Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,242, for Joseph Tasker, New Hampshire
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SERVICE.                                        NUMBER
NH.                 Tasker, Joseph     S. 18,242 carded
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10392
New Hampshire
Joseph Tasker
Stanford in the State of NH who was a Private 
In the company commanded by Captain _____of the 2 the Regt. Commanded by Col. Baldwin in the NH line for 8 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of NH at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of April 1833 and privt Joseph Tasker Barnstead NH
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833                  $53.32 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep. 1833 $13.33
                                                                      $66.65
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by J H McBlair
Book E  Vol. ?     Page 123
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DECLARATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED JULY 7, 1832.
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
COUNTY OF STRAFFORD ss.----COURT OF Probate
September TERM, 1832

On this 17th day of September 1832, personally appeared before the ["Justices of" stricken out] a Judge of the Court of Probate now in session at Dover within and for said County of Strafford, Joseph Tasker a resident of Barnstead in said County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, aged Seventy Seven 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 enlisted in the army of the United States, in the year 1774 and served as follows:---

In the fall of the year 1774 he enlisted in a Company of N.H. Militia commanded by Capt. Place of Rochester, and marched to Portsmouth harbour--and assisted in erecting a fort on Seavey's Island, called Fort Sullivan, continued there four months, and was discharged in Jany. 1775--He enlisted at Barnstead and was mustered at the Island by Genl. Cilley, who was then a Major---In September 1776 he enlisted in a Company commanded by Capt. Moody in Col. BaldwinsRegt. N.H. Militia, and marched to White Plains in New York was in the battle of White Plains and served three months, when the Regt. was discharged & returned home--he never received any written discharge--has always resided in Barnstead since the Revolutionary War

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 any agency in any state.
Joseph Tasker

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in open Court.

And the said Court do hereby declare ["their" stricken out] its opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Daniel C. Atkinson   Judge of Probate
["ATTEST    CLERK" stricken out]

I, James Bartlett Reg'r ["Clerk" stricken out] of the Court of Probate for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Tasker for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this 17th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
ATTEST-- ["CLERK" stricken out]
James Bartlett  Reg'r.

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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We Elisha Nutter Esqr a Resident of Barnstead & George Foss Jr. a resident of Strafford hereby certify that we are well are well acquainted with Joseph Tasker Esq. who has subscribed this written declaration, that we believe him to be 77 years of age; that he is reputed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion 
Elisha Nutter 
George Foss Jr
Subscribed & sworn to by the above Deponents in open Court — Sept 17th 1832 
Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Pro
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11383 
Joseph Tasker 
Private 8 months 
and 
W. C. E
Request to amend his declaration & from his service under Capt Place 
Nov 28 1832 
$26.66 
To Jos. Tasker 
Barnstead NH
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11383 
BRIEF in the case of Joseph Tasker of Barnstead Strafford Co. in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.) 
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —-
3. How old is he? 77
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed 
Period.
Fall of 1774-to Jany. ‘75, Sept ‘76
Duration of Service.
4 months, 3 months
Rank.
Private
Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.
Capt Place ┃ Capt Moody - Col. Baldin 
5. In what battles was he engaged?
 White Plains 
6.Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Barnstead 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, or by the rolls?
living Witness- 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
No clergy
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
 W. C. Easton 
Examining Clerk.
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November 17, 1931
Miss Hallie Baker 
316 Laurel Street              BA-J/AWF
St. Louis, Missouri 
Dear Madam:  
The data contained herein are obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S.18242, based upon the military service of Joseph Tasker during the Revolutionary War. 
He enlisted in the fall of 1775 in Barnstead, Strafford County, New Hampshire, and served under Captains Place, Hill and Hodgdon in Colonel Cilley's New Hampshire regiment, and assisted in erecting Fort Sullivan on Seavey's Island, length of service four months. He enlisted in September 1776 and served three or four months in Captain Moody's company in Colonel Baldwin's New Hampshire Regiment, and was in the battle of White Plains. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed , September 17, 1832, then a resident of Barmstead, New Hampshire, and was aged seventy-seven years. He stated that he had lived in said Barmstead ever since the Revolution. 
There are no data as to his family. 
Very truly yours 
A. D. HILLER 
Assistant to Administrator
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I John Nutter depose and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War in a Company commanded by Capt. Samuel Shackford of Newington and was mustered at Sevey’s Island in Portsmouth Harbour in the fall of the year 1775 in Col Cilley's Regt of N.H. Militia, while there I assisted in erecting a Fort on Seavey’s Island, called Fort Sullivan. I then saw Joseph Tasker of Barnstead who was a soldier stationed there, his officers I do not now recollect said Tasker assisted in erecting Fort Sullivan in the fall of the year 1775. I repeatedly saw said Tasker during the fall aforesaid engaged in the service but how long he served I do not know, but have understood that he served four months at that time.
Jno. Nutter 
Strafford SS. January 18th 1833. Then the above named John Nutter made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true 
Before me Joseph Farrar Jus Peace 
I certify that the above named John Nutter is reputed to be a man of truth and veracity Joseph Farrar Jus. Peace
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I Joseph Tasker of Barnstead in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire depose and say that I am the identical Joseph Tasker named in the annexed application; and I further say that there is a mistake in said application by the insertion of the year 1774. It should have been that the said Joseph Tasker enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775, and that in the fall of the year 1775 he enlisted in a company Commanded by Capt Place, instead of the year 1774 as stated in said application. And I further say that the Company in which I enlisted in the fall of 1775 was at first commanded by Capt Place, and subsequently, during the four months that I continued in the service at that time it was commanded by Capts Hill of Barrington and Hodgdon of Dover 
Joseph Tasker 
Strafford ss. January 18th 1833. Then the above named Joseph Tasker made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true
Before me Joseph Farrar Jus Peace
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State of New Hampshire 
Strafford ss.
I Andrew Peirce, Clerk of the Superior Cou[rt] of Indicature for said County of Strafford do Certif[y] that Joseph Farrar Esquire, before whom the annex affidavits were taken, is a Justice of the Peace [for] said County and that his signatures thereto affix[ed] I have no doubt are genuine.—
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal [of] said Court, this 23 day of January  Anno Domini 1833. 
A Peirce, Clerk
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I George Foss Jr. depose & say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war in Compy Commanded by Capt. Emerson, Col. Tacher Regt. NH Militia in 1776- and on our march from N.H. the Regt in which I was a private fell in company with a Reg commanded by Col. Baldwin at Horse Neck, New York, and I there saw Joseph Tasker of Barnstead who was a soldier in said Baldwins Regt. in Company commanded by Capt Moody - & I repeatedly saw said Tasker during the time I was in the service, and he was also engaged in the service in said Moody's Compy. but have long time he served I am not certain but understood he served for three or four months - at that time I was known by the name of George Foss third-- George Foss Jr 
Strafford ss. September 17th 1832 - Then the above named George Foss Junr. made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true -
Before me - A Peirce Jus. Peace 
I certify the above named George Foss Jr. is reputed to be a man of truth & veracity 
A Peirce Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire 
Stratford.       I James Baillett Regr. of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Andrew Peirce within named and whose proper signature is signed thereto is a justice of the peace for said County of Strafford - In witness whereof I have caused the Official seal to be hereto annexed this 17th day of September A D. 1832 James Baillett Regr.
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18242 
INVALID. 
No. 18,242242 
Joseph Tasker 
Pri Rev War  
Act: June 7th 32
Box:—:Vol. 1, Page 445 
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1931 Nov 17 - to Miss Hallie Baker
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Nov. 4. 1931
War Department
Bureau of Pensions
Dear Sirs -
Will you please give me the Military Record of Joseph Tasker of New Hampshire & Vermont - his father John Tasker -  I find a record   - "John Tasker Soldier in Crown Point Expedition-- (New Hampshire)"
also. Joseph Tasker I learn was a soldier in Capt. Moodys Co -  Continental Army-1776-
I also find record -  John Tasker private in Major Smith's Co. French War 
If you will send me these records I will appreciate it-
I cant find the name of Joseph Taskers or Jno. Taskers wives
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but know Jno. had sons Joseph Paul & Nathaniel
Joseph his son is merely mentioned
as having married and had 5 sons - William  Paul - John -  Joseph and Ivan
with thanks
Miss) Hallie Baker
3
16 Laurel St
St Louis Mo
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Nov. 4 - 1931
Dear Sir - 
Will you please give me War record of Benjamin Dana reported Killed 1738 - 3d Co 3d Reg - Conn Troops Com by Col Eleazar Fitch
Have you record of service of Francis Dana his  son of Vermont
Yours truly
(Miss)
Hallie Baker
316 Laurel
St Louis Mis


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