Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,144, Solomon Colman, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE  Mass.
NUMBER   S. 21, 144
Colman, Solomon

CONTENTS
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Vermont 11.634
Solomon Colman
of Windson Co. in the State of Vermont
who was a Pri in the Company commanded
by Captain Stone of the Regt commanded
by Col. Prescott in the Massachusetts Troops
near Troops-
11 Mos 21 Days  Pri  38.96   
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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 38, Dollars 96 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
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Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of May 1833 and sent to Amos Heald Chester Vt
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Arrears to the 4" of March 1833 ----- 77.92
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept "--19.48
...........................................................................$97.40
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,}
{ Act June 7, 1832.  }
Recorded by J T Sprague  Clerk
Book E  ......Vol. 3........Page 56
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State of Vermont ⎬ 
Windsor County ss }
On this thirteenth day of Aug't A.D. 1832
Personally appeared - Before the Probate Court within & for the District of Windsor & State Vermont- Solomon Colman of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont aged Eighty years the 2d day of July last, who being first sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of- Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he was called into the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war, on the 19th day of April 1775 - being then of the Class called minute men in the Militia of Massachusetts, then residing in Ashby in the County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts- Marched thro. Groton, Concord & Lexington to Cambridge
Massachusetts - served under Capt. Samuel Stone - Lieut. Nathan Davis, Ensign James Bennett was stationed at Cambridge about three weeks, when he was taken sick and returned home to Ashby, after which some time in May 1775 enlisted for eight months
Returned to Cambridge, was stationed there, and a short time in Roxbury - served under the following named Officers, Col. William Prescott, Lieut Col. John Robinson, Major Henry Woods, Capt. Abijah Wyman, Lieut. Isaac Brown - Ensign Thomas Cummings
was on Breeds hill the night previous to the Battle and worked at the redoubts increased them, & was at the battle- Served the term of eight months, & was discharged at Cambridge in the month of December 1775-
That he was again called out on an alarm, for Rhode Island marched on the road towards Rhode Island as far as Littleton Mass & there receiving counter orders returned home was out, in service about four days.
That he was again called out by draft on the 26 or 29th day of August 1777 for three months, marched under command of Sergeant Abijah Parker for Bennington and arrived there soon after the Battle at Bennington, saw the British Prisoners in Bennington meeting house; while at Bennington a company was formed under Capt Rice in which he engaged, and was sent out on a scouting party to Lake George & Dimon Island and returned through Sheensboro & Arlington to Cambridge
New York, having served under Capt Jonathan Rice about three weeks-He then served under
Capt Aaron Jewett, Lieut Gideon- Ensign Abijah Parker who was the Regiment under whom he served & was stationed at Stillwater, & Saratoga, & marched down North River to Albany. & Tarrytown-- and was
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Discharged at Rye near the City of New York, about the first of November, and arrived at home the 9th day of November 1777 - having served three months-
That he has not any documentary Evidence.

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.
The following questions were then proposed by the Court aforesaid to the applicant and the following answers made
Q 1st  Where, & in what year were you born?
Ans. by the applicant in a place then called Dorchester named now Ashby Mass in the year 1752.
Q 2nd Have you any record of your age; & if so, where is it-
Ans. Have none, unless at Ashburnham Mass.
Q 3rd  Where were you living when called into service.
Ans. Ashby in the County of Middlesex Massachusetts.
Q 4th - How were you called into service were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute.
Ans. Twice as a volunteer, one by enlistment, & once drafted-
Q 5th State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental & militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstance of your services.
Ans. Genl Washington, Lee, Putnam, Ward, Gates & Lincoln do not recollect the names or numbers of Regiments- In addition to circumstances herein before related-
When under Capt. Jonathan Rice in his scouting party. We traveled through the woods in the night before we arrived at Lake George & sufferd much before we got in-- Then I joined Col Brown who we found there
& set out in order to take Dimon Island then in possession of the British, with three hundred men, went aboard of Boats & went up the lake in order to storm the Island, but finding as was said about fifteen hundred men there did not succeed, the enemy having had notice of our approach were prepared. Served as orderly Sergeant in this Expedition
under Capt Rice
-Q 6th  did you receive a discharge from service; if so, by whom was it given, & what has become of it
Ans. Had none in writing-
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Q 7th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character or veracity and their belief of your
services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer - Revd Aaron Leland, & Amos Heald.-
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He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state-
   Solomon Colman
Sworn & subscribed the day &
year first above mentioned,
Jabez Proctor Judge

The above named Revd Aaron Leland, being sick and unable to attend in Court, We Amos Heald and Daniel Onion, residing in the town of Chester in the County of Windsor and State of Vermont, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Solomon Colman, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
Eighty 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.
   Amos Heald   
   Daniel Onion
Sworn to and subscribed the ⎬
day and year aforesaid}
Jabez Proctor Judge
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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 Amos Heald and Daniel Onion, who have signed the preceding certificate, are residents in the town of
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Chester aforesaid, and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
Jabez Proctor Judge
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I, Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court, within and for the District of Windsor, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Solomon
Colman for a Pension.

In Testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand, and 
affixed the seal of said Court,
this thirteenth day of August,
in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred
and thirty two
Reuben Washburn.
12,949
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Admitted
11 mos 21 days
$38.96

Amos Heald Esq.
Chester Vt
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BRIEF in the case of Soloman Coleman
County of Windsor
in the State of Verm't
(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? 81 years

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period. ..................Duration of Service...Rank
19th April In 1775.......21 days ............Private
May - 1775....................8 Mos...................."...
Aug't -  1777.................3 Mos ..................."...

Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Capt Stone
Capt Lyman Col Prescott
Capt Rice

5. In what battles was he engaged? None

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ashby Massachusetts

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, or by the rolls? By a living witness & others.

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

I 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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21.114
INVALID.
File No. 21.114
Solomon Colman
Pri  Rev  War
Act:- June 7" 32"
Index:- Vol. 2..., Page...77...
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I Abigail Winter of Lempster in the County of
Sullivan and State of New Hampshire of the age of seventy three years, do testify and say that I will recollect that Solomon Colman who resides in Chester in the County of Windsor & State Vermont and who is now present with me-- went out upon the first alarm being given at Boston & Lexington in the Revolution, that after he returned home
he enlisted into the spring in the same company with my former husband for eight months and as I had good reason to believe served his full term-- I recollect also well
that he the said Solomon went again into the service and was in the Battle when Burgoyne surrendered and further I say not.
Abigail Winter
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss
August 18th 1832. Personally appeared Abigail Winter and made oath that the
above affidavit by her subscribed is in her belief true
Before me
Alvah Smith Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that the above named Abigail
Winter is well known to me as a credible witness
Alvah Smith Just.. Peace
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Augt 18. 1882 This may certify that I am personally acquainted with Alvah Smith Esq the signer of the within official certificate, and I know
him to be a justice of the peace for the County of Sullivan as stated - and that he is proper by nature.
Henry Hubbard
Member of Congress from NH
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Stephen Meed
Affidavit
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I Stephen Meed of Washington in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire of Eighty years the 15th day of August inst. depose & say that at the commencement of the Revolutionary War, then residing in Ashby in the County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts, was well acquainted  with
Solomon Colman now of Chester in the County of  Windsor & State of Vermont, who was at the commencement of the Revolutionary war a resident of Ashby aforesaid whom I saw in Chester on the 7th day of August instant -  and I will recollect that he is the same Solomon Colman
who served in the service of the United States in the Militia of the State of Massachusetts; that he the said Solomon, is about my age; and on the alarm when the British came out to Concord, set out for Cambridge, and as- ┃
Concord I entered the same Company in which he the said Colman then served & marched to Cambridge-that the said Soloman soon after enlisted for eight months
and served in the Company commanded by Captain Abyah Wyman in the Regiment Commanded by Col. William Prescott in
which company & Regiment I then served we were messmates together, & that the said Solomon Colman served to the Expiration of the Eight months, & was dismissed at the same time I was in the month of Dec 1775-
I also Recollect that the said Solomon Colman was called out in the Militia on an alarm, set out for Rhode Island, and
marched as far as Littleton Mass, and was out with me four days at that time
   Stephen Meed
State of New Hampshire]
Sullivan County ss}
Justice of the Peace
at Washington in said County
on the 15th day of August 1832-
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Personally appeared Stephen Meed and made oath that the above  affidavit by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth.
Before me
Joseph Healy  Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify, that the above named Stephen Meed is well known to me & is a credible witness.
Certified by me Joseph Healy Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire}
 Sullivan County } ss
I Ray B. French Clerk of the County Court in & for the County of Sullivan do hereby certify that Joseph Healey who has affixed his name
to the within, is a Justice of the Peace or Magistrate in this County duly qualified, and that I believe the same to be his genuine signature.
   In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court at
Newport this 20th day of August A.D. 1832.
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R. B. French