Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,931, for Thomas Osgood, New Hampshire
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
N.H.

Osgood, Thomas
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NUMBER
S. 41.931
CONTENTS
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15.611
Vermont

Thomas Osgood
of Caledonia County in the State of Vermont
who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by
Col Lilley of the New Hamp
line, for the term of five years 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 8 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 of New
and paid to John Rankin esq
Danville Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 135.00
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Nov1820 48
                                                        $133.10
16 Mos 23/30 4/31

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.
not entitled

Notification sent July 6th 1820 to
Benjamin F. Demming Esq
clk county Court of Caledonia
Danville Vt.
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Notification sent July 6th 1820 to
Benjamin F. Demming Esq
clk county Court of Caledonia
Danville Vt.

15.611
Vermont

Thomas Osgood
of Caledonia County in the State of Vermont
who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by
Col Lilley of the New Hamp
line, for the term of five years 1775
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 8 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 of New
and paid to John Rankin esq
Danville Vermont
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 135.00
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Nov1820 48
$133.10
16 Mos 23/30 4/31

Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.
not entitled
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Thomas Osgood
Corporal
of 8 to 83

Cilly N Hampshire

Regt

Admitted
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State of Vermont
County of Caledonia
on this 4th day of September 1819. Before me the Subscriber one of the
Judges of the County Court of Caledonia for the said County personally
appeared Thomas Osgood, aged fifty eight years Resident in Cabot
in the said County who being by one first duly sworn according to
law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain
the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States
in the revolutionary war, that he the said Thomas Osgood enlisted
for the term of three years in the month of March in the year 1778 in the State of Newhampshire and served
two years and at the end of two years inlisted for during the war in the
State of New Hampshire [crossed out] New York
in the Company commanded by Captain Isaac
Farewell of the Rgt commanded by Colonel Joseph Cilley in the line of the
State of New Hampshire on the Continental Establishment that he continued
to serve in the said corps or in the service of the United States untill the 7th day
of June 1783 - at the end of the war - when he was discharged from service
in Newburgh, State of New York by General Washington - which discharge
is herewith inclosed - and that he is in Reduced circumstances and stands
in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence
now in his power of his said service
Thomas Osgood

Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid
John Frankin Assistant Judge of Caledonia
I certify that the first Declaration was made in
County Court
the 8 day of April 1818 John Frankin Assistant Judge of Caledonia County Court
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I John Frankin one of the Judges of
Caledonia County Court do certify that it
appears to my satisfaction that the said
Thomas Osgood did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration
against the common enemy for the term
of Nine months and more at one time
on the continental Establishment and I
Transmit the proceedings and testimony
taken and had before me to the Secretary
for the Department of War pursuant to
the directions of the aforementioned Act of
Congress I am also satisfied that he
needs the assistance of his country for
support In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed my signature and seal
of said Court this 1 day of Sept 1819
John Frankin
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Thomas Osgood's
Declaration
Copy No. 21
Cabot
iss 2 Nov 1819

not entitled
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STATE OF VERMONT.
Caledonia County ss. At a County Court, began and holden
at Danville within and for said County on the
first Monday of June
A. D. 1820
Present in Court, the Hon. Isaiah Fisk Chief Judge.
William Cahoon &
John W. Dana
Assistant
Judges
On this 20th day of June
1820, personally appeared
in open Court (being a Court of Record, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount,
and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Thomas Osgood
aged fifty nine years, resident in Cabot
in said County,
who being first
duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the
Revolutionary War as follows:-- In the Regiment of Col. Joseph
Cilley, Henry Dearborn, & George Reed in the Company
Commanded by Capt Isaac Farewell in the continental
troops in the years 1778-1779-1780-1781 & 1782
My former Declaration was dated the 8th day
April AD 1818, and my pension certificate
is numbered 15.611
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th
day of March, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner
disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to
bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for
certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary
War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 and that I have not, nor has any
person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have
I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed
.
Thos Osgood

My property 10 Acres of land house & barn ----$600.00
1yoke Oxen Staple & ring $50. 1 Cow 16,, 2 two year old 20,, ---86.00
3 one year old $20 2 Calves 5. 1 old mare 20. 1 one year old colt 8 ----53.00
10 sheep & 9 Lambs 28. 3 Shoots 9. - one chain & one piece 2.50 ---39.50
1 old cart & 1 Plough 17. Set Harrow teeth 2,, ------14.00
1 chopping ax one oto axe 1.67- 3 old Scythes 1.50----3.17
1 Hoe,  one old Do- .75- 2 old sickles .34 ----1.09
 1 Iron Shovel 1.50 35th old Iron 5'' . Saddle and Bridle 8'' 14.50
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1 chopping axe one old axe 1.67 - 3 old Scythes 1.50 ------3.17
1 Hoe, one old Do- .75- 2 old sickles .34 -------1.09
1 Iron Shovel 1.50 35th old Iron 5 saddle and Bridle 8" --- 14.50
1 Grindston 4.. 2 fine pail Kettles 1 pot & 1 Tea Kettle --- 11.00
1 Time piece, one chest & Table-----11.00
6 kitchen chairs -----1.00 
Crockery & Glass ware -----..75
1 case [illegible] forty Six Pewter spoons -----1.00
                                                                        $836,11
Thos Osgood
I am by occupation a Labourer - But unable to labour by
reason of having had one of my legs broken-- and one occasionally
troubled with the Rheumatism---
My family are my wife Sarah aged 60 years not in very
good health. My Daughter Ruth aged 24-- Subject
to derangment my Daughter Fanny aged 22 in
poor State of health my son Thomas aged 15 in good health

Thos Osgood

Sworn to and declared in open Court on the 20th day of
June A.D. 1820 Before Wm Cahoon Judge

STATE OF VERMONT.
Caledonia County, ss.

I Benj F Deming Clerk
of the County Court for the County aforesaid, do hereby
certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule
thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the
said Court--and I do further certify that it is the opinion
of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the
property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is
---
Eight hundred and thirty six
Dollars and 11 cents. - In testimony
whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court, on this 26th day of June 1820.
Benj F Deming Clerk of the County Court
for Caledonia County
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41931
INVALID
Revy
File No. 41931
Thomas Osgood
Corp Rev War

Act 18 March 18

Index:- Vol. 3, Page 372

{Arrangement of 1870}
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Corporal Thos. Osgood
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BY HIS EXCELLENCY
GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq:
General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the
United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof
Corporal Thomas Osgood
in the New Hampshire Regiment, having 
faithfully served the United States five years
and being inlisted for the War only, is
hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the 7th June 1783

G Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S
Command,

J. Trumbull [illegible]
REGISTERED in the Book of
the Regiment,
[illegible]
Adjutant,
THE above Corporal Thomas Osgood
been honored with the Badge of MERIT for Five
Years faithful Service 7th June 83

Geo [illegible] Col Comd
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HEAD QUARTERS, June 7th 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the
Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive
Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation
thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on
Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Corporal Thos Osgood
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594.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
August 9, 1828.
Thomas Osgood, of Cabot
in the County of
Caledonia in the State of Vermont has applied to the Secretary
of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving
officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he
enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and
continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private in Captain
Farewell's company, in the regiment of the New Hampshire line;
and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of
the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the
pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of
March, 1826, nothing

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by
the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary
A. Dukind
Treasury Depart 30 Sept 1828
Third Auditor will please
to state the pay that this man
[illegible]

FAD
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
No
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
12. August 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has
been issued to Thomas Osgood in the New Hampshire line
It further appears that Thomas Osgood
is not now on the pension
list of the any agency
, and has not been so since the 3d March 1826
[illegible] Hagner Aud

Thomas Osgood appears to have been paid to the
end of the War at the rate of $773 per month -
30. Sept 1828
3. Aud Office
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41.931
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For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled
An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and Soldiers
of the Army of the Revolution, approved on the 15th day of
May, 1828, I Thomas Osgood, of Cabot in the County,
Caledonia, in the State of Vermont, do hereby declare,
that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the
Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in
service until its termination; at which period I was a
Corporal, in Captain Isaac Farewell's Company, in the
first New Hampshire regiment, of the New Hampshire line
And I do also declare that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of Eighty dollars; to which I was a
intitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May
1778.
And I further declare, that I was not
the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List
the United States
Witness my hand,
day of July, in the year 1828-

Thos Osgood

State of Vermont 
Caledonia ss
Before me John Damon a Justice of the Peace duly empowered to administer oarhs
in the County of Caledonia and State of Vermont
personally appeared, this day Moses Stone and Matthias
Stone of Cabot in the said County who did severally
make oath, that Thomas Osgood by whom the foregoing
declaration was subscribed
is generally reputed and
believed to have been a soldier in the Army of
Revolution, in manner as therein stated
Witness my hand, this 5th day of July, in the year
1828
John Damon
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I Benjamin F Deming Clerk of the Court of the County of 
Caledonia, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that John 
Damon before the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the
time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer oaths
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal
of the said Court this 16th
in the year 1828-
day of July
Benj F Deming Clerk