Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,940, Aaron Bragdon, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Bragdon, Aaron
S 36,940
CONTENTS

6901. 41
Maine
Aaron Bragdon
of Aron — in the state of Massachusetts , who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Prescott of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year .
inscribed on the Roll of the District of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of April 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th of Feb'y 1819 and del d R. C. Vose
Arrears to 4th of Sep. 1818 . 4 m 13/30 — 35.46 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.00
$ 83.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent to Jacob McLean Esq 23 d October 1820
Benger Maine

Apr. 22. Vou.

I Aaron Bragdon, of Avon in the County of Somerset, and District of Maine, in the Sixty second year of my age, a resident citizen of the United States, desiring to obtain the provision made by the law 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", and to be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine, do, on oath, testify & declare: That I was born at York in the County of York in the District of Maine, that at said York in the first part of the month of January Anno Domini 1776, I enlisted as a soldier, for the term of one year, that I immediately joined the army at Brookline in the State of Massachusetts, & served in Capt. Jonathan Knowell's company, and in the Regiment commanded by Col. Prescott; During said term, the first part of the year, I was at Brookline, & then marched to New York, and was at Governor's Island; I was at the battle of the White Plains. I faithfully served for one whole year, in pursuance of said enlistment. I was discharged at Pechskill in the State of New York on the first day of January 1777. I was not discharged in writing but verbally discharged. My service, during said year was, as I consider, in the continental establishment. I have always been in rather low circumstances and now by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am in need of assistance from my country for support. From distance and lapse of time I have now in my power no other proof of my services. Aaron Bragdon

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Second Eastern Circuit.
On the twenty second day of April A.D. 1818 the aforesaid Aaron Bragdon, having been duly cautioned and examined made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him signed: Before me, Josiah Stebbins a Judge of the C.C.C.P. for said circuit.

Aaron Bragdon's Declaration etc.
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CM
6901
Concord
Feb 19

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF PENOBSCOT, ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun & held at Bangor in & for said County, on the fourth Tuesday of June A.D. 1820.
ON this twenty seventh day of June in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record within and for said County, and State of Maine, established by a law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, made and passed on the tenth twenty first day of June, A. D. 1811, and recognized by the Constitution of the State of Maine having power of fine & imprisonment,
Aaron Bragdon , aged, sixty three years, resident in Corinth  but late of Avon in the County of Somerset in said County of Penobscot, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows; During the whole of the year 1776, under Captain Jonathan Nowell, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel — Prescott, in the Massachusetts Line, upon the Continental Establishment. Also in the years 1782 & 1783, under Captain — Cushman, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Vose; as will more fully appear by original declaration made on the twenty second day of April, — A.D. 1810; on which declaration my Certificate of Pension, numbered 6901, was granted.

AND I Aaron Bragdon 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 whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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.
(Signed) Aaron Bragdon
Schedule of family residing with me Aaron Bragdon , who am by occupation an Husband-man; which I am unable pursue but to a small degree, by reason of the infirmities of age. My wife Ruth, aged sixty three, very feeble. Son Aaron, aged nineteen years — Rather poor health. Schedule of real & personal estate belonging to the subscriber, necessary cloathing & bedding excepted. None.
And I am justly indebted to the amount of fifty dollars. (Signed) Aaron Bragdon.
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1820, before the Court. Attest Thos. Cobb Clerk.
I, THOMAS COBB, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Third Eastern Circuit, in the County of Penobscot and State of Maine, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 nothing _____ dollars and _____ cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty seventh day of June A. D. 1820.
Thos. Cobb Clerk:
of the said Court for the County of Penobscot.

36.940 Reo  INVALID.
File No. 36,940
Marion Bragdon On Reo was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 480
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ashon Magdon
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40 I Arthur Bragdon sixty two years of age to testify & say that I personally knew Aaron Bragdon as a soldier in the United States, service in Capt Jonathan Nowells Company to which Company I then belonged said company belonging to Colonel Prescotts Regiment who fought the first Battle on Bunker Hill — and I further say that I knew him to be a soldier in said company and Regiment from the beginning of the year 1776 to the end of the same year Arthur Bragdon
York Js Sept 29 1818
Personally appeared the above named Arthur Bragdon & made oath to the truth of the above declaration before me Whiting Stevens Just Peace
I Josiah Trafton sixty four years of age do testify and say that I personally knew Aaron Bragdon as a soldier in the U.S. service in Capt. Jonathan Nowells Company to which Company I then belonged said company being part of the Regiment commanded by the same Col Prescott who fought the first Battle on Bunkers Hill — and I further say that I knew him to be a soldier in said service from the beginning of the year 1776 to the end of the same year Josiah Trafton
York Js Sept 29 th 1818
Personally appeared the above named Josiah Trafton and made oath to the truth of the above declaration before me Whiting Stevens Just Peace

We the subscribers Selectmen of the Town of Avon in the County of Somerset and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that Aaron Bragdon of said Avon is a person who by reason of his reduced circumstances in life stands in need of assistance from his country for support we believe he is possessed of no property and is unable to labor
Avon April 21. 1818
Elijah Clark } Selectmen Ichabod Hooton } of the Town of Avon

Aaron Bragdon. Avon, p 2 Col. Prescott Mass. Reg 1776. to 1777.
1782 - to 1784. Col. Vose Reg. - 15 Reg 1 Year
April 22. 1818
Prescott's Regt was with on Continental Establishment
Proof of Service wanted
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Aaron Bragdon , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Avon , in the said County of Somerset , in the District of Maine, on the Twenty second day of April , 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 said applicant are 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 private in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, 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 his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this 27th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
KENNEBEC, ss.
I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this 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 twenty fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. H. Dorr