as a Sergeant, is borne on "a muster roll of the company under the command of Capt. Saml. Bradford, in Col. Shep. Cotton's regt. to the 18 th of August 1775," as having enlisted May 18 th & was paid for three months & Eight days service.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Peter Bradford , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Vassalborough , in the said County of Humboldt , in the District of Maine, on the fourth day of June , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by the said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a military officer private soldier non com p , in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, in what was adopted as upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this eighth day of June in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston C. J. CCC Pleas 2 d E Circuit

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset ; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand : Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Davis

Application under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832.
I Martin Bradford, aged forty one years upon oath testify and declare that my father Peter Bradford within named, is now alive and Eighty six years, and too infirm, by reason of age and some rheumatic complaints, to attend before any body, to make a new declaration.
Martin Bradford
Subscribed and sworn to, July 21 1832, the deponent being a credible witness before Nathan Weston Esq. Dist. S. J. C.
To the Honorable the Secy of War of the U. States. In 1810 the within named applicant, made the within declaration before me, then holding the Office of Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas. I am satisfied that the said applicant is now alive, and too infirm to go from home to make a new declaration. At that time I supposed his service would be recognized as continental. As his proof is ample, by the production of written documents and the testimony of a witness, I have thought that the case as herewith transmitted would be satisfactory under the law of June last. State of Maine, July 21 1832.
Nathan Weston Esq. Dist. S. J. C. Court

Application to the Hon. the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of the United States vs. the State of Maine, No. 1082.
State of Maine,
Kennebec, ss:
I the subscriber Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within the County of Kennebec do hereby certify that the Hon: Nathan Weston Esq: by whom the within certificates were signed is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State: & that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court this twenty first day of July A.D. 1832.
J. A. Chandler Clerk

1207 L STREET N.W.
WASHINGTON D.C. 1912

1307 L STREET N. W.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Apl 1 st 1902
James L. Davenport. Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly have the record of Peter Bradford sent me; he served in a Mass. Regt: from Duxbury, Mass. during the revolution and received a pension. I desire to use it in the S. A. R. Society.
Yours very truly, Frank J. Lewis

Mask Surfide 1370 Peter Bradford
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Roxbury Camp 1 st January 1776 Recd of Peter Bradford a Good Spring arm and Bayt. Sam l Bradford Capt by General Thomas order. No 1

Mass. Sur File 16,761 Peter Bradford.

By the Right Honours Colours Offrs Colonel of a Regt of Foot in the Continental Army in North America
The 17th 5
To Peter Broadford Quailing.
By virtue of Authority to me Given by the The Continental Congress by these presents Constitute & appoint you the said Peter Broadford to be the 4th Serjeant in the Company Commanded by Capt. Samuel Bartford in the Regiment under my Command and you are here by required to receive & execute all such Orders As you shall receive from your Superior officers for which this shall be your Sufficient warrant Given Under my hand at Roanborough this 10 Day of May 1775
Thos. Cotton Col.