Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34696, Samuel Clark, Continental Mass.
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Service 
Continental 
Clark, Samuel
Number
S34696
Mass.

Contents
This man's widow was pensioned as former widow of Thomas Herring
Mass. W 18909
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7556#
Massachusetts

Samuel Clark
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wesson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of three years

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month; to commence on the 3rd of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of March 1819 and sent to William Wetmore Esquire Salem Mass,.

Arrears to 4th of March 1819  $88.46 
Semi anl. all'ce ending Sept 1819  $48
= $136.49

{Revolutionary claim
Act 18th March, 1818}

Continued

[faint vertical writing on the right side as follows:]

Notification sent October 18, 1820 to 
Ichabod Tucker,
Salem Mass. US
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Sam'l Clark
Col. Wessons Reg
Massachusetts Line
1777 - 3 years

Ca
[faint signature]
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State of Massachusetts
I Samuel Clark a citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the county of Essex in the state aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on the first day of January in the year of Our Lord One thousand seven hundred & seventy seven
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the Continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the first day of January in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence, that I belonged to & served in the Company of Captain Nathan Dix, as a Corporal, in the Regiment of Colonel Wesson in the Massachusetts line of the Army
and that I left the service on the first of January being three honorably discharged as may appear by the certificate herewith exhibited
and by that reason of my reduced circumstances is 
I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty one years. I have no other evidence to offer than what is 
herewith exhibited
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I the Subscriber late Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in the State of Massachusetts & a Lieutenant in the Regiments of Colonel Hutchinson & Rufus Putnam & in the companies of Captains Putnam, Whipple & Gates during the Revolutionary war, now residing at Gloucester in the State afored(?) Do Testify that the within enclosed declaimant served on the Continental establishment in war & as I verily believe for the term stated by him that he is in reduced circumstances in life being Poor & indigent and needs assistance from his Country for support.
John Tucker
Before me
Wm Witmore Judge within named
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Samuel Clark
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A.D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited 
point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Samuel Clark resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No, 7556 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit, 
"WAR DEPARTMENT ...........REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, 
Samuel Clark, late a private 
"in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate 
"of eight dollars per  month, to commence on the third 
"day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen 

L.S.
"Given at the War of Office of the Untied States, the ninth day 
"of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen

JC CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"

appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, it wit,
SCHEDULE
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,

An old house 2 stories high 1 room on floor - $12.00
2 acres very poor land - 30.00
= 42.00

Personal
2 old tables 3 chairs, some cooking utensils of the most miserable  kind - 2.00
= $44.00

The Declarant says that he was a solder in the Army of the Revolution; that he served as such during the whole of the year 1776 in Capt. Fay's Company in Col Ward's Regiment; that he served in said capacity three years immediately after
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A.D. 1776 in Capt. Nathan Dix's company, in Col. James Westons Regiment Massachusetts line; that he is sixty five years old; is a cripple occasioned by the rheumatism: has no wife nor any children who are able to contribute to his support; he lives wholly alone, and must have been  in the Poorhouse before this, had he not be relieved by his pension - Samuel Clark

Sworn & declared before 
Wm Wetmore Judge
above named
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforsaid, to wit, 
I, Samuel Clark, do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the Untied States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and the I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 Untied States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day or March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, not has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD. 
Samuel Clark (signed)

Essex ss.  C.C.C.P. June, Term, A.D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Samuel Clark took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court. 
I , ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and 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 aforesaid Schedule is forty four dollars

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my had, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July - A.D. 1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker Clerk
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Samuel Clark
[illegible] Mass
Dix 696
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Maryv o BJ Due to James Clarkin
Anara Carter due to Mr Samuel Clarkin
 Stend Dneldin fee to Mr James Clan
John Clark Due Mr James
Samuel Clark for [illegible] and Molan
[illegible] Bute thre pons [illegible] M [illegible]
Jabez Lary Jay Rich Beard
John Clarkin  on Bard thru pong [english?}
for Laid  Clark for Bond [illegible]
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Clark, Samuel
(CONT., MASS.)
This may certify that Samuel Clark belonging
Within the State of the Massachusetts bay has
served three year the whole time of Inlistment
as a Corpril In Capt Nathan Dixs Company
In the Ninth bay Regiment of foot and
further more this may certify that he is as Justly
Intitled to all previledges which are given or may
arise from the State or any of the United States
as any Non Commission? Officer who has 
served three year in the Defence of the
United States Discharged by order and hath
leave to Pass
Nathan Dix Capt
West Point January [date and year illegible]
[round stamp]THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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[left side]
34696
Rcoy INVALID

File No. 34,696
Samuel Clark
Div Rev Dar
Act: 18th March 18th
Index: Vol. 2, Page 75

[Arrangement of 1870]

(right side)
Asse, 701901
Miss Susan R. Clark 
H. Smith Clerk
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Reybikdsm Davus & Co.
Wholesale Grocers and Cotton Factors
Nos 23 & 25 North Second Street 
Fort Smith Ark,
3/11/1901

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
washington, D.C.

Dear Sir, 
Will you kindly advise me if you have any official record of the Revolutionary service, or service in the War of 1812, of one Samuel Clark, a pioneer settler of Ohio, Athens Co., formerly of Massachusetts?
Yours truly, 
(Miss) Anna Clark

c/c Reynolds, Davis & Co.