Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,606, Elias Cotton, Navy

SERVICE
NUMBER
Navy
Cotton, Elias
S. 34,606
Residence and Agency Mass.
CONTENTS

Invalid
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File No. 34606  Navy
Elias Cotton
Seaman
Frigate Dean U.S.N.
Per War
Act March 18. 1818.
Index: Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

11.003
R
Massachusetts
Elias Cotton
of Boston in the state of Massachusetts who was a Seaman in the Frigate "Dean" regiment commanded by Colonel Capt. Nicholson of the U.S. Navy for the term of 1 year.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of May 1819 and sent to Wm. Walmore Esq. Boston, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 - 11 31 09. 03 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 - 40. 00
$137.03
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Suffolk County
Information sent to the War Dept at 1800 by John W. Davis, Boston, Massachusetts

J Elias Cotton
2W
Ship Deane made out of oak timber keel & stem oak timber
Capt. Nicholson
1779 - for 1 year - 1 st April 1810.
Admiralty

State of Massachusetts.
I, Elias Cotton
Boston in the County of Suffolk a Citizen of the United States, now resident at in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on in April in the year of Our Lord Seventeen hundred & seventy nine
I entered and was engaged in the Naval service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to sometime in the fall of the year seventeen hundred & eighty
as a seaman and topsman against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the frigate Deane Commanded by Captain Nicholson
and that I left the service in the fall of the year seventeen hundred & eighty.
and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty two years
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
elias cotton
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the subscriber one of the associate judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed Elias Cotton. and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name & the seal of said Court aforesaid. The day & year abovenoted.
Wm Wetmore
I also certify that the within named Defendant

an well known to me and are incredible disinterested witnesses — Wm Westmore
I entered and was charged in the service of the United States on the con- ditional establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the present, and I believe that I returned to and that I left the service at and that in consequence of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of and that I left the service at
and that I left the service at
THE REVEREND THOMAS and one national right handed and Pursuant to a law of the United States and that one national right handed and
and that one national right handed and and that one national right handed and

I Peter Saint Medard of Boston in the State of Massachusetts a practising, licensed Physician, do testify & declare that I was surgeon's mate on board the Deane Frigate at the time the within named Elias Cotton testifies that he was a seaman & topsman on board, & well remember that he was on board, & served accordingly for more than nine months uninterruptedly — I was on board about four years myself —
Peter Medard Surgeon's Mate
I Joseph Muncieff of Boston in the State of Massachusetts do testify that I was a boy on board the frigate Deane at the time mentioned in the within declaration of Elias Cotton. I was stationed in the mizen top & well remember that the said Elias Cotton, served on board as he has therein stated more than nine months uninterruptedly
Joseph Muncieff
Sworn to before me, by the above named Deponents,
W m Wetmore the Judge within named

J Elias Lotton
2W
Ship Deane  master of the vessel  to be delivered to
Capt. Nicholson.
1779 for 1 year -
1 st April 1810.
Admitted.

Elias Cotton
11003
Concord
May 1819

District of Massachusetts, ss.
ON this Eighth day of July 182 0 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record, viz. The District Court of the United States for the said District, Elias Botton aged Seventy one years, resident in Boston in the County of Suffolk, in said District, rope maker , who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: viz Enlisted in the month of June 1781 as nearly as he can recollect in the United States frigate Dean Commanded by Captain Nicholson and served on board said Frigate until the Spring of 1783 in cruising when he was honourably discharged but not in writing. The above dates are as near as he can recollect He made his original application on the first of April 1818 and the number of his pension Certificate is 11,003
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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 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.
Elias Botton.
Sworn to and declared, on the Eighth day of July A. D. 182 0 before
Jno Davis { Judge of the Massachusetts District Court.
I, JOHN WATSON DAVIS, Clerk of the Massachusetts District Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, 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 Eleven dollars and _____ cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of July 182 0
J. W. Davis { Clerk of the U. S. District Court, for the Massachusetts District.

Schedule.
10 Chairs 4. 00 Desk 2. 50 Table 1. 50 Spoons . 50 Knives & Forks . 50 Pots Kettles & Skillets 2. =
$ 11. =
The above is a true inventory and schedule of all my property I have no real Estate whatsoever. I have three persons residing with me my wife whose name is Elizabeth aged sixty seven years, and from age and infirmity not able to earn her subsistence My daughter Maria aged twenty years and able to earn her subsistence. My Grand daughter named Mary Ann Tucker aged five years and too young to earn her subsistence I am seventy one years of age a rope maker by profession but from age and infirmity not able to earn my subsistence
Elias Cotton.