Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29089, Josiah Colburn, Mass.

SERVICE
mass.
Colburn, Josiah
NUMBER _____
S. 29089
CONTENTS

13. 940 Massachusetts
Isiah Colburn
of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Miller of the Regt commanded by Col. Whitcomb in the War of the Rebellion for 13 months
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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 43 Dollars - 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Aug 1833 and last Land.
Hana Gorton Clapp
Arrears to the 4th of March 1831 $86.66 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. 21.67
$108.33
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. C. Adawson Clerk Book 6 Vol. 2 d Page 13
87 M c Clusky

Declaration Josiah Colburn 26134
Print 13 Month Capt. Alden's Compts Get Mr. Williams Page
Sam. Vane

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the seventeenth day of August A. D. 188 2 On the application of Joseph Colburn claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born? January Answer, In St. Asaph  Mid-Wales A.D. 1753
2. Have you any record of your age, and where? in a church Answer, I have a family record, but there is an error in the record of St. Asaph of my age
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer, in Lincoln when I now live  St. Asaph since the war I have lived in Westminster Ms. , Benge & St. Peterborough St. Asaph from St. Asaph  Ms. where I now live
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? Answer, My service was always voluntary, and of my own accord
5. Did you ever receive any written discharge from service? Answer, I never received any such discharge
6. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? Answer, St. Asaph - 1775 I have seen Gen. Washington when he was in the field I have also seen Gen. Gates
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Nehemiah Abbott, Rev. Doct. Ripley, Isaac Munroe, & Elijah Fisk, James Baker, Mr. Hager Selectmen of St. Asaph
Joseph Colburn Sworn to & J. P. P. Day S. M.

He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Sworn to and
Sworn to and
Sworn to and L. A. Hay Wrote Josiah Colburn
We Ezra Ripley D.D. a Clergyman residing in the town of Concord of the same Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Colclain who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year above said before me I saw. Dana P. Pease Ezra Ripley Abiel Heywood
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that Rev. Ezra Hapley D.D. who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Cones in said County and that Abiel Heywood Esq. is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Isaac Wm. Cheytilin or A. J. Taylor Publican in and for the County of Madison Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Isaac Wm. Cheytilin for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
day of
Laurensburg

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 13558, I. 29089.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
April 25, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Asa Jones made an application for pension on May 5, 1818, at which time he was 63 years of age and residing at Chagrine, Ohio, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service as a sergeant in the Conn. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. McGregor and Col. Durkee. He enlisted at Plainfield, Conn.
Josiah Colburn made an application for pension on August 17, 1832, at which time he was 79 years of age and residing at Lincoln, Mass., and his pension was allowed for thirteen months' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Wilder and Col. Whitcomb. He enlisted at Cambridge Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Gilman D. Colburn,
West Somerville, Mass.

29089 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,089
Josiah Colburn Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1827
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Apr 25 '98 G D Colburn West Somerville 2

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office Jan y 15 th 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Josiah Colburn served under the following Officers Viz.—
   Captains Colonels Term of Service Where Stationed   When Entered Claim'd on Rolls Rolls not found   as enlisted M c days found M c Dy. found M c Dy. found M c Dy.     Rev. Wilder Whitcomb 1775 Apr 19 th 8. 2. 0 7. 9 Charn   ditto ditto ditto July 17 th 3. 13. 4. 10. Cambridge   8. 0. 0 3. 20 4. 10  
whole time of Service found, Three months & twenty days. No Discharge mention'd on either of the above Rolls.
Edward D Bangs
We the undersigned, Selectmen of the town of Prindge do certify that the above named Josiah Colburn has been an inhabitant of said town of Prindge for a number of years, and that his character for truth and veracity is unquestionably good.
Prindge March 7 th 1833
Levi Howe Stephen Jewett Luke Prigg

Ridge V.H. March 2, 1882.
I hereby certify that Mr. Josiah Colburn, named above, is a regular member of a Christian Church, that I have been acquainted with him for the last eleven years, and that he is a man of unquestionable piety. It is my belief that he is as pious, and as worthy of his whole time as any other man.
A. W. Burnham, Pastor of the First Cong. Church in Ridge Hovey Brown Deacon of the Luther Goddard Church

I, Asa Jones, of Rindge, in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire, being Seventythree years of age, do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Josiah Colburn now residing in the town of Lincoln in the State of Massachusetts, but has resided for a number of years past in the above named town of Rindge
That in the year 1876, he the said Colburn listed into the service of his Country as a private soldier in the Company commanded by Capt. Kepp of the town of Harvard in the State of Massachusetts for five months - That I listed into the same Company for the same term of time - That said Colburn & myself marched together in said Company to the City of New York at which place & various other places we served out the full term of five months & were then discharged & returned home
Asa Jones
Cheshire, ss. July 30th 1832 Then the above-named Asa Jones personally appearing, made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
Before me { Josiah Converse, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Asa Jones and believe him to be a man whose testimony may be relied on. Josiah Converse Justice of the Peace

Cheshire p. March 11. 1833
Isabell Hale, clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Joshua Converse is a Justice of the peace in and for said county, and I declare that his name was officially subscribed on the opposite Page as in his own hand writing. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Jurisdiction.
I. Hale. Clerk
50 cts

West Somerville Mass.
March 24. 1898.
Pension Bureau Washington D. C.
I am informed at the State Librarians Office that the following information can be obtained by application to your office. Any facts relating to the service of the following names. "pensioners of the Revolution" Josiah Colburn of Leominster Mass. Rosa Jones " Leesburg "
Any facts of record will be gratefully received by a grand- son of the above-named.
Gilman D. Colburn. West Somerville. Mass.