Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,754, Artemas Fish, R.I.
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Service R.I.
Fish, Artemas, Artamas
Number S 21754

Contents [blank]
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12 277
Artemas Fish
Private
18 months
[illegible]
$60-
ob5
Jan 25, 1833
Barton Babcock P215
Hon. D.J. Pearce
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12 277
Brief in the case of Artemas Fish
County of Newport in the state of Rhode Island
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? -----

3. How old is he? 78.

4.  State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period  |  Duration of Service |  Rank |  Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
In 1775 or 76  |  3 Months  |  Private | Capt. Barton, Col. Babcock
entered on board a row galley  |  not stated | " | Capt Grimes
Sub. -- |  3 months  |  "  |  Capt. Burlingham, Col. Lippitt
drafted  |  5 months  |  "  |  Capt. Sheldorin, Col. Williams
1778  |  at least 6 months  |  "  |  Capt. J. Knight, Capt. Howard
*

5. In what battles was he engaged?  Quaker Hill R.I.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Portsmouth R.I.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.

* Vol 1780
1 month  | private | Capt W Howard, Gnl Sullivan, Genl Spencer 
2 months  |  "  |  Capt. J Knight
"That he was employed in active service during the war of the revolution for about twenty six months"

Examining Clerk
F. Waugh
[illegible] 2.2.1833
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6231
Rhode Island
---
Artamas Fish
Newport in the State of R.I.
was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Barton of the Regt. commanded
by Col Babcock in the Rhode Island
for 18 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 60 Dollars - Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Feby
1833 and [illegible]
D J Pearce HB
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  90.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March  30.00
$120.00
-
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk
Book J Vol. 3 Page 111
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State of Rhode Island
Newport Newport
On this fifteenth day of September 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of probate now holden in and for said town of Newport, Artemas Fish of Newport in the county of Newport and state aforesaid, aged seventy eight years, who being first duly sworn according to law on his affirmation declares as follows, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832 that he first served as a volunteer for three months in Captain (afterwards Colonel) Barton's company in Col. Babcock's regiment on the islands of Rhode Island & Providence - that about the last of the year 1775 or the first of '76 they embarked in the evening for Providence where houses had ben burned & where it was supposed some of the British men were - that night they saw nothing of the enemy - a guard was set across the islands, & before breakfast the alarm was given that about 280 of the enemy had landed - when they engaged with the enemy there were only about sixty on the American side, and just as the enemy were about surprising them in the rear, Major Tallman [Tauman ?]  arrived with a reinforcement, and the British after several of their number were killed or woulded, retreated to their ships - Greenman & Chase were the only men wounded on the American side. 
Soon after these three months of service had expired, he entered on board a row galley under the command of Captain Grimes and whilst on board aided in the capture of an armed British brig, which was brought to the wharf in Newport and the prisoners put under the charge of Col. Richmond whose regiment was quartered on Brenton's Neck near
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Newport - that when the British took possession of Rhode Islands, he removed to Coventry in this state, and was there for three months enrolled as a substitute for James Waterman in Capt Burlington's company in, he thinks, Col. Lippitt's regiment, and employed continually in guarding the shore in East Greenwich, and thence to Warwick Neck - that in the spring of 1777, sometime in March or April, he removed to situate in this state, where it was a custom then to draft one half the militia to guard the shores, each half a month by turns, and he served actually for four months on the shore between East Greenwich & Providance under Capt. Sheldonin, he thinks, Col. Williams' regiment of militia - in the year 1778 he was employed, at least for six months on the [illegible] service in Capt. Joseph Knights company in the same regiment, & one month under Capt William Howard in Sullivan's expedition against Rhode Island - that he recollects that in the battle of Quaker Hill, Col. Williams' horse was shot under him, and that on the evening of the second day after the battle, according to the best of his recollection, they retreated to Trenton - that he also was a volunteer in Spencer's expedition under the same Capt. Howard last above mentioned - that after the British left Rhode Island, he was often called out on alarms, & in 1780 served for two months under Capt. [illegible] than Knight - that he was employed in active service during the Revolutionary war for about twenty-six months - that he was born in Portsmouth, in this state on the 28th of June, 1754, and that he has resided in Providence in this state, in Albany in New York, and in said Portsmouth and Newport since the Revolution.
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that he has no written discharge from the service, & no other record of his age over the said document herein produced he hereby relinguishes every claim
whatever to a pension annuity except the present
and declares that his name is not the pension roll of 
the agency of any state. He further states that he knows of no person living who can testify his services in the Revolutionary war, and refers to the men Michael Eddy and Green Burroughs, both residing in said Newport, for his veracity, & then testify that he served as a soldier of the Revolution.
signed Artemas Fish

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
Benjamin B Howland Ck Prob.
We Michael Eddy, clergyman, & Green Burroughs, [illegible] both residing in Newport in said state hereby certify that we are men acquainted with Artemas Fish of said Newport who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy-eight years of age; that he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion. signed Michael Eddy
signed Green Burroughs
Sworn and subscribed the date and year aforesaid
Benjamin B. Howland, Probate Clerk
The said Artemas Fish further declares that at the time of his [illegible] enlistment, he was a resident of Portsmouth in Rhode Island.
signed Artemas Fish
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
signed Benjamin B. Howland, Probate Clerk
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter and after putting
the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier,
and served as he states. And the Court further certifies
that it appears to them that Michael Eddy who has
signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident
in the town of Newport and that Green Burroughs
who has also signed the same is a resident in said
town of Newport, and is a credible person, and that
their statement is entitled to credit
I, Benjamin B Howland Clerk of the Court of Probate
of said Newport, do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court
in the matter of the application of Artemas Fish for
a pension.
In Testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and seal
of office this fifteenth day
of September the Eighteen hundred
and thirty two
signed Benjamin B Howland Probate Clerk
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Revolution
21754
INVALID
File No. 21754
Artemas Fish
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7, 32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 137

July 14 '96 sold pension
to R H Tilley  Newport R.I.
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C. W. & N. Div.
I, 21754
L. W. B.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C July 14, 1896.
Sir:
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Artemas Fisk, soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that Artemas Fish made application for pension
Sept. 15, 1832, at which time he was residing in Newport, R. I. and 78 years of age, and his pension was allowed for eighteen
months' actual service as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary War. A part of the time he served under Capt. Barton and Col. Babcock, Place of enlistment not stated. This
Bureau cannot furnish a printed copy of the Revolutionary pension roll-
Very respectfully,
Mr R. H. Tilley
State Record Commissioner,
Newport, R. I.
Commissioner,
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Office of State Record Commissioner
Newport, R. I. July 7. 1896
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: On the printed pension role (Revolutionary)
under Rhode Island, Newport Co. I find
Artamas Fisk, private, R.I. Militia & State troops; placed 
roll Feb 26. 1833, pension commenced Mar 4, 1831; age 80. The name Fisk, I think, is a mistake, and
should be Fish. I cannot find the name of
Fisk on our records but do find the name of
Artamas Fish whose age corresponds with that of
Artamas Fisk as printed in the pension roll.
can this matter be looked up and correct
if in error?
Is it possible for me to obtain a printed copy
of the Revolutionary Pension Roll for my office.
I frequently have occasion to use this roll an
am forced to use the copy in our library here.
I shall, a little later, correspond with your office
in regard to the revolutionary pensioners from this
State.
Yours respectfully
R. Hammett Tilley 
State Rec