Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21814, Samuel Henry, R.I.
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Service - R.I. 
Henry, Samuel

Number - S. 21814
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15407

Samuel Henry
Providence in the State of Rhode Island
who was a Private in the company commanded by Caption - of the reg't. (regiment) commanded by Col. Hitchcock in the R. I. (service) for 14 mos. 

Subscribed on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 46 dollars 66 cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of June 1833 and (unintelligible) Hon. N. R. Knight Providence. 

Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833   $ 93.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept.  $ 23.33 **********************************    $116.65                        
Revolutionary Claim 
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by J. H. McBlair
Clerk

Book E.  Vol. 2    Page 112
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Revolution

21814

INVALID
File No. - 21.814
Samuel Henry
Pri. (Private) Rev. War


Act: June 7, '32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 178
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Samuel Henry
21229
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Rhode-Island District sc.  August term 1832
County of Providence
On this eighth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, being a District Court of the United States within and for said District, now in session - Samuel Henry a resident of Scituate in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 75 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. 

He was born April 20, 1757, in Smithfield, R.I. but has no record of it - he lived in Scituate where he entered the service & lived the .....has lived monthly in Cranston - now lives in (unintelligible) Rhode Island. and the applicant further states that he enlisted in April 1775 for nine months & served that time in Capt. Talbot's company, Col. Hitchcock's regiment Roxberry) Roxbury & Prospect Hill near Boston. And the applicant further states that he again was drafted & served for one month in Oct. 1777 in Spencer's expedition in Capt. Knight's company & Col Barton's regiment - and the applicant further states that in the (unintelligible) of 1778 he was stationed at Warwick in Capt. Talbot's company - and the applicant further states that he was drafted again in August 1778 in Sullivan's expedition in Capt. E. Knight's company by Col. Barton's regiment.  My time of service in 1773 Warwick & at Rhode Island was four months.  That he was honorably discharged & having served out his time of service but had his written discharge.

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. 
Samuel Henry
Witness B. Cowell Clerk

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.
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I, Waterman Randall, of Cranston, in the county of Providence and state of Rhode Island do on oath declare that I was a soldier in the revolutionary war, in the company commanded by Jeremiah Olney in Col. Hitchcock's regiment from the first of May 1775 to the last day of December in that year and know that the Samuel Henry now living in Scituate in said county was a soldier in said regiment part or all of the (unintelligible) time. 
Waterman Randall

August 7, 1832
Sworn to in open Court
Benj. Cowell, Clerk

Providence August 7, 1832
I hereby certify that I have been acquainted with Samuel Henry of Scituate, in this state for a number of years, I believe him to be a man of credible character for truth and veracity. 
Robert Knight

August 8th, 1832, Sworn to in open Court
Benj. Cowell, Clerk

     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 Revolutionary Solder, and served as he states.   And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Robert Knight ^ Waterman Randall who have certified aforesaid are residents the said Knight of Providence and Randall of Cranston that they are credible persons 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 Samuel Henry - for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 20th day of December A.D. 1832
Benjamin Cowell
Clerk
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To the Honourable (Honorable) John Pitman Esquire Judge of the District Court for the State of Rhode Island. 

Sir,   

Samuel Henry the bearer hereof informs me that in the year 1775 he enlisted in Capt. Talbot's Company. Col. Hitchcock's Regiment raised by the then Colony of Rhode Island and served nine months of the first campaign in the revolutionary war in the vicinity of Boston, as a soldier on that I administered medicines to him for the Dysentery within that period.  I was the surgeon of Col. Hitchcock's Regiment at the time alluded to and 
have no doubt his statement is correct.   I have been acquainted with Mr. Henry for a long period of time, and I believe full credence may be given to his testimony so far as his recollection goes.   In fact, I have never known his character questioned for want of truth and veracity. 

Very respectfully, 
Caleb Fiske

Scituate July 24, 1832

I certify the above Caleb Fiske to be a highly respected physician of Scituate as stated and is entitled to credit. 
John Pitman
District Judge R.I.
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21229
Samuel Henry 
R.I. 

Private 16 months


$36.66

Hon. N.R. Knight
B. Cowell (Crossed out)
Providence R.I.
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BRIEF in the case of Daniel (written incorrectly as Daniel, and is Samuel) Henry Co. of Providence  
in the State of R. I. 
(Act 7th June 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court of
     a judge?   Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the
    applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity.
3. How old is he?  75
4. State his service, as directed in the form 
    annexed. 

Column 1 - Period
April in 1775 enlisted
Oct. 1777 drafted
Summer 1778 drafted
Aug. 11, 1778, drafted

Column 2 - Duration of Service
9 months
1 month
4 months

Column 3 - Rank
Private
Private
Private
Private

Column 4 - Names of General and Field
Officers under whom he served. 
Capt. Talbot    Col. Hitchcock
Capt. Knight   Col. Barton
Capt. Field
Capt. Knight   Col. Barton 

5. In what battles was he engaged?   None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the
    service?  Providence, R.I. 
7. In his statement supported by living
    witnesses, by documentary proof, by 
    traditionary evidence, by incidental 
    evidence, or by the rolls?  Two living 
    witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or 
   authentication?  and if so, in what respect?
   The papers are not attached (accordingly) 
   to the regulations in the last four the 
   (unintelligible) are not given nor the length
   of service.

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
George Taylor
Examining Clerk