Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21605, Anthony Arnold, R.I.
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R.G. Arnold, Anthony S. 21605
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10.407
Rhode Island
Anthony Arnold of Kent in the State of RI who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain --- of the ILLEGIBLE commanded by Col Fry in the ILLEGIBLE une for 12 Illegible 15 Days
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State of Rhode Island
County of Kent RI 3
Court of Common Pleas August
Illegible AD. 1832.

On this Twenty first day of August AD. 1832. personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting, Anthony Arnold, a resident of Warwick in the County of Kent, and State of Rhode Island, aged Seventy four years; who being 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 into the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That he was born at said Warwick on the sixteenth day of February 1758 and has always resided there. That he has in his possession a record of his birth. That in the year 1776 he served as a Soldier in the Militia at said Warwick and at ILLEGIBLE Greenwich, under Capt. Reuben Whitman, at sundry times, for a week and a fortnight to the best of this Claimant's recollection, two months or more. That in the winter of the year 1777 he enlisted for the term of one month in the Company commanded by the said Reuben Whitman, and served said Term at Warwickneck in the Regiment commanded by Col. Waterman. That in the years 1777,, 78 & 79 this Applicant was called out and served as a Soldier in the Militia at Warwick and other places, on the Narragansett Bay, on sudden alarms while the enemy were in possession of Rhode Island, for a term of at least nine months or more in the whole, and that in the Summer of Spring of the year 1880 this applicant was called out with the Militia to
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to Bristol, and a Company was picked out and selected to go on to Rhode Island, the French troops being there at this time under Capt. Micah Whitmarsh. And that this applicant was one of this Company and he served under the said Whitmarsh in Rhode Island Fifteen days or thereabouts. And this applicant is certain that, during the war, he served as a soldier upwards of a year; though he cannot particularize the times and places, when and where, he was called to serve on most of the occasions in which he rendered that service. And this Applicant further states that for the most of the time in said Services he acted in the Capacity of Sergeant.  He has no discharge. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.

Anthony Arnold
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No. 9350
Anthony Arnold
Private
12 Mos. 15 days

Papers not properly
authenticated, has not 
ILLEGIBLE with ILLEGIBLE
the length of his service

21166

N. Whiting Esq.
E. Greenwich R.I.
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BRIEF in the case of Anthony Arnold of the County of Kent -- in the State of R. Island
(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? 74 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

Period.      
In 1776
"77 winter
"78&79
"80

Duration of service
Years,  Months,  Days. 
---        2              ---
---         1              ---
---         9             ---

Rank. 
As a private
ditto
ditto do.

Names of General and field Officers under whom he served. 
Gen. 
Capt. Whitman
Same Col. Waterman, 
Capt. Whitmarsh

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Warwick

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Deposition

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No Clergyman's Certificate

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Levin Belt
Examining Clerk.
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Revolution
21605
INVALID
File No. 21, 605
Anthony Arnold
Pri. Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: Vol. 2, Page 10
Arrangement of 1870.
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B. Gorton's Deposition
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I Benjamin Gorton a resident of Warwick in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island, aged Seventy eight years do hereby certify that I have for many years been acquainted with Anthony Arnold of said Warwick, an applicant for a pension, that I believe him to be Seventy four years of age or upwards, that he is a man of veracity, and it is reputed in the neighborhood that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War--and in this opinion I concur--Benjamin Gorton Dr. 
State of R. Island
Kent 
Subscribed and sworn to by the Deponent at East Greenwich this Twenty sixth day of November AD 1832. and 
I do certify that the Deponent sustains a good character for truth, and is has been for many year a Deacon of a Baptist Church. 
Witness Nathan Whiting J. Peace

The State of Rhode Island Providence Plantations 
Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas
I certify that Nathan Whiting is a Justice of the Peace for East Greenwich in the County of Kent, that the above is his proper signature on his own hand writing, that full faith & credit is & ought to be given to all his official acts. In writings whereof I have hereunto set my name & seal of office at East Greenwich this twenty ninth day of November in the year 1832
John Brown Clk
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Anthony Arnold 

Office of East Greenwich 
of November in the year 1832
John Brown Clk
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State of Rhode Island 
Kent County

On this Twenty eight day of November AD 1832 personally appeared before Joseph J. Tillinghast an Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Anthony Arnold of Warwick in said County of Kent, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following statement, in addition to and expiatory of his Declaration made before the Court of Common Pleas in said County at their Aug. Term AD 132. That his services in the years 1777, 1778 & 1779 were rendered as a drafted Soldier, in the Militia. That Reuben Whitman was Captain a part of the time; that he was at Bristol a part of the time, and also on Rhode Island a part of the time in those Years. That Thomas Holden was his Commander of the Militia; and John Waterman was colonel of the Regiment and John Low Lieutenant Colonel. -- That by the expression used in his Declaration relating his service on Rhode Island in the year 1780 under Capt Micah Whitmarsh of "Fifteen days or thereabouts" he means fifteen days, neither more or less, according to the best of his recollection. And he further states that according to the best of his recollection, he was called out on sudden alarms and served on these occasions as much as two months during the war and while the enemy were in possession of Rhode Island. Making in the whole fourteen months and fifteen days of actual military service. That he claims only as a private soldier, not recollecting what service he rendered as a Sergeant.
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This Claimant further states that he is not acquainted with any Clergyman sufficiently to warrant his calling on any, to testify to the facts required by the War Department. 

Anthony Arnold
Kent Co. at Warwick 
Sworn to and Subscribed by the said Anthony Arnold the Day and year before written Before me.
Jos. L. Tillingphase
Justice Peace
Kent Co. The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantation 
Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas
I certify that Joseph L. Tillinghase is a Justice of said Court that the above is his proper signature in his own writing. 
The writings whereof I have hereunto set my name & seal of the Office at East Greenwich this 29th day of November in the year 1832. 
John Brown, Clk

Anthony Arnold
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9350 
Anthony Arnold
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I Benjamin Remington of Warwick in the County of Kent do hereby certify that I am knowing to Anthony Arnold's having served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War, that he belongs to the same Company of Militia with this Deponent, and was drafted in said Company and served his tours of duty regularly. And I have no doubt that he served in the whole war upwards of one year as a drafted soldier and on alarms. 
Benjamin Reming.
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Anthony Arnold 

N. Whiting Esq. 
E. Greenwich R.I.
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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? No
VI. Has he given the names of officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment to every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? 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? 
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? yes 
And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes
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 personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And if not, which of them is not so answered? yes

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he serviced, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the understand, a Justice of the Peace &c., A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, tl at, 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 ------. For ----- 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 the line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office. 

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.