Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38784, John Haradon, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
or Waradon, John Waradon
S. 38784
CONTENTS

(2346) Rhode Island
John Hamadon, Corporal
Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 30th of March 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th of Sept 1818 and sent to Benj n Colwell Providence, Rhode Island .
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818  mo. 2/31 41.57 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 48.00
$89.57
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
6. (Years) 2 months
Continued Providence
April 16 - 1838 B
Notations sent Sept 27 1820 to Benjamin Colwell Providence R.I.

I John Harradon of Providence in R. I. District on oath declare that on the ninth day of June 1783, I was discharged, as a Corporal, in the army of the United States - and that my discharge certifies that I had served in the army six years and two months in the Sixth Massachusetts regiment and I here shew my discharge signed George Washington and that I need the assistance of my country for my support. John Harradon Rhode Island District March 30, 1818.
Sworn to before David Howland District Judge.

Rhode Island District 3 August 1818. This application having commenced in the Clerks office from 30 March last. to wit now, In conformity with late Directions from the Secretary of war, I certify that I am Satisfied that Mr. Haverden, rendered the Service, and is in the circumstances, required by the act of March 10, 1818, to entitle him to the benefit of that Act - and enclose his Discharge, and a certificate signed by some of the principal Merchants of Providence.
John Haverden
David Howell District Judge.
Rhode Island District ss. In Providence 3 d August 1818.
I certify that the seal of the Court and the signature of the Judge of the District Court for Rhode Island District are here affixed
Witness Benjamin Carvee CLK

John H. Ward
2346
John
March 10/19

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Providence, cc.
District Court, Special Term, June Fifth A. D. 1820
On this Fifth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for said District John Hazard aged 65 years, residing in the town of Providence in said District who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That he served more than six years in Col Hoppers Regiment of the Rhode Island Line
that he made a previous declaration on the Thirteenth day of March 1815, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 2346 And I 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: 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.
John Hazard
A SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of John Hazard 6 chairs, 1 Table, 1 pot, some knives & forks, 2 Spoons, And other than the above no property except as above excepted. And this declarant further saith that he is a house Carpenter by trade but in consequence of bodily injuries received, he is unable to work at his trade and has been for the last 2 years - That he has a wife, a sickly woman who cannot do but very little - That he is entirely dependent on the pension which he has received for support & without which he would be obliged to ask charity for subsistence, that before he received his pension he was compelled to be assisted by the Town of Providence as one of its poor
John Hazard
Rhode Island District Sworn to and declared before June 1820
District Court on the Fifth day of David Howell District Judge
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Clerk's Office of the District Court, A. D. 1820
I, Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the 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 amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Twenty dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Thirteenth day of July 1820
Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court

November 21, 1936
Mr. E. D. Weatherby #30 N. LaSalle Street, Room 1325 Chicago, Illinois
John Haradon S. 38784 Thomas Wetherbee S. 41307 BA-J/AWP
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Harden or Haradon, who served in the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts and received a pension while residing in Rhode Island, and to Thomas Weatherbee, who served in the Revolution from Massachusetts and later moved to Vermont.
The data furnished herein relative to John Haradon and Thomas Wetherbee were obtained from pension claims based upon service in the Revolutionary War.
John Haradon-S. 38784
The data in regard to John Haradon (the name is also found Harradon) which follow were found in pension claim, S. 38784, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of John Haradon are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
John Haradon served in the Revolution a part of the time as corporal in Captain Ebenezer Smith's company and Colonel Benjamin Tupper's 6th Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged June 9, 1783, after a service of six years, two months, and nine days.
He was allowed pension on his application ex-

outed March 30, 1818, then a resident of Providence, Rhode Island.
John Haradon was sixty-three years old in 1820 and then referred to his wife, but did not give her name or age. His family was also referred to, no names given. He died April 16-1838-added later
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following data:
John Harradon (as he was pensioned) Certificate # 2346 Issued September 16, 1818 Rate $8.00 per month Commenced March 30, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Rhode Island Agency.
*****
Thomas Wetherbee-S. 41307
The data which follow were obtained from pension claim, S. 41307, based upon the service of Thomas Wetherbee in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth of Thomas Wetherbee are not given, nor are the names of his parents stated.
He enlisted in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 1, 1776, at that time in the "eight months service" and served one year in Captain John Nutting's company, Colonel William Prescott's regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed, April 21, 1818, at which time he was sixty years

old and a resident of Ludlow, Windsor County, Vermont.
Thomas Wetherbee in 1821 referred to his wife as aged fifty-nine years, but did not give her name.
Daniel Wetherbee in 1819 was living in Reading, Windsor County, Vermont; he was in the service in 1776 with the Thomas Wetherbee noted above. Reference was made in 1821 to Josiah "Weatherby" and Dr. William "Weatherbee". It is not shown in the claim that these persons were related to the soldier, Thomas Wetherbee, or that they were related to each other.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., and give the following data:
Thomas Weatherbee (as he was pensioned) Certificate # 12897 Issued July 13, 1819 Rate $3.00 per month Commenced April 21, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 Vermont Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq., General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof John Harradon Corporal in the sixth Massachusetts Regiment, having faithfull- ly served the United States six years two months and and nine days and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
10th day of June 1780 -
G Washington
By His Excellency's
Command,
J Trumbull Secy
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment.
B. Tupper Adjutant.
THE above corporal John Harradon has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for six Years faithful Service. —
Maj Ebenezer Smith Captain
B. Tupper

Chicago, Nov. 2, 1936
Bureau of Pensions, Veterans Administration, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:-
The Sons of the American revolution advise me to obtain a copy of service from Pension records in your file on
Thomas Weatherbee shown in Vt. list for service in the Revolutionary War in Mass. My ancestor lived in Mass. and later moved to Vermont. I would like to have any data shown on him; also
John Harden who served in the Revolution in Mass. and Rhode Island. Name spelled Harraden too. He was born about 1741 or 2 and obtained a pension in Rhode Island.
Anything you can do to help me prove my claim for membership in the Society Sons of the American Revolution will be gratefully received.
Sincerely yours,
E. D. Weatherby
E. D. Weatherby, Room 1325, #30 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Ill.

38.784
1936-Nov. 21 - leish to E.P. Weatherby
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 38.784
John Hamadon Corp Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 8 , Page 210
[Arrangement of 1870.]

John Haraden
South
Concord

We the Subscribers being well acquainted with John Harradon of Providence do hereby believe him to be in indigent circumstances; We have known him more than Ten years last past, & have always found him an industrious man but poor & depending upon his dily Labour for Subsistence; he has a large family but none to give him any assistance
August 3 d 1818
Providence
Wm Church
Richmond Bullard
Sam Carlile
To my knowledge he has been assisted by the Overseers of the Poor of the town
Bery a Clifford
Joseph Dink
John T Spalding
John Sparre
Isaac Bowen Jr
John Hill
John Carlile
Oliver Earle