Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,848, Samuel Guild, Continental Mass.
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Service
Mass

Guild, Samuel

Number
S. 29. 848
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21.388
Massachusetts
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Saml Guild 
Franklin in the State of Mas
who was a private in the company of commanded by Captain Seward of the Regt commanded by Col Crane in the Massa line for 15 days Private of ----6 months & 2 days -----

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Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate  if 26 Dollars 97 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of Sept 1833 and sent E.S. Leland Roxbury Mass
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833................$7.43
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 --'34..........3.48
--------------------------------------------$80.91
{Revolutionary Claim
Act June 7 1832
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk
Book E, Vol 2, Page 29
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS 

Secretary's Office May  20, 1833

I hereby certify That from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution which in the Department it appears that Samuel Guilds name is borne upon a Pay roll the six months men belonging to the Town of Franklin, who were employed in the Continental Service in 1780 & is therein stated to have served for the period of six months & two days Commencing July 3, 1780. The names of the officers do not appear on the roll. The name of Samuel Guild is also borne upon a pay roll of Capt Amos Ellis Company for the period of fifteen days from March 3rd 1781.

Edward D. Bangs.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

County of Norfolk ss 
On this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Wrentham in and for said County, Samuel Guild a resident of Franklin in said County, aged sixty nine 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 A.D. 1832.

That he was born at Franklin then Wertham on the thirteenth day of December A.D. 1762 and that there is a record of his birth in the Town records of Wrentham: that he was in the United States service from the first part of July A.D. 1780 to the first day of January A.D. 81 6 months as a Private in the Continental Army 
: that he was residing at Franklin aforesaid 
when he entered the service; that he enlisted and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Seward in Col Cranes Erg in the grand park of Artillery under the command of Gen Knox; that he marched from Franklin to West Point & Worchester, Springfield, & Litchfield

(crossed out: that he served with
of the regular troops
and were known  to him
regular officers)

that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received a discharge which has been lost: that he left the service on about the first of January and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Frankline

Also" that he was in the United States service from about the middle of April A.D. 1781 to about the middle of May 1781 one month as a Private in the Massachusetts Militia that he was residing at Franklin aforesaid
when he entered the service; that he was drafted
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Amos Ellis 
that he marched from Franklin to Butte Hill Post Island
that he served with none of the regular troops; and no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle that at the end of his service he received discharge in writing.

Also: that he was in the United States service from the day of ------- A.D. 17----------to the -------------day of-------------A.D. 17 -----------as a ------------------in the------------ that he was residing at 
when he entered the service; that he
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from
: that he served with
of the regular troops; and 
regular officers were known to him; that he was in battle that at the end of his service he received  ------------ and left 
the service on
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Saml Guild 556
P 10908

Edwin S. Leland
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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. Samuel Guild

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.

W John Read a  clergyman residing in Wrentham and Elias Ware residing in said Wrentham hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Guild who has hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Guild who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine 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 and subscribed as aforesaid.
John Read (his signature)
Elias Ware (his signature)

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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served subsequently as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that John Read who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the said Wrentham; and that who has also signed the same resident in said Wrentham and is credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit. Sherman Leland Justice of Probate.

I Samuel Haven Register of the court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Guild for a pension

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.

Samuel Haven (signature)
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10908 Samuel Guild
-------------6 months 2 days
--------------15 days

6-15

16 - 16 ob
May 15 1833

E. S. Leland
Roxbury
Mass
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BRIEF in the case of Samuel Guild
of Wrentham in the State of Mass
Franklin (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 disable by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? 69 years

4. State his service as directed in the form annexed

Ineligible

5. In what battles was he engaged? none

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

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence or by the rolls? 3 living witnesses

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

Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
(Ineligible)

Examining Clerk
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So. decl 8/22/1832 
1 page
Commencing - He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & declares that his
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August 22, 1930

Bureau of Pensions 
Rev. &1812 Wars Section 
541

Rev. War claim for pension of Samuel
Guild File No S.29848
Actual w of each page

15 cents .........1 page

Kindly leave margin of 1 1/2 
in. at top of each page and return
papers in each case in ----with
corresponding name and number.

The word "omit" written in pencil on those pages which are not to be copied.

Chief, Rev & 1812 Wars Section
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29848
INVALID
Revy

File No. 29848

Samuel Guild
Priv Rev War

Act June 7 /32

Index: - Vol. 2 Page 163

[Arrangement of 1870]

on right side 
1930 Sept 6 Photos mailed 
to Col P.G, Bauer Ser
Robt. Fobes W. 21130
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25.30
1.69
26--
53.94
13.49
67.43
E.L. Leland Esq
Roxbury
Mass
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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 Samuel Guild Franklin Mass 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 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 name 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 pensions 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?
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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 ?  yes


XII If the Clergyman's affidavit has not been produced,is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?

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 to his service? yes

If he produced direct proof as to service has the magistrate who administered the oat, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No

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 situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? No

XVI Are the papers authenticated as regulations direct?

XVII Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES

QUAERE 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 & A.B. who being daily sworn, deposeth, and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he can't 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 each 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. 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 objectionable. 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 call 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 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 under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

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.