Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,027, William Grant, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
Grant, William
NUMBER
S. 37,027
CONTENTS
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Wm Grant Private
March 77. 3 years Reads reg. New Hampshire line
15 April 1818.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
YORK, ss. }
ON this fifteenth day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears William Grant  aged 78 yrs resident in Lebanon in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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":—
That he the said William Grant in the month of March A.D. 1777 enlisted in the continental army as a private soldier under Capt James Barr of the Reg t commanded by Col George Read of the New Hampshire Line for three years - and continued to do his duty in said company and Reg t in the various places in which they were stationed until the three years for which he enlisted had expired - when he was honorably discharged by Col Read at Reading in the State of New York in March 1780. —
That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.
Benj. Greene
I, BENJAMIN GREENE, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Grant did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid—and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support.—And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
fourteenth
day of June
Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj a Greene

37027
Rev INVALID.
File No. 37027
William Grant
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 203
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Grant
5.09.01
CM
Mark 10/11

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
No property
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me William G Grand who, by occupation am a farmer which I am un able to pursue by reason of infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Mary my wife 79 yrs sickly & unable  
his William X Grand mark
STATE OF MAINE.
I, York ss. W. B. Sewall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York 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 nothing - dollars and IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twentieth day of July — A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
W. B. Sewall
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the County of York on the first Tuesday being the fourth day of July and by adjournment ad Alfred from day to day, on the eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Ch: Justice Judge of said Court.
ON this eighteenth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County William Grant aged seventy five years, resident in Lebanon 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. James Carr - in the Regiment commanded by Colonel George Read in the line of the State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fifteenth day of April A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5,898 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 hereunto 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 herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
William X Grant mark
Sworn to and declared, on the 18th day of July A.D. 1820.
BEFORE Benj: Greene Ch: Justice One of the Judges of the said Court.
Atty Daniel Sewall, Clerk

Notification sent to David Small Esq. New Brunswick Maine 31 st July 1818
5098.
Maine
William Grant
Private Capt Carr
March 77 3 years
New Hampshire
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of Jan y 1819 and sent to Benjamin Greene Esq re St. Berwick
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 4 m th  20 / 30 $ 37. 33 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March 1819 48. —
$ 85. 33
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Lebanon, York Co.
Continued.