Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14965, Moses Bly, N.H.
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(3-1776) SERVICE NH Bly, Moses NUMBER S.14965 Carded CONTENTS
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Rev War 14965
INVALID
File No. 14,965
Moses Bly
Priv. Rev War
Act: June 7' 1932
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 36
(Arrangement of 1870.)
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311.
New Hampshire
Moses Bly
of Plaistow in the State of N.H
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain of the Regt commanded by 
by Col Poor in the NH line for 7 mos

Inscribed on the Roll of NH
at the rate of
23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Decr
1832, and said Benjn
George Plaistow NH

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $34.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending- 11.66
$46.65

{ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J M Blair Clerk
Book D. Vol. 1 Page 144.
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Decl 3d
New Hampshire
returned

Paistow ss. Nov 29
Honl Lewis Cass Free
Secretary of War
Washington City
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Plaistow Nov 20th 1832
Dear Sir
I now return Mr Bly's
application with the Judges certificate which I
hope will be satisfactory sI should be
Glad if I could have a return in december
as an agent for a number and they
living a distance from Portsmouth
it would be convenient to have them
all to attend at one time
very respect
your obt sevt
[Signature] Benjamin George

Lewis Cass
Secretary of war
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Moses Bly
Plaistow
No 1438.
Notice to be sent to
Benjamin George Esqr
Plaistow
NH
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State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham ss. On this sixth day of August AD 1832
personally appeared before me Samuel Green an associate Justice of
the Superior Court of IJudication in for said State Moses
Bly a resident of Plaistow in said County aged seventy nine
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 the first part of June 1775 he entered the service of the
United States as a soldier in the Revolutionary army for
the term of seven months, he enlisted at Plaistow aforesaid
into the company of Capt Samuel Gilman of Newmarket
in said County, Benjamin Kimball was Lieutenant in
the Company, immediately after his enlistment he went to
Winter Hill in Charlestown Mass where he remained
in the service during the seven months for which he
enlisted in the Regiment commanded by Col. Poor
at the close of the seven months he was regularly discharged but not in writing - that he knows of no person living
who can testify to this service except Benjamin Carlton
of said Plaistow, who lived in the same Town with him
at the time of his enlistment, & was at Winter Hill during the
time of his said service, but in another Regiment
under the command of Colo John Nixon
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or
an annuity except the present & declares that his name is
not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State
Witness John Kelly
[Signature] Moses  Bly

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above named
Before me [Signature] Saml Green ass Just

I Benjamin Carlton of Plaistow in the County of
Rockingham & State aforesaid, do declare, that I was in the
service of the United States as a soldier in the Army of the
Revolution, was at Winter Hill during the time mentioned
in the above declaration of Moses Bly in the Regiment
commanded by Col John Nixon, & do know that said Bly
served the time & in the manner stated by him above in
his declaration that I lived in the same Town with said
Bly at the time of his enlistment & was well acquainted with him
Witness John Kelly
[Signature] Benj Carlton
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me[Signature] Saml Green as Jus
and the said Saml Green assoc & do hereby declare it as
my opinion that the above named Moses Bly the applicant
was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states & that he
is unable from infirmity to attend any of the Court of record
in the County in which he resides
[Signature] Sam'l Green also Jus

And I do further declare that Benj Carlton who has subscribed & worn
to the above declaration, being unknown to me, I have made diligent enquiry
respecting him of persons to whom he is well known, in whom I place
the fullest confidence I am satisfied, that he sustains a good character is a
credible witness, that he has no interest in the result of the foregoing application
[Signature] Sam'l Green also Jus
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I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Superior Court of
Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of
New Hampshinre do hereby certify that Samuel Green
before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is an
associate Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature
for the State aforesaid and that his name to the
within certificates are his genuine signatures; and that the
foregoing are the original proceedings in
the matter of the application of Benjamin Carlton
had before the said Justice for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal
of said Court this eleventh day of August
Anno Domini 1832
[Signature] P Chadwick Clerk of the
Court Rockingham County
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1438
Moses Bly
Private
7 months
[illegible]

[stricken] The credibility of the witness must be certified

$23.33
Benjamin George Esq
Plaistow
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BRIEF in the case of Moses Bly
of Plaistow
in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge of the Supreme Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 79
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Chart]
Period.
In 1775 June

Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
7
Days.

Rank.
As a
Private

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt. Samuel Edman
Kent Benja Kimball
at Winter Hill, in Col. Poor's
Regiment

5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Plaistow, N.H.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence,
by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Nixon's regiment, who knew of claimant enlistment & service
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
chief; no written discharge, death of the
sworn to; character of claimant & Carlton not certified
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[Signature] Wm Ward Examining Clerk