Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 18761, Moses Clement, Mass.
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(8-1776)
Service    Number
Mass.    Clement, Moses    S 18761

Contents    carded
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6930
Massachusetts

Moses Clement
of Dracut in the State of Mas
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Minot of the Red commanded
by Bob Bridge in the Massachusetts
line for 10 months

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Inscribed on the Role of Massachusetts
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of March 1833 and [illegible]
J Nelson H.R.
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Arrears to 4th of March 1833 
Sent=amt. allowance ending 4 Sept 

66.66
16.66
$83.32

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk,
Book 8 
Vol. 2
Page 94
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. County of Middlesex SS. 

On twelfth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of now sitting at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex in the Commonwealth aforesaid Moses Clement of Dracutt in said Counyt 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 the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. 

That is to say on the 20th of April 1775 he entered into the war of the Revolution as a volunteer marched to Cambridge & after a few days he enlisted into the army for eight months, was mustered in the Company of Capt Peter Coburn, --- & the Regiment of Col. Ebenezer Bridge served out the full term of his enlistment, but no written discharge. on the day of Bunker hill battle, as our Company were about to march, John Hardwick, an old soldier acted a corporal of the Company was on the picket guard, requested the Captain to permit him to go into battle and the Capt observed that I was a boy, & I might do guard duty & Stock the Corporals place & he march on the hill 1777 he was detached as one of the Militia of said Dracutt to serve in the army of the Revolution for two months & was mustered in the Company of Capt Minot of Chelmsford & Lt. Proctor of Westford, marched to Rhode Island, served out the term of his detachment, but had no written discharge. The officers under whom he said are all dead, & he has no documenting evidence. Saul Coburn of said Dracut acted as second Sergeant of the Company
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He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
J. P. P. Fay 
Moses Clement Bro. 

[blank] a Clergyman residing in the town of [blank] in the county of [blank] hereby certify that we are well acquainted with [blank]  who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be [blank] years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 a certifies that it appears to them, that Joseph Minot who has signed the preceding certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Dracut and county of Middlesex in the state of Massachusetts , & that Jonas Varnum is a credible person and that their is entitled to credit.  
J.P.P. Fay, J. Probate 

I Isaac Fiske Register of do certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application Moses Clement for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twelfth day os September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two Isaac Fiske Regsr of the Court of Probate
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11426
Moses Clement
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, to wit,

At the Court of Common [illegible]
began and holden at Concord within and for the County of Middlesex
on the second monday twelfth day of September A.D. 1832
On the application of Moses Clement claiming to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following
interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:

1. Where, and in what year were you born ?
Answer,  I was born in Dracut on the 24th of September 1758

2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I do not know, but if there is it is in the town Dracut

3. Where were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? 
Answer, I have always live in [illegible] Dracutt

4. How were you called into service, were you drafter, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom? 
Answer, I have answered in my declaration

5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I have stated in the body of my declaration

6. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for verneity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Col. James Varnum a Revolutionary officer
John Varnum a law member of congress, Benjin F. Varnum, [illegible] of Middlesex

[illegible signature]
SPP Fay

Moses Clement
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Brief in the case of  Moses Clement 
of  Dracut                in the State of Massachusetts  May 4
                                 (Act 7th June, 1832)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?  The 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.
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Period   --     Duration of Service- Rank--  Names of Generals and                                                                       
                      Years   Months  Days               Field Officers under 
                                                                       whom he served                                                                 


In 1775                             8               Private     Capt. Coburn
     1777                            2                               Col.  Bridge  
                                                                           Capt Minot

5. In what battles was he engaged?        None

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

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

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


I certify that the forgoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

                                       (Signed)  Nathaniel Cutty
                                                       Examining Clerk
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                    18761
                 INVALID

File No.   18761
                Moses Clement
               Pri  Rev  War


Act. June 7  "32
Index:--Vol......1...,Page..431
 (Arrangement of 1870)

(Upside Down written  portion)

June 24 1900
Mil History to Mrs.  Dot.  Clement,
Brooklyn, NY
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O.W.?, N Division
DEC 18, 1899  
Received


Brooklyn, Dec 12, 1899
Commissioner of Revolutionary Pensions
Dear Sir;
 Moses Clement-Roll 239-
was a private in Leuit. Israel Bartletts( Cadet) Co. which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775--
In his weill( Middlesex County Probate Records)
he directs as follows  "Five dollars to be taken from my pension money to buy 2 Bibles(,) one for my grandson Moses" etc.  Will you tell me how, when, where wounded(?)
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Vertical page
Will appreciate as early reply as possible
-he was born Sept 24, 1758
                    died-     1837
      Right side

to be entitled to a pension etc, also give me date of his death which occured in 1937.
    I enclose $1.00 which I understand is your fee for certificates, if not right kindly let me know,-  I want this information (satisfaction on)  family history, and and never until now known how to look for it.

   Respectfully yours
   Mrs. D. H. Clement
   156 Taylor St.
    Brooklyn, N.Y.
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11426
Moses Clement
Private  10 Months

???

Hon J  Nelson
      Present
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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 Moses Clement Dracute Masstt which require  further proof or explanation.
1. 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 amout 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? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to tionary service? 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's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no
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? 

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; Formonths , and days, I served as adays , I served as a- -- For -- and for such service I claim a pension. months
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3 It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension on 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objection able. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 


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 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 authenticates 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 ends of which must pass attached to the certificate. under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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We Joseph Merrill a Clergyman in the town of  Dracutt in Massachusetts & James Varnum of the same Dracut a soldier in the War of the Revolution, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted Moses Clement who has subscribed & sworn to this Declaration hereto annexed, and that we believe to to be seventy four years of age, that he is reputed behind in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier in the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion 
James Varnum
Joseph Merrill 

Commonwealth of Massachuseth Middlesex SS 
September 10th 1832 Then the above named Joseph Merrill Jonas Varnum personally appeared before me and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed. I also certify that I am personally acquaintedi with them know this are entitled full credit 
John Varnum Justice of the Peace
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I Jonas Varnum of Dracutt in Massachusetts testify & say that in April 1775 I enlisted into the army of the Revolution for eight months & served as a private soldier in the Company of Capt. Peter Coburn of said Dracutt; that Moses Clement then & now of the same town was a private soldier in the same Company during eight months as he has stated in his declaration hereto annexed 
Jonas Varnum

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex SS September 10th 1832 then the above namd Jonas Varnum personally appeard before me & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed. I also certify that he is a respectable old gentleman entitled to full credit . 
John Varnum Justice of the Peace
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I Saul Coburn of Dracutt in Massachusetts testify & say that I was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and am now a Pensioner. among other services in 1777 I was detached as one of the Militia of Dracutt to serve in the army for two months was mustered in the Capt John Minot of Chelmsford where I acted as second Sargeant. That Moses Clement then & now of the same Dracutt served as a private in the same Company during the same period of this month as he has stated in his declaration hereto annexed 
Attest John Varnum
Saul Coburn 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex SS September 10th 1832. Then the named Saul Coburn made oath that of the above affidavit by him described. I also certify that I am personally acquainted with said Saul Coburn he is entitled to full credit, but is too infirm to attend Court 
John Varnum Justice of the Peace
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES 
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD* Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Clement, Nicholas GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6974 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED July 30, 1790 John Quackenboss, assignee 

The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of ""Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800"" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.