Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 1,7765, Timothy West, Privateer R.I.
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(3─1776)

SERVICE
Privateer        
R.I. 

West, Timothy

NUMBER
S. 1.7765
 
carded    

CONTENTS
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

2689
Rhode Island
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Timothy West
of Westerly in the State of R.I.
who was a Sgt & lt in the Company commanded
by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded
by Col. Topham in the R. Island
line for 1 year Sergeant &
for 1 year Lieutenant Privateer
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Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island
at the rate of 220 Dollars  0 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th of March ,1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 29 day of Jan 1833 and sent Rozose
Babcock Jr Westerly  R.I.
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833            $550.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34  $100.00
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$660.00
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{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D D Addison Clerk,
Book D  Vol 3  Page 140

This certificate issued [illegible]
[illegible] dated Dec 4th 1832
Cancelled
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No. 8727
Timothy West of 
Westerly R.I
Privateer
2 years
Adm. [Admitted]
The clerk of the Courts
seal has no [illegible]
or [illegible]
Nov 8 1832

$80-
Sgt 1 year
Lt [Lieutenant] 1 year
Admd [Admitted]
by [illegible]
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand] 

BRIEF in the case of Timothy West 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? 73 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

[Four column table with the following column headings]
Period.
Years, Months, Days
Rank. 
Names of General and field Officers under whom hde served. Gen

[table data presented in a narrative form]
Served beginning 1775 Apl for 8 months  as a Private under Col. Varnum, Capt. Ward
Served beginning 1776 March for 9 months as a Private under Col. Smith, Capt. Palmer
Served beginning 1777 Feby1 year 3 months as a Sergeant under Cols Potter & Stanton, Capt Thompson
Served beginning 1778 June for 1 year  as a Lieutenant[sp] under Col. Toppin, Capt. Babcock

5. In what battles was he engaged? R. 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? Liv
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

I Certify that the foregoiing witnesses
ng statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[Signed] Sevin Belt Examining Clerk.
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State of Rhode Island
County of Washington ss.

On the sixth day of September AD 1832 personally appeared in open court being the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Washington, now in session. Timothy West, a resident of Westerly in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, aged 73 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 1832. - viz. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.  hat he was born March 10th, 1759 in Westerly, County and State aforesaid, and has the same recorded in his Bible - he lived there at the time of his enlistment and has always since resided there. - And the applicant further states, that he first enlisted as a private in April 1775 in Capt. Samuel Ward's Company, Col. James Mitchell Varnum's Regiment for eight months, and was stationed during said time at Jamaica Plain and Prospect Hill near Boston and served until his time expired. - The said applicant further states that in March 1776, he again enlisted as a private for nine months in Capt. Nathan Palmer Company, in Col. Oliver Smith's Regiment in the town of Stonington, County of New London and State of Connecticut, and stationed at Stonington and New London, and served until his time expired. -
The said applicant further states he next enlisted in  February 1777 for fifteen months as a second sergeant in Capt. Thomas Thompson's Company and Regiment Commanded by Col. Thomas Potter, and afterwards by Col. Joseph Stanton, and was stationed at Tiverton - during this time of service said applicant volunteered with a Company under Major William Barton, and went on to Rhode Island and took in the night General Prescott and his aide camp & sentinel and brought these prisoners to Warwick Neck, and further served until his time expired.
The said applicant next states, that he enlisted in June 1778 in Capt. Joshua Babcock's Company, in Col. John Poppin's Regiment for twelve months, and was 2nd Lieutenant of said Company, during said time, which he served out, the Regiment was stationed at Tiverton, and during said time, went on to Rhode Island in Sullivan's expedition, was at the Battle
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["(was at the Battle)" lined thru] with the British there at that time & afterwards returned to Tiverton, all of which terms of enlistments, he served out, and was honorably discharged, but has no written discharge Neither has said applicant, his 2nd Lieutenant commission, having
subsequently engaged in the Privateer service, in which he continued until about the Close of the War, and when on board the privateer
Young American Revenue from Stonington, Connecticut, commanded by William Jagger, was driven on shore, the south side of Long Island
by the British. Galitea, Sloop of War, and lost every thing he had on board, with the before mentioned 2nd Lieutenant Commission.
He hereby relinquished 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signed] Timoth West
Witn's Sam'l Helmee Clk           

We William R. Chapman residing in the town of Westerly Rhode Island and Edward Willcox residing in Charlestown hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Timothy West, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy three 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 to and subscribed the day aforesaid in open court.
[signed] William R. Chapman
[signed] Edward Willcox
Witn's
[signed] Sam'l Helme, Clk   

[illegible Court Seal affixed]

State of Rhode Island & Pro'e [Providence] Plantations 
Washington ss } Clerk's Office Court of Common Pleas. Nov. 20. 1832
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court Aforesaid do hereby certify that the device on the seal of this Court is a pair of Seals but so slightly cut it is Difficult to give an impression the above is the best it will produce and generally is Scarcely Visable. I further certify that the Two Seals before attached to my Certificates annexed are the true Seals of this Court
[signed] Sam'l Helme Clk

I Edward Hancox of Stonington, County of
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I Edward Hancox of Stonington, County of  New London in State of Connecticut about the age of Eighty Seven years - do depose and say - That I am  acquainted with Timothy West of Westerly, Rhode Island - That I am further knowing to the fact that said West was a listed soldier in a Militia Company under the Command of Capt. Nathan Palmer, station'd at Stonington Point during the year 1776 and that said West served nine months as a soldier in said Company during sd year of 1776 and further the deponent saith not.
 [signed] Edward Hancox

State of Connecticut New London County ss: Stonington July 28. 1832   
Personally appears before me Elisha Faxon Jnr. Justice of Peace for New London County, the above named Edward Hancox signer & sealer of the above deposition perform'd in my presence and agreed to the facts therein stated and made solemn oath they were just & true and I the said Justice Faxon do further say that I am acquainted with said Edward Hancox that he is an aged respectable Citizen and his declaration above made is entitled to full faith & credit.
Attest [signed] E. Faxon Junr. Justice of Peace
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New London Count ss Stonington  August 11th 1832 }

I hereby certify that Elisha Faxon Jr Esqr. was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the County of New London at the last session of the General Assembly, and is now in regular Commission
[signed] S. F. Denision member of the Senate of the State Connecticut for the Seventh Senatorial District.

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions of the Peace Sep. 7. 1832
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Courts aforesaid do hereby certify that Nathan F. Dixon Esq whose certificate is hereto affixed is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Westerly legally chosen and qualified as the Law requires and that      
the seal here impressed is the  tue Seal of the Apres'd[sp] Courts
[signed] Witn's Sam. Helme Clk

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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State of Connecticut New London County } ss

I John DeWitt Clerk of the County Court in & for sd New London County do hereby certify that Elisha Faxon Jnr. Esq residing in the Town of Stonington in said County is a Justice of the Peace in & for said New London County ~  In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed the  Seal of said County this 12th day of September AD 1832
[signed] John DeWitt Clerk

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]

State of Connecticut New London County } ss

I John DeWitt Clerk of the County  Court in and for sd New London County do hereby certify that William Robinson is residing in the town of Stonington in said County is a Justice of the Peace in & for said New London County ~  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this 12th day of September AD 1832
 [signed] John DeWitt Clerk

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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Arnold Crumb, now a resident in North Stonington in the State of Connecticut, a Revolutionary Pensioner, maketh oath that he is personally well acquainted with Timothy West of Westerly in the State of Rhode Island, and knows that said West did serve as second
serjeant for fifteen months at Tiverton in Capt. Thomas Thompson's Company in Col. Thomas Potter's Regiment, afterward  commanded by Col. Joseph Stanton in the years 1777-1778 And further that said West did afterwards serve as second Lieutenant for twelve months at Tiverton and on Rhode Island in Capt Joshua Babcock's Company in Col. John Toppin's Regiment in the years 1778 and 1779.
I certify this from my own personal knowledge having served in that same Company under both enlistments with the said West.
[right] his
[right] Arnold    X    Crumb [X being his mark in lieu of signature]
[right] mark

Washington County ss. Westerly August 28th 1832 
Personally appeared Arnold Crumb subscriber to this deposition and made solemn oath to the truth thereof before me, and signed the same by making his mark as above in my presence.
[signed] Nathan F. Dixon Justice of Peace

William Sims of Westerly in the County of Washington State of Rhode Island, a Revolutionary Pensioner on oath testifieth that he knows Timothy West of Westerly in Rhode Island, and knows that said West did serve eight months, at Prospect Hill and Winter Hill near Boston in the year 1775 in Capt. Samuel Ward's Company, in Col. James Mitchell Varnum's Regiment. I certify this from my
own personal knowledge, having served in the same Company and Regiment with the said Timothy West at the same time.                                  
[right] his
[right] William    X   Sims [X being his mark in lieu of signature
[right] mark
     
Washington County ss. Westerly  August 31st AD 1832
Personally appeared William Simes the above subscriber to the deposition which he sign by making his mark in my presence, and also
made solemn oath to the truth of the facts stated in said deposition before me 
[signed] Nathan F. Dixon Justice of Peace ~
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Simon Rhodes of Stonington, in the County of New London, and State of Connecticut, maketh oath that he is personally acquainted with Timothy West of Westerly in the County of Washington, and  State of Rhode Island, and further states that he the despondent was with said West in an American privateer called the Young Amercan Revenue and were driven on shore on the south side of Long Island. said Privateer was commanded by William Jagger: & Sylvester Pendleton 1st Lieutenant. - said despondent lost all excepting the  clothes he had on - and  believes that said West, faired no better - he has no knowledge of said West; Commission, but believes his statement is entitled to credit.
[signed] Simon Rhodes

New London County ss, Stonington  Sept. 4th-1832.
Personally appeared Simon Rhodes, signer of  the foregoing deposition, & made solemn oath of the truth of the facts & statement therein contained - and furthermore I the subscribing authority do hereby certify that the said W. Rhodes is a man of respectability & character & his testimony entitled to full credit & belief.
Certified & signed by,
Wm. Robinson Justice of the Peace
8727 [left margin, on edge]

And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the investigation of the matter and after pulling the interrogatories prescribed by the War Despondent. that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary War Soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Arnold Crumb who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the Town of North Stonington and that Edward Willcox Wm. R Chapman who has also signed the same are residents in the town  Charlestown & Westerly, are credible persons, and that their statement is intitled to credit. 

I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court of Common Please & 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 Timothy West for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this Seventh day of September AD. 1832    
[signed] Sam. Helme Clk

[illegible Court Seal affixed at left]
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fr [free]

Honl. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington 

[date stamp]
WESTERLY 
NOV. 25
R. I.
[/date stamp]
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Westerly, R.I. Nov. 25. 1833.

Honl. J. L. Edwards

Sir:
Enclosed is the Pension Certificate of Timothy West which is returned for the purpose  of obtaining a new certificate with an increased allowance - Said West is entitled to the pay of serjeant for one half the time and Lieutenant the other half - and was allowed only the pay of a  private - When I was in Washington a short time since, Mr Addison (clerk) went to the Secretary's Office and obtained the Declaration of Mr. West; and found there was an error in the amount of his allowance - and that he was entitled to the pay of serjeant and Lieutenant - as above stated.
I hope therefore a new certificate may be forwarded as soon as your convenience will admit & oblige -      
With much Respect
Your Obt. Svt.
[signed] Rowse Babcock, Jr
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(Timothy West)

[printed form, blanks filled by hand] 

Payments to be made at Providence R I by The Pres [illegible] Bank
Agent for paying Pensionerss, in the Agency of R I

Recorded by J H McBlair[sp]
Clerk, in Book D.  Vol. 3[?]
page 140.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Timothy West of the State of Rhode Island who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and -- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and the 4th of September, in every year.
        
Given at the War Office of the United States, the Fourth day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
[signed] Lew Cass
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned. }
J L Edwards

[illegible Seal affixed left of last paragraph]
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No. 8727
Timothy West





R Babcock Esq
Westerly    R.I.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand, page 1 of 3]

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Timothy West 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? ["yes" lined thru] 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" crossed out]
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? ["no" crossed out]
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? ["no" crossed out] 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.
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[printed form, blanks filled by hand]

2689.
Rhode Island
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Timothy West
of Westerly in the state of R I
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain   [blank]    of the Regt  commanded
by Col Varnum  in the R I
line for 2 years    & Privateer
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Inscribed on the Roll of R I
at the rate of  80 Dollars ----- Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 
4th day of Dec 1832 
and sent R Babcock Westerly R  I
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Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                    $ 120-
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33        40-
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$160 --
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60 + 160 = 220
220 x 2 = 440 + 110 = 550

2 /  {550
----
160}                           

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by  J H McBlair Clerk
Book D.   Vol. 3   Page 140.

[left side on edge]
To be increased to $220 as soon as the as the certificate [illegible] returned. By order o[ ]illegible]
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P  17765
INVALID.

File No.  17.765
Timothy West
Lieut  Rev  War

Act: June 7" 32

Index:─ Vol 1. Page 401

[Arrangement of 1870.]