Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,696, Moses Clark, R.I.
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SERVICE
R.I.

Clark, Moses

NUMBER
S.21,696
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Rh. Island 21.035

Moses Clark
of Richmond in the State of Rh. Island
who was a private in the Corp. commanded by Captain Clark of the Reg't. commanded by Col. Potter in the Rh. Island line ofr 19 mo's & 15 dy.


Inscribed on the Roll of Rh. Island at the rate of 65 dollars - cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of Aug. 1832 and (unintelligible) A. Potter, Kingston, 

Arrears to the 4th of May                     $130
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 32      22.50
 ------------------------------------------$162.50

Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles, Clerk
Book E  Vol. 2, Page 104
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DECLARATION of Moses Clarke
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED June 7, 1832

State of Rhode Island
County of Washington

     On this 4th day of September personally appeared in open court, before the Judges or Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Moses Clarke a resident of Richmond in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island, aged eighty two 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, and served as herein stated
     I entered the service of the United States in December A.D. 1776 on in January 1777 as a militia man under Capt. Lincoln Clarke.   I belonged in the town of Richmond in said county & on an alar m was called down to Boston Neck & quartered at George Brown's & at Godfrey Harrards during the winter & served two years and not in (unintelligible) places & under several captains, as Capt. Limon Clarke - Capt. Richard Baily and Capt. Joshua Webb & was on the Island of Rhode Island in Gen'l. Sullivan's expedition and after that time returned and was engaged with many (unintelligible) in guarding the (unintelligible) making in the whole more than two years. 
     I have Documentary evidence upon which to rely.  I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any state. 
     I was born in A.D. 1750 in the afores'd. town of Richmond and have ever since lived there.  Have no record of my age except in our family Bible.  I resided in Richmond when called into service; I was a militia man & our company first received its orders from Col. Thos. Potter to guard the Narragansett shores.  I quartered at the Smith House (so called) and George Brown house in Boston Neck about...
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...four months and then came to a draft - one half the company staid (stayed) at the Godfrey Harrard house for fifteen days and then the other half for fifteen until the British went away. 

Moses Clark

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. 
In open c'o (court) Sept. 1832
Sam'l Helme Clk.
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Supplementary Affidavit
Moses Clarke
for Pension
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Washington JC
South Kingston
April 27th 1833
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the Peace for the Town of South Kingstown in said County of Washington Moses  Clarke 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 period mentioned below and in the following grades

In Dec. AD 1776 or January 1777 (can't swear which) I entered the Company of Capt. Lincon Clarke a private and continued on duty (alternately fifteen days and fifteen days sometimes under a Capt. and sometimes under a Lieutenant) for the year 1777
seven months
for the year 1778 six months fifteen days
For the year 1779 six months

Nineteen months fifteen days.

That he can't specify the particular times that he served as a private but that he was engaged in the service the time above stated under the officers and in the manner stated in my Declaration and for this service claims a pension. 
He is not acquainted with any Clergyman in his vicinity who can testify to the knowledge & belief in his neighborhood to his having been a soldier of the Revolutionary War but at the time of making out his application referred the Court to Silas Moore and Benjamin Barber who were accepted of by the Court & subscribed the certificate annexed to his declaration but omitted to make an excuse in writing not knowing that it was necessary so to do.

(signature) Moses Clark

Washington JC South Kingstown April 27 1833

Personally appeared before me the subscriber Moses Clarke and after being duly examined cautioned and sworn made oath to the truth of his affidavit annexed which was reduced to writing in his presence & by him subscribed in my presence & I further certify that said affidavit is entitled to full and implicit credit. 

(signature) Matthew Waite Justice Peace
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State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Washington SC Clerks office Court Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace

I Samual Helme Clerk of the Courts aforesaid do hereby certify that Matthew Waite Esq. whose certificate in his own handwriting is hereto prefixed is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of South Kingstown in the County of Washington legally chosen and qualified as the law requires that full faith and credit ought to be given to his attestation throughout the United States of America.

In Testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Office this Twenty sixth day of April in the year 1838

(signature) Sam. Helme Clk.

I certify the above name to be Samuel Helme's own handwriting and the Seal to be the seal of his court.
[signature illegible]
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10975

Moses Clark
Private 19 months 15 days

456.11.121602
Apr. 16 1833

P 338

[numbers in the form of a calculation appear to be added here]

6271
  165
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6498


Asa Potter Esq
Kingston RI
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(document is a pre-printed form with answers written in)

Brief in the case of Moses Clarke
of Richmond in the state of R. Island
(Act 7th 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? [Not answered]
3. How old is he? 82 years
4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.

[document has embedded chart with columns entitled Period; Duration of Service in years, months, days; Rank; Names of General and field Officers under whom he served. Most not filled out in detail]
Period: In 1777 
Duration: 19.15
Officers: Capt. Clark, Col Potter

[written across the chart is the following:]
Period of service & officers not named. The applicant claims for more than two years service.

[form continues]
5. In what battles was he engaged? None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Richmond R. Island
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached as required.

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

(signature) Richard Cutter
examining clerk
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21696
Invalid

File No. 21,696
Moses Clark
Pri. Rev. War

Act: June 7th 32
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 72
Arrangement of 1870

Note: written across the top is the word "Revolution."
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Declaration of Moses Clark for Pension

10,975
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I Silas Moore of Richmond in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aged seventy two years do testify and say that in the fore part of December 1776 I with Moses Clarke of said Richmond belonged to Capt. Lincon Clark's company of militia of said Richmond that at said time said company was called out and marched to the Smith house near the  South Ferry in South Kingstown and from there our company was ordered by the Col. to George Brown House in Boston Neck in said South Kingstown and served at both places about four months guarding the shores, at the expiration of said time our company came to a draft and one half served fifteen days and then they went home and the other half served the same time and so continued in rotation until the British left the Island of Rhode island and that I lived with said Clarke in said Company at [illegible] times after the British left Rhode Island but cannot exactly state how long.

(signature) Silas Moore

Washington sc South Kingstown Sep 1832
Personally appeared Silas More signer of the subscribed & sworn to me
April 6 1832
(signature) Wm . Sam. Helme Clk.
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I Benjamin Barber of Richmond in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aged seventy eight years do testify and say that in the [illegible] part of December 1776 I with Moses Clark of said Richmond belonged to Capt. Lincon Clarke's company of militia of said Richmond that at said time we were called out and marched to the Smith House near the south ferry in South Kingstown and from thence our company was ordered by the Col. to George Brown house in said South Kingstown on Boston Neck and that he the said Clarke served about four months guarding the shores. At the expiration of said time our company [illegible] to a draft and one half served fifteen days and then went home and other half served the same and so continued in rotation until the British left the Island of Rhode Island, and that I served with said Clarke in said company at sundry other times after the British left Rhode Island but cannot exactly say how long. 

(signature) Benjamin Barber

Washington SC South Kingstown Sept A.D. 1832
Personally appeared Benjamin Barber signer of the aforewritten instrument.

Subscribed & sworn to in Open Court Sept. 1832
(signature) Wem Sam. Helme Clk
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We, Benjamin Barber, residing in the town of Richmond Co of Washington and Silas more, residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Clarke who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty two 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 aforesaid.

(signature) Silas Moore
(signature) Benjamin Barber

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatries prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary War Soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Silas Moore who has signed the preceeding certificate is a resident in the Town of Richmond and that Benjamin Barber who has also signed the same is a resident in the same town and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Samual Helme Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & Gen. Sessions of the Peace do hereby [partially obscured] that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application [partially obscured] Clarke for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this eighth day of September 1832
(signature) Sam. Helme Clk

(seal with ribbon)