Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,643, Noah Bisbee, Mass.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE  |  -  |  NUMBER
Mass.  |  Bisbee, Noah  |  S16643
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CONTENTS
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3990.
New Hampshire
Noah Bisbee
of Cheshire in the State of NH
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain          of the Regt commanded
by Col Cotton in the Mass.
line for 11 Mos

Inscribed on the Roll of N H
at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued on the 7th day of Jany
1833 and Sent to Cotton
H Hubbard Keene NH
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832  $54.99
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 -  18.33
$73.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, }
{ Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlair
Book D - Vol. 1st Page 144

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Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the
Act 6. April 1838, from
4. Sep 1838 to 28 Jany 1839.
Agt Notified 28 Sep 1844
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Declaration
9890
of
Noah Bisbee
Richmond
Cheshire Co
NH
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Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, }
COUNTY OF CHESHIRE. }
On this twenty second day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Aaron Matson Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire.
now sitting, Noah Bisbee a resident of Richmond the county of Cheshire All and State of N Hampshire aged 80 years last May 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 7th, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and
served as herein stated 1st. In 1775 in December enlisted at Plympton for 2 months in Capt. Churchills Lieut Cook & 19 minutemen Comp. Mass Troops to go to Roxbury to relieve the 8 months men which term was about expiring then stationed in Roxbury street in Col. Cottons regiment arrived[?] at Roxbury at the expiration of the 2 months
2nd. In 1776 in June enlisted for 5 months in Capt Nelsons Company Lieut Benj. L. Pembrook Col. Willard's Regiment marched through Keene NH Rutland Co then for to Ticonderoga was stationed on Mount Hope worked on the fort part of the time stationed the fort but was scouting most of the time was in a number of skirmishes with the Indians & British, was on the Lake the time the Fleet was destroyed though not in the Fleet was out from the time I left home  till I got home six months [illegible]
3rd. In 1776 & 7 went two days after my last return home went in the Company Commanded by Lieut. Elijah Bisbee Jnr at Bristol guarding the shores at the time the British [missing text]
4th. In April 1778 inlisted again for 3 months in Capt Pactric Dorchester was stationed on Dorchester his finishing the war dismissed there at the expiration of the term - That more than a hundred miles from his present residence - I not
know -- was born in Plympton Mass - in 1752 - May lived in said Plympton when he went with all the said [illegible] Plympton - now lives at said Richmond - was a written discharge - recollects in his first service Gen Gates Arnold & Brisket -- in his fourth service [illegible] in my neighbourhood and can testify as to my character
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Noah Bisbee
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
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We, Benjamin Crooker and Job Bisbee residing in the Town of Richmond County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Noah Bisbee who has 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty 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.
Benjam Crooker
Job Bisbee
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before one Aaron Morteson Judge of Probate
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 states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Benjamin Crooker and Job Bisbee who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of Richmond aforesaid and are credible persons and that their Statement is entitled to Credit.
Aaron Morteson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for sd County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Noah Bisbee for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty second
day of August A.D. 1832
Asa Parker Regr of said Court of Probate

[missing text]ified at Mount hope and returned home
[illegible] Alarm through Taunton to Bristol R Island the Regt commanded by Maj Gray was stationed [illegible] Bristol staid there about one month & demised[?] there [missing text]eyes Company Thinks he joined no Regiment connected to fort thinks he joined one Regiment, Gen Heath Commanded
he has no such testimony of his paid services - Plympton is whether any persons are living there who were with him day 23 - supposes there is a record of his age in said Plympton - therein - has lived in Richmond aforesaid 26 years & before that volunteers in all said services. - never had any Heath - Putnam & Washington - in his ro [illegible] Genl [missing text]ots Genl Heath. -- Benjamin Crooker & Job Bisbee, live
veracity and belief of my services in the Revolution -
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Noah Bisbee
N0. 9.890 -
Private
11 Months
Abr
Has not produced the
Certificate of a Clergyman
no assigned and name 
for not so doing
Nov 6 1832
Hon H Hubbard
HR
$36.66
Keene
N. H.
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BRIEF in the case of Noah Bisbee
of Cheshire in the State of N.H.
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 80 1/2 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.  |  Duration of Service.  |  Rank.  |  Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
-  |  Years,   Month,   Days.  |  As a  |  Gen.
Dec - In 1775  |  "   2   "  |  Private  |  Capt. Churchill Col. Cotton
June 1776  |  "   5   "  |  "  |  Capt. Nichols Col. Willard
1776 or 77  |  "   1   "  |  "  |  Maj Gray
Apr. 1778  |  "   3   "  |  "  |  Capt Partridge Gen Heath
5. In what battles was he engaged? None named
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plymouth Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by live witness, evidence or proof
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D D Addison
Examining Clerk.
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16.643
INVALID.
le No. 16,643
Noah Bisbee
Pri Rev War
Act:  June 7" 32
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 33
[Arrangement of 1870.}
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Noah Bisbee
No 9890
G Meeks return to
H. Hubbard
H of R
J. M Edwards
Keene
N. H.
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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 Noah Bisbee
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
VII. 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
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to
their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  no -
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  no -
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?   yes
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For ____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _______________; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he
must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits
the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

N.H. Clergymans certificate now furnished
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GIDEON PRINTER.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Feby 9th, 1844.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners,
and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending
the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, The Adm:  of Noah Bisbee, decd. a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, N.H. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Six Dollars and 66 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept. 1838, to the 28th Jany 1819.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K.. Parris
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.
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I Nathaniel Bowles-- a Clergyman of Richmond in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Noah Bisbe of said Richmond who I am informed has applied for a pension
under the act of June 7, 1832 - That I believe him to be eighty 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
I concur in that opinion. -
Nathaniel Bolles
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. Dec 26 - 1832

Subscribed & sworn to by the above
deponent known to me as a Clergyman
of said Richmond
Before me
Benjn Newell - Justice of the Race
Cheshire ss Dec 28. 1832
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Ben. James Newell is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County - and that the
foregoing official signature is his. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Judicature
S. Hale, Clerk