Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,329, for Job Keech, Rhode Island
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SERVICE
R.I.

[starred] 
Keech, Job

NUMBER
S. 21,329

carded
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988.
Rhode Island
Job Keech of Providence in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Olney of the Regt commanded by Col Lippitt in the R.I. line for 18 mos from 1776

Inscribed on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 60 Dollars – Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 23rd day of October 1832 and Sent Benjn Cowell Providence R.I.

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $90
Semi=anl. Allowance ending 4 Mar 33 – 30
$120

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J H McBlair Clerk,
Book D Vol. 3rd Page 119.
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[diagonal writing] Revolutionary

21,329
INVALID.

File No. 21,329
Job Keech
Pri Rev War

Act: June 7" 32"
[I]ndex: -- Vol. 2, Page 217

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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5324
Job Keech
Providence
R.I.

18 Months
W.C.E
7 Months Service proved by the testimony of one witness certified to be credible

Adm
JLE
$23.33
Benj Cowell
Prov 
R.I.
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5324
BRIEF in the case of Job Keech of Scituate of Prov. Cy in the State of R. Island
(Act 7 June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? -
3. How old is he? 74
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period. | Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days.  | Rank. As a | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.

In 1776
Jany to Augt [footnote symbol] | - [footnote symbol] 7 - | Col. Lippitt Capt. Olney
'76 - Dec. | - 1 - | do | Col Chad Brown
'77 Jany | - 3 - | do | Col. Brown Capt Whipple
Says that in 75 he was [illegible] in active service as a [underscored] minute man [/underscored] | - 7 - | do | does not say who was Capt. 

5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Scituate

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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
Clergyman's Certificate not [underlined] filled up [/underlined]

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Wm. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.

[footnote symbol] enlisted for one year dischd. in Augt on acct of sickness

[bottom right hand side of page, vertical writing] 
[footnote symbol] Proved by the testimony of [illegible writing at far edge of the page]
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Job Keech

No. 5324.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
Rhode-Island District, sc.
County of Providence 
On this 13th day of July A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, being a special District Court of the United States within and for said District, now in session-- Job Keech a resident of Scituate in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 74 years, who being first 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 7, 1832, viz. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. 
That he was born the 11th day of September 1757 at Scituate in this State his birth is recorded in his family Bible, he lived in Scituate at the time of his enlistment and have always lived [crossed out] in Scituate [/crossed out] there 
he enlisted as a private in Jany 1776 in Capt Job Olneys company & Col Lippitts regiment for one year but was discharged in August following on account of sickness -- then he again enlisted in Decr 1776 for one month and was at Bristol under Capt S. Smith & Col Chad Browns regiment - In January 1777 he again enlisted for three months under Capt B Whipple & Capt John Eddy & Col Browns regiment – [crossed out] afterwards [/crossed out] he [crossed out] again [/crossed out] Before any of the above services he  enlisted in a company of Minute Men for two years under Capt Andrew Waterman and was in actual service about 7 months in the year 1775 - from all which he was honourably discharged was on Prudence Island in a severe engagement- 
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. Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
Job Keech
Benja Cowell 
We, a Clergyman, residing in the and residing in hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age, that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.  Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
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 Revolutionory Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Benaiah Sweet [crossed out] who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the who also signed the same [/crossed out]
 testified as aforesaid is a resident in the City of Providence and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, BENJAMIN COWELL, Clerk of said District Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Job Keech for a pension.
 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 10 day of August 1832 
Benja Cowell Clk
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I Beneniah Sweet of Providence in the State of Rhode Island &c on solemn oath depose and say That I am well acquainted with Mr. Job Keech of the Town of Situate in this State I have known him and have occasionally seen him ever since I was in the Revolutionary war of this country, said Keech enlisted in a company of Volunteers in the year 1775 soon after the battle of Lexington. The company was Commanded by Andrew Waterman I was in said company with Keech, The day we enlisted or formed the Company I do not now recollect but we started to go to said Battle of Lexington which battle being fought before we arrived there our company returned and became a company of minute men and continued to be commanded by said Andrew Waterman until the month of December following. This company was composed of men who had volunteered to do service and march anywhere where our services were required during the war. We at one time went to Block Island by orders from the State to our Captain, we watched the Shores of the Narragansett and Connonicut, Newport &c &c. the whole season and afterwards were called upon whenever we were not in other service at one time in the month of December we had a battle with a boat load of British mariners which landed from a British man of War, they burnt some house on the Shores of Prudence and were seen by us and driven of after a pretty smart [illegible], some were wounded on our side and a number were killed and wounded among the British, we were out on service during the greatest part of the season of 1775 said Keech always being present and on faithful service and duty. In January 1776
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a company was enlisted in the Town of North Providence commanded at the time by Capt Job Olney which company was to help compose the Regiment of Rhode Island called the Lippitt Regiment Mr Keech went to said North Providence and enlisted in said company. He enlisted at the same time I did, some time in the month of August following our Regiment was ordered to march and join the continental army on Harlem heights, Mr Keech was thought to be unable to march so far and was discharged. He served in said regiment from the first of January 1776 to the said month of August  said Keech was I think always considered as one of the company of Volunteer minute men and as was understood at the time did march at various times other than in aforesaid, but not now particularly reccollected [sic] by this deponent
Beneniah Sweet
Providence June 21. 1882 
Then the aforenamed deponent appeared before me and subscribed the aforegoing deposition in my presence and made solemn oath to the same said deposition was reduced to writing by me in the presence of the deponent The character of said deponent for truth & veracity is good 
Attest w. Aplin Jus. C.C. Pleas
State of Rhode Island & Providence Sc
I William R Watson Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Providence in said State, hereby certify, that William Aplin whose name is above written, is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid; that the signature above written, purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of said Aplin, and that full faith & credit are due to the official attestations of said Aplin 
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 16th day of July 1832 at Providence
Wm R Watson