Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11,183, for Solomon Parker, New Hampshire
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[printed card with handwriting]

(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.H.
Vt.
Parker, Solomon
NUMBER
S. 11,183
CONTENTS
carded
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[printed with handwriting]

3175
New Hampshire
Solomon Parker
of Lyman in the State of N H
who was a Private in the company commanded
by
Captain [blank]
of the Regt commanded
by Col Gilman in the N H
line for 20 Mos 15 Days
N. H. & Vt.
Records completed Apr. 3 / 05
Inscribed on the Roll of N H
at the rate of
68 Dollars 32 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Decr 1832
and Sent Ira
Goodall Bath NH
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $102.48
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 34.16
$136.64
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by J H Mc Blair Clerk
Book D, Vol. 10 Page 177
letter to J. Hill 20. Aug. 1837
" Goodall & Woods Jany 9. 39
" - " - March 31. 1841.
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[handwritten]

No 5500
Solomon Parker
Private
1 year 8 mos & 15 days
on Roll Capt Hayward's
Co. Col Gilmans Regt
N. H. State troops, enlisted
5 Decmb 1776 discharged
after having served 3 months &
11 days = Allow $68.32
Return in order that the
applicant may be more
particular in his [illegible]
in regard to 
the length of his service under
Capt Simpson also his service to
Capt Barton Co Col Herricks Regs
[?] letter 24 Oct 1832
Ira Goodall
Bath
N H
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BRIEF in the case of Solomon Parker 
of Lyman in the State of New Hampshire-
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 77 -
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[tabular form]
Period.
In 1776 Apr to Sept 1776-
then enlisted again & continued his service 
for - 1 year. -
1777 April - to near Jany 1778 -

Duration of Service.
Years, Months, Days.

Rank.
As a Private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen. M Dougall, Gen Stark
Cap Simpson
Cap Howard - Col Gilman
Cap Barton - Col Herrick 
*applied for a pension in 1818-

5. In what battles was he engaged? Bennington - Lake George -assisted in the capture of Burgoine
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Haverhill, NH
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary evidence --
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
above mentioned.
Saml J Potts
Examining Clerk
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[handwritten]

State of New Hampshire}
County of Grafton} ss
On this 14 day of
Personally appeared in open Court before the
Judge the Court of Probate now sitting Solomon
Parker a resident of Lyman in the County
of Grafton State of New Hampshire aged
seventy seven 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
That he entered the service of the United States
under the following named officers & served as herein stated
April 1776 I went as a volunteer I enlisted into 
Capt Simpsons company sent [illegible] Thos Simpson [illegible] until Sept
1776 [illegible] I entered into [illegible] continued [illegible] said services
I first enlisted
Capt Joshua Howards company in Col Gilmans Regt
Genl [illegible] brigade I served from that time for
one year I enlisted for the year served it in that company
& Regt & under said Officers to April 1777
as soon as I got home to Haverhill in said Grafton 
County where I resided I enlisted again into Capt
Elisha Bartons Company in Col Herricks Regt. in Genl Starks brigade for a year I served through the 
campaigns went to Saratoga was in Bennington fight
& in the battle at Lake George & assisted in the Capture of 
Burgoyne I was a Waiter to Major Smith after that
went until near January 1778 when I was discharged at Pawlet
in Vermont. I sent my discharge by our Lieutenant Smith 
then Col Lovell
to Easton NH & he got my pay however [illegible] my discharge I went to Easton for it in 1818 when I applied for a pension before & it was not to be found. I resided at Haverhill aforesaid before I enlisted & afterwards three years & then to Lyman & have lived there ever since I marched under the first enlistment down connecticut river to Walpole NH where we passed muster - Then was
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marched to Hartford in the State of Connecticut. Then to
Danbury in Connecticut, then to Peekskill and North
River in New York State & there went into winter
quarters- There the Connecticut troops [regular Baystated]
 at Peekskill & Genl Washington was there too.
He lay over on the [?] somewhere. Genl McDouglas
 was our Commander [hired?] then-- Capt Howard is still
living but very old & feeble. I think he would
remember me. He is at Haverhill N H. I understand
Job Moulton & my brother Samuel Parker
a pensioner served with me & are living. In my
second year’s service I marched from said
Haverhill under Lieutenant Lovel
to Norwich in Vermont to Captain Burton’s
where we passed muster, then under him
to Charlestown N.H. & then joined the company of
 militia & from thence to Manchester and from thence
 to Bennington where we were joined to Col Henricks Regt & Genl Starks brigade. We were called rangers after the Captain of the Hessians at Bennington. We Marched back to 
Manchester in Vermont & were stationed there for [illegible insert].
Then made our head quarters at Pawlet Vermont.
From there we marched to Lake George landing &
had a smart skirmish with the Brittish & [beat them.]
& broken of his line of supplies we went up to Diamond
Island at the head of the Lake in boats we had taken
& attacked them there but got whipt & had to retreat.
I went back to Pawlet & then to Saratoga & after the
capture of Burgoyne back to Pawlet & where all were
discharged or went south to the Army. I was
discharged & went home as before stated in January
1778. I was born at Groton in Massachusetts in 1752
in Sep the 30th day. The record of my age was kept by
my parents & I believe my sister [Mina] now has it at
Lyman N.H. I enlisted the last time at Newbury in 
Vermont with Lieutenant Lovel. Ezra Gates & Edward Mordin 
both pensioners - The first service was Scouting. It was a New Hampshire Company.
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both Simpson & Howards & I Served in both companys one year & another often.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
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 subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Solomon Parker his mark
Attest D. Sutherland
Joshua Thornton

We David Sutherland a Clergyman residing in Bath N H
and Joshua Thornton residing in said [missing word-should be Lyman] hereby certify that we are
acquainted with Solomon Parker who has subscribed
and sworn to the above declaration. That we believe him to be
seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the
neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the
revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day year aforesaid in open court.
D. Sutherland, Clergyman
Joshua Thornton

And the Count do hereby declare their opinion
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
it appears to them that David Sutherland who signed the
preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the said
Town of Bath and that Joshua Thornton who has
also signed the same is a resident in said Lyman
and is a credible person, and that their statement is
entitled to credit.
Edward Webber Judge of Probate

I Moses Dow Register of the said Court of Probate 
certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Soloman Parker for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and seal of office
this 14 day of August AD 1832
Moses Dow
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Solomon Parker
NH Services
No. 5500

Grafton County Court of Probate Nov 20, 1832
The Court hereby certify that the said
Solomon Parker within named personally
 appeared in open Court this 20 Nov 1832 &
made oath to the following 
amendment by him signed hereon
and the court do certify that it appears
to them that his statement is entitled
to full credit.

I Moses Dow Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County
do hereby certify that the following writing [is] the amended
proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application
of Solomon Parker for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 20th day of Nov A.D. 1832. 
Moses Dow

State of New Hampshire County of Grafton ss
On this 20th day of November
AD 1832 personally appeared in open
Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting,
Solomon Parker, within named a resident in Lyman in
said County and further declares that in his service in
1776 under Captains Simpson & Howard he served a full
year in all. That is from the forepart of April to the forepart of September in Captain Simpson’s & from the first
September to the first of April 1777 in Captain Howard’s.
That he never went home [between] those services. That in
April 1777 about the 15” he thinks,  he enlisted into Captain Burton’s Company as stated & went through that service. After the capture of Burgoyne our army went off to the southward & Commissary Smith took me as a Waiter. Our head quarters were at Pawlet Vermont. In December, I think about the last I was honorably discharged & sent it to Exeter NH to get my pay & never mailed it back. It was a full discharge for my year’s service but I did actually serve eight months & one half in that [service]. & I do solemnly swear that according 
to my best recollection I served in the army in those two years, one year eight months & one half faithfully for my country.
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day & year aforesaid.
Solomon Parker his mark
Attest Ira Goodall
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1929 Aug. 23. Photos received
by Mr. A. W. DeGoosh & Fin.
Div. ntfd. A.D.Y.

Rev. War
111883
INVALID.
File No. 11.183
Solomon Parker
Priv. Rev. War

Act: June 7"" 1832

Index: -- Vol. A, Page 288
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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Solomon Parker’s 
affidavit of his own
Services & of William
Miner taken in 
explanation
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Solomon Parker of Lyman N H aged 86 years
depose & say that in March or April 1776 I enlisted
into Captain Simpson’s Company of rangers or scouts.
I passed muster at Haverhill N H in April 1776. I
continued in this company making our head quarters
at Haverhill N H until the first of November
1776 & twice was set off on scouts over to Barnet
in Vermont to carry dispatches to the fort. Then
same up into Bath to [service] some tories. The
first of Nov 1876, I enlisted into Capt Joshua Howard’s
company from said Simpson’s for [illegible-accenting campfire?]
We rendezvoused at Walpole N H & I passed muster there.
then marched to Hartford Con, & joined Gelman’s
Regiment there & then marched on to Danbury Con.
& thence to North river N York & took up winter quarters
 at Peekskill N.Y. We remained until the
spring of 1777 where I continued in the service &  in
May 1777 I enlisted into Capt Burton’s Company
in Col Herrick’s Regiment of Vermont troops. I did
not go home but rendezvoused at Norwich [?]
opposite Hanover College & passed muster there & then
marched by the College plains to Charlestown N. H.
& then to Manchester in Vermont where we were 
stationed until some time the last of July or first
of August. Herrick’s Regiment were rangers.
We moved on to Pawlet N H & where Col [Bowen] [had sent] the Hessians to take the stores at Bennington.
We went there to save them & attacked
him & his indians from the west while [Stark]
attacked them from the East & Col Nichols on the
north & we attacked them all except the Indians
who broke through between Nichols Regiment &
ours & fled having several dead-- Then we
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marched back to Pawlet & scouted up on the frontiers of
the new state from Pawlet to Manchester as the
people had fled to there before Burgoyne’s Army.
Then in September we moved over North river
to the west side & had several skirmishes with
Burgoyne's Army & in October helped Capture
him. Then we went back to Pawlet & the war
seemed quieted at the north.  & orders came on
for the army to go south & it was concluded
by the Generals Gates Lincoln & Stark, whose
brigades we then belonged to, that as our time would
be out in the spring we had best enlist again
or go home,  as we should have to be discharged
before we could do anything at the South.
& being desirous of going home I did not enlist
& in December 1777 I was honorably discharged
by Genl Stark & sent my discharge to get my
pay & have never seen it since. I was discharged
for the year’s service under above circumstances.  Lieutenant
Nehemiah Lovel enlisted me & his Father Col Nehemiah
 Lovel took my discharge he was a militia Col & had
no command in the army- His son was Captain
& a prisoner after this in Canada  for
1778, I think-
William Miner, then of Lyman, [& he] enlisted with me in the spring of 1776 & was with me in the service in Simpson’s company
& in Howard’s for the first year. I served until the spring of 1777 when I enlisted into Capt Burton’s company
for a year as above. He then went home & I saw no more of him in the Service.
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but I do know that he served said year
faithfully as I was with him all the time,
and served as he did & then I served to December
1777 & then I returned home honorably discharged 
as above.
Solomon Parker his mark

Grafton ss July 14 1840. Sworn to by
said Parker as just & true before me
& I do certify that he is a reputable witness
Ira Goodall Justice of Peace
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Bath N H Jany 6 1831
Sir, 
We have sent to Vermont
for more proof of Solomon
Parker’s services in Burton’s
Co & Herrick’s Regt of Vt.
state troops but the Sec’y says
the rolls are very defective
& he finds none of this service.
I enclose Mr Parker’s explanation
take in an affidavit & have within
hoping to find the roll of Burton’s Co. I
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would also inquire how Mrs Betsey
Lovewell is to get a pension at
all if not under the 1836 act. She
knows she was married in August
1781 before her husband left the
Service; I cannot [screed] it was
after. All the weight of testimony,
It seems to us, proves this service.
Mrs Russel harmonizes by the
fact of her being one year older
 than she called herself
& her record made 20 years after
her child’s birth by her age & of
course one year too late.
Will Mrs Lovewell be allowed all relief.
I am resp’y Yrs 
Ira Goodall
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Solo. Parker
Apl '76
Simpson Lieut Hayward
until Sept ‘76, and then
contin’d in Hayward’s Co.
to Apl '77

77
Elisha Burton Co [?] Herrick
disch’’d Jan ‘78

78
on Capt Hayward’s roll from
Dec 76.  3 mo 11 days

Simpson’s roll dated Oct 12 1776
not on -  per  N H rolls,  [band] Vol
from 1775 to 1782. p 30 

[illegible] Hayward was the
Lieut. Also on p 39 a payroll
from Sept. 14, 1776 for 2 mos. & 
over. Same Officers
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Submit in duplicate; 1-681; phone branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 34753
Requisition for duplicating, addressograph Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
Department of the interior, Washington.
Chief, Division of Publications, Room G 137, August 16, 1929
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering pension; deliver to Room No. 5033
(All copy for duplicating work should be plain and written in elite type exactly line for line as it is to appear on finished job.)
Title and description of job photostatic copies of seven pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Solomon Parker, S. 11183, N.H. and Vt. Troops
No. of copies of one of each. Shall form be kept standing? ____ days
For further information see Mrs. M. M. H. Finch 5033 Room No. 541 Phone No.
Approved: A.D. Wilkinson, Chief Clerk of Bureau
Margaret M. H. Finch, Chief of Branch
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{rectangle stamp]
Cash $1.05, Finance division Book-keepers desk
Aug 17, 1929, Bureau of Pensions


August 16, 1929
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: Please furnish me photostatic copies of seven pages from Revolutionary War pension claim of Solomon Parker, S. 11183., New Hampshire and Vermont Troops, uncertified. 
Very truly yours, 
A.W. DeGoosh
US Shipping Book
City


Received payment
$1. 05
August 16, 1929.
Antino W. Ford
Rev. &1812 Wars Section.