Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,518, for Richard Lock, New Hampshire
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SERVICE
N.H. 

Lock, Richard
or
Locke

NUMBER
S. 44,518

CONTENTS
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5,028
New Hampshire Roll
Richard Lock,
private 4
Capt Beal
New Hampshire Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 30 of March 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Decr 1818
and sent to Hon. Jno S. Sherburne
Dist: Judge, Portsmouth NH

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818. 5 mo 2/31 & 4/7 41.51
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March 1819.
48.00
8951

1777- '80

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}

[Handwritten test]
Continued on the
roll under the law
3 years May 1820
Rye, Rockingham

[Handwritten text to right]
Notifications sent to William Claggett 6 July 1820
Portsmouth 
New Hampshire
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No. 5028
Richd Lock

Continued
5028
[crossed out - 6 feb 1819]
22 decr 1818
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DISTRICT OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, SS.
On this 20th day of June A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open court
before the Hon. JOHN SAMUEL SHERBURNE, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the New
Hampshire District, being a Court of Record, in and for the said District, having the power of fine and
imprisonment, Richard Locke aged seventy five years
Northwood in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his
oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: viz.
I enlisted in the third New Hampshire Regiment
commanded by General Poor as a soldier
and continued therein three months & then
was regularly discharged

The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 30 day of March 1818
The number of my pension certificate is 5028 I have received a pension
And I do solemnly swear________ that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of
March, 1818: and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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, entitled ""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 18th day of March, 1818; and 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. My occupation
is a husbandman I have not ability to pursue it

I have one only
in family residing with me viz a wife who has been deranged
eleven years aged seventy four years
Her capacity to contribute to her support is such that my wife has
no property
Signature of Richard Locke

New Hampshire District
Sworn to and declared at a District Court held at Exeter in the County of Rockingham in said District, on the third
Tuesday of June - A.D. 1820, before the Honble John S. Sherburne
Judge of the said District Court

by Richard Lock of Northwood in said County
Attest - Peyton Freeman Clerk

I Peyton Freeman, Clerk of the District Court of the United States 
for the New Hampshire District, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & declaration and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount of the property exhibited in the
aforesaid schedule, is of no value 

In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this
twenty seventh day of June A. D. 1820.
Signature of Peyton R Freeman
Clerk of the said District Court for
the New-Hampshire District.
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SCHEDULE
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of Richard Locke
(his necessary clothing and bedding excepted,) by him subscribed,
exhibited to the District Court of the United States for the New-Hampshire District, on the 20th day of June 1829, and annexed to his oath, viz.

I have no estate or income except wearing
apparel
Signature of Richard Locke
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Richard Lock
of Rye: - 
Declaration 
Richard Lock pri
[Scamnells?] N. Hampshire 
1777 to 1780
30th March 1818

Admitted
Correct
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to the subscribers Selectmen of the town of
Rye in the County of Rockingham and State of
New Hampshire testify and say, that Simon
Knowles, Richard Lake, Richard Green, Samuel
Smith and & Nathaniel Tiss, Inhabitants of said
Town of Rye, and in a state of indigence and
stand in need of help from their country for
support.
Signatures of 
Stephen Green
Ephraim Philbrick
Samuel Jenness

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss. ⎬
March the 28. 1818.
Then personally appeared the above named
Stephen Green Ephraim Philbrick and Samuel
Jenness and made oath to the above before me
John W. Parsons Justice of the Peace

This is to certify that
Stephen Green
Ephraim Philbrick and Samuel Jenness
Selectmen of the Town of Rye
Rye March the 30th 1818
Richd. Webster Town Clerk
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We Simon Knowles & Richard Green both of
Rye in the State of New Hampshire testify and
say, that we were both soldiers in the late Revolutionary
War, and well know & have long
known Richard Lock of said Rye, and that we
will know that he served the United States in
the said War, for three years or more, as we all
belonged to the same Regiment, viz the third
Regiment of the New Hampshire, in the line
of New Hampshire on the Continental
Establishment
Signatures of 
Simon Bowles
New Hamp
Richard Green
New Hamp District

Sworn to before me
Jno S. Sherburne Dist Judge NHamp
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DISTRICT OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
PORTSMOUTH, to wit;
On this thirtieth day of March
A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber, Judge of the District Court
of the United States, for said District -- PERSONALLY APPEARS
Richard Lock . . . . . . . . aged
resident in Rye
in said District, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law,
doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain
the provision made by the late Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to
provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of
the United States in the Revolutionary War."" That or
on the twenty fourth day of January 1777,
he enlisted in the company commanded
by Captain Zachariah Beal in the third New
Hampshire Regiment commanded by Colonel
Scammell, in the New Hampshire Line, on
the Continental Establishment, to serve three
years in the war of the Revolution. That he
continued faithfully to serve the United States
in said Company until the twenty fourth
day of January 1780, when he was discharges
from service at Danbury in Connecticut
That he the said Richard Lock is in
reduced circumstances, unable to support
himself, & being dependent on the bounty
of others, he stands in need of the assistance
of his Country for support. That he is a
resident Citizen of the United States & has
always been, & continues to be an Inhabitant
of Rye aforesaid.
Jno S. Shurburn Dist Judge N Hamp

Sworn to and declared before me the day the
and year aforesaid, and I John S. Sherburne District
Judge as aforesaid do certify, that it appears to my
satisfaction that the said Richard Lock did serve
in the revolutionary War as stated in the preceeding
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Declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the Directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress.
Portsmouth in said District 15th May 1818 And I do also hereby certify that from the attestations of the Selectmen of Rye & other circumstances it appears to my satisfaction that the said Richard Lock is in reduced circumstances, & in need of assistance from his country for support
[signed] Jno. S. Sherburne Asst.Judge NH District 

United States New Hampshire District ss -
Be it known that John S. Sherburne Esqr who hath subscribed the foregoing certificates is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court and Judge of the District Court of the United States for said District - Witness the seal of said Circuit Court the twenty fifth day of May A.D. 1818-
[signed] Peyton R Freeman Clerk
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No 11604
Josiah Crandall

admitted.
24 mo Private.

14.16

25 Sept '32
21 Dec    "

Willet Larrabee. Agent
Almond Allegany Cy.
New York
174
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No 11604
BRIEF in the case of Josiah Crandall
of Alford, County of Allegany,  in the State of New York.
(Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Before a Judge

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily injury? yes 

3. How old is he? 73 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
April in 1776 - 9 months, 18 days - private - Gen Nixon, Capt James True, Col Lippet
March 1778 - 1 year - private - Capt Adams, Col Robt. Elliot
Early 1779 - 4 Mo, 2 days - private - Capt Latham, Col Sidgard
August 1781 - 3 mos - private - Capt Cain, Col Canfield

5. In what battles was he engaged? Sullivan's Retreat

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Mornington, Conn

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  Four witnesses & traditionary Evidence

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and, if so, how?  [blank]

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case
[signed] James Ord  Examining Clerk.
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
ILL
June 23, 1930,
Mrs. Frances Mattes
Ramsey, Illinois.
Dear Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 44518, it appears that Richard Lock, or Locke, enlisted January 24, 1777, served as a private in Captain Zachariah Beale's Company, Colonel Scammell's Third New Hampshire Regiment and was discharged January 24, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 20, 1818, while a resident of Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
In 1820, while a resident of Northwood, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, soldier stated that he was seventy-five years of age and that his wife, name not given, was seventy-four years old.
He died October 20, 1823.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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44518
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 44,518
Richard Locke
Pri. Rev War
Act:  18th March 1818
Index:  Vol. 3, Page 299
[in brackets]  Arrangement of 1870.

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1930 - June 25 - Hist to Mrs. T. F. Mattes
I.L.L.
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ROBERT F. DEIBEL, PRESIDENT
CHAS B. DEIBEL, SECRETARY AND TREASURER
DIXIE MILLS COMPANY
THE FEED THAT'S PURE

Stamp Enclosed
Ramsey Ill. Apr. 28, 1930

U. S. Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
What information can you give me concerning Richard Locke born in Rye, N.H. Sept 4 - 1744. Enlisted 2nd N.H. Reg. May 29 1775 and later in the 3rd, served until Jan. 27, 1780.
Died in Northwood, N.H. Oct. 20, 1823.
If there is any charge for this information please let me know first.
An immediate reply will be appreciated.
Thanking you, I am
Yours truly
[signed] Mrs. Frances W. Mattes.

DIXIE better FEEDS

[above body of letter:] he is here S,44518
[stamp] U.S. PENSION OFFICE  X MAY 1 1930