Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,601, Gilbert Bond, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
★ Bond, Gilbert
NUMBER
S. 45,601
CONTENTS

New-Hampshire.
17,663 R
Gilbert Bond,
of Rock m Co ty in the state of N.H.
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wesson, of the Massachus ts . line, for the term of nine months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New-Hampsh e . at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11. of July, 1820.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of Aug st , 1820 and sent to Peter Chadwick, ag t . Exeter, New-Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1820. $ 14.45
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4. March, 48 "
1 mo s . \frac{21}{31} } 1821. $ 62.45. 8 \frac{4}{30} .. }
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }

I Thomas Wadleigh of lawfull age testify and declare that I was well acquainted with Gilbert Bond of Londonderry in the State of New Hampshire and County of Rockingham and that he served in the continental army of the United States in the company commanded by Capt. Dine in the Regiment commanded by Colonel James Wesson in General Briggade and that said Bond entered into the service of the said state in the month of June 1778 and and was discharged in the month of March 1779 and served there with in mentioned time in the Massachusetts line and was of the description of soldiers which was called the new levies and further state that I served as a soldier in said regiment at the same time and that I have no interest in the application of the said Bond Thomas Wadleigh
Hillsborough ss March 1820 then the above named State of New Hampshire) Thomas Wadleigh made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains nothing, but the truth
before me Benjamin Evans Jr. Esq.
I hereby certify that Thomas Wadleigh by the above deposition is a man of truth and veracity
Benjamin Evans Jr. Esq.

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office
March 1. 1820
I hereby certify that Benjamin Evans Esq. whose name is subscribed to the within certificate is a Justice of the peace for the County of Hillsborough in said State duly appointed and commissioned and that faith and credit are due to his official acts —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the public seal of the State on the day of the date hereof —
Sam l Sparkhawk Secy

Dr Gilbert Bond Debt insufficient
To Judge Bell Deposition of David Patterson

David Patten of Chester N Hampshire depose & say, that in the year 1778 in the month of June I enlisted into the Continental Service served in Capt. Saltonstall's Company Col. Weston's Regt. Massachusett's Line Served nine months was Discharged at Soldiers Fortune at the time of the Siege I remember Gilbert Wood being in the Service at the same time as I saw him several times & according to the best of my remembrance he belonged to S d Weston's Regt I think Capt. Dixie's Company in Massachusett's Line and Rec d his discharge at Soldiers Fortune at or about the same time the rest of us did
David Patten
Markingham ss } Chester Oct r 3 d 1818
Personally appear David Patten above named & made oath that the above deposition by him signed is just & true before me Joseph Blanchard Just Peace

17.202. Gilbert Bonar, Londonderry, N.H. Rockingham co. N.H. 11. July, 1820.
Col: Wesson's reg t Massachusetts, 45 th June 1778 to 15 th June, 1779.
found on the rolls for 9 months.
Admitted,
Peter Chadwick, age Erector, N. Hampshire. Rec d 31. July, 1820.

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss
On this eleventh day of July A 1820 Personally appeared in open Court at Chester Before John Harvey and Hall Burgin Esquires Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Rockingham being a Court of Record for the said county of Rockingham having the power of fine and imprisonment Gilbert Bond of Londonderry in said County aged sixty four 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 4 th of May 1820 that he the said Bond enlisted for the term of nine months on or about the fifteenth day of May 1778 in Haverhill state of Massachusetts to serve for the term of nine months from the time I should arrive at Fish Kill, and on the fourteenth or fifteenth day of June 1778 I joined the com- pany at Fish Kill in the company commanded by Captain Dix in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Weston in the line of the state of Massachusetts on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps until the fifteenth day of March 1779 when he was discharged from the said service in Fish Kill in the state of New York. He also served and was in the battle of Bunkerhill and then continued in service eight months after the battle of Bunkerhill. That he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services except the deposition of Thomas Wadleigh who testifies to the same, and in pursuance of the act of the 4 th of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen 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 en- gaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th 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 schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. My occupation is a Farmer

farmer and am not of sufficient ability to pursue it being of a weak and feeble constitution. My Wife Nancy is aged fifty nine years and is in tolerable health. my son John aged fifteen years is of a weakly constitution their capacity to contribute to their support is small
Gilbert Bond
Sworn to & declared at Chester this eleventh day of July AD 1820
Before us John Harvey } Justices of said Court Hau Burghin }
N. 1 I Peter Chacewick Clerk of the Court of common Pleas for the County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing Bills and the schedule hereto annexed are truly copied from the record 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 three hundred and four dollars in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court on this eleventh day of July 1820
P Chacewick

Schedule
Containing the whole estate and income of Gilbert Bonda (his necessary clothing and excepted) by him subscribed, exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Stockingham on the eleventh day of July 1820 and annexed to his oath, viz.
A certain piece of land with small buildings. $250.00 2 Cows, 2 two year olds, 4 Sheep 1 Sow & 8 Pigs, 2 hoes, 1 axe, 1 rake 1 Pitch fork 1 Scythe & Snathe 1 Looking Glass - 1 Iron-Pot 2 Smauld - Iron Kettles 1 Tea Kettle 1 Iron Spade 5 Wicker Chairs 2 Tables 2 Chests 1 Tub 1 water Pail 2 Wheels 2 Cider Barrels 2 Reed Mats 8 Do. Mats 1 Soap pot Cops & Saucers 1 Coffee pot 2 pint Bottles 6 White Mats 4 Knives & Forks 1 Candle Stick 1 Pepper box 1 Salt Box 2 Meal bags fine shovel & tongs 1 pair dog and irons - 3 pot hooks & frame
304. 00
The following debts I owe and have no means of paying the same excepting out of the above articles or my pension
  Salley Bonda  $50. 00     Doct r Humphrey  3. 00     Gordon  2. 00     Ayers  3. 00     Nooce  4. 00   
62. 00
Gilbert Bonda

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File No. 45-601
Gilbert Bond
Pai Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 54
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
NAME Dond, Israel GRADE Sergeant LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 3739 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 20, 1789 to Reuben Lilley, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.