Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34703, Primus Coburn, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Nass.
Coburn, Primus (Colored) S 34703 or Primes
CONTENTS

(222)
Maryland
Prinus Coburn, Capt Miller
private, Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maryland at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 8 of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st of April, 1818. and sent to Thos. Bailey, Esq. Baltimore, Maryland.
Arrearages to 4 th Sept. 1818. 4 28/31 mo. $ 39.22
Died Nov 9, 1820 $ 39.22
{Revolutionary claims, {Act 18th March, 1818, }
Three years Revolutionary War
Continued Dead
Baltimore
Notation in left margin: Philip Morris, Baltimore, Maryland. September 6th 1820th

State of Maryland, Baltimore County Gs:
On this ninth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen personally appeared before me the undersigned Primus Coburn of the  residing in the City of Baltimore a free man of color, aged fifty three years and upwards, enlisted at Abington in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts in the summer of the year seventeen hundred and eighty, marched with other recruits to West Point in the State of New York, and mustered in the Company of Captain Miller of the First Company, in the First Regiment of the First Brigade in the Massachusetts Line then stationed at that post, that he served as a private soldier in the line under said commander from that period for the term of three years - that he was slightly wounded in the leg at a place called "Morris's Run" below "Kings Ferry" on the North River, while on picket guard, and that he was honorably discharged by "Paymaster Eagerston" as deponent believes, under General order - the Regiment being then under the command of Col: Vose & the Brigadier Genl. was named Patterson - that the discharge which was stated to be "Honorable" he lost while in the service of Colonel William Lyles at Alexandria in the State of Virginia - Deponent states that he was frequently on guard at "Tataway" when Major Andre was imprisoned, that he was present when the Regiment was drawn up and surrounded him at his execution at said place - that the Regiment to which he was attached were authorized, at the time of discharge, to wear as a badge of honor, on the left arm, something resembling a "V" - that the wound received has lately broken out and at one time the surgeons were about to amputate it  the leg ; but has since got so much better as to enable him to walk

but not to gain a comfortable subsistence by manual labor That his name hath never been inscribed on any pension list - That from his extreme indigence & affliction, he needs the assistance of his country for support - and therefore Primus is an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War -
Primus Coburn
Sworn to before me
N Price Chief Judge Baltimore City Court.
State of Maryland City of Baltimore town
From the foregoing declaration and annexed depositions I am satisfied that Primus Coburn served as a private soldier for the term of three years in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy and is entitled to a pension under the Act of Congress above referred to
N Price Chief Judge of Baltimore City Court. 9 th April 1818

State of Maryland, Baltimore County ss.
On this ninth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and eighteen, personally appears William Whipple of the City of Baltimore aged sixty nine years, who being by me duly sworn doth depone and say, that he was well acquainted in Abington County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts - that he has particularly questioned & cross questioned Primus Coburn, now present, as to his enlistment service, Officer &c. &c., deponent having been in same service himself and from his several answers is fully satisfied that the statement made with respect to his Revolutionary services as within mentioned is true.
W. Whipple
Sworn to before me N. Price Chief Judge Baltimore City Court.
State of Maryland, Baltimore County ss.
On this ninth day of April eighteen hundred and eighteen, personally appears before me the undersigned Frederick Shaffer of the City of Baltimore of lawful age and a man of respectable standing in society, who being by me duly sworn doth depone and say, that Primus Coburn the applicant in this case for a pension has been particularly known to deponent for about ten years past and occasionally in his employ - that he is a man of correct deportment, and he has reason to believe a man of strict veracity - has often heard him relate various facts relative to the Revolutionary War, which has satisfied his mind that said Primus was a soldier of the revolution.
F. Shaffer
Sworn to before me N. Price Chief Judge Baltimore City Court

Baltimore
City of Baltimore, to wit:
I Thomas Harwood, clerk of Baltimore city court hereby certify, that the Honorable Nicholas Price Esquire before whom the foregoing proceedings were taken and certified, and who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of taking and certifying the same and still is Chief Judge of Baltimore city court, duly commissioned and qualified; and to all his acts as such full faith and credit is and ought to be given.
In Testimony whereunto I have hereunto subscribed my name affixed to the seal of Baltimore city court this ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
T. Harwood Clerk Baltimore city court
James Robinson Application for a Injunction vs. William Co. of Map: see Folio 10

Prunus capulin
Rev y Pensioner
$8.00
Low.
222
Sept 1818

SCHEDULE.
United States of America Maryland, District, ss:
ON this tenth day of July 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record , in the District Court in and for the said District of Maryland.
Primus Coburn (Black man) aged about fifty six years, resident in the City of Baltimore in said District who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: That he enlisted at a place called Abington near Bridge Water in the state of Massachusetts sometime about the year 1780 and joined Capt. Miller's company at West Point on the North River, which company belonged to the 1 st Reg t Com d by Col. Rose and attached to the 1 st Brigade in the Massachusetts Line, in which Reg t continued in the service of the U. S. on the Continental Establishment until the close of the war, when he received an honorable discharge at M t . P. Barracks signed to best of his knowledge by Quarter Master Eagleton - having served three years the period for which he enlisted -
That he hath been placed on the Revolutionary Pension Roll of the Maryland Agency at the rate of $8. 00 per month as will appear by reference to his Certificate bearing date 25 th April 1818 and numbered (222) and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th 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 18th 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.

Schedule referred to within, viz:
That he hath no property either real or personal except two or three rough Tables of his own make, six or seven Com r Chairs, some plates, dishes & other earthen-ware or Crockery, some pots, kettles &c & a few com r Tools for the use of rough carpentering. The whole of which would not sell for more than twenty or thirty dollars say - $30.-
Th e he hath no trade, but when health permits does small jobs of rough carpentering, such as repairing fence etc but in consequence of two wounds received during the Revolutionary War which occasioned contusions in his leg he is fully one half his time laid up unable to work or walk. That he has a wife named Lydia aged about 33 years & her niece aged 17 yrs who lives in the family to assist her Aunt whose health disqualifies her from doing the necessary work of the House and that were it not for his pension he would be unable to support himself except by private or public charity
Primus Coburn
SWORN to and declared on the tenth day of July 1820 BEFORE, the District Court
I, Philip Moore Clerk of the District Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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 Thirty dollars and _____ Cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the said court, on this first day of August 1820
Philip Moore Clerk of the District Court for the District of Washington

July 23, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section EEL
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.34703, that Primus(the name also appears as Primes) Coburn, a free man of color, enlisted at Abingdon, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1780, served three years as a private in Captain Miller's Company, Colonel Vose's First Massachusetts Regiment, was at the battle of Morrisania, where slightly wounded in the leg; he received another wound, nature of wound and place where received not stated. He was also present at the execution of Major Andre.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 9, 1818, at which time he was aged fifty-three years "and upwards" and resided in Baltimore, Maryland.
In April, 1820, he stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, Lydia, aged thirty-three years and a niece of his wife, name not stated, aged seventeen years. No names of children are given.
He died November 9, 1820.
This history to be furnished if ever called for. It was written just to have a record of negroes.

Hon. Sir
When the "Certificate of Pension" is granted please forward the same to me "directed to the care of Tho.
Bailey Esq. Baltimore - Primes Coburn
Witness
L. G. Hanes

34703 Rev INVALID.
File No. 84708
Princess Coburn
Rev. Rev. was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 84
[Arrangement of 1870.]