Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,969, Joshua Churchill, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Churchill, Joshua
NUMBER
S. 36969
CONTENTS

13.206 Q
District of Maine Joshua Churchill
of Bristol in the state of District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Jackson of the Mapachy 1st line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of D. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 of July 1818 and to Sarah Albion H. Davis Paris D. of Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819. 87. 4 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep 1819. 48. 0 10 Mo. \frac{24}{30} \frac{4}{31} $135. 40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued.
Notification sent to Mrs. Black Paris, Maine 11 Aug 1820.

I Abraham Caswell of Scituate in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do on oath testify and say that I was a soldier in the War of the Revolution; that I enlisted for the term of three years and served till I was honorably dis- charged. I was in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment under Col. Pitman in General Paterson's Brigade. While I was in the service I was well acquainted with Joshua Churchill then of Plymouth, in the County of Plymouth, now of Sumner in the County of Oxford, in the same State who served in the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment under Col. Jackson in the same Brigade. From the Spring of 1782 to the fall or winter of 1783 I was in habits of daily intimacy with said Churchill and know that he served during the whole time aforesaid. We were discharged on the same day which was in December 1783 and returned home together, the said Churchill then living at no great distance from me. I saw said Churchill's discharge and know that he was honorably discharged -
Abraham Caswell

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss. Taunton May 6 th 1819 Then personally appeared Abraham Caswell and made oaths to the truth of the within Affidavit, by him subscribed-
Before me Marcus Morton Justice of Peace and Member of Congress.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Abraham Caswell that he is a man of veracity and his testimony entitled to full credit Marcus Morton

I Joshua Churchill, a resident citizen of the United States of America, an inhabitant of Sumner in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say, that on the last of April or first of May in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty, I enlisted into the army of the United States of America on the continental establishments for the term of three years, as a private soldier, in Captain Thomas Hartshorn's company in Colonel Michael Jackson's Regiment and General John Putnam's Brigade, in which company I served for more than two years, & was transferred into Captain Oliver Rouse's company of the Third Massachusetts Regiment, in which last mentioned company I served until the seventeenth day of December 1783, when I received an honorable discharge from the service. I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, and that I am not borne on any pension list of the United States.
Joshua Churchill
I John Fletcher of Sumner in the County of Oxford & State of Massachusetts do testify and say, that I was in the revolutionary war during the period that the above named Joshua Churchill served and was in the same Regiment, and that, to my knowledge he served as is above stated for two years or more.
I Daniel Packard of Buckfield in the John Fletcher County of Oxford & State of Massachusetts do testify & say that I was in the continental service during the revolutionary war at the period that the above named Joshua Churchill served and was in the same Regiment and have no doubt that he served during the time & in the manner above stated.
Daniel Packard

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Joshua Churchill the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the affidavits of John Fletcher & Daniel Packard, fellow soldiers with said applicant in the war of the revolution, made & signed in my presence, which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Joshua Churchill the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion L. Parrie
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do further certify that it has been proved to my satisfaction that the above named Joshua Churchill in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of the assistance of his country for support.
A. L. Parrie U. S. Dist. Judge

From the united testimony of all who have any knowledge of the within named Joshua Churchill, I have not the least doubt but he was, in the continental army sufficient to entitle him to pension. He has produced as additional proof the depositions of Elijah Packard and Abraham Cassell, and would have produced more, had it been necessary
Daniel Packard and John Fletcher are both personally known to me as credible witnesses -
Alston H. Purvis U.S. Dist. Judge
Joshua Churchill - Mr. Jackson's Ref. Might H. Line.
1 st May 1700 to 17 Oct. 1783
7 th April 1818 -
Admitted
Joshua Churchill

Joshua Churchill
N o 13204-
Continued
17 July 1819
Continued

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820 before the Honorable Benjamin Green Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 15th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford - Joshua Churchill aged seventy eight years, resident in Oxford - Sumner in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Hays in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 7th day of April A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13204 was granted. 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particu- larly described below, also subscribed by me.
Joshua Churchill
Sworn to and declared, on the 15th day of June A.D. 1820.
Benjamin Green Judah Dana
BEFORE
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz: - three fourths of an acre of land - one half of a miserable house twenty feet by sixteen - one miserable barn twenty by fourteen - two cows - one horse fifteen years old - one swine - twelve sheep - eight lambs - one axe - one scythe - one hoe - one spinning wheel - two pots - one kettle - crockery & earthen ware to the amount of one Dollar & fifty cents - four tubs - three pails - one churn - six knives & forks - Joshua Churchill

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joshua Churchill who by occupation am a farmer — which I am un able to pursue by reason of  lameness and other infirmity —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Elizabeth wife of said Joshua 74 infirm   Sara Keen a hired girl — 16- Joshua Churchill  
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford — do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 ninety four dollars and fifty cents. $94.50
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clark } Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford —

36969 Rev INVALID.
File No. 36,969
Joshua Churchill Rev Rev 1820
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 582
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Oxford ss.
I the subscriber, clerk of the judicial courts in the county of Oxford, hereby certify that Samuel J. Brown, and the Rev. Morcus Norton, named in the depositions annexed, are, & for a long time have been Justices of the Peace, acting under the authority of said Commonwealth, and that full faith and credit are due to their official acts. Witness my hand & the seal of said county this nineteenth day of June A.D. 1819.
Thomas Clarke.

I Elizabeth Packard, wife of Daniel Packard of Bedford in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath declare that I was in the American Army during the revolutionary war for the term of three years and upwards doing the service of a washwoman my said husband then being a soldier in said army and I further say that I well remember that Joshua Churchill now resident in Sumner in said County of Oxford was then a soldier in said Army - I recollect of his being in the service under Captain Thomas Hartshorn of Col. Michal Jackson's Regiment from the spring of the year 1781 to the June in 1783 when my husband was discharged & we left the Army and said Churchill in said service  While During said period I was well knowing to the service of said Churchill as aforesaid having frequently done his washing and being constantly in the habit of seeing him in the capacity of doing the duty of a soldier - During a great portion of the service of said Churchill he was stationed at West Point, but he was often absent from there on various duties for
Elizabeth + Packard Mark
State of Massachusetts, County of Oxford ss. Bedford June 17. 1819
Personally appeared the above named Elizabeth Packard to me well known as a woman

of veracity and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her signed taken at the request of Joshua Churchill therein named and to be used before the Hon. A. R. Parris, Judge of the United States for the District of Maine in an application by him said Churchill made for a Certificate of his being entitled to a pension agreeable to an Act of Congress passed March 18. 1818 — Done before me Samuel Brown Justice of the Peace