Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34223, Saul Coburn, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Coburn, Saul
NUMBER
S. 34223
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Roll.
1,616
Saul Coburn,
Private
Mass. Line. 1781- War.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818, and sent to Samuel Dana, Esq. Groton, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Supplied by the following
4 months 28/30. $ 39.46
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued ✓
Dracut Middlesex Co.
copied for J Varnum Sept. 23. 1874 See letter -
Reference book Vol. 2. 1820 to Saml Dana Groton Mass.

Saul kohun
adm d

To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Personally appeared Paul Coburn and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed. and at the same time he exhibited to me the discharge herein described
from which it appears to me, that the said Paul Coburn did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION, against the common Enemy, upwards of nine months. upon the Continental establishment
Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration & the discharge aforesaid to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .
Sam. Dana

Paul Goburn

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BE it remembered, that on this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen before me, SAMUEL DANA , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex, in the Commonwealth aforesaid) comes Saul Coburn of Dorchester in said county of Middlesex and on oath declares, that he served in the war of the rebellion against the common enemy as a private, older in the continental army in the company of light Infantry commanded for Capt John Burnham in Col Michael Jacksons regiment until that regiment was united with the Third Massachusetts regiment; He enlisted on the ninth day of February AD 1781 and served as a furlough until the twenty second day of December AD 1783 on which day he received an honorable discharge He is sixty years old; has but little property and
he stands in need of assistance from his country for his support. by reason of his reduced circumstances in life
Thus, made, subscribed, and sworn to, at Chelsea in said county of Saul Coburn  Middlesex the day and year aforesaid.
Sam d Dana

97 Saul Coburn Fynsborough 1616 Wanting residence June 18
and full value Continues.
any family?
He has been here all his life and is now retired from the service of the state of

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June
A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, Associate Justices of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Saul Coburn resident in Tyngsborough in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1616 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Saul Coburn Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
The use of one half of about seventy acres of land for life only valued at thirty five dollars per year. Saul Coburn
The said Saul Coburn further saith on oath that he is sixty two years old wholly unable to labour being very infirm and out of health that he entered the Revolutionary war for three years on the ninth day of February 1781 and served in Capt Wade company about 6 months then transferred into Capt Barrhams company in Col Michael Jacksons Regiment

eighty M rs and served until he received a written discharge which was sent to the War office with his original declaration that he has no property except the income of said land with which he cannot support himself.
Saul Coburn //

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, Paul Coburn do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth 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 the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Paul Coburn
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Paul Coburn took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Samuel Dana Judge of said Court. "
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto 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 equivalent to an annuity of
thirty five dollars for life
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820.
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

BY THE HONORABLE MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN R. [?] Commanding the American Forces on Rappahannock River.
the [?] Being entitled for Three Years, is hereby honorably discharged from the service of the United States.
Given in the State of New York,
Day of [?]
173
By the General's Command,
COBURN, SAUL (MASS.)
S-34223

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR-GENERAL K N O X, Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
Saul Coburn soldier _____ in the light Infantry Company 3 Massachusetts Regiment, being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the 22 8 _____ Day of December — 1783 —
By the General's Command,
Knox
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
John C. Lafayette

34 223 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34 223
Carl Coburn
Dis Rev Mas
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 88
[Arrangement of 1870.]