Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4391, John Guptail, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Guptail, John
R. 4391
CONTENTS

John Grafton application for a Pension Sept. 27. 1832
13. 516
No 33.

State of Maine County of Washington
On this twenty seventh day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court be- fore the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County John Guptail aged eighty two years who being first duly sworn according to the rites and ceremonies of his faith make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. In the year 1775 he volunteered a soldier under Francis Shaw Captain - Joseph Packer 1st Lieutenant & Daniel Mer- ritt 2 Lt. He did service at Gondoboro & the vicinity guarding the outposts, bays & inlets for six months, - From the termination of this service till the Spring of 1777 he acted as a minuteman & was frequently called out to aid in protecting the coast from the inroads & dep- redations of the enemy - In the Spring of that year he volunteered under Captain Reuben Dyer - Nathan Longfellow Lieutenant for nine months - He com- menced this term of duty by going to St. John & had a skirmish there with some men sent in from the British Sloop of War Vulture - There were 19 Americans to 64 English - Many of the British were killed & the remainder driven off - Im- mediately after 600 men were sent in, & the Am- erican detachment were obliged to retreat. He re- turned to Machias & there served out the nine months - Daniel Small & Nehemiah Small served with the declarant.
After the 9 months had expired he returned to Gondoboro but still continued equipped & in readiness as a minuteman. He did not after this

enlist for any precise period. He distinctly recollects of volunteering to take a British Privateer that had cut out an American vessel from Louis' Cove. On going out the Privateer got aground. This declarant was very desirous of boarding said vessel but it was thought too hazardous. British cruisers frequently come off the coast, & often for purposes of plunder entered the Bays & creeks in the neighborhood of Guntersboro. & as often did this declarant & his companions let them know the country would not be surprised. He can truly say that his services in this way were for the last five years of the war equally as severe as his services during his regular enlistments - and all performed without compensation except the satisfaction of having served his country.
He was born at Berwick, State of Maine in the year 1750 when he supposes a record of his age can be found. He has lived at Guntersboro & Lulee since the war - He now resides at Lulee.
Daniel Small & William Adams of Lulee can testify as to his veracity & their knowledge and belief in his revolutionary services.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
John his + Gustavus mark
Sworn to & submitted the day & year aforesaid
John Dickinson Judge

W th Daniel Small & William Allen residing in Lubec hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Grafton who has subscribed & sworn to the fore- going Declaration - that we believe him to be eighty two years of age - that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & that from our own knowledge we concur in that opinion. William Allen
DANIEL SMALL
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid John Dickinson Judge
And the Court hereby declares their opinion after the investigation of the matter of the matter & putting the in- terrogatories presented by the War Department - that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution that from our own knowledge we concur in that opinion - & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel Small & William Allen who have signed the foregoing certificate are resi- dent of Lubec & credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit
John Dickinson Judge
State of Maine
County of Washington ss
I Aaron S. Raymond Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Grafton for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of Office this twenty ninth day of September A.D. 1832.
Aaron S. Raymond Register

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Guptail  Ref. 4391
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 1 Private Francis Shaw Mass.   May 26 To July 17, 1777 Reuben Dyer                              
The claim was rejected as soldier did not render 6 mos. actual service as required by the Act of June 7, 1832 under which he applied
Battles engaged in, Skirmish at St John with men sent in from the British Sloop of war Vulture
Residence of soldier at enlistment, ✓
Date of application for pension, Sept 27, 1832
Residence at date of application, Subs Washington Co Me
Age at date of application, at Berwick Me in 1752
Remarks: Since the war lived at Gouldsboro and Subs Me
Very respectfully,

1911 June 28 Hist. Soc Addis Y. Dunham. V.L.H.
Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 9, 1873.
REJECTED
4391
P. O. _____
John Guptrail
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

John Guptail
4391
Handwritten
reject

111_00070 Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Decem r 3 rd 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Gupstail as a private is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Ruben Dyer's Company, where he is allowed from May 26 th to July 17 th 1777. One month and twenty one days. m ds 1-21
John Gupstail claims for services under Capt. Francis Shaw in '75 & '76. the rolls of which are not found; except one from the 19 th of August to Decem r 31 st 1775. on which the name of John Gupstail is not borne.—
Edward D. Bangs. Leg

122-00571 Maine
Revob
John Guptrail
Rejected
Set let. 6. 1834
February — to
Wm L Jarvis
Act June 1832

95 Fremont St. Winthrop - Mass.
Commissioner of Pensions, Dear Sir; -
Was a pension ever granted to John Guplail or Guplil who enlisted from Gouldsboro, Me. May 26, 1777 as private in Capt. Reuben Dyars Company raised between Mt. Desert and Macias for expedition against St. John? Was a pension

granted to Daniel Lang who was appointed July 8, 1779 Lieutenant of the ship Hampden by the committee of Safety for the Penobscot expedition? New Hamp- shire Records. If either or both were granted will you please send me a copy? These men were my great, great-grand fathers. Thanking you in advance, I am
Yours respectfully (ms) Adair Gove Dunham
June 23, 1911

100575 127 Tulsa Jan'y 7 1839
J L Edward Esq
Sir
I send herewith the papers in the cons of Daniel Small Isham Small & William Allen - with Edward D Bongs certificates in these & in John Gupstail's case -
I wish to make one remark - that in drawing up the original application I inserted the names of those that did the same service in each other's applications. This proof has been wholly overlooked. For instance Daniel Small swears that John Gupstail & Isham Small served 9 mos. & 10 days with him -
I wish E. Ransdell's case decided - He claims only for the 6 mos & over which is proved by the rolls - His service on board the private armed vessel is not provided for in the act of June 7 1872 -
If Mr. Vinscomb be entitled to any thing I pray it may be allowed him. He can get no fee for the proof unless he goes to Mass & that he is too poor & old to do.
Yours &c J. H. Miley