Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 46044, Clarke Hiscox, R.I.
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RI   Hiscox, Clark       S 46044
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Rhode Island

Clark Hiscox
of Westerly in the State of R I
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain 
of the regt commanded 
by Col. Cook in the RI
line for  years

subscribed on the Roll of RI
at the rate of 80 dollars -- cents per annum
1832 and  Genl R. Babcock
Westerly RI
Arrears to 4th Sept 1832                    $120--
semi-ann Allowance ending 4 Mar 33  40. --
                                                             $160.-
Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7 1832
Recorded by J. F BLair, Clerk
Book D, VOl 3? Page 196
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No 8725.
Clarke Hiscox of
Westerly R. I.
Private
2 years
---
The Clerk seal has
No [illegible]

Nov 8 1832
Adm
$80-
R. Babcock
Westerly
R.I.
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BRIEF in the case of Clarke Hiscox of the County
of Washington 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? 71 years

4.  State his service as directed in the form annexed.
 
Period.  Duration of Service.  Rank.  Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.

In 1776 Novr  - Years, 3 Months, - Days as a Private - Gen. Col. Cook, Capt. Thompson

"77 - 1 Years, 3 Months, - Days as a ditto  Gen. Cols. Potter & Stanton, Capt. Thompson

"78 June 1 Years, - Months, - Days as a [illegible] Gen. Col. Toppin, Capt. Babcock,

5. In what battles was he engaged? Rhode Island with Genl Sullivan

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

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

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

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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State of Rhode Island


County of Washington []

On the sixth day of September A.D. 1832 personally appeared in Open court being the Court Common Pleas, within and for the County of Washingto now in [   ] Clark Hiscox a resident of Westerly in the County of Washington and the State of Rhode Island age 71 years w ho, 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 A.D>  That he entered the service of the United STates under the following named Officer, and served as herein stated.  That he was born October 14th  A.D. 1760 being entered in the Town Records.  He lived there at the time of his enlistment, and has since resided two years in Charlestown and nine years in Hopkinton in said County of Washington and afterwards returned to Westerly where he now resides. -  And the applicnt further state that he first enlisted in the latter part of Novembe A.>D> 1776 in Capt. Thomas Thompson's Company in Col. Cook's regiment as a private for three months and marched to Newport, arrived there about the first of December and   remained only a short time when the British came in and took possession of Rhode Island, they then retreated to Bristo and there remained until his time expired - The said applicant further states  that he again enlisted immediately after the expiration of the above term of service as a private in Capt. Thomas Thompson's Company in Col. Thomas Potter's Regiment afterward commanded by Col Joseph Stanton for fifteen months, and marched through Narragansett, Greenwich and Warwick to Providence from  there acrosss Shades' Ferry to Tiverton and then was there station at Howland's Ferry and served until his time expired - and the said applicant furrher states t hat he next enlisted in June 1 1778 as a private in Capt. Joshusa Babcock's Company in Col. John Hopkin's Regiment for twelve months.  First march to Tiverton and there remained until August, and then went on to Rhode Island Gen'l Sullivans' expidition
was at the Battle with the British there at that time  afterwards returned to Tiverton and served until his time expired.  All of which terms of enlistment he served out sand was
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honourable]y discharged, but has no  written discharge - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the presenet and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed this day and yar aforsaid in open  Court.
      Clark Hiscox
() Samuel Heme  CLk
Mf. Edwin D. Willcox residing in the Town Charlestown R. Island
Thomas Chapman residing in Westerly herey certify that we are well acquainted with Clarek Hiscox who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him  to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed  & he lived in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed this day aforsaidl

Edwarrd Willoxx
Thomas Chapman

State of Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations
Washington Sc Clerks office CC Phas?
I Samuel Helme, Clerk of the court (?)
do hereby Certify that the device on the seal of this court of scales but so slightly cut it is difficult to give an impression The above is the best that it will produce and  generally is scarcely visble I further certfy that the seals before attached to my certificates annexed are the lone seals of this court
Samuel Helme Clerk
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Samuel Champlin of Westerly in Washington County, Rhode Island,
a Revolutionary Pensioner, maketh Oath that he is personally well
acquainted with Clarke Hiscox, and knows that said Hiscox did
serve as a private three months in Capt. Thomas Thompson's Company
in Col. Cook's Regiment at Newport & Bristol - And the
deponent further states that said Clarke Hiscox did afterwards serve
as a private for fifteen months at Tiverton in said Thomas Thompsons
Company, and Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Potter,
and afterwards by Col. Joseph Stanton - I certify this from
my own personal knowledge, having served in the same company
with the said Hiscox in both of said enlistments.-
Samuel Champlin

Washington Sc. Westerly August 27th 1832. Same Chaplin Signer of the foregoing made solemn oath to the truth of and and signed the same in my presence

Geo. W. Knightly Justice of the Peace

Arnold Crumb now a resident in North Stonington in the State of
Connecticut a Revolutionary Pensioner testifieth that he knows Clarke Hiscox of
Westerly, in the State of Rhode Island, and well remembers that
said Hiscox was a Soldier for fifteen months at Tiverton in Capt.
Thomas Thompson's Company in Col. Thomas Potter Regiment, afterwards
commanded by Col. Joseph Stanton in the years 1777 & 78. And further
that said Hiscox did afterwards serve as a private for twelve months
at Tiverton and on Rhode Island in Capt. Joshua Babcock's Company
in Col. John Toppins Regiment in the years 1778 and 1779. - 
I certify this from actual knowledge having served in the same
companies under both enlistments with the said Hiscox. - 

Arnold Crumb
his X mark

Washington County ss - Westerly August 28th AD 1832
Personally appeared Arnold Crumb signer of this
Deposition, and made solem oath to the truth of the same
before me, and signed the same by making his
mark as above in my presence -

Nathan F. Dixon Justice of Peace
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation 
of the matter and after pulling 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 states that it
appears to them that Arnold Crumb 
who has signed the preceeding Certificate is a resident of North Kingston and that Edward Willcox & Thomas Chapman

resident in the and Samuel Champlin

who has also signed the same are residents in the Town of Charlestown & Westerly and are  creditable persons and that their statement is
Entitled to Credit

8725

State of Rhode Island & Providence
Plantations

Washington Sc}

Clerks Office Court Common pleas &
Gen. Sessions of the Peace Sept 6. 1832

I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Courts aforesaid
hereby certify that Jedediah W. Knight Esq
and Nathan F. Dixon Esq whose signatures hereto fixed are Justices of
the Peace for the Town of Westerly Legally chosen
and Qualified as the Law requires that full faith
and credit ought to be given to their Attestation throughout
the United States, & I further state that the seal impressed is the true seal of the Court aforesaid

Witn Sam. Helme Clk

I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Washington do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
of the said Court in the Matter of the
application of Clarke Hiscox for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal of Office this Ninth day
of September A.D. 1832

Sam. Helme Clk
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Dec 8/94 - History to Mrs- Frank 
Larkin, Westerly R. I.

Invalid
Rvy

File No.46044

Clarke Hiscox
private
RI. Mila
Rev War

Act June 7. 1832
Index: Vol. 3rd, Page 116

[Arrangement of 1870.]
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[illegible]

[stamped:]  OLD WAR & NAVY NOV 27 1897 FILES

Westerly R. I.
Nov 22 - 1897

Mr. H. Clay Evans,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir

As I have heard that
Clarke Hiscox drew a pension,
for services in the Rev. War,
and also found his name as
private in Col John Topham's
regiment (from Cowells Spirit of
76 in R.I.) I write to know
if you will tell me if it is
a fact. I aslo found
the name of Thomas Sheffield
in Col Robert Elliot's Reg and
in Col Archibalds Crary's Reg

[stamped:]  US PENSION OFFICE NOV [illegible]
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I don't know that the last
named drew a pension, but
think he was surely in the
Rev.
An early answer will oblige
Yours very truly
Jessie C. Larkin
Mrs Frank Larkin
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{Clarke Hiscox 46644-1
no other. S -
T Sheffield 
Not I
" H
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No 8725
Clarke Hiscox
R. Babcock Esqr
Westerly
R. I.
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Clark Hiscox - which require further
proof or explanation.

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? yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes

VII. Has he made a relinquishment of 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? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished
from any other seal?  No
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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 [struck through]

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No [struck through]

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.

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 a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes.

XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes.

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 served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, 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 line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.

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.

It is not necessary when an applicant
proves the whole of his service by witnesses
who had an actual knowledge of the same
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This Bureau can furnish the military
record of only such Revolutionary soldiers
as were pensioned or whose widows were
pensioned for their services.
Such of the original muster and pay
rolls of the Revolutionary War and the
War of 1812 as are now in the possession
of the Government are on file in the
Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records
pertaining to service in the Revolutionary
War may also be found on file in the
archives of many of the original States.
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.

L. W. B.
I. 46044.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,

December 8th, 1897.

Madam:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Thomas Sheffield
and Clarke Hiscox, soldiers of the Revolutionary war, you are
advised as follows:
A very careful search has been made and from the data given the
name of Thomas Sheffield has not been found upon the Revolutionary war
pension records on file in this Bureau.

Clarke Hiscox made an application for pension on September 6th,
1832, at which time he was 71 years of age and residing at Westerly,
Rhode Island, and his pension was allowed for two years' actual service
as a private in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war; a part of
the time he served under Capt. Thompson and Col. Cook. He enlisted at
Westerly, Rhode Island.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner,

Mrs. Frank Larkin,
Westerly, Rhode Island,