Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16677, Benjamin Burton, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
Continental Mass.
Burton, Benjamin
NUMBER
S. 16677
carded
CONTENTS

Maine
Benjamin Boston
of Island Co in the State of Maine who was a Captain in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Shenburne in the Continental line, for the term of two years  Mass. from March 17 77 to Continental 17
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 180 Dollars per month  annum , to commence on the 21 st day of Mar 1831 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of Augt 1832 and sent to Hezekiah Prince  Thomaston  Maine
the Roll on _____ day of 182 _____ and notification sent to at _____ Pension commencing on the of _____ 182
Amount due on 4th of } Mar 1832 $ 480 Semi annual due } Sept " $ 240  $720
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820. }
June 1832
Recorded Book L Vol 1-Page 49.

Benjamin Burton —

District of Maine — County of Lincoln ss.
State of Massachusetts.
On this thirteenth day of May A D 1810 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Con- current Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit in the State of Massachusetts personally ap- peared Benjamin Burton aged 69 years resident in Friendship in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration — in order to obtain the pro- vision 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 he the said Benjamin Burton — entered the continental Service in the War of the American Revolution in the Massachu- setts line — under a Commission as Lieutenant Gen- eral date the 6 th of November A D 1778 in Captain King's Company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall, from which time I served in the Capacity of Lieutenant until the 10 th of March A D 1779 — at which time I was promoted to a Captaincy in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Henry Sherburne and continued to serve against the common enemy until about the 5 th of July A D 1779 when I was honorably dis- charged from the service by General Sullivan at Bristol in the State of Rhode Island — After further more that he the said Benjamin Burton on leaving the Continental Service accepted in the spring of the year 1780 a Commission as Major of Militia in the said State of Massachusetts — and served in said Capacity

under General Wadsworth about seven months when I was made prisoner and carried to Bageiduse (now called Bastine) & remained prisoner for two months. I with much difficulty made his escape — And further that he was robbed by the enemy while in said service of all his property am- ounting to six hundred dollars in specie — and was reduced to indigence and want by means thereof — & further that he is now by age and infirmity of body disabled from all bodily labour for his support & therefore claiming assistance from his country for his support — by virtue of the late acts of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Navel service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" and further that his Commissions are now mislaid or lost & that he cannot find either of them —

Waldo ss.
State of Maine
At the Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Belfast within and for the County of Waldo, on the Fourth Tuesday of July A. D. 1829, the following application is presented and filed and on the Third day of the Term, being the 30 th day of July 1829, is sworn to in open Court, the same having Jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a records of their proceedings and having "the power of fine & imprisonment" and being a Court of Record for said State.
Waldo ss. Court of Common Pleas July Term 1829.
On this Twenty ninth day of July 1829, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County of Waldo, Benjamin Burton of Warren in the County of Lincoln aged eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March, 1818 and the first of May 1820, that he the said Burton entered on the 10 th day of March in the year 1777 in the State of Massachusetts, as a Captain in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sherburn in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until July 1779 when he was discharged from the service in the State of Massachusetts; that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present; that his name is not on the pension roll of any State; and that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension. The property mentioned in the schedule annexed has hitherto enabled me to support myself and family, that being now principally exhausted, and increasing old age and infirmities making it difficult

for me to earn anything by labour, I am now compelled to make application for assistance. — And in pursuance of the Act of the first of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 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 18 th 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 herunto annexed, and by me subscribed. — That, since the 18 th of March 1818, the following changes have been made in my property, viz. The real estate, my interest in two vessels together with two oxen I have sold. The three cows have been consumed — horse died — and an income of $18 a year as mentioned in the annexed schedule, and the proceeds of the abovementioned oxen sold, twenty eight tons of navigation together with the proceeds of said real estate have been expended in support of my family and myself and in the purchase of the said income of $18, except only the sum of Thirteen Dollars due from Said M c Intyre as in said schedule mentioned. —
(signed) Benj n Burton.
Sworn to and declared on the 29 th day of July 1829 — before
David Perham

16677 INVALID.
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File No. 16677
Benjamin Burton Capt Rec War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Maine
Lincoln ss
At a Court of Common Pleas begun & held at Warren, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the fourth Tuesday of April AD 1830.
By Samuel E. Smith Esq., Judge of said Court.
On this twenty ninth day of April 1830 personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County of Lincoln Benjamin Burton of Warren, in the County of Lincoln, aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 March 1818 & of the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Burton enlisted on the 10 day of March 1777 in the State of Rhode Island, as a Captain in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sherburn in the line of the sixteen Regiments appointed by General Washington, on the Continental establishment. That he continued to serve in said Corps until July 1779, when he was discharged from the service, in the State of Rhode Island. That he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension, except the present, that his name is not on the pension roll of any State, & that the following are the reasons for not making earlier application for a pension. The property mentioned in the schedule annexed has hitherto enabled me to support myself & family; but that being now principally exhausted, & increasing old age & infirmities making it difficult for me to earn any thing by labour, I am now compelled to make application for assistance, & in pursuance of an act of May 1820, I do, do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818, & 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 provision of an act of Congress, entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, passed on the eighteenth day of March 1818, & that I have not, nor
has

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 annexed & by me subscribed, that since the 18 of March 1818 the following changes have been made in my property, viz, the real estate, my interest in two vessels together with two oxen I have sold, the three cows have been consumed & horse died & the proceeds of the abovenmentioned oxen, sold, twenty eight tons of navigation, together with the proceeds of said real estate have been exhausted in support of my family & myself.
Benj. Burton.
   Description of property Schedule Am't of money or description of property rec'd in return   the income of, or to whom disposed time of sale     100 acres of land & house thereon of small value Robt Norton July 1825 $300 in money, a right to occupy a room in the house, necessary firewood & the use of a horse when required, during my natural life.   13 tons of Brig Thomas and Edward John Hall John Hall the master mismanaged the vessel so that the owners derived no income from her whatever. I compromised with the master by giving him a bill of sale for my interest in her. I took a bill of sale for two cows for forty dollars, one of which was killed before it came into my possession & I compromised the whole by receiving $30, relinquishing my right to the other cow.   15 tons of Schooner Volant Capt White Fall 1824 This vessel got upon the rocks & I sold my part in her in the situation for $75.   1 Horse lost got out & died   2 Oxen John McIntyre Fall 1828 had afterwards to pay a debt of $18 contracted by the master, leaving a balance of $57    A few articles of necessary household furniture, calculated to be worth about $25 A few articles of tools of not over $10 in value A few small debts difficult to collect amount in all to about twenty dollars
Benj. Burton.
State of Maine, Lincoln Co. April 5. 1830. Sworn to in court Before Saml. E. Smith J. C. C. P. Attest Nat. Coffin Clk

I Benjamin Burton of Warren in the county of Lincoln on oath do declare and say, that on a reexamination of my declaration made in order to obtain a pension, & sworn to before the C.C. Pleas Ap. T. 1830, I find that One hundred acres of land are inserted in the declaration as being conveyed to Robert Norton. The number of acres should have been One hundred and forty three , as by the deed thereof a copy of which accompanied the declaration, clearly appears. The deed was furnished to the person who drew up the declaration and I suppose the error in the number of acres escaped my notice at the time of making oath to the declaration. The whole 143 acres were conveyed by said deed for the consideration mentioned in my said declaration.
The consideration mentioned in the deed, of 300$ being the only money consideration, it was deemed sufficient to name that in the deed without mentioning the use of a room &c. mentioned in my said declaration. It is not understood generally that the precise consideration need be mentioned in the deed of conveyance.
Mrs. C. Norton is my daughter and Robert Norton being my son in law I placed so much confidence in him, that I was not very particular about obtaining security for the fulfillment of his agreement to furnish me with the use of a room &c. as before mentioned. I had only his verbal promise and supposed there would be no misunderstanding about or difficulty about it. But he has since died, having previously sold the real estate I sold to him, leaving me

without the means of showing any claim against his administrator or of enforcing any. My daughter was left a widow with three children dependent upon her industry for support and education. She has recently married again, a man without property.
Benj a Barton
Lincoln Is. June 11. 1830
Then personally appeared the above named Benjamin Barton and made solemn oath that the foregoing affidavit by him signed is true.
Before me John Ruggles, Jus. Peace
Lincoln Is. - Clerk's Office -
I Nathaniel Coffin, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within said County of Lincoln, Certify that John Ruggles Esq whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is now & was at the time of subscribing the same, a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & legally qualified to act as such within said County of Lincoln. And that the for- going is his own proper signature to me well known. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Com- mon Pleas this sixteenth day of June A.D. 1830 Nathl. Coffin

Hezekiah Prince of Thomaston in the county of Lincoln on oath depose to say, that I was employed by Benjamin Burton to draw up his declaration referred to in the foregoing affidavit, and was furnished with the deed therein mentioned or rather a copy, and in naming the number of acres I must have made a mistake, I do not know how it happened unless the lot described as containing an hundred acres met my eye, and not thinking there was more than one lot, I put down 100 acres without further examination. I think that must have been the way in which the mistake occurred.
Hezekiah Prince
Lincoln J. Jan 11. 1820
Then personally appeared Hezekiah Prince above named and made oath that the above now affidavit by him signed is true.
Before Nath Ruggles for Pleas
Lincoln J. Clerk's Office
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of the
The Judicial Courts within the said County of Lincoln certify that John Ruggles Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificate is at the time of making the same was a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & legally qualified to act as such in the said County that the foregoing is his own proper signature to me well known. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this eighteenth day of Jan. A.D. 1820 - Nathl Coffin

Know all men by these presents that I Benj m Burton of the Town of Friendship in the county Lincoln State of Maine Esq r in consideration of three hundred Dollars paid by Robert Norton of Friendship & County of Lincoln, Mariner; the receipt whereof I do hereby give, grant, sell & convey unto the said Robert Norton, a certain parcel of land laying in the town of Friendship, beginning at a flat rock at the North end of the mill dam marked B.B. thence Northwest seventeen rods on land of Thomas Burton to a stake; thence North about ten rods to a beech gilead tree; thence Northwest eighty three rods to the middle of the town road; thence on said road thirty two rods to land of James Davis; thence on said Davis Southeast about eighty rods to stake & stones; thence North fifty degrees East twelve rods a creek or cove; & thence round the shore as it
lays to the first bound about twenty three acres. Also another tract of land beginning at the town road on land of Th. Burton; & running Northwest on said Burton to Goose River stream; thence down said stream to land of George Wolfogrover; thence on said Wolfogrover to land of John Burton, & thence to the town road Southeast, thence on said road thirty two rods to the first bound, about one hundred acres, more or less.
Also another tract of land in the town of Bushing, joining land of William Parsons, beginning at the River of Friendship on land of said Parsons, & running ninety seven rods to stake & stones; thence thirty two rods on land of Josh Rivers to stake & stones; thence on land of heirs of Sam d Donhan West Northwest sixty seven rods to stake & stones; thence Northerly to the mill dam, & thence to the first bound, about twenty acres.
To have and to hold the said premises to the said Robert Norton his heirs & assigns to his use & behoof forever. And I do covenant with the said Robert Norton his heirs & assigns, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the aforegranted premises, that the same are free of incumbrances; that I have good right to sell & convey the same to the said Rob t Norton, & that I will warrant & defend the said premises to the said Rob t Norton his heirs & assigns forever against the lawful claims & demands of all persons. In witness whereof I the said Benj m Burton have hereunto set my hand & seal nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred & twenty five.
Sign, seal & deliver in presence of us attest Thomas Burton; Jane Young.
Benj m Burton & a seal.
Lincolns August 31. 1829. personally appeared the within named Benjamin Burton & acknowledged the above to be his free act & Deed before me Her d Prince, Jus Peace.
Rec d September 3. 1829. & entered with & examined by Warren Rice Reg r .

Lincolnss Sept 3. 1829. copy from the Records for Deeds for said County Vol 148 Page 358 Fee 50 Warren Rice Reg
Lincoln ss. I, Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of the Indiana courts for the County of Lincoln, certify that War- ren Rice Esq, whose name is subscribed to the attested certificate was at the time of signing the same and is now Register of Deeds for the County of Lincoln duly elected & qualified to act as such. That the within is his official signature to me well known, that he has no official seal, & is not required by law to have any. In witness whereof these presents set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, this 4 th day of September A.D. 1829.
Nath. Coffin Clerk 3

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Heremiah Prince Esq
Thomaston

of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty five. Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of us attest, Thomas Burton, Jerne Young.
Benj m Burton & seal.
Lincolnss August 31. 1829. personally appeared the within named Benjamin Burton & acknowledged the above to be his free act & Deed before me Her s Prince Just Peace.
Rec d September 3. 1829. & entered & examined by Warren Rice Reg r .
Lincolnss May 18. 1830. copy from the Records for Deeds for said County Vol 148 Page 358 Fee 50 c Warren Rice Reg r .
State of Maine Lincolnss.
Nathaniel Coffin, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in the County of Lincoln Certify that Warren Rice Esq r whose name is above written is Register of Deeds for the County of Lincoln, duly qualified shows a certificate to wit as such, that the foregoing is his own proper signature to me well known, & that he has not since his appointment by law required to have an official seal.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this Eighteenth day of May A.D. 1830.
Nath l Coffin
25 p c by Rice

I know all men by these presents that I Benj m Burton of the Town of Friendship in the county of Lincoln State of Maine Esq r in consideration of three hundred Dollars paid by Robert Norton of Friendship & county of Lincoln Mariner, the receipt whereof I do hereby give, grant, sell & convey unto the said Robert Norton a certain parcel of land lying in the Town of Friendship, beginning at a flat rock at the North end of the mill dam marked B. B. thence Northwest seventeen rods on land of Thomas Burton to a stake; thence North about ten rods to a balsam gilead tree; thence Northwest eighty three rods to the middle of the town road; thence on said road thirty two rods to land of James Davis; thence on said Davis Southeast about eighty rods to stake & stones; thence North fifty degrees East twelve rods to a creek or or cave, and thence round the shore as it lays to the first bound about twenty three acres — Also another tract of land beginning at the town road on land of Th e Burton & running Northwest on said Burton to Goose River stream; thence down said stream to land of George Wolfsgrover; thence on said Wolfsgrover to land of John Burton, & thence to the Town road Southeast; thence on said road thirty two rods to the first bound about one hundred acres, more or less. — Also another tract of land in the town of Cushing joining land of William Parsons beginning at the River of Friendship on land of said Parsons & running, ninety seven rods to stake & stones, thence thirty two rods on land of Josh Rivers to stake & stones, thence on land of heirs of Sam e Donham West northwest sixty seven rods to stake & stones; thence Northerly to the mill dam & thence to the first bound about twenty acres. —
To have and to hold the said premises to the said Robert Norton his heirs & assigns to his use & behoof forever — And I do covenant with the said Robert Norton his heirs & assigns that I am lawfully seised in fee of the afore-granted premises; that the are free of incumbrances; that I have good right to sell & convey the same to the Rob t Norton, & that I will warrant & defend the said premises to the said Rob t Norton his heirs & assigns forever against the lawful claims & demands of all persons. — In witness whereof I the said Benj m Burton have hereunto set my hand & seal nineteenth day of July in the year
of

Henry Barton
Payable on the 4th March and 4th September, of every year, by the President of the U. S. Branch Bank at Portland.
Recorded by Wm Allison
Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 1 Page 49

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I Certify, That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Benjamin Burtons, late a Captain of Colonel Sherburn's regiment in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Maine Agency, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, to commence on the eleventh day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 14 th day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty.
J. A. Eaton Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned, J. L. Edwards

Cap. Deuyt. Burton Serg. Bradford Cart
years until 2 months 12 days 1886
1886 to June 30
12 years 1886
the American group, in the War of the Rebellion, from the Massachusetts Line and on the Continental Line (being one of the Regular Regiments)
as a Regular Infantry Regiment (being one of the Regular Regiments)
in this Department that
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT
2
Sherburne did not belong to the Major's Line
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Seventh of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Handwritten signature: J. H. [?]

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
Dec r . 27 th 1820
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Benjamin Burton served as a Soldier in Capt. a Captain  Company, and Col. Sherburne's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from January 7 th 1777 to June 3 rd 1779, being two years and 5 months, nearly
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Passport Office Aug 29 th 1830
See letter Aug. 27. 1830 D. H. Prince
H. V. E.
J. H. Eaton Esquire Secretary at War Washington City Pension Office

Thomaston August 16 th 1830
Sir In compliance with yours of 29 th June I enclose such evidence respecting Mr Burtons claim for a pension as I hope will be satisfactory was he not in a destitute situation he would not apply for a pension at the close of his life as he cannot possibly very much but a short time yours Respectfully
W. H. Prince J. L. Edwards Secy

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Hezekiah Prince } Thomaston —

of any unfair or dishonest conduct in his application for a pension
Peter Fuller Palmer McIntyre Edward O'Brien } Selectmen of Warren
Lincoln J August 12 th 1830
Personally appeared the above named Peter Fuller Palmer McIntyre & Ed d O'Brien and made oath to the truth of the above statement by them subscribed before me John Miller Justice of Peace
We the subscribers Selectmen of the town of Friendship - County of Lincoln do cheerfully assent to the truths contained in the above deposition
Nelzar Thomas } Selectmen of Martin Geyer } Friendship
We the subscribers testify to the truths contained in the above deposition
Daniel Bartlett Minister of Warren
Minister of Friendship
Jesse Page 2 d Assistant Postmaster of Warren
James D. Wheaton
Postmaster of Thomaston
Lincoln J August 12 1830
Personally appeared the above named Nelzar Thomas - Martin Geyer Dan d Bartlett Jesse Page 2 d James D. Wheaton and made oath to the truth of the above Statements by them signed before me John Miller - Just Peace

Lincoln -
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within & for the Coun- ty of Lincoln, Certify that John Miller Esq whose name is subscribed to the annexed Certificate was on the 12 th day of August 1830 a Justice of the Peace duly and legally commissioned & qualified to act as such within the said County of Lin- coln and that the name subscri- bed as above mentioned is his own proper signature to me well known - In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Supreme Judi- cial Court this 14 th day of August A.D. 1830 -
Nath l Coffin Clerk

We the subscribers select men of Warren in the county of Lincoln, do testify and say that we are well acquainted with Benjamin Burton - now resident in this town - but having his settlement in the town of Friendship - he was - while living in Friendship one of the most respectable citizens of that town - always sustained an irreproachable character for integrity and his uniform through a long life afforded daily testimony of the sincerity of his religious professions by his exemplary deportment. From our knowledge of his situation and circumstances we have no doubt of his poverty and utter inability to support himself without private or public charity. At the time he sold his land to his son in law in 1825 we understood & believe that he had no intention of applying for a pension - but his calculations for support having since failed, he has been compelled reluctantly to make the application. The death of that son in law has left him still more destitute, and as we fully believe the subject of charity and benevolence in his old age destitute of the necessary support - We cheerfully give this testimony in behalf of an aged - venerable and worthy citizen, fully believing him utterly incapable

Thomaston June 18-1830
Sir - agreeable to the directions of your letter 27 ult - I send you the papers - for Mr Burtons and hope they will meet your approbation respectfully G eo Prince

Pension Office 25. May. 1830. City
John H. Eaton Esq Secretary of War Washington

Thomaston May 19 th 1830.
Sir - I enclose an application from Benjamin Burton - for a pension Mr Burton - is needy - and quite infirm and must have assistance for support from some quarter direct to me at Thomaston Respectfully
Wm Secretary of War Geo t Prince

I Oles Robbins of Thomaston in the County of Lincoln - testify and say - That I was a soldier - under the command of Benjamin Barton and served under him from March 1777 until July 1779 in the Regt commanded by Col H Sherburn on the Continental Establishment that he was an active and faithful officer that he now lives in the town of Warren in the County of Lincoln and is aged more than eighty years & has little or no property - to my knowledge
Oles Robbins
Lincoln ss May 15. 1830 personally appeared the above named Oles Robbins and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed - before me Hes d Prince Just Peace
State of Maine
Lincoln ss.
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Superior Courts for said County certify that Jeremiah Prince Esq, whose name is above written is a Justice of the Peace duly & legally commissioned & qualified to act as such within said County the foregoing is his own proper signature none will know
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this eighteenth day of May A.D. 1830
Nath l Coffin
25/5 P.R.

Benjamin Burton
Hereditary Prince Eug
Thornaston
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H. Prince Eug

State of Maine Lincoln Co. June 12. 1830. Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine, Thomas Burton of Warren in said County, & made oath that the full value of the use of the room which Burton received to himself during his life during his life, in the sale of his estate to Robt. Norton is twenty dollars, & no more, & value of fire wood during his life is five dollars & the use of a home during his life is worth five dollars, according to the probable of the length of his life.
Thomas Burton
Sworn to before me on the day aforesaid.
Saml. E. Smith J. C. C. Pleas
June 12. 1830
The above property is estimated to be worth thirty dollars.
Saml. E. Smith
J. C. C. Pleas
Lincoln Co. - Clerk's Office -
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Lincoln, certi- fy that the Hon. Saml. E. Smith whose name is affixed to the foregoing Certificate is & at the time of making the same was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine that the foregoing is his own proper signature to me well known.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court of Common Pleas this Sixteenth day of June A.D. 1830
Nathl. Coffin

I, Nathl. Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the said County of Lincoln do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the Court, that the said Benjamin Burton did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establishment. I also certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Records of said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is Thirty five dollars and cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of May , 1827 A.D. 1830
Nathl. Coffin
Clerk of the Court of the Indiana County of Lincoln

   Description of property Names of persons to whom disposed of Time of sale Amount of money or description of property received in return.     100 Acres of Land & House thereon of small value Robert Norton July 1825 $300 in Money - a right to occupy a room in the house, necessary fire wood if required, and the use of a horse when required to ride, during my natural life. -   13 Tons in Brig Thomas & Edwards John Hall John Hall the Master, mismanaged the vessel so that the owners derived no income from her whatever, and I compromised with the Master by giving giving him a Bill of sale for my interest in her, and took a bill of sale for two cows estimated at $40. one of which was killed before it came to my possession, and I compromised the whole by receiving $30 and relinquishing my right to the other cow and damages. -   15 Tons in Sch n Volant Capt. Whittier Fall of 1824 This vessel got upon the rocks & I sold my interest in her in that situation for $75. had afterwards to pay a debt of $18. contracted by the master leaving a balance of $57. -   Horse Lost. got east and died   2 Oxen John McIntyre Fall of 1825 $50. - $13 of which remains unpaid.   3 Cows - Fatted, killed and eaten in the family as wanted  
A. A few carpenter's tools, of not over $10 in value } Value. $10. B. A few articles of necessary household furniture of about $25. in value } Value. 25 $35
C An income of $18 per year purchased with so much of the proceeds of the above property as I have not been obliged to expend for the support of myself & family. -
(Signed) Benj n Burton -

I Hugh J. Anderson Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Waldo, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court, that the late Benj r Burton did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months under  in one engagement, on the Continental establishment. I also 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 marked A. & B. is Thirty five Dollars —
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hands, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this Thirtieth day of July A.D. 1829. —
H. J. Anderson Clerk of the Judicial Courts for said County of Waldo.

I John Gleason of Thomaston in the County Lincoln & State Maine of lawful do testify & say. that I was a part owner of the Brig Thomas & Edward of which Col o Benjamin Burton was also a part owner, whereof Captain John Hall was master. said Hall was absent with the Vessel for several years, and so mismanaged the Vessel that the owners received nothing for earnings of the Vessels, which being worn out & in debt; - the owners gave said Hall up the Vessel for a triple said Benjamin Burton released all his interest in said Vessel as I understood for two loans valued at about forty Dollars - and that he afterwards as I was informed released said Loans on receiving thirty dollars. - - -
John Gleason
State of Maine Lincoln Co. Aug. 18. 1829 Then personally appeared the above named John Gleason, a disinterested witness in the matter of the foregoing deposition, and made solemn oath that the is true Before me John Ruggles Ms. Barm

State of Maine
Lincoln
I Nathl Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Lincoln certify that John Ruggles Esq whose name is subscribed within certificate was at the time of signing the same and is now a justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified as said Clerk, and that the within is his own proper signature, to me well known
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hands & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this twenty fourth day of August A.D. 1829
Nathl Coffin Clerk

✓ Pension Offered Dec. 11 1830
$20 per mo: from 11 Dec. 1830

House of Reps
Dec 10. 1830.
Dear Sir,
Permit me to hand you the enclosed paper in regard to the case of Col. Benj o Burton, a revolutionary of- ficer - and I beg to add that I have long known him & that he merits the favorable expression herewith com- municated. I further know that he is miserably inferior & entirely destitute of property - Be so good as to take his case into consideration, and if not in- consistent with your regulations, afford him the desired relief - I am sure that no one on the pension list is more de- serving or justly entitled to it - Every Respectfully Yours & J. H. Livingston To J. L. Edwards Esq. Pen. Offic.

To the
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Pension Dept d
Washington city

To Hon J. L. Edwards Pension Dept. Wash n City.
The undersigned have been long acquainted with Benjamin Barton of Warren, late of Friendship, who is an applicant for a pension. He has spent a long life in this community and is most favourably known for integrity, uprightness and for whatever commands the respect and confidence. His character is altogether above seeking the bounty of the government through any improper practices or false representations. His circumstances have always been moderate; and since the infirmities of a very advanced age, have prevented him from labouring, he has spent in his support and that of his family, what little property he possessed. He still hoped to avoid the necessity of asking the public bounty, leaning for support upon a daughter and son-in-law with whom he lived. But the death of that son-in-law and the intermarriage of his daughter with a stranger & foreigner without property, has changed his prospects, and he is now without the means of sustenance for himself and wife except as he relies for it on the charity of his friends.
His services in the revolutionary war were

considered highly meritorious, and his uniformly patriotic and upright conduct give him a strong claim to have his application to the government, favourably regarded. Entitled as he is to our respect and esteem, as well as to our sympathy for his destitute situation, and believing that he comes within the strictest construction of the law of Congress under which he claims, we beg leave to solicit for him a favourable issue to his application.
Thorneston, Me. Nov. 15. 1830
We are very respectfully
Your Obed. Servt X John Ruggles.
DWIGHT M. COBB Collector of Waldo County Hon. Prince { Selectmen John Spear } of Philip Ulmer } Thomaston
Isaac Miller } Warden of the State Prison
# Albert Smith O Edward H. Cavendish
X Speaker of House Reps # Marshal of Maine O Rep to Congress elect.

I Otes Robbins of lawful age do testify and say that = I Enlisted as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war on the 10 th day of March 1777 under Capt Benjamin Burton - in Col. Sherburns Regiment and served in P t Company of Regiment untill July 1779 - all P t term was of two years & four months - I was with P t Benjamin Burton at at home and have known him ever since - to be the same man that is now making application for a pension. P t Burton was an active & persevering officer and obtained the esteem of all that was under him Otes Robbins
Lincoln ss April 28 - 1829
Personally appeared the above named Otes Robbins and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him Subscribed - before me Hezekiah Prince Jun r Peace
State of Maine Lincoln ss I Nathaniel Coffin, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Hezekiah Prince Esq was on the 28 th day of April last & now is a Justice of the Peace, duly & legally commissioned & qualified to act as such within said County & that the foregoing is his own proper signature to me well known. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, this 15 th day of May A.D. 1829 Nath. Coffin.

July 26. 1832. Pension Office
Home Office 26 Mr. [unclear] Pension Office
Washington City
320 Page 49 v. 11-1 for his [unclear]
FREE

Warren July 19 th 1832
I Benjamin Burton of Warren in the County of Lincoln and State of Maine aged eighty three years was a Captain in Col Henry Sherburne's Regiment - The U States troops appointed by Gen Washington and served - in 1777 1778 - & 1779 - I now reside in Warren aforesaid - I hereby relinquish all claims for pension - and wish to be placed on the pension roll - by virtue of the law of Congress of - June 7 - 1832 - and hereby enclose my pension certificate - for that purpose agreeable to instruction my statement - is now in the pension office - I wish my pension certificate to be sent to Herzekeah Prince Esq of Thomaston - (Maine)
respectfully Benj a Burton
Hon Secretary of War

Benjamin Burton to Wid Ann Norton Dr 1830 For Boarding Benjamin Burton & wife from April 1-1829 to April 29-1830 56 weeks @ four Dollars p week 224.00 for Nursing and extra attendance during 3 months sickness — 13.00 Warr on April 29-1830 $ 237.00 Redpay
Ann C Norton
I Benjamin Burton on oath do declare that in payment of the above bill and what I have paid for doctoring clothing etc has taken all the disposable property and effects of myself and being eighty one years of age & my wife but a few years younger I am we are both unable to labour or support ourselves without the assistance of the government —
Warr on April 29/1830
Benj a Burton
Lincoln Co. June 11. 1830
Sworn to before me Geo Ruggles Jus. Peace
Lincoln Co. June 11. 1830 Then personally appeared the above named Ann C. Norton, now by marriage Ann C. Raburn, Warade on oath that the above account by her signed is just & true Before me Geo Ruggles Jus. Peace

Lincoln, Clerk's Office
I Nathaniel Coffin Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within said County of Lincoln, Certify that John Rugg, Esq. Whose Name is subscribed to the within Certificate is now, & was at the time of making the same a Justice of the Peace duly Commissioned & legally qualified to act as such within said the County of Lincoln & that the within is his own proper signature & his well known. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas this fifteenth day of June A.D. 1830 Nathaniel Coffin

20.272
Maine
Benjamin Burton
of Waldi Co. in the State of Maine who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sherburn in the R. Island line, for the term of two years, from 10 March 1777 to July 1779 Mass & Continental
Inscribed on the roll of Maine at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 day of Dec; 1830.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of December 1830. — and sent to Hon. J. F. Wingate, House of Reps.
Arrears to 4th of March 1831, $56.12 Semi-annu'l all'ce ending
$ 56.12
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }
Rec: Book D, Vol: 1. fol: 49

I Thomas Burton of Warren of in the county of Lincoln, State of Maine, being forty five years of age, do testify and say that I am well acquainted with the situation & circumstances of Benjamin Burton now residing in Warren, in respect to his property, family, & means of supporting himself. He is eighty years old, his occupation had been various - principally that of a ship & house Carpenter. He has been an industrious man, but has been enabled to labour but little for years past, not enough to defray one quarter part of the necessary expenses of his support - And is now scarcely able to do any thing from lameness and other bodily infirmity.
His family consists of himself and his wife, Hannah, whose age is about seventy four - and whose age and bodily infirmities disqualify her from all labour, except a little occasional knitting. Her may truly be said to be in indigent circumstances, having no other property to my knowledge or belief, than as mentioned in his schedule annexed to his Declaration, made in order to obtain the benefits provided for poor soldiers, which is now exhibited to me. I further say that he has been obliged to expend most of the proceeds of the property he had in 1818 to provide himself & family with food & raiment and is now reduced to the alternative of asking either public or private aid.
State of Maine
Lincoln ss. Aug. 14. 1829
Thomas Burton
Then personally appeared the above named Thomas Burton a disinterested witness in the matter of his foregoing deposition and made solemn Oath that the same is true.
Before me John Ruggles Jus. Peace

State of Maine
Lincoln ss. I Nathl. Coffin Clerk of the Ju- dicial Court for the County of Lincoln hereby Certify that John Ruggles Esq was at the time of signing the same & is now a Justice of the peace duly commissioned & qualified to act as such, and that the within is his own proper signature to me well known.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, this twenty fourth day of August A.D. 1829
Nathl Coffin Clerk

Benjamin Burton Friendship Maine
See J. Bradford Cert. forwarded - Jan'y 6. 1824
R. C. Vose Augusta Maine
See J. Bradford's Certificate states that Col. Sherburne's Regt. belonged to Mass. -charter which it was not the case —
Adm o J. L. E.
5762.
Benjamin Burton, Lincoln Co.: Maine, 13. May, 1818.
Capt. in Col. Henry Sherburne's regt. R. I. line, March 1777, to July, 1779.
Not found on the rolls.
See endorsement in the case of Otis Robbins, accompanying this declaration.
Ebenezer Thatcher, judge, Thomastown, Maine, rec d . 18. Feby. 1820. R. C. Vose, agent

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 Benjamin Benton, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Eustis, in the said County of Lincoln, in the District of Maine, on the 13th day of May, 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 provision 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 Captain 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 first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenezer Thatcher
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER, 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 Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Nathl Coffin

State of Massachusetts County of Lincoln ss - Jan y 31 - 1820
I Otho Robbins of Thomaston in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts aged sixty one years testify & say that I was a private soldier in the Army of the Revolutions of America - That I enlisted in the month of March A d 1777 in a company commanded by Captain Benjamin Benton in Colonel Hovey's Sherburne Regiment in a Brigade composed of Massachusetts Rhode Island & Connecticut troops - That I served in said Benton's Company and with him as my Captain till the fall of the year A d 1779 - That I was during the whole of said term of time in actual service myself, and that said term Benton was during the whole of said term to my personal knowledge, commanding said Company & in actual service the full service as Captain against the common enemy - said Benton now well known to me, lives in the town of Friendship in said County of Lincoln - Otho Robbins
State of Massachusetts - County of Lincoln ss - Jan y 31 - 1820 - Personally appeared the above named Otho Robbins, the Deponent, before me the subscriber a Justice of the C.C.C. Pleas in the state of Massa- chusetts to me well known as a man of undoubted veracity, and a credible witness and after careful examination made solemn oath to the truth of the facts therein contained
Ebenezer Thatcher

I David Kellock living in St George in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine -
Testify & Say, That I am well acquainted with Benjamin Burton now of Friendship in said State, that I knew him to serve as a captain of a company in the Revolu- tionary War in the Continental establish- ments, in Col. Henry Sherburne's Regiment, in the Year 1777, and that I knew him to continue in said service as such, two years or more, and that I was in the service of the United States, in the chop or hurst line at the same time -
his O David Kellock Mark
State of Maine -
Lincoln County ss - Sept 11. 1820
Personally appeared the above named David Kellock to me well known, and made Solemn oath that the above statements by him subscribed is true, and I certify that he is a creditable witness -
D. S. Fales, Just. Peace -
State of Maine County of Lincoln ss - Sept 12 - 1820
I hereby certify that David S Fales Esq. is a magistrate in the County of Lincoln & State of Maine duly qualified to act as such & that the above is his own signature & also that David Kellock the deponent is a credible witness
Ebenezer Thatcher Judge of Peace 666 Phas - State of Maine -