Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,076, Phineas Bond, Mass. Navy
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8-1776

Service
Mass.
Navy

Bond, Phineas

Number
S. 21,076

Contents

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Vermont 11.628
Phineas Bond
of Wardsboro, in the State of Vermont
who was a Pv. & Mar. in the Company commanded
by Captain Fuller of the Reg commanded
by Col Bullards in the Mass [illegible]
[illegible] for Troops
18 Mo 10 dy Private
3 ' Mariner -
61.09
10
71.09
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 71 - Dollars 09. Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29th day of May
and Sent to
1833, [illegible] Fayetteville on
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 142.18
Semianl. allowance ending 4 Sept.
35.54 ½
$177.72
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832. 
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk,
Book 8 Vol. 36 Page 52
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Adm
18 mos 10 [illegible] private 61.09
3 " Marine 10. --
71.09
Pensioner
Fayetteville
Vr
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Brief in the case of Phinehas Bond
of Wardsboro in the State of Vermont
(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?
3. How old is he? 75 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
19 April In 1775
[illegible] 1777
June 1778
1778
Years, Months, Days
Duration of Service.
8 [months] 10 [days]
5 [months]
3 [months]
5 [months]
Rank.
As a
Private
"
Marine
Private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt Fuller Col Gardner
Capt Fuller Col Ballard
Frigate w [illegible]-- Capt w[illegible]
Commed  Solefondell
Capt Serve Gen. J Thomas
5. In what battles was he engaged? Concord, Lexington Bunker Hill Stillwater Penobscot
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Newton Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? By documentary & living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
the papers are not attach' as reqd 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above
mentioned.
Richard Cutts
Examining Clerk.
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Windham Co y. Vermont
Phinehas Bond
Dec[illegible]c. for Pension
September 1832
12.669
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State of Vermont
[crossed out Commonwealth of Massachusetts]
Probate District of Marlborough in the
County of Windham ss.
On this twelfth
day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the
Honorable Judge of the said Probate Court
now sitting at New Fane
in and for said District County, Phinehas Bond
a resident of Wardsboro in
said County, aged seventy five 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 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Newton in the County of Middlesex & Sta[te] of Massachusetts on the first
day of July A. D. 1757, and that there
is a record of his birth in the town Rec..ds of sd Newton that he was in the United States
service from the nineteenth of April AD 1775 to the first day of January A.D. 1776 (8 m 11d) as a private in the Massachusetts State
troops that he was residing at said Newton, by the name of Phinehas Bond
when he entered the service; that he volunteered on said 19th April under
Capt Nathan Fuller
and served for the period aforesaid under the
command of Generals Ward and Washington, in Col Gard[illegible]
Regiment & said Fullers Company
that he marched from said Newton to Cambridge
thence to Concord, thence to Cambridge
that he served with the Provincial troops among
whom was a corps of Riflemen from Virginia but
no other regular troops; and Generals Ward, Warren, Putnam Washington &
Major Jackson militia and
regular officers
were known to him: that he was in the battle of Concond and Lexington, and
of Bunker Hill
and at the end of his service received a discharge
but not in writing: that he left the service on said first of January
and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Wardsboro
where he now resides. He has no documentary evidence, nor knows of any living witness, of this service
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the first day of August A.D. 1777, to the first
day  of January A.D. 1778 (5m)
as a private in the Massachusetts Militia
that he was residing at said Newton
when he entered the service; that he volunteered on said first of August
served for the period aforesaid under the command of Gen Gates in
Capt Joseph Fullers Company Col. Bullard's Reg &
that he marched from said Newton to Albany
thence to Bennington thence to Stillwater thro North Hampton Mass: that he served with St. Col Brooks, Regiment of Artillery
of the regular troops; and
General Gates, Lincoln, Arnold D Col Brooks &
Major Hull regular officers were known to him: that he was in the battle of
Stillwater
that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing- and left
the service on said first of January. (5m)

ALSO: that he was in the United States service from about the first day
day of June A.D. 1778, to the first
day of September A.D. 1778 (3m)
as a Marine in the Continental Navy
that he was residing at said Newton
when he entered the service; that he entered on board the Frigate Warren
on or about 1st June and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Commodore
Saltonstall and Lt. Hamilton & Capt Welsh Captain of [illegible]
were of same vessel: that he sailed from Boston to Penobscot River
that he served with the Massachusetts fleet and state troops but none, that he particularly recollects, of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him; that he was in the battles
at Penobscot,
that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing, and left
the service on or about said first of September
3m
16m
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The general circumstances of his service were as follows:
to wit: we first met the British at Lexington and our Regiment on issuing from a wood, was in presence of the enemy;
but broke upon the first fire of grape. Capt Amariah Fuller, Richard Fuller an old foxhunter and myself were the only ones who stood our ground.  At Bunker Hill I was
close to Col Gardner in the first company where he was mortally wounded by a musket ball in the groin & he fell into my arms and I eased him down upon the ground. at Saratoga I saw General Arnold ride up to Gates repeatedly and ask him "shall I go now"
to which Gates said "No! not yet "Arnold did this four
of five times and rode so furiously backwards &
forward that his horse's nose came knocking off
Gates spectacles. Finally Gates answered "Yes, go, and behave yourself well" which words I heard. Arnot in riding struck colonels and Captains right and left with the flat of his sword. This I heard stated. At Ticonderoga
go I was stationed at Mt. Hope, and while there had the misfortune to break the leg of my messmate. Elie Bartlett then and [illegible] Newton. The armies had repeated & bloody engagements at Penolescot Capt Welsh was killed
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.
Phinehas Bond
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
We Asa Wheelock & Nathaniel Ward residing in the town of Wardsborough,
Windham and County, State of Vermont
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Phinehas Bond
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy five
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 as aforesaid.
Asa Wheelock
Nathaniel Ward
Marshall Miller Judge of Probate
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and
served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Asa Wheelock,
who has signed the preceding certificate, is a
resident in the town of Wardsborough; and that Nathaniel Ward
resident in the town of Wardsborough; aforesaid,  and [illegible] credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
James Elliot, Register of the said Probate Court, do hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of
Phinehas Bond
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
James Elliot
Probate Register
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Revolution
21076
INVALID.
File No. 21,076
Phineas Bond
Pri Rev War
Act. June 7th 32
Index: -- Vol. 2, Page 44

(Arrangement of 1870.]
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Wardsboro, September 11. 1832
After diligent search the Rolls of Captain
Fullers Company cannot be found and
are supposed to be lost which is the cause
of the discrepancy between the certificate
of Mr Barrys secretary of Massachusetts
and the Testimony of Witness
Hon. Secretary of War

ALSO: that he was in the United States service from about the first day [illegible]
day of August A.D. 1776, to about the first
day of January A.D. 1778 (5m) as a private in the
Massachusetts Militia
that he was residing at said Newton
when he entered the service; that he volunteered on or about said first of August and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Gen. Thomas he believes and in Capt Sargents company that he marched from Newton to Charlestown No 4
thence to Ticonderoga
that he served with Col Shepherd 's Regiment, he believes of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him; that he was in no battle that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing
and left
the service on or about said first of January. He has no documentary evidence of this service
5 m "
Total Service 21 m 11 d
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Wardsborough Sept. 11 1832
Hon Lewis Carr Secretary of War
Sir, after diligent search the Rolls of
Capt. Fullers Company
cannot be found and
are supposed to be last, which is the cause
of the discrepancy
between the certificate of Mr
Banges Secretary of State of the State of Massachusetts and the testimony of the witnesses to prove my services as a soldier of the Revolution
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Phinehas Bond
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Phinehas Bond
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I Samuel Trowbridge of Newton in
the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts aged seventy five years testify
and say that I was a soldier of the Revolution
and served as a private in Capt Joseph Fullers
company in Col Bullard's Regiment of
Massachusetts Militia from August first
AD 1777 to January first AD 1780; and that
Phinehas Bond of Wardsboro in the State of
Vermont but there of said Newton and
present at the taking of this deposition
was a soldier in the same company
and served with me during the period
aforesaid. I further say that we were
both volunteers and that said Bond
was a good soldier and did his duty
well at Stillwater, Bennington and other
place where we marched or served
Samuel Trowbridge
Suffolk ss, Boston August 18, 1832. Subscribed
and sworn before me
D Lee Child
Jus. Peace
See the certificate of Secy of Massachusetts
accompanying the certificate of John Hill
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Phinehas Bond
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug 21 1832
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears
that the
name of Phineas Bond is born
on a roll of Capt Joseph Fuller's Company
Col Bullards Regiment and he is therein
stated to have served as a private at
Stillwater three months & twenty two days
from August 20th 1777
Edward D Bangs Secy
Also Phinehas Bond Jr is on a pay Roll
of Capt Amariah Fuller's company, and
he is therein stated to have served five days
from March 4th 1776.
Edward D Bangs Secy
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Phinehas Bond
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I Elisha Bartlett of Newton in the County of
Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts
aged seventy nine years certify and say that I
was a soldier of the revolution and served
at Ticonderoga five months in the year 1776,
and that Phinehas Bond there of said Newton
and now and ever since of Wardsboro
in the State of Vermont was also a soldier
of the revolution and served at the same
place during the same time; I further say
that he was a good soldier and did his duty
will, and is now present at the taking of
this deposition
Elisha Bartlett
Suffolk ss Boston August 18, 1832. Subscribed
and sworn before me
D Lee Child
Jus. Peace
See Certificate of Secretary of Massachusetts accompanying the application of John Hill
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By his Excellency LEVI LINCOLN, Esquire,
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over
said Commonwealth.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
KNOW YE, That William Stevenson Esq.
and David Leo Child Esqr are
Justice of Peace for the County of Suffolk
in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and
commissioned, and that to their Acts and
Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and
ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Thereof, I have caused the
Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this first day of September A. D. 1832,
and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor,
Edward D Bange Secretary of the Commonwealth

Levi Lincoln