Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,855, Benjamin Horton, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Horton Benjamin
S. 32,855
CONTENTS

32 855
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File No. 32 855-
Benjamin Horton
Lin Pet War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 5 , Page 194
[Arrangement of 1870.]

8,998
Massachusetts.
Benjamin Horton, of Sherburne, in the state of Massach ts . who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth of the Massach ts . line, for the term of three years.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts , at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5. of April 249. and sent to John Davis, Judge. Boston, Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. . . 85.03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4-Sept. 48. "
10 mo. 15 1819. 5: 133. 03
84 307 31 . 54
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

No 452
Benjamin Hooton private Middlesex Regt Mass line, 7th thru grand 16 April 1868
Ingraham's certificate as to claimant's circumstances wanted Adm.
Court by Rev

United States, Massachu ts District Benjamin Horton of Sherburne Mass ts a resident citizen of the United States, maketh oath; that he served in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishments as a private soldier; that in January A.D. 1777 he enlisted in Capt n Alexander's Company, Colo y Wigglesworth regiment, Gen l Glover's brigade; that he served in that company for the term of three years; that at the close of that term he received an hon- ourable discharge in writing which is lost; that in consequence of his reduced circum- stances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support Witness Leonard Freeman Benjamin Horton mark
Massachusetts District } March 16 March 1819 }
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
16 March 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Benjamin Horton by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c Daws
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
M c Daws
{ Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

United States, Massachusetts District Benjamin Horton of Sherburne Mass. a resident citizen of the United States, maketh oath; that he served in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishments as a private soldier; that in January A.D. 1777 he enlisted in Capt n Alexander's Company, Colo d Wigglesworth regiment, Gen l Glover's brigade; that he served in that company for the term of three years; that at the close of that term he received an hon- ourable discharge in writing which is lost; that in consequence of his reduced circum- -stances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support Witness Leonard Freeman Benjamin Horton his mark
Massachusetts District } June 16. April 1818 }
MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 12 A. D. 1818
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Benjamin Horton 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 testimo- ny 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 per- "sons 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 marked A 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.
M Davis
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

United States, Massachu ts District Benjamin Horton of Sherburne Mass. a resident citizen of the United States, maketh oath; that he served in the war of the Revolution on the Continental establishments as a private soldier; that in January A.D. 1774 he enlisted in Capt n Alexander's Company, Colo d Wigglesworth regiment, Gen l Glover's brigade; that he served in that company for the term of three years; that at the close of that term he received an hon- ourable discharge in writing which is lost; that in consequence of his reduced circum- -stances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support Witness Leonard Freeman Benjamin his Horton mark
Massachusetts District ss.
Sworn to before me
Boston 16 April 1818
M c Dear Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

8998
Benjamin Norton
April '19
[Large handwritten mark or signature]
TEMP. V.D. 183

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 September 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, Benjamin Horton — resident at
Sherburne in the said county of Middlesex
in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 8.998 — 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, Benjamin Horton — 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 sixteenth 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, “one case of drawers 3.00
  one chest 0.20 2 tables 1.00 } 4.20   1 bundle Stands 25 cts. 12 old flag bottoms   and other chairs 1.00 } 1.25   1 pair of Andirons shovel & tongs 1.00   iron pot tea kettle & skillet & spider } 2.50   1.00 one old axe & hoe 50 cts   A small lot of crockery ware 1.00 spinning } 1.50   wheel 50 cents   1 barrel & tubs 20 cts sundry other articles } 5.20   altogether not of the value of 5.00   14.65 
“All the foregoing articles very old and in use many years. He has no income of any kind except his pension being sixty eight years old and unable to work from age and bodily infirmities”

he has no wife nor child and is afflicted with the palsy - he further on oath declares that he enlisted and served in the Revolutionary war in the Massachusetts line of the army viz. for the year 1776 in Col. Prescott's Regiment and Capt. Moses's company and immediately after in Col. Wiggles- worth's Regiment and Capt. Alexander's company for three years, he was in the battle of Bunker hill in Col. Jonathan Brewer's Regiment and Capt. Bul- lard's company
Benjn. X Horton's mark
Attest
W. Wetmore
Sworn to before
Wm. Wetmore Judge
abovenamed. " }

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm. Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, Benjamin Horton 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. Atte W. Wetmore  Benjamin Horton's mark
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. Sept. Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Benjamin Horton took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Wm. Wetmore, 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
fourteen dollars & sixty five cents
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 Sept. 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow