Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2582, Caleb Arnold, R.I.
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Service Number
R. I. Arnold, Caleb W.2582
Avis B.L.Wr .26169-160-55
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10.863.
Rhode Island
Caleb Arnold of Kent in the State of RI who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain --- of the reg commanded by Col Green in the RI line for 6 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of RI at the rate of 20 Dollars --- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of Apl 1833 and [illegible] [illegible] Cowell Providence RI
Arrears to the 4th of [illegible] 1833 $40
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept " 10
[underline] $50 [underline]
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H M Blair Clerk,
Book[illegible] . Vol. 2. Page 107.
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Caleb Arnold
[lined through illegible]
15745
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Rhode-Island District, sc. August Term 1832
County of [crossed out] Providence Kent
On this 21 day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, being a [illegible blacked out] District Court of the United States within and for said District, now in session - Caleb Arnold a resident of Coventry in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island aged 73 years, who being the 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, viz. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he was born March 5th 1759 in Coventry as  by the records of that Town will appear that since the war has lived in Providence + also in Coventry --
and the applicant further States that in the Spring of 1779 he enlisted as a private in the Rhode Island continental troops Capt Johnsons company + the regiment of Col Christopher Greene and was stationed on Rhode Island six months
he served out his time and was honourably discharged
he received a written discharge which is now lost

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.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Caleb  Arnold [bold] X his mark
Witness John Brown Clk

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 certifies, that is appears to them that who has signed the proceeding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the and that [crossed out illegible] Edmund Colein who also signed the same [crossed out are] is a residents [crossed on in] of the Town Stated in his Deposition
and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
I, JOHN BROWN, Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Caleb Arnold for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Twenty first day of September in the year 1832
[signed] John Brown
[circular seal is on the bottom left corner of document]
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15745
Caleb Arnold
Rhode Island
Private 6 Mo
$20~
Benjamin Cowell
Providence RI
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BRIEF in the case of Caleb Arnold County of Kent in the State of Rhode Island (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? [handwritten] Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? [handwritten] 73 years
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
[table column headings: Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Column subheadings: Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.]
Enlisted in 1779 - 6- private Capt Johnson Col Green
5. In what battles was he engaged? [handwritten] None
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? [handwritten] Rhode Island
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
[handwritten] living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [handwritten] Not properly attached
[symbol] Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
[signed] JW Clagett Examining Clerk.
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199
Rhode Island
Avis Arnold widow of Caleb Arnold who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private 
R. I. Line
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of June, 1849 and sent to Benjn Cowell Providence R.I.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act [lined through] February 2 [illegible] July, 1848, Page 103 Vol. 1
[illegible]
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271
Avis Arnold
widow of Caleb
R.I.
[illegible] 29 July 1848
married 1791
husband dies 1834
annum, $20.00 pri
[illegible] 4 March 1848
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State of Rhode Island+ 
County of Providence,
On this 19th day of September AD 1848 personally appeared in open Court being the municipal Court in the City of Providence + a Court of [illegible]
[crossed out illegible] Avis Arnold now resident in [illegible] Providence in said County aged 78 years who being duly sworn according to law doth [illegible] her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of July 29 1848 [illegible] relief to certain widows of officers  + soldiers of the Revolutionary Army viz that she is the widow of Caleb Arnold late of the Town of Coventry [illegible] who was a pensioner under act of Congress of June 7 1832 and drew a pension at the rate of twenty dollars per annum at the agency for [illegible] pensions at Providence [illegible] to the time of his death which event took place at [illegible] in said County November 1st 1834 
and she further declares that she was married to the said Caleb Arnold on the twenty seventh day of March AD 1796 at Coventry by William Sterne a Justice of the Peace, as will appear by the records of said Town a copy whereof is hereto annexed + duly certified
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And she further declares that since the death of her husband she has remained a widow Wherefore she requests that opinion may be granted her judgement to the provisions of the Act aforesaid [ink blot] She further declares that her husband resided in Providence at the time he obtained his pension
Avis Arnold X her [illegible]
Witness  [signature] Thomas C Purgell
Municipal Court of the City of Providence
September 19th 1848
Subscribed and sworn to by Avis Arnold in open Court.[signature] Albert G Greene Clerk
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I Phoebe Arnold of North Providence in the County of Providence + state of Rhode Island aged 49 years do testify + say that Avis Arnold who has signed the preceding declaration is my mother + the said Caleb Arnold was my father. My father died on the first day of November 1834, + since then My Mother has remained a widow + now resides with me in said North Providence
My father lived in Providence when he obtained a pension but was a native of Coventry,
[signature] Phoebe Arnold

Municipal Court of the City of Providence, September 19th 1848.
Subscribed and sworn to by Phoebe Arnold in open Court.
[signature] Albert G Greene. Clerk.
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I Hereby certify that Caleb Arnold of Coventry, son of John Arnold Deceased, and Avis Stone, of Coventry, daughter of John Stone Deceased, were Lawfully Joined together in Marriage this Twenty Seventh day of March A.D. 1796 - By Me - William Stone, Justice of Peace

Town Clerks office, Coventry August 22nd 1848 - I Hereby certify that the preceding Certificate of Marriage, is a true copy of Record, word for word, and letter for letter. The Records of said Town of Coventry being now kept by me - 
[signed] Anthony Tarbox
Town Clerk

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
[illegible], Coventry August 22nd A.D. 1848.
Then Anthony Tarbox, Town Clerk of the Town of Coventry, came before me and made oath to the truth of the preceding certificate by him signed. 
[signed] Benjamin H. Horton Justice Peace

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Kent Se. Clerks Office Court of Common Pleas
I certify that Benjamin H. Horton Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in said County of Kent, duly commissioned + qualified to act in said capacity, 
[illegible word is partially covered by the seal] above is his signature in his own hand writing -
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand + the seal of said Court, at East Greenwich in said County of Kent, this 21st day of September AD 1848.
[signed] Jeremiah S. Slocum Clerk
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And the Court doth order + to be certified, that said Avis Arnold, and also Phoebe Arnold who has given the [illegible] [illegible] , are credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit. 

In attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court.
[signed] Albert G. Greene, Clerk
[the seal is circular and is stamped over what appears to be 2 ribbons. It is located at the bottom left corner of the document.]
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60787. Act [illegible] 3/55 An B. Cowell. Oct / 3 / 55
Apl. 12/55
Avis Arnold widow of Caleb Arnold Private
[illegible] Nov.
Capt. _____, ______
Col. _______, ________, _______
R.I. Mil.
[illegible] ______ day of _____
[illegible] ____day of ____
War Rev.
Now a Pensioner of the [illegible] Statute
R.I. July 48 [very faint] - 199
[illegible] : 16 day May 17 /56
[illegible signature]
[signed initial illegible]
Benjamin Cowell Atty.
Providence, R.I. 
Vol A. page 123.

[note written at a diagonal across the page starting half way up the left side to right] No 26169 [illegible] May 2 of 56
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60787
Avis Arnold
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State of Rhode Island, xc.
County of Providence
On this sixth day of April A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, personally appeared before me, Joshua Wilbour a Justice of the Peace within and for the County aforesaid, Avis Arnold aged 85 years, now resident in the Town of North Providence in said County, who being duly sworn according to law, declares and says she is the widow of Caleb Arnold who was a Private in Capt. x company, and in a Regiment commanded by Col. x in the war of the Revolution, and that her husband was in actual service more than six months in said war, and was honorably discharged. 
And she further declares that she was married to said Avis Arnold on the 29 day of May A.D. 1796 by William Stone a Justice of the Peace and that her name before marriage was Avis Sttone and that her said husband died on the first day of [illegible] A.D. 1854 and that she is now a widow. 
And she further declares that she is now a Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $20 per annum; which pension was granted her on account of her said husband's services in said way; which pension is payable at the Agency for paying pensions in the City of Providence. And she further declares that when she made a declaration to obtain her said pension she produced satisfactory evidence of her said marriage to her said husband and of his death, to which declaration and the evidence therewith filed, she now refers for proof of her said marriage, of her said husband's death, and her claim to Bounty Land under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1855, and she makes this declaration for that purpose. She further declares that she has never made any application for Bounty Land before the present. 
[signed]Witness Joshua Wilboer
her Avis Arnold mark X
We John B Cushman and Phoebe H Arnold residents of North Providence in said State upon our oath declare that the foregoing declaration was signed + acknowledged by Avis Arnold
in our  presence + that we believe from the appearance + statement of the applicant that she is the identified person she represents herself to be
[signed] John B Cushman
[signed] Phoebe H Arnold
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(8-1776)
SERVICE R. I.
Arnold, Caleb
NUMBER W.2582
B.L.Wt. 26169-160-55
Avis
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Providence S. C. North Providence April 6th 1855 The foregoing declaration & affidavit sworn to and subscribed before me on the day & year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be creditable persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and I have no interest in this claim

[signature] Joshua Wilbour, Justice of the peace

[Separate document]
PROVIDENCE, SC. [obscured]
CLERK'S OFFICE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
Providence, April A.D., 1855
[seal on left side - COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COUNTY OF PROV - surrounding image of fouled anchor]

I, Amasa S. Westcott Clerk of the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS of said State, within and for the County of Providence: DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Joshua Wilbour is and was on the sixth day of April A.D. 1855, a Justice of the Peace for the town of North Providence in said County duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.
IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written.
[signature] Amasa S. Westcott Clerk.
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April A.D., 1855

I, Amasa S. Westcott

...Joshua Wilbour is and was on the Sixth of April A.D. 1855. a Justice of the Peace for the town of North Providence in said County
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WIDOW, &c.

File No. 2582
Avis Arnold
Widow
Caleb Arnold 
Pri. Rev. War

Act July b29, 1848
Vol. a Page 17

Jany-12-1901
A. C. Arnold - Stamford Conn.

June 2, 1902 _____ to
Mrs. Mabel Rogers. Boone
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26169

___ Army
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Henry Minot
Commis of Pensions 
Washinton DC 
Bureau, Land Claims
No 60787
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Hon L P Waldo
Commis of Pensions
Washington DC


60.787


100 
12 April 1855
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60.787
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Providence April 10 1855
Sir
I herewith trans the claim of Avis Arnold widow of Caleb  Esther Capion widow of Joseph Sarah B Salsbury widow of Nathan Lucy Peck widow of Jack Hannah Arnold widow of Richard Martha Rice widow of Anthony & Betsy Collins widow of Richard Collins for Bounty land under the Act of March 3 1855, all widows of Revolutionary soldiers except the last, who was in the war of 1812, I have to request the awkward amount of these claims

I am Respectfully
your obt ____
Benja Cowell


Hon L P Waldo
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I Edmund Colvin of Coventry aged 69 years on oath do testify and say that in June 1780 I enlisted & served six months of a private in Cap Snows Company & Col Greens regiment of the Continental Army & was stationed on Rhode Island & I well remember that Caleb Arnold of Coventry was an enlisted in the same company & served as a private, his time e being out he was honourably discharged. I have known said Caleb from a boy & believe him to be 73 years of age
Edmund Colvin


Personally appeared before me Asda Stone a Justice of the Peace the above named Edmund Colvin & made solemn oath to the truth of the same & i further testify that the said Edmundis a man of truth & veracity this statement is entitled to credit___
Asa Stone Justice of the Peace
Coventry September the 14th- 1832
____ ____ The State of Rhode Island Providence Plantations
Clerks office Court of Common Pleas
I testify that Asa Stone is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Coventry in our County of Kent, that the above is the proper signature in his own hand writing, that full faith & credit is brought to be given to all his official acts. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this Twenty first day of September in the year 1832

John Brown Clk
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Providence Dec 11 1848
Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Mrs Aviz Arnold widow of Caleb Arnold for a pension under of July 29 1848
I am Respectfully
Yours___
Benja Cowell
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Providence May 13 1856
Sir
Understanding a law has recently been passed by Congress removing the impediment of "record evidence" on many claims for Bounty Land under the act of March 3, 1855
I _____ there since be no objection to the granting of the claim of Avis Arnold widow of Caleb Arnold No 60,785 
Both the soldier & the widow were ______ under different acts of Congress -I have therefore to request that this claim be granted
I am Respectfully 
your ___ ___
Benja Cowell
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Boone Iowa May 18, 1905
Commissioner of Pentions
Washington D.C.
Will you kindly send me any record you may of the Rev. War in reference to the service of Gen. Fluno N. Y. or Caleb Arnold R. I.
Very truly yours
Mrs Mabel Rogers
1321 - Green St
Boone Iowa,