Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,293, Job Darling, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Darling, Job
S 34,293
CONTENTS

20.12.5
Massachusetts
Job Darling
of Worcester Co in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Peters — of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year — from December 1775 to January — 1777
p 76 Rev 1833
Inscribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 day of March 1830
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of March 1830 and sent to Hon. J Davis H. Rep.
Arrears to 4th of September 1830 $41.57 Semi-annual all'ce ending
$41.57
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Acts March 18, 1818, } { and May 1, 1820. }
Rec. Book D. Vol. 2 fol 45

Job Darling.
Worcester County.
Mass

Original claim.
Declaration in order to be placed on the Pension List, under the act of the 18 th March, 1818.
County of Worcester ss.
On this 17 th day of June 1829 personally appeared in open court being a court of record for the County of Worcester Job Darling resident in said County, aged seventy eight 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 March, 1818, & the 1 st of May, 1820: that he the said Darling enlisted for the term of one year in the month of December in the year 1775, in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Andrew Peters, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said corps until January 1777 when he was discharged from the service in Peeks kill in the State of New York, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present; that his name is not on the roll of any State except Massachusetts; and that the following are the reasons for not making an earlier application for a pension - to wit - the amount of property he has been in possession of till recently, was such as he supposed would preclude him from receiving a pension under the regulations of the war department - my occupation has been that of a farmer - but my age now prevents me from doing any considerable labor of any kind - my family consists of myself, wife, Abigail, aged 75 years - one daughter named Arritta, aged 27 years, and one grand daughter, named Mary Ann Brown, aged 4 years -
And, in pursuance of the act of the 1 st 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 & 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 hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That, since the 18 th . of March, 1818, the following changes have been made in my property. (A.)
Witness, W. Jennison.
Job his Darling mark
Sworn to, and declared, on the seventeenth day of June before the court of Common Pleas for said county of Worcester.
Attest. Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.
I Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the said court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that it appears, to the satisfaction of the court, that the said Job Darling 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 hereto 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 one hundred and forty five dollars & thirty seven cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on the twenty second day of June 1829.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk

Schedule or memorandum of the property of Job Darling of Sutton an applicant for a pension, appraised by the Subscribers on oath this seventh day of May A. D. 1829.
   One half of the tenement on which he lives 100. 00   1 cow 18. 00   1 shoat 1. 00   A quantity of old lumber 1. 00   Cattle & wages " 75   1 Brass kettle 2. 00   Iron hollow ware 1. 30   1 pr. shovel & tongs " 34   6 old chairs 10 c " 60   2 tables 1. 50   1 desk 1. 50   1 stand " 35   1 looking glass " 25   Should be deducted x 1 bed & bedding 15. 00   1 pr. Fellows " 17   Crockery ware " 50   1 old pail " 06   1 pr. steel yards " 10   knives & forks " 25   1 axe & handles " 50  
$145. 37
Witness W. Farnison.
Job his Darling mark
Simeon Woodbury Sumner Cole. —
Worcester ss. May 7 th 1829 Personally appeared the above named Simeon Woodbury and Sumner Cole, two creditable witnesses to me well known, & disinterested persons, & made oath that in the appraisal of the property of Job Darling above named, they had acted faithfully and impartially, according to their best skill and judgment.
Before me. Jonas L. Dibley Jus. Peace.

I, Jonas L. Sibley of Sutton, Worcester County, Mass ts Counsellor at Law, testify and say, that I am well acquainted with Job Durling within named, and have been so for many years; and from my personal knowledge of his affairs, am well satisfied that the statement by him made, as to his property and circumstances in life, is true; and that he is, from his poverty, entitled to the benefits of the pension laws of the United States. —
Jonas L. Sibley
Worcester, ss. July 7, 1829. Then personally appeared the above named Jonas L. Sibley, Esquire, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed. — And I certify that the said Sibley is a gentleman of good credit, and entitled to full and perfect confi- dence as to truth.
William Garrison, Justice of the peace.

34 293 Rev INVALID.
File No. 84,998
Job Darling Wm Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 103
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(C4.)
I Job Darling testify and say that since the 18th March 1818, I have not owned any real estate other than what is contained in my present schedule - nor any personal property, except - ing notes of hand and a little cash, but what is now exhibited in said schedule - I had a demand for money lent, against Daniel Marble Jr. of $75 - Also a note against Peter Darling, for money lent, of $140. which demands I have wholly lost the benefit of, as the claims are considered as good for nothing, the promissors having failed, & become wholly insolvent.
Witness. W. Fennison.
Job his Darling. mark
A copy. Attest. Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

Job Darling.
Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Ebenezer Taft of Mendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Man, of lawful age, do testify and say, that in the war of the Revolution in the latter part of the year 1775 or the beginning of the year 1776, Sol Darling and myself enlisted for the term of one year into the company commanded by Capt. Andrew Peters in the Regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Read in the Massachusetts line on the continental establishment. We served together in said company during the year for which we enlisted as aforesaid, and at the expiration of said year, we were both honorably discharged in the State of New-York.
The said Darling & myself had served together in the same company previous to our enlistment for a year. We both then belonged to the same town (Mendon) but he has since removed to Sutton, where he now resides - In a former deposition given by me it was stated by mistake, that the Regiment in which we enlisted was commanded by Col. Seth Read. Col. Seth Read and Col. Joseph Read resided in the same town, & both served in the Revolutionary War, but Col. Joseph Read commanded our Regiment. This mistake was made inadvertently either by me, or the Justice, who took the deposition.
Ebenezer
Mark
his Taft.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss: Mendon March 22. 1820. Then personally appeared the aforesaid Ebenezer Taft, and subscribed the foregoing Deposition in my presence, and made oath to the truth of the same. - I certify that I have known the said Ebenezer Taft for many years, and that he is entitled to full credit and belief.
Before me
Wm. J. Hastings, Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester, fs.
I, Abijah Bigelow, clerk of the Judicial Courts for the county of Worcester, do certify, That William S. Hastings, Jonas L. Sibley, and William Garrison, Esquires, are Justices of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned and qualified to act as such Justices; - that full faith and credit are to be given to all their doings in said capacity - and that the signatures of said Hastings and Garrison to the certificates attached to the accompanying Depositions of Eben- ezer Taft, Enos Taft, and Jonas L. Sibley, appear to be in their respective hand writing.
In testimony whereof, the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said county is hereunto affixed, this twenty third day of March, in the year 1830.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

I Enos Taft of Mendon in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age do testify and say, that I am personally knowing that Job Darling served as a soldier against the common enemy in the land service of the United States on the Continental establishment in the war of the Revolution, in Capt Andrew Peters Company in Col. Joseph Read's Regiment in the Massachusetts line for one year and under one enlistment, commencing in the latter part of 1775 or the beginning of 1776: that I was in the same company with the said Job Darling, who was then of Mendon but is now of Sutton in said County, and that we were both honorably discharged at the expiration of the year, for which we enlisted in the state of New York, having both served previously in the same Company, for the term of eight months, previous to our enlistment for a year. Enos Taft
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Worcester ss: Sept. 16. 1829. Personally appeared Enos Taft above named, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him subscribed; and I certify that he is a credible witness and in my opinion is entitled to full credit and belief
Before me Wm S. Hastings, Jus. of the Peace

pen: to com: 30 March 1830
D. L. Cocewards Esqr
Pension Office
U. S. -

Sir
I herewith enclose the papers of Darling which have been counted.
Respectfully Yours J Davis
March 28. 1830 —