Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29035, Peabody Bradford, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Bradford Peabody
S 29035
CONTENTS

205-
Maine
Peabody Bradford
of Minor in the State of Maine who was a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Bradford of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Cotten in the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 Years from January 17 77 to 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of Eighty Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th of August 1832 and sent to John Muddy Portland Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1832 $ 88 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 4 " 44 $132
Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818 and May 1, 1820. June 1832
Recorded Book 2 Vol 1 page 49

Peabody Bradford
Offers

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the nineteenth day of July — A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
ON this nineteenth day of July — aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Peabody Bradford a resident of Mirot — in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy four years, who being first 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 7th, 1832. That he the said Bradford enlisted for the term of eight months sometime in the spring of 1775 in the town of Deerfield, County of Plymouth in State of Massachusetts and served under said enlistment in the Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Bradford in the regiment commanded by Col. Gotten in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment — also that he the said Bradford again enlisted sometime in the winter of 1776 for the term of one year, and served said time in the Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Bradford in the regiment commanded by Col. Bailey on the continental establishment, — and also that afterwards to wit sometime in the winter of 1777 he again enlisted for the term of three years and served said time in the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Woodworth in the regiment commanded by Col. Benedict Bradford on the continental establishment that he continued to serve under said enlistment, during the whole time for which he enlisted making in the whole four years and eight months till some time in February A.D. 1780 when he was discharged from the service at West Point  That he has been placed on the pension list under the act of Congress of 18th March 1818 that his name was dropped from the list of pensioners by the act of Congress of 3rd March 1831 and that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine  That the number of his pension certificate is 8,964. and that he served the last three years in the capacity of Corporal —  Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before, Peabody Bradford
Ashur Ware } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
Ashur Ware Judge of the U.S. Dist. Ct.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Nussey Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nussey } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

Recapitulation
1 st That the said Bradford served in the army of the revolution on the continental establishment four years and eight months - 2 nd That he served the last three years in the grade and capacity of Corporal - 3 rd That he drew a pension under the act of Congress of A.D. 1818 - # That his pension certificate is enclosed in this declaration -

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Peabody Bradford , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau Inv. 7 29035  Mar. 9 1906.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     June 1, 1776 8 mos. Private Samuel Bradford Theophilus Cotton Mass.   Jan. 1, 1777. 17 mos. Private Samuel Bradford Bailey Mass.   Feb. 4, 1778 3 years Corpl. Joseph Bradsworth Samuel Bradford Mass.            
Battles engaged in, None stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Duxbury Mass Date of application for pension, April 20, 1818. His claim was allowed. Residence at date of application, Maine, Cumberland Co. Mass. Age at date of application, 60 years ?
Remarks: _____ _____ _____ _____
Very respectfully,
Luetta King 610 Congress St. Portland, Maine.
Commissioner.

Dear information to Fred G. H. Bradford Soldiers' Home, Wash. D. C. Feb. 12, 1906.

#610 Congress St., Portland, Me.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly send to me what- there is on the records about- Peabody Bradford of Minot- enlisted at - Duxbury, Mass.
Respectfully yours Louetta King
Feb. 16th. 1906

O.A.H.
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Soldier's Home Washington D.C. Jany 26 th 1906
Comm. Pension Washington D.C.
Sir,
Will you please give me by mail a history of Peabody Bradford, a Revolutionary Soldier. He belonged to a Mass. Regt. (name unknown) and died years ago. I want this for the D.A.R.
Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servt. Fred. G.H. Bradford

29035 Rev y INVALID.
File No. 29,035
Peabody Bradford Corp Rev War
Act: 1 st June 99"
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 58
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Heir: to Fred. G. H. Bradford Soldiers' Home, Wash. D.C. Feb. 12, 1906. Heir: to Luetta King. Mar. 9, 1906.

8,964
Manuscript
of Peabody Bradford of Minot  District in the state of Maine who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bradford of the Light line, for the term of three years .
Inscribed on the Roll of the State of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Apr. 1819 and sent to A. H. Parris Esq. Paris, Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 10m. 21d.  83.96 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819  48.00
$131.96
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
See letter May 29. 1832 to Hon. E. Kavanagh.

11 Peabody Bradford Corporal
Col Bradford's Regiment Massachusetts Line 1778—3 Years
Correct
Peabody Bradford.

Aug. 22. 1878 I, Peabody Bradford, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Mineo in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, do testify & say, that on the first of June A.D. 1775, I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishment for the term of eight months as a private soldier, in Capt. Samuel Bradfords company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's regiment in the Massachusetts line, which term of eight months I fully served & was verbally discharged. On the first of January A.D. 1777, I again enlisted into said army for the term of one year as a private soldier in said Capt. Samuel Bradfords company, Col. Baileys regiment in the line aforesaid, in which company I also served said term of one year and was verbally discharged, no written discharges being then given. On the fourth day of February A.D. 1778, I again enlisted into said army in the continental service for the term of three years as a corporal in Capt. Joseph Wadsworth's company, Col. Garmaliel Bradfords regiment, and Gen Patterson's brigade in the line aforesaid, in which company I served the said term of three years, when I received an honorable discharge which I have since accidentally lost. I further testify, that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support, and that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States. Peabody Bradford

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Seth Sprague or William Loring Jun r esqrs: of Berbury and Thomas P. Beal or John Thomas, esqrs: of Kingston Thomas Clark of Paris, Oxford in the District of Massachusetts and David Dunlap, Ebenezer Ewer or Jonathan Page, esqrs: of Brunswick in Maine District GREETING.
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We the subscribers Selectmen of the Town of Minot hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with Pebody Bradford of said Town and that from his reduced circumstances in Life he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support
Minot April 17 A.D. 1878
Nicholas Royes Charles Moody
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
sum ace.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
The Peace.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Seth Sprague or William Loring Jun r esqrs s of Deubury and Thomas P. Beal or John Thomas, esqrs s of Kingston Thomas Clarke of Paris, Oxford in the District of Massachusetts and David Dunlap, Ebenezer Eustis or Jonathan Page, esqrs s of Brunswick in Maine District GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District holden at Paris in said District, on the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pabody Bradford of Maine in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the towns of Deubury and Kingston & Brunswick aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Alcison H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
The Pleace.

I Charles Thomas of Brunswick of lawful age do testify and declare, that Peabody Bradford of Minot enlisted in the army of the United States on the continental establishment, on or about the first day of May A D 1775 under Capt. Samuel Bradford, in Col. Cotton's Regiment, then commonly called the Plymouth Regiment, of Infantry; and that he served in said Capt. Bradford's company during the campaign then existing until on or about the first day of January A D 1776; that at the last mentioned time he again enlisted in the same Company, under Col. Bailey, which was then annexed to the regiment of In- fantry commanded by Col. Bailey, & served during the term of one year from said second enlistment, after which he was regularly discharged from the service, as I understood. I state these facts of my own knowledge & observation, as I enlisted both periods with him in the same company, & served with him during both campaigns, & was discharged at the same time.
Charles Thomas
William Weston of Brunswick of lawful age do testify & declare, that Peabody Bradford, now of Minot, enlisted in the Company of Infantry, commanded by Capt. Samuel Bradford, in Col. Baileys regiment, on the continental establishment, on or about the first day of January A D 1776, & served during the term of one year, at the expiration of which time he was regularly discharged, as I understood. I state these facts of my own knowledge & observation, inasmuch as I enlisted in the same company, & served with him during the whole of the campaign, & received my discharge at the same time.
William Weston
Cumberland Is. Brunswick July 2. 1818. Then personally appeared the said Charles Thomas & William Weston, well known & reputed to be persons of credibility & veracity, & made solemn oath respectively to the foregoing declarations by them subscribed, before, Eben. Everett Justice of the Peace.

I, James Shaw of Greene in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath declare, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war, and served as a Lieutenant in Col. Thos. Turner's company & Col. Gershom Bradford's regiment in the Massa- chusetts line. I was in said service a number of periods and was well acquainted with Peabody Bradford, who signed the above declaration, and to my certain knowledge said Bradford served the term of three years as he has above stated. James Shaw
Oxford ss. July the 27 th 1818. Then the above named James Shaw personally appeared, and after being duly examined, cau- tioned and sworn, made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is wholly true, before me,
Thomas Clarke, Justice of the Peace.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twentieth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Peabody Bradford the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the depositions of James Shaw, Charles Thomas, and William Weston taken before Thomas Clark and Ebenzer Everett respectable magistrates appointed by Dedimus for this purpose; and the certificate of Nicholas Noyes & Charles Moody, municipal officers of the corporation, to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life; all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Peabody Bradford the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion L. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

May 22 1898 I, Peabody Bradford, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Milford in the County of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, do testify & say, that on the first of June A.D. 1875, I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishments for the term of eight months as a private soldier, in Capt. Samuel Bradford's company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's regiment in the Massachusetts line, which term of eight months I fully served & was verbally discharged. On the first of January A.D. 1877, I again enlisted into said army for the term of one year as a private soldier in said Capt. Samuel Bradford's company, Col. Bailey's regiment in the line aforesaid, in which company I also served said term of one year and was verbally discharged, no written discharge being then given. On the fourth day of February A.D. 1878, I again enlisted into said army in the continental service for the term of three years as a corporal in Capt. Joseph Wadsworth's company, Col. Gannalief Bradford's regiment, and Gen. Patterson's brigade in the line aforesaid, in which company I served the said term of three years, when I received an honorable discharge which I have since accidentally lost. I further testify, that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I stand in need of assistance from my Country for support, and that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States.
Peabody Bradford

Peabody Bradford
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Portland, at the
Cumberland Bank
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, see
Peabody Bradford late a Corporal ,, in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Columbia Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the twentieth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
J. B. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Revolutionary claims
88 3/4 per cent
Return to
Aug 20 1872
Hon. Lewis C. Cast Secretary of War Washington D.C.

Portland July 27- 1832
Hon Lewis Cass.
Sir Enclosed is the declaration of Peabody Bradford of Minot State of Maine for a pension - If it is accepted at the Pension Office the certificate or any other papers, if consistent with the regulations of the department, may be forwarded to you
O.B.L. Snoddy
Guern Bradford Portland Maine