Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,482, for John Pollard, Massachusetts
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SERVICE
Mass.

Pollard, John

NUMBER

S. 33.482
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9981  R

Massachusetts.

John Pollard 2d
of Mount Washington in the state of Mass.
who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Jackson of the Mass.
line for the term of three years.

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 7th of May, 1818.

Certificate of Pension issued the 29th of Apl. 1819
and sent to Jos. Woodbridge Esq.
Stockbridge, Mass.

Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819.o ms. 29/  $79.48
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept. 1819  $48.00
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                                                                 $127.48
Continued

***VERTICLE WRITING ON RIGHT SIDE***

Notification sent September 6th 1820 to
Parker L. Hall [illegible] Massachusetts
Certificate certified 26 [illegible] 1827, and sent to
[smudged and illegible]........................[illegible]
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John Pollard
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY, S.S

On this seventh day of May in the year of our Lord 188
before the subscriber Samuel Putnam one of the Justices of the Supreme [illegible]
Govt of sd. Comweth (said Commonwealth)  personally appeared John Pollard
aged sixty six years, resident of the Town of Mount Washington in the County
of Berkshire aforesaid, in the said District-- who being by me first duly sworn 
according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to
obtain the provisions made by the late 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:" That he the said John Pollard enlisted in Taunton in the State of
Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Pierce, of the Regt. 
commanded by Col. Michael Jackson in the month of March 1780, for the term of
three years.
That he continued to serve in the said corps, in the service of the United States, until
the latter part of the month of December 1782.  when he was discharged from service 
in West Point State of New York, that in the year 1775 he served at Roxbury in the 
Company Commanded by Capt. Williams of Col. Walkers Regt. the full tour of eight months. that he served in the year 1776 about six weeks in the Company commanded by Capt. Josiah Crocker at Rhode Island in the State of Rhode Island.
That he was in the battle at Rhode Island in Sullivan's expedition so called;-- and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support; and relinquishes any claim to any other [illegible] but this.  And
that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
(signature of John Pollard)
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
(signature of S. Putnam) Just.
S.S. Court of Mass.

I Samuel Putnam Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said John Pollard did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War,
pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.  Given under my
hand & the seal of said Court the 7th May 1818.
S. Putnam Just. S S Court of Mass.

I JOSEPH WOODBRIDGE, Clerk of the  Supreme Judicial Court within for the County of Berkshire do certify and attest, that the abovenamed Samuel Putnam is one of the 
Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court aforesaid and that the foregoing is his signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, the 
day and year first above written. 
(signature of Jos. Woodbridge Clk.)
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1191

John Pollard 2d.

9981 Apl. 19
Sep. 1819
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District of Massachusetts, ss: 

On this 28th day of June 1820; Personally appeared in open Court before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, begun and holden at Lenox, within and for the County of Berkshire, in the Western Circuit, on the 4th Monday of June 1820, the same Court, being a Court of record for said Circuit; proceeding according to the course of the common Law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power to fine and imprisonment, John Pollard 2nd aged sixty eight years, resident in Mount Washington in the County of Berkshire aforesaid, 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 in the company commanded by Captain Pierce in the regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment. That his original declaration is dated May 7th 1818 and that his pension certificate is numbered 9.981. 

And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident Citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent, thereby so to diminish it, as to bring 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 18th day of March, 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me and 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—schedule of property, necessary clothing, and bedding excepted—to wit: 

[written on left side of line] 
one old mare & colt 
one cow 
1 [illegible] — 1.50 
2 pots & kettles — 1.50 
2 old [illegible] — .62 
6 dishes to eat in — .50 
3 knives and forks —.50  

[written on right side of line] 
all of these articles have [illegible] since I received my pension & I now owe more than sufficient to take all the property that I have mentioned in this declaration  

[written below] 
That I am by occupation labourer— that from my age I cannot do much work— that the number of my family residing with me is one— that their names and ages are as follows: my wife aged sixty-two 
[illegible] John Pollard 2nd 

Sworn to, and declared on the 28th day of June 1820, before the said Court. 
Parker L. Hall [illegible]  

I Parker L. Hall Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Berkshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is thirty nine dollars and fifty cents. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court on this ninth day of August 1820. 
Parker L Hall
CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE.
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March 9, 1932.
BA-J/MMHF

Mrs. Harry Lefavour,
4 Fairfield Street,
Salem, Massachusetts.

Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter relative to one John Pollard, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, S.33482, based upon his military service in that war.
John Pollard enlisted in Tauton, Massachusetts in 1775, and served eight months as corporal in Captain Williams' Company, Colonel Walker's Massachusetts Regiment. In 1776 he served in Captain Barney's Company. He enlisted in 1778 and served six weeks in Captain Josiah Crocker's Massachusetts Company and was at the battle of Rhode Island. He enlisted in March 1780 and served in Captains Pierce and Rouse's Companies, Colonel Michael Jackson's Massachusetts Regiment until the last of December 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed May 7, 1818 while a resident of Mount Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts aged sixty-six years.
In 1820 he referred to his wife aged sixty-two years, her name not stated, and there are no further data on file as to his family.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator
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Roxbury Nov. [smudge] 1775
This may certify that Cap. John Pollard has
Leave of absence for five days and to return
again to his duty.
(signature of P. Nath. Leonard) Col.
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Warren Dec. 20th 1776
These may sertify that John Pollard has
leave to be absent three days from Capt.
Barney's Company and return again to
his duty
(signature of Zebulon Field [illegible])
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M.P.L.
4 FAIRFIELD STREET
SALEM, MASS.
March 3- 1932-
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, H.C.
I am writing you to inquire how I might get a copy of a pension paper—my mother sent me a copy she had for me to use as a [illegible] requirement and thru carelessness, I have lost the same—
The name on the paper was John Pollard 2nd- from Mt. Washington, Mass. I should appreciate more
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33 482

BUREAU OF PENSIONS
John Pollard

May, 7, 1818-66
Mt. Washington Mass.

May 80  Taunton Mass.
Capt. Peirce
Col. M. Jackson
Corp. 6 Dec. 82

Capt. Williams
Col. Walker
Corp [illegible] 8 mos.

Capt Josiah Crooker
Col.
pvt. 6 wks

No Bat.
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[INCOMPLETE]
APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE
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County of Berkshire ss.
On the fifteenth day of Feburary 1827, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Berkshire personally appeared John Pollard 2nd who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly beonged to the company commanded by Captain Rouse in th regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson in the service of the United States; that his name was placeo nthe pension roll of the state of Massachusetts that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal fo the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the tenth day of October 1826, at or near the [illegible] of the town of Sheffield he lost  & [illegible] believes was stolen from the possession of George Kellogg in whose house he had intrusted it for safekeeping & who has [illegible] him [illegible] his pension money from Boston as the same had [illegible]. these facts in relation to the [illegible]  he states o the authority of [illegible] Kellogg
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[INCOMPLETE]
I Zadok Turner of Northfield in the County of Franklin? and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age do testify and say that I inlisted into the army of the United States for three years in the .... of the year 1780 or beginning? of the year 1781. and was knowing to John Pollards inlisting into the United States Service about the same time we having? within the same vicinity and after I joinged the Army. I frequently ... the said John Pollard (... we did not serve in the same Company or Regt) during the war and until its close. for every year more or less during the whole time. I further state that I marched with said Pollard from Trenton to Springfield and from ... to West Point and further saith....
Zadok Turner
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[on separate page]
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin County ss.
I Rodolphus Dickinson, Clerk of the Judicial Court within and for the County of Franklin, do certify and attest that [illegible] Dickinson is Justice of the Peace within and for the same County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of the commonwealth, and that the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County, the fifteenth day of December A.D. 1818.
[illegible], Rod Dickinson, Clerk.
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I Zadok Turner of Northfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age do testify and say that I inlisted into the army of the United States for three years in the latter ... of the year 1780 or begining of the year 1781. and was knowing to John Pollards inlisting into the United States Service about the same time we living within the same vicinity and after I joined the Army. I frequently saw. the said John Pollard (altho we did not serve in the same Company or Regt) during the war and until its close. for every year more or less during the whole time. I further state that I marched with said Pollard from Trenton to Springfield and from there to West Point and further [illegible]
Zadok Turner.

Franklin Ss: Decbr. 14th 1818 Then personally appeared Zadok Turner and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed.
[illegible]

Franklin Ss: Decbr. 14th. 1818. I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Mr. Zadok Turner above named and believe him to be a man of Truth and Veracity.
[illegible]
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I Joseph Cook of Northfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawfull age do testify and say that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty I enlisted as a Solider in the United States service for three years and joined Captn. Hartshorns? Company in the Eighth Regiment commanded by Colo. Michael Jackson and served in Capt. Harshorns Compy. and Eighth Regt. untill about May Seventeen hundred and eighty three. I was then transfered into the third Regt. commanded by said Michael Jackson and in Capt. Rouse's Company and then became acquainted with John Pollard who was transfered into said Rouse's Company and was our [illegible] for the Compy. and I served with him until the Decbr. or January following when we were both Honorably discharged and further saith [illegible]. 
Joseph Cook