Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32812, Thomas Handy, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.

Handy, Thomas

SERVICE 
S32812
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[Solomon Howard - crossed out]

Thomas Handt
No. 12.453
July 1818
Cont. 15 Sep
1820

Con


Sep 19
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Schedule of Property belonging to Thomas Handy of Swanzey
Real & Personal Estate . . . . . none.
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SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BRISTOL, sS. Circuit Court of Common Pleas 
On this seventeenth day of  July term 1820. ha personally
appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said county,
Thomas Handy . . . . . Labourer,
aged sixty seven years, resident in Swanzey,
in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath,
declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:

In Capt. Turner's company, and in lot  Johnson's Regiment, and that I made declaration of my services and indigent circumstances, to the War Department on the 9th day of April 1818. My pension certificate bears No. 12453

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, and that

I have no property whatever
Signature of Thomas (jis X mark) Handy

Witness. O. Angus

Sworn to, and declared, on the seventeenth
before day of July A.D. 1820 in open Court
Signature of Jas. Sproat C. Court Bristollo

I, James Sproat clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath
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 in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule
is two dollars and no. cents

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court, on this twenty fifth day of July 1820
Jas Sproat  Clerk of the Court for the County of Bristol.
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Russell Hand S. 38783,
Thomas Handy, S. 32812
BA-J/MLB

Honorable Richard B. Wigglesworth
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. Wigglesworth:

Reference is made to your letter of March 25, in which you request,
in behalf of Mr. Arthur Mills Smith, 105 Belcher Avenue, Brockton, Massachusetts, the Revolutionary War records of Russell and Thomas Handy, of
Swansea, Massachusetts.

You are furnished herein the record of the only soldier namedmRussell Handy, and that of the only Thomas Handy of Massachusetts, found
in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.
RUSSELL HANDY
S. 38783

The record follows of Russell Handy whose surname is shown also as
Hanly. The data therein were obtained from the papers on file in the
claims for pension and bounty land under File No 38783, based upon his
service in the Revolutionary War.

Russell Handy was born in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The date of birth and names of his parents are not shown.

Russell Handy enlisted in Taunton, Massachusetts, served as private
under Captain Turner, and Colonels Thomas Church, Henry Jackson and
another in the Massachusetts troops, was in the battle of Monmouth,
in the Siege of Yorktown and at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and
was discharged from the Massachusetts Regiment, June 10, 1783, after
having served six years five months.

After the Revolution, the soldier moved from Swansea, Massachusetts,
to Bristol, Rhode Island, about ten miles from Swansea. He was allowed
pension on his application executed March 30, 1818, at which time he was a
resident of Bristol, Rhode Island.
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Russell Handy was granted one hundred acres of bounty land, also on account of his service in the Revolution, on Warrant No. 753, which was issued February 16, 1819, at which time he was a resident of 
Bristol, Rhode Island, aged sixty years.

In 1820, while still residing in Bristol, Rhode Island, Russell
Handy referred to his wife, whose name and age he did not give,
children as follow: a son, William aged thirty - four years and daughter Charlotte aged twenty - three years, no other reference being made to children.

If Mr. Smith desires information in regard to location of the land ┃
granted on account of this soldier's service, he should apply to the
Commissioner of the General Land Office, Interior Department, this city,
and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and
date of issuance.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of
person paid and possibly the date of death of Russell Handy or Hanly, Mr. Smith should write to the Comptroller General, General Account
Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Russell Handy, certificate #13592, issued July 31, 1819, rate $8 per month, commenced March 30, 1818, Act March 18, 1818, Rhode Island Agency
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THOMAS HANDY
S.32812

You are furnished herein the record of Thomas Handy as found in
pension claim, S. 32812, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War
.
The date and place of birth and names of the parents of Thomas Handy were not given.

Thomas Handy enlisted sometime in March, or April 11, 1781, place
not stated, served as private in Captain Thomas Turner's company,
Colonel Henry Jackson's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged
on account of disability, about November 1, 1782, at New Windsor, New York
.
Thomas Handy was allowed pension on his application executed
April 9, 1818, at which time he was residing in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. In 1820, he was aged sixty-seven years and still
living in Swansea, Massachusetts.
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It is not stated whether Thomas Handy ever married.

In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name
and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of this
soldier, Mr. Smith should write to the Comptroller General, as
directed in the other case, and furnish that official the following
data: Thomas Handy, certificate No. 12453, issued July 21, 1819, rate
$8 per month, commenced April 9, 1818, Act 18th March, 1818,
Massachusetts Agency.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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J N P
O. W. and N. Division.

Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. June, 1893

Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Thomas Handy
a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will
please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension
on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF ENLISTMENT.
April 1781

LENGTHOF SERVICE.
War

RANK.
Pri

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
Thomas Turner
Discharged from Hospital November 1782
COLONEL.
Henry Jackson

STATE.
Mass

Battles engaged in, none stated

Residence of soldier at enlistment, Swansea  Bristol County Mass

Date of application for pension, April 1818

Residence at date of application, Swansea Mass

Age at date of application, stated in July 1820 as 67 years

Remarks:

Very respectfully,
Commissioner

S.S. Thresher Esq.
Attorney 5 Breed Hall
Norwich Conn
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Drawn June 16 1893
Chgd to Prin

Imprint of US Pension Office July 26 1893
Imprint of Old War and Navy 
July 27 1893
FILES
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OFFICE OF
S. S. THRESHER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CLAIM AGENT,
NO. 5 BREED HALL,

[Handwritten letter - P]

NORWICH, CONN July 25, 1893

To the Commissioner of Pensions-
Sir
I am desirous of obtaining
authentic evidence of service
in the war of the Revolution of a man
by the name of Hardy. I believe his
Christian name was Thomas, but of this
I am not positive. He belonged in
Swansea or Rehoboth Mass, and I
am informed, was a pensioner of the 
United States. Can you give me a
certificate or letter that such a man
was a pensioner of the United States.
I have written about this matter
once before, but have received no answer.
Very truly yours
Signature of S.S. Thresher
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OFFICE OF
S. S. THRESHER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CLAIM AGENT,
NO. 5 BREED HALL,

NORWICH, CONN June 9. 1893
To the Commr of Pensions-

Sir
Will you havethe kindness to inform me if the
records of the Pension Office show
that there was a pensioner by the
name of Thomas Handy, residing
in Swansea, or Rehoboth, Mass, for
services in the war of the Revolution.

Should the records show more than
one such pensioner by the name of
Handy will you please give me
the name of each. The evidence
is required in connection within
application to become a member of
the Sons of the American Revolution
Very truly yours, S.S. Thresher
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RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH
IITH DIST. MASSACHUSETTS

COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS

Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.

March 25, 1938

Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C.


Dear Sir:
Attention: Revolutionary and War of 1812 Section:

Dear sir: 
I have just received a letter from a
constituent of mine, Mr. Arthur Mills Smith, 105 Belcher Avenue, Brockton, Massachusetts, reading as follows: 

" In the census of 1790, for Massachusetts, there are listed, as heads of families, Russell Handy and Thomas Handy, of Swansey, Massachusetts. They
are both recorded as soldiers in the American
Revolution. The Vital Statistics of Massachusetts
do not give the names of their children.

Would the War Department of the Pension Department
have any information regarding their families? I
am interested in obtaining the names of their families.

I have exhausted all local channels of research such
as probate records and town and state records."

Any information that you may be in a position
to furnish me in this connection will be greatly appreciated.
.
With kindest regards, believe me
Sincerely yours,
[Signature illegible]
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[Text on left side of document]
1938 Mar 28 - Hist to Hon Richd B Wigglesworth
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[Text on right side of document]
32812
Revy INVALID

File No. 32,812
Thomas Handy
Priv Rev War

Act 18" March 1818"
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 174

[Arrangement of 1879.]
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 I Joseph Mason of Swanzey County of
Bristol, State of Massachusetts, on Solemn
Oath do say that some time in the begining
of the year 1781. I think in the month of March,
I engaged Thomas Handy the Signer
to the accompaning declaration to enlist
as a private Soldier for and during the War
of the revolution in the Company of Capt Turner in the Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson of the Massachusetts Line- that
Thomas Handy did enlist in Regiment &
served therein until Nov. 1782 when he was
discharged on account of bad health, having
served about one year & Eight months, I enlisted him for & in behalf of a class belonging
to Swanzey for & during the war as aforesaid
Signature of Joseph Mason

State of Rhode Island
Bristol ss
June 7th 1819 Personally came Joseph
Mason & made Solemn oath to the truth of
the above deposition the sd Joseph Mason
being well known to me & that full faith &
Credit ought to be given to his testimony
before me Daniel Bradford  Justice of the Peace 
Country of Bristol
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I Richard Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Please in & for the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, do hereby Certify, that Daniel Bradford Esquire, by whom the Oath was administered s Chief Justice of said Court, and the within Signature purporting to be his, is in his own proper hand - 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, this tenth Day of June in the Year 1819. - 

Signature of Richd Smith
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Warren, Rhode Iland, June 3d 1819.

I Nathaniel Phillips, in Warren aforesaid, do certify 
that Thomas Handy inlisted a Soldier for
the war, in the Continental Army, Massachusetts
Lina, Col. Henry Jackson's Regiment of which
I was Quarter Master Serjeant) and joined the
Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Turner,
in the year seventeen hundred & eighty-one --served therein about eighteen months, when he was discharged
on account of disability.-
Signature of Nath Phillips

State of Rhode Islander
Bristol ss.  June 10th 1819 personally came Nath Phillips & made Solemn
Oath to the truth of the above certificate or deposition by him subscribed
the sd Nath Phillips being well known to me as a gentleman of
& that full faith & credit ought to be his testimony
Signature of Daniel Bradford Ch. Just. C.C. Pleas
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I Richard Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in & for the County of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, do hereby Certify, that Daniel Bradford Esquire, by whom the Oath was administered, is Chief Justice of said Court, and the within Signature perportig to be his, is in his own proper hand, 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this tenth Day of June in the year 1819. 
Signature of Richd Smith