Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38526, Samuel Bates, Mass.
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(3 - 1776) 
SERVICE Mass. 
Bates, Samuel NUMBER S. 38526
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8,699 
Rhode Island Samuel Bates of [blank] in the State of Rhode who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vose of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 months 78 & 79

Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 8- Dollars per month, to commence on the 28th of April 1818 

Certificate of Pension issued the 31st of March 1819 and sent to Benjamin Cowell Esq Providence Rhode Island 

Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 81.83 
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1819 48, 
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$129"83 
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{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.} Continue 

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Notification sent July 3 1820 to Benjamin Cowell Esq Providence Rhode Island
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Samuel Bates 
( Priv
 Col. Vose's March Regt 
July 1779- 9 months 
Judges certificate as to claimants indigent circumstances 

28th April 1818- proof of poverty produced & certified & also belief of service 

the certificate of the Judge as to his belief of the the applicant is also in writing
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I Samuel Bates of Scituate in the District of Rhode Island on solemn oath do declare say that on the first of July 1779 I enlisted private soldier in the Continental or my of the United States in the Massachusetts under the command of Capt Smith. who marched to West Point after our arrival at West Point -  I was put in Lieutenant Col Voses Company in Col Joseph Voses regiment being the first regiment of the Massachusetts line In which when service I continued nine months - when I was discharged - which discharge is now lost. 

I further declare that I am now in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance  of my country for support. 
Samuel Bates

Rhode Island District 
Be it remembered that on this twentieth day of April 1818 came before me the above named Samuel Bates made solemn oath to the truth of the declaration by him subscribed 

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand & have caused the seal of the Court to be hereto affixed- 
David Howell District Judge. 

Providence 20 April 1818. the signature of the Judge and the seal of the District Court are hereto affixed Witness Benjamin Cowell
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Rhode Island District 19 March 1819 
to Hon Sec'y at War 

Benjamin Cowell Esquire Clerk of the district Court for R. I. District maketh oath that ISamuel Bates is a very poor man and that he hath known him to be such for nearly twenty years last past to which I give full credit - I also believe that Bates served the nine months as required by the statute of 18 March 1818
David Howell District Judge.
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Samuel Bates
2,699
31 March 1819 
(Septr 1819) 
Continued
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Providence, ss.
District Court, Special Term, June twelfth A.D. 182
 
On this twelfth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record within and for said District Saml Bates aged 67 years, residing in the town of Scituate in  said District 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 served in Col Voses regiment of the Massachusetts line nine months as a private that he made a previous declaration on the twentieth day of April 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 8699 And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on 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 bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, titled "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: 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. 
Saml Bates 

A SCHEDULE of Property and Income ( necessary clothing and bedding excepted of Samuel Bates 

Said Samuel declares that he has no property of any description whatever that before he received his pension he was supported by said Town one of its poor, and should his pension be taken away, he must be again supported in the same way Saml Bates 

RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT. District Court
Sworn to and declared in open Court on the fifth day of June 1829 before  
David Howell District Judge 

RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT. Clerk's office of the District Court, A. D. 182 
I Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court 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, it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is nothing dollars -----

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this tenth day of June 1820 Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court
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O. W. and N. Division,
Ser file 38526 Rev. War. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. 

In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Samuel Bates a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out: (or his widow's]application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
[table headings]DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE
[row 1]Wrentham July 1, 1779 | 9 mos | Pri | Smite Lt Col Elijah Vose | Jos. Vose | 1st Mass Cont Est


Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier during war, Wrentham Mass. 
Date of application for pension, Apl 20. 1818. allowed
Residence at date of application, Scituate R.I. 
Age at date of application, 67
Remarks
Very respectfully, Commissioner.
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Commissioner of Pensions 
Pension Bureau Washington, D.C 
[postmark: O.W. & N. DIV aUG 22 1906 FILES]
Will you kindly send data concerning Samuel Bates, Rev. soldier 
List of Pensioners 
1st Session, 16th Congress House 5. P.224, Rhode Island Samuel Bates, private, Mass. Line 

Senate Documents Pension Roll. Prov. Co. R.I. 1st Session 23. Cong: 12-- 1833- 14 - p. 514, Samuel Bates, Private Mass Cont'l Line Respectfully yours, (Mrs ) Louise P. Bates
Oak Lawn, R.I.