Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29229, Leonard Hoar, Mass.
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SERVICE                              NUMBER
Mass.       Hoar, Leonard    S29229
CONTENTS
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15946
Massachusetts
Leonard Hoar
Lincoln in the State of Massa
who was a Private in the Company commanded 
by Captain Hartwell of the Rgt commanded by Col Dyke in the Massa 
line for 17 months & 10 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of ~57~Dollars ~78~ Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of Aug
1833 and sent family
Dana Groton Massa
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $115.56
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  38.89
$144.45
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by D D Adison Clerk,
Book E  Vol. 2d Page 34
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Leonard Hoar
21,527
Private 17 Mo 10 days
19 & 16 ol
March 11 1833
J Dana E.
Present
P. 291
56.67
  1.11
 57.78
Sand Dana Esq
        Groton Mas
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BRIEF in the case of Leonard Hoar of Lincoln in the State of Mass
(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? 74 years
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 1776 Years, 2 Months, 17 Days as a Private  apt Hartwell Col Dyke
1777 5 months, 0 Days As a Private   Capt Hunt Col Brooks
1779   3 months 0 days  Capt Thomas  Cap t Read
1779   1 month 17 Days Private   Capt Lawson   Col Pierce
17780  1 mo 2 days  Private Capt Andrews Col Hows
5. In what battles was he engaged?  None stated
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Lincoln Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, incidental evidence or by the rolls? 1 living witness & traditionary evidence & documentary proof
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication: and if so, in what respect? Witness not stated as culible, papers not properly attached. See long brief
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D D Addison 
Examining Clerk
See Bangs certificate attached
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Declaration of Leonard Hoar
Leonard Hoar
21527
Address "Sam" Daud Esqr
               Groton, Ms"
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 County of Middlesex      SS.
On this Seventeenth day of August  A.D.1832   personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate now sitting at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid----
Leonard Hoar -- of Lincoln in said County aged Seventy four years Who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1833. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
1.	Anno Domo 1776 he engaged for 3 mo to guard the shores after the British evacuated Boston was encamped at Dorchester Heighths in the Company of Capt John Hartwell of Lincoln L1. W[hen] in Col Dykes Regt he was taken by Capt Hartwell as his waiter and served out his three months and was dismissed. 
2.	In the year 1777 he engaged to serve five months in Guarding Bargoynes troops as Prospect hill in the company of Capt Simon thens in Colo Eleasor Brooks Regt. where he served out his time of five months and was dismissed—
3.	In the year 1779 he engaged for three months to go to Rhodeisland and enlisted in the company of Capt Maild of Carlisle Colo Jacobs Regt marched into the Island, and there principally did duty with his company untill he compleatd his three  months and was discharged.
4.	In 1779 he engaged to go to Rhodeisland for two months, was in the Company of Capt Lawson Barkminster in Colo Peirce’s Regt he marched to Providence, was marched to Territown was at Howlands ferry and served out his term and was dismissed.
5.	In 1780 he engaged to go to Rhodeisland again for 5 months and enlisted in Capt ----- Andrews Company in Colo Hows Regt. He proceeded to Rhodeisland went on to Newport and there served out his term of five months and was dismissed
6.	In AD 1777 he volunteered to go after Bargoyne his engagement was for 30 days his Captain was Samuel Trawar of Lenides and he believes his Colo was Jona Reid of Littleton, they arrived at the camp just after the firing ceased, and Bargoyne surrendered, the volunteers were retained to guard the Captured army to Cambridge and he wintered with them, to their encampment at Prospect hill and having served two months from the time we left home till we reached home again, having been dismissed after all things were settled at .. hill but for this service he has no proof.
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He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except, the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State,
Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
                              L P Gray               JProb  Leonard Hoar
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex 
We Ezra Ripley D.D. a Clergy man residing in the town of Concord in the county of Middlesex aforesaid, and Abiel Heywood of the same Concord …. Hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Leonard Hoar who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed
Before me Saml Davis jus Peace           Ezra Ripley
Abiel Heywood
   And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 the Revd Ezra Ripley DD. Who has signed the preceding Certification is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Concord in said County and that Abiel Heywood Sigs… is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. S P Gray JProb
I Isaac Estne a Registrar or Clerk of the Court of Probate in and for the county of Middlesex do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains, the original proceedings, of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Leonard Hoar for a pension
   In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this seventeenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two
                                                              Isaac Estne   Chef of Probate
   I further testify that Samuel P P Gray Esqr is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, and that his signature to the annexed Deposition is genuine, In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said court
     Isaac Estne Reg
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COMMONWEALTHH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, to wit:
At the Court of Probate begun and holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex on the seventeenth day of August A. D. 1832.  On the application of Leonard Hoar claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution the following interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:

1.  Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Lincoln Mass. June 29th A. D. 1758

2.  Have you any record of your age and where is it?
Answer, I have a [illegible] family record [illegible] of my age.

3.  Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live  Answer, In Lincoln where I always have and now do live.

4.  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?  Answer, My service was always voluntary and of my accord.

5.  State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental, and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer  I remember to have seen Gen. Gates of the North wars & Gen. Sullivan at Rhode Island
b. Did you receive a written discharge from service? Answer I never recd. any such discharge.

6.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Nehemiah Abbott, Rev. Dort Ripley, Isaac Munson, Elijah Fish, Mr. James Baker, Mr. Hager Schetmen of Lincoln.
Leonard Hoar
Sworn to S. P. P. Fay [illegible]
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29229
Revy INVALID.

File No 22,229
Leonard Hoar
Pri. Rev. War
Act:  June 7th 32
Index:  Vol. 2, Page 192

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Edward Hoar
filed 12 April [illegible - 2]
The only enquiry is
how long a time did
Edmund Hoar serve
as a Sergeant, as
per the Maj's rolls
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Edmund Hoar a pensioner of New York
Law of 1818
Courts Certificate of the date of
his death, & name of children filed
about
12 April 1852
from Arad Joy
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Edmund Hoar
pensioner
Law 1818
New York
from
Arad Joy
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Affidavit of
Joseph Stone
in the ease of 
Leonard Hoar
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Joseph Stone of Wester in the County of Middleson
and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, agreed
to testify & say that I am acquainted with Leonard Hoar of Lincoln in [illegible] county & have known him ever since the year 1776; the said Hoar served in the Revolutionary war to my knowledge at the following [illegible]
he enlisted into a Company commanded by Cap. Hartwell in a Regiment under the command of Col. Dike & went to Dorchester
Heights & served three months; in the fall of 1777 he again enlisted into a company commanded by Col. Heald & Regiment under the command of Col. Eleazer Brooks & went
to Cambridge to guard [illegible] in the
service at this time for months;-- In 1779 he
enlisted into a company commanded by Cap. Heald or Hale in Col. Jacob's Regiment & went to Rhode Island & was in the service at this time three months:-- In 1780 he again enlisted into a company commanded by Capt.
Buckmenster under the immediate command of Gent. Cornwall in Rhode Island & was in the service two months; & in 1781 he again
enlisted into a company commanded by Cap. Andrews in Col. Cyprian [illegible] Regiment & was in the seven at this time in Rhode Island for the term of three months; I was during the whole of the foregoing periods a soldier in the same companies with the said Hoar & enlisted at the same times & am
well knowing
to his having served as above stated
-
Joseph Stone
[illegible] Aug. 17th 1832 Sworn to before
and I do hereby certify that S P P Fay J. Brok had said Joseph Stone is a respectable man & worthy of Credit Saml P. P. Fay
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21527
Leonard Hoar

17 10
S. Dana
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Leonard Hoar which require further proof or explanation.

I.  Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes  [illegible]
III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  Yes
V.  *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  Yes
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  Yes
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  Yes
VIII..  Has the Court given their opinion?  Yes
IX.  Has the Clerk given his certificate?  Yes
X.  Is the Clerk's seal affixed?  And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining
it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No-
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct? No
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For year
- months, and --- days, I served as a -- For -- months
and --- days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served,
and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the
pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions
merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the
officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration
of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the
applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of
the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the
regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths
must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
+QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.