Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33299, John Hill, Mass.

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Hill, John.
S 33299
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33 299 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,299
John Hill Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 187
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Hill 2 d
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[Faint, illegible handwriting or bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]

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 } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } 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, John Hill 2 d — resident in Stow — in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 8.447 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, John Hill 2 d of Blackstone Mass. late a 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 fourteenth — day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
“ Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
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 said Hill declared that he has no property of any kind except his necessary clothing and bedding — that he was fifty eight years of age in June 1820 — that his health is not good — that he is unable to work and has no means of supporting himself — that he has no family.
John Hill 2 d
And the said John Hill 2 d being first sworn do hereby declare that he served in the war of the Revolution four years eight months and seven — nine months in the eighth Massachusetts Regiment 1778 in Capt James Bancroft's com-

pany under col. Michael Jackson six months in 1779 in same eighth Massachusetts Regiment three years five months and nine days com- mencing in 1780 in the third Regiment of ar- tillery in capt. Henry Burbeck's company under col. John Crane. John Hill 2 d
Declared & sworn to before } Saint Dana judge etc."

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, John Hill 2 d 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.
John Hill 2 d
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed John Hill 2 d took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Samuel Dana Judge of said Court. 7
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 nothing
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

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 12 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that John Hill subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
[Signature] } Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
16 March 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, John Hill by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
[Signature] } District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.

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John Hill of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex and
District of Massachusetts a resident citizen of the United States and applicant for a pension from the United States under 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, maketh oath that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for upwards of one year years as follows - Enlisted in 1770 in the company commanded by Captain Bancroft in Colonel Jackson's regiment - and served in said corps thirteen months and was then honorably discharged and is in such reduced circumstances as to require the aid of his country.
John Hill
Massachusetts District ss. Boston 14. April 1818 Sworn to before me
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District Judge Mass. Dist.

Nathaniel Condry certifies that he knew the applicant in the Continental Army, and that he belonged to the company & regiment by him stated I was before me D. D. D.
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5997 Massachusetts.
John Hill, 2 d
Charlestown in the state of Massach ts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson , of the Massach ts line, for the term of One year .
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5. of April '19, and sent to John Davis, judge Boston, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819.  85.56
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1819.  48 "
10 mo. 17 1819. $:133.56
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{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
John Hill Massachusetts Private Jackson 1818 1819 Pension Act 18th March 1818