Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,060, for Ezekiel Peirce, Massachusetts
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Service Number
Mass. Peirce, Ezekiel S.41,060
Contents
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4,580
Vermont Roll
Ezekiel Peirce
Gen. Ward's Reg.
Private 4
Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the roll of Vermont
at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence
the 15th day of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of Nov. 1818
and sent to Phinehas White [illegible]
Putney Windham Co.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 [illegible] $20/30 37.35
Semi-anl. all''ce ending [illegible] March 1819 48
Ward Regt. 85.33
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
One year 1776
Continuing
Putney-Windham
Continued on roll under the law
of [illegible] March 1820, notification
Elliott [illegible] 12 July 1820
Windham Co.
Bramleton
20  times 8 = 160 divided by 36
535
32
$37.33
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Ezekiel Peirce Appl.
Admitted
[illegible] [crossed out]
not on roll [crossed out]
The above endorsement
"Inadmissible" [illegible] was
made by mistake. The
years service has been
uniformly considered by that
[illegible] as on the Continental
establishment so far as
I have had the honor of being
acquainted with his
decisions.
P. White [illegible] Jr. [signature]
W.G. [illegible]
Certificate to be forwarded
to . P. White [illegible] Vt
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To [illegible] White esq. Chief Judge of the 
Court
within and for the county of Windham and state of Vermont
I Ezekiel Peirce of Putney in the county & state [illegible]
claiming the benefit of an Act of Congress passed on
the 18th day of March in the present year of our Lord 1818
entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the
land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary
War" do in pursuance of the provisions of the
said act, here, upon oath, make the following declaration, to wit, that I served in the War of the Revolution 
on the Continental Establishment, as follows---
I first enlisted in the month of June 1775 for the term of eight months
in the regiment under Co. Jona,. Ward, of the Massachusetts
Line in the company of Capt. Josiah Fay and faithfully
served out said term. At the expiration of which term I again
enlisted for the term of one year longer in the same regiment
and company as [illegible], and regularly and faithfully served out said last mentioned term and was regularly and honorably
dismissed with the regiment by one general order
without any written  discharges to individuals in January
1777 (if I rightly remember) at a placed called Peekskill
in the state of New York.
And I do further, upon oath, declare that I am nowI 
advanced in years, in feeble health, and by reason of my
reduced circumstances I need the assistance of 
my country for support.
In witness whereof I hereto set my hand this 15th day of April Anno Domini 1848.
Ezekiel Peirce [signature]
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{State of Vermont Windham County}
Be it remembered that on this 15th day of April A.D. 1878
Ezekiel Peirce, the foregoing applicant, personally appearing, made solemn oath
to the truth of the preceding
Declaration by him submitted
in due form of same before
me Phinehas White Chief
Judge of Windham County
Court-
And I do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction
that the said Ezekiel Peirce did serve in the
Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration
against the common enemy, for more than nine
months on continental establishment. And I do
now transmit the proceedings and testimony [illegible]
taken before me to the Secretary of the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the  aformentioned
act of Congress-

In witness whereof I hereunto set my official signature
and have caused the seal of Windham
County Court to be affixed.
Phinehas White
Chief Judge
of Windham
County Court
To the Hon the Jury
of the Department of War
Windham
Nov. 17th 1828
 I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with Ezekiel Peirce, the foregoing
applicant and know him to retain the character of an honest
upright man [illegible] and in indigent circumstances-
P. White Chief Judge
of Windham Court
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I John Hasey of Londondery in the County of Windham & State of Vermont do depose & say that I was in the revolutionary war in the Massachusetts Line in the Regiment commanded by Col. Ward during the term of the eight months service, and also, at the expiration of said 8 months, in the service one year after; and I also enlisted into the three years service. I was acquainted with Ezekiel Peirce now of the town of Putney in the county of Windham aforesaid, and knows that the said Ezekiel Peirce was in the service in the same regiment with me through the eight month service, and also through the years service; and that said Ezekiel Peirce did serve in the war of the Revolution one year & eight months at one time, in the Massachusetts line & Regiment commanded by Col. Ward, and further say not.

John Hasey

State of Vermont
Windham County ss.} September 10th 1818

Then personally appeared John Hasey and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, he is a person of credit. Before me

Phins White
Chief Judge of Windham County Court
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Jno. Hasey
Deposition for E Peirce
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I John Wyman of Dummeston in the County of Windham and State of Vermont testify and say that I was a Lieutenant in the eight months service in the revolutionary war in the year 1775 in Colo. Whitcomb's regiment under Capt. Abner Cranson. I was also in the years service in the year 1776 in Colo Daniel Whitcomb's regiment as of Rhode Island and I further sau that I was acquainted with Ezekiel Peirce (now of Putney in the County of Windham and State of Vermont) and that said Peirce was a soldier in said eight months service under Captain Josiah Fay and in Colo Jonathan Wards Regiment in the Massachusetts line, and that I was also acquainted with said Peirce in said years service in the  year 1776 and said Peirce was a private soldier in said years service under the same officers that he was under in the eight months service, that I frequently saw said Peirce while in said eight months service and also in said years service, and said Peirce was considered a good soldier. I also further say that in my opinion said Peirce is entitled to, and well deserving a pension by the provision of an act of Congress passed March 18, 1818.
Dummeston April 12, 1818

John Wyman

State of Vermont
Windham County ss} Dummeston April 12, 1818

Personally appeared the above named John Wyman and made solemn oath that the above statement by him subscribed contains the truth and nothing but the truth. Before me

Marshal Miller Justice of the Peace

The above named Jno Wyman with whom I am personally acquainted is a person of credit.

P White G.J.W.C.C.
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I hereby certify that Marshall Miller Esq is an acting magistrate within the county of Windham and that I am well acquainted with John Wyman the deponent & said Ezl Peirce the applicant, they both sustain a fair character as men of truth and veracity.

P White Chief Judge of W.C. Ct.
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No. 65

Ezekiel Pierce
Application for Pension
Windham County Vermont
[Copy]
4580
continued
26 Nov 1818
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STATE OF VERMONT

COUNTY of WINDHAM ss.

At the County Court, begun and held at New-Fane, within and for the County of Windham, in the second Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty.....

PRESENT- Hon. PHINEAS WHITE, Esq. Chief Judge
Hon. JOHN ROBERTS}
Hon. GILBERT DENISON, Esqrs.} Assistant Judges

ON this twentieth day of June, A.D> 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount ,keeping a record of their proceedings, and having, in certain cases, the power of fine and imprisonment, Ezekiel Pierce aged 66 years, resident in Putney 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: That he enlisted for eight months in 1775 in Captain Josiah Fay's Company in Colo. Jonathan Wears Regiment, he enlisted again Jan. 1, 1776 for one year in the same company in the same regiment, in the Massachusetts line in the continal establishment, was at Dorchester Point in a cannanade, afterwards marched to New York, where Captain Fay was promoted to a Major, a Lieutenant Cleveland appointed Captain in his stead, was at Long Island Battle, then was taken sick and carried to New Jersey, and joined the regiment at Pickskill in New York, and was discharged the last day of Dec. 1776. In 1777 I was in Bennington Battle.

That he has received a pension under the act of the Congress of the United States of the 18th March, 1818, that the number of his pension certificate of 4580 and the date of his original declaration is the 15 day of April 1818.

And I do solemnly swear, That I was a resident citizen of the United States in 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 being 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.

Ezekiel Pierce

SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted.
That I have a life hear of about thirty acres of land with poor buildings thereon, which would rent for about twenty dollars a year, & one cow. And that I am owing more than four hundred dollars.

Ezekiel Pierce

AND I do also swear that my occupation is that of a farmer, that I a wife aged 59 years, both of us inform and unable to perform but very little labour.

Ezekiel Pierce

SWORN to and DECLARED in open court on the twentieth day of June, A.D. 1820, Before Phinehas White, JUDGE.

James Elliot, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the files and records of the said Court; And property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifteen dollars. And the annual income of real estate twenty dollars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourth day of July 1820.

James Elliot
CLERK F THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WINDHAM.
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41060
Rev. INVALID

File No. 41060
Ezekiel Peirce
Priv Rev War

Act: 18th March 18

Index:- Vol. 3, Page 390

[Arrangement of 1870]
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May 19   96
sold pensd
Mr. J.M. Bradley
Washington 
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O.W. & N. Div.
L. W. B.
I. 41060

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C.

May 19th, 1896

Madam:-

Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Ezekiel Peirce, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you are advised that he made an application for pension on April 15th, 1818, at which time he was residing at Putney, Vermont, and sixty-four years of age, and his pension was allowed for eighteen months actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Josiah Fay and Col. Jonathan Ward.

He enlisted in June 1775 (place not stated) and participated in the battles of Bennington and Long Island.

Very respectfully,

Commissioner


Mrs. J. M. Bradley,
1311 Yale St., N.Y.
Washington, D.C.