Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22,063, Samuel Wight, R.I.
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(3-1776)
Service
R.I
Wight, Samuel
Number
S.22063
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Providence sc.

I, William R. Watson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Providence, in said State, do hereby certify that Jonah Titus [Blank] is a justice of the peace for the town of Scituate in said county and State: - that he is by the laws of said State, authorized to administer oaths and take depositions: and that the signature, to the annexed document, purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of said Titus.

In witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Providence, this 16th day of February in the year or our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-33

W. R. Watson
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Regulations Under The Act Of June 7,1832

The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been constructed to extend as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army. and to include "under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted,drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, sch as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen,&c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of eases are embraced in this law:
1 Regular Troops.
2 The State Troops,militia, and Volunteers.
3 Persons employed in the Naval service 
4 Indian spies
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers,non-commissioned officers,musicians or privates,  will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made be fore a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.

Declaration
In order to obtain benefits of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State,Territory,or District of 
County of

On this [Blank] day of [Blank] personally appeared(a)before A.B. a resident (b) of [Blank]in the county of[Blank] and State, Territory or District of [Blank] aged(c)[Blank] years, who by being first duly sworn,according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year(d)[Blank],with[Blank]and served in the[Blank](e) regiment of the[Blank]line, under the following named officers: [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers;the time he left the service;(and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles,if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers,navy,&c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim(f) whatever to a pension or an annuity,except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion(g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I [Blank] of the Court of[Blank] do hereby certify(h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of [Balnk] for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office(I) this [Blank] day of [Blank] &c.
 If on examination of the proper record the names of applicants,making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers, or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions,viz:
(k) We,A.B.,a Clergymen, residing in the [Blank] and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with[Blank], who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [Blank] 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 then will follow the certificate of the Court.]  
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 Soldier, and served as he sates. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. [Blank]who has also signed the same is a resident in the [Blank] and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.  I, [Blank] Clerk of the Court of  [Blank] do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of [Blank]for a pension.
In testimony whereof,I have hereunto set my hand and seal.[Blank] of office, this [Blank] day of [Blank] &c. 
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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Brief objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative,in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Wighte which require further proof or explanation.

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes 
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832 Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes