Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45636, David Clark, Continental N.H.
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SERVICE  Continental  N.H.

Clark, David

NUMBER - S. 45636
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1889 April 23, Jas F Savage - history - Prior
N.R.
New Hampshire
David Clark
of Rockingham in the State of N.H. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mynall of the Regt commanded by Col Baldwin in the Mass. line for the term of one year from January 1777 [sic] to January 1777 

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of eight Dollars per month to commence on the 15th day of Sept. 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of June 1820 and sent Judge Gookin Exeter N.H.

Restored to the Roll on 9 day of March 1829 and notification sent to Hon. S. Bale at Senate U.S.  Pension commencing on the 18 of February 1829.

Amount due on the 4th of Sept. 1829 - $52.17

{Revolutionary Claim, March 18, 1818, May 1, 1820
& 1 March 182[illegible].
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David Clark  Priv.
Col. L. Baldwin's Mass Regt.
1776 - 1 year

15 Sept 1819.

The credibility of Benj Morse as a witness is certified to by the Judge, in rather in a negative manner.

Admitted
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I David Clark of Sandown in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire do testify and declare that I served as a Soldier in the year 1775 in Col. John Starks Regiment about\ the first of January 1776 I inlisted into a company commanded by Capt Mialls in a Regiment commanded by Col Loammi Baldwin in the Massachusetts Line of the Revolutionary army for one year, at the expiration of the year did engage to serve and did serve six weeks more in the first part of the year 1777, was at the taking the Hessians at Trenton in the State of New Jersey and at Princeton, having completed my time of service was discharged the army the Soldiers were dismissed by a general order without any written discharge- I was afterwards with Gen Starks at Bennington in Captain Runnells company. Col Nichols Regiment at the taking of the Hessians, and by reason of my advanced age and reduced circumstances stand in need of assistance from my Country for support
September 15th 1819.
[signed] David Clark
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Rockingham Probate Court at Exeter in said County September 15th AD 1819. David Clark being duly examined and cautioned made solemn oath before me that the within Declaration by him signed contains the truth and nothing but the truth and it now appearing that the said David Clark did serve in the United States army in the Revolutionary war more than nine months, and by the evidence by him produced, that he is in reduced circumstances I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of Office to be affixed.
[signed] Daniel Gookin Judge of Probate
[signed] John J Parker Regr


State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss. Probate Court at Exeter in said County Nov 11th 1819 In addition to my former Certificate I do now certify that the said David Clark needs assistance from his Country for support
[signed] Daniel Gookin Judge of Probate
[signed] John Parker Regr.
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David Clark

17,420

Sept. 1820

Not entitled
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Scedule [Schedule]
Containing the whole estate and income of David Clark (his necessary clothing & bedding excepted) by him subscribed exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham on the twelfth day of July 1820 and annexed to his oath viz---
Real Estate none-
Stock
1 Horse - - -50.00
2 Oxen  - - -60.00
3 Cows - - -45.00
1  yr old Heifer - - -7.00
5 Sheep and 2 Lambs - - -7.00
4 Swine - - -12.00

Household Furniture
1 Clock - - -30.00
1 Old Brass Kettle & Warming Pan - - -2.50
1 Brass [illegible] 2  Candlesticks - - -1.75
4 Old Kettles 2 pr of Andirons - - -6.00
2 pr Shovel & tongs Frying pan- - -3.00
1 Case of knives & forks and half a case of old knives & forks - - -2.00
1 pr of Flat [tongs?] 1 gridiron - - -1.00
1 Case of old Drawers  1 old Desk - - -6.00
2 Chests & Looking Glasses - - -6. 00
10 Old Books 6 good Chairs 18 old Chairs - -11.00
4 Old Tables  2 Light Stands - - -8. 00
5 old Hogsheads 5 old Berells [barrels] 2 Meat Barrells [barrels] - - -2.00
2 Tubs & churn cheese press 2 pails 1 Piggin - - -3.00
4 pewter platters 12 plates & two Basons [basins]- - -2.00
1 Tin Kitchen Cullender [colander] 1 coffee pot 6 old Dishes - - - 4.00
4 doz Plates 2 platters 1 Set of Cups & Saucers & 1 Pitcher 1 mug- - - -3. 00
1 pr of decanters 6 tumblers 1 Case of Bottles - - -3.00
6 Milk pans 6 Earthen pots 3 Platters - - -1.75
1 old Loom 2 Spinning wheels 4 Reeds 2 Harnesses - - -6.25
Amt carried over
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Amount Brot [brought] over -
1 Set of Spools and warping Bard - - -2.00
11 Silver Tea Spoons 2 Large Silver Spoons - - -7.00

Farming Utensils
1 pair of old wheels cap & pin - - -10. 00
1 old Seligh Harness - - -6.00
1 old Chaise & Harness - - -20.00
3 Chains an Iron Barr and 3 axes - - -9.00
2 old ploughs & Harrow - - - -10.00
1 Saddle & Bridle & pr, braces - - -10.00
1 [scythe?] 1 hoe a1 Shovel 1 yoke- - -2.00
2 pitch forks 1 Muck fork 1 Brake - - - 2.00
2 Augers 2 Chisels 1 Gouge 1 shave - - -2.50
3 Saws 1 old Cutting Knife - - -10.00
1 old Sled 1 [Flan?] Brake - - -2.00
6 Bows 1 Syth [scythe] Swath - - -1.00
[total] 332.77

Income from the farm where give and outLands with the Mills of which I have a Lease for life - - -60 D per year

I owe the sum of Four Hundred Dollars and have no means of paying it except what arrises from the above property and my pension
[signed] David Clark
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
ROCKINGHAM SS.
On this  twelfth day of July, 1820, personally appeared in open court, at Chester, before John Harvey and Hall Burgin, Esqrs. Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Rockingham, being a Court of Record for the said County of Rockingham, having the power of fine and imprisonment, David Clark aged sixty four years,resident in Sandown, 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:-- viz, That he served as a Soldier in the year 1775 in Col John Starks Regiment and about the first of January 1776 he enlisted into a Company commanded by Captain Mills in a Regiment command by Colonel Loammi Baldwin in the Massachusetts line for the term of one year and when his term of service had expired he again engaged to remain and did remain with the army six weeks - That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is Sept the 15th day 1819. That he has received a pension the the number of his pension certificate is 17.428
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 provision 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. My occupation is that of a farmer but am not of  sufficient ability to pursue it by reason of a Rupture which is very bad[.]  I  have in family residing with me my wife aged fifty eight years who is weakly - -a daughter Sally W. aged seventeen Their capacity to contribute to their support is no other than arises from their labour which is trifling
[signed] David Clark

Sworn to and declared at Chester on the twelfth day of July 1820 before
[signed] John Harvey  Hall Burgin } Justices of said County

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham 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 332 dollars and 77 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 14 day of July 1820.
[signed] P. Chadwick } Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham.
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In reply to your request of [blank] received [blank] for a statement of the military history of David Clark a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his  (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.  S. File 45,636

1775 -  Pvt.  - Colonel John Stark - N.H..

Jan. 1, 1776 - 1 yr 6 wks - Capt. Migill - Col Loammi Baldwin - 26 Contl. Inf.

1777 - Capt Runnels - Col. Nichols - N. H.

Battles engaged in,both battles of Trenton - Princeton, Bennington 1777
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Rockingham, N. H.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 15, 1819
Residence at date of application, Sandborn, Rockingham Co., NH
Age at date of application, 63 - dates of birth & death not given.
Remarks:  1820 ref. to wife - age 58 yrs. & dau. Sally W. 17 yrs.
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Indianapolis, Ind. 3- 10-1910
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C. MAR 12 1910
Dear Sir:
I wish to know if the name of David Clark is found on the Revolutionary Pension Rolls & if so I wish a certificate of his service, giving his place of birth & death and all other data concerning his family. He was probably a resident of Rockingham County, New Hampshire at the time he applied for a pension. His wife's name was Jemima Carruth and he was a private in Colonel Jonathan Chase's Regiment of New Hampshire militia.
An early reply will favor
Yours respectfully,
[signed] Mrs. H. A. Beck
38 W. 21st. St.
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David Clark  Farmer & clothier-
Residing Sept 1819 in Sandown Rockingham County N H & stated that he served in the year 1775 in Colo John Stark's Regt - About the 1st Jany 1776 he enlisted for one year under Capt Mialls or Myalls in the Mass regt Comd by Colo Loammi Baldwin & was [illegible] at Morristown N J [illegible] in Feby 1777 - was in the battle at Trenton N J on Dec 26 1776 - Princeton (Jany. 3, 1777) - Afterwards  served with Capt (Danl) Runnells of Londonderry in Col (Moses) Nichols Regt (from July 20 to Sept 28 1777) at Bennington Vt in Gen Stark's Comp
(Bad rupture)
Benj Morse of Moultonboro Rockingham Co. N N H Served with him in 1776 in same Company testified in 1819 that he was with Clark in the battles at Trenton, Princeton  & 2 at Quibbleton N J and in fight & repulse of the Brittish attempting to cross the bridge at Trenton N J.
In July 1820 his Age was 64 years & his wife was 58 & dau[ghter]  Sally W was 17
In Feby 1829 age stated 73 year & that he "had no family"
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17,620
New Hampshire
David Clark
of Sandown in the State of N.Hampshire who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Massachusetts line for the term of one year

Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 15 of Sep 1819

Certificate of Pension issued the 8 of June 1820 and sent Daniel Gookin. Esq Judge Exeter N.H.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1820, 5 mos 16.40  30.31 - -  45.29
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1820 - -  48--
[total] $93.29

{Revolutionary Claim, Act 18 March, 1818.}

Discontinued
16,804

[right side, written sideways]
Application sent to Peter Chadwick Esq 21 [July?] 1820.
Exeter New Hampshire
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45636
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 45636
David Clark
Priv Rev. War 

Act:  18 March 1818
1st May 1820 & 1st March 1823

Index:--Vol. 3, Page 90

[in brackets] Arrangement of 1870.

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1910 March - Hist to Mrs. H. A. Beck - C
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I Jacob Elliot of lawful age depose and say that I am acquainted with David Clark of Sandown in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire. I first knew him in the year 1776, when he was a soldier in Capt Mynall's company and Col Baldwin's regiment of Massachusetts State troops. I also knew him at New York and at the campaign in the Jerseys. He continued in the service one year and six weeks and was honorably discharged, I believe, at Springfield in the State of New Jersey in the month of February 1777- I know the above to be facts, because I was in the same regiment and part of the time in same company with him, during the whole term of one year and six weeks. I was discharged with him and we came home together, and I have known him ever since
[signed] Jacob Elliot
Chester February 19, 1829 

Rockingham ss  February 1829 Then the above named Jacob Elliott personally appearing made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before
[signed] W. M. Richardson  Jus Peace
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Deposition of Jacob Elliot
for David Clark
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I Jacob Elliot of Kingston in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire of lawful age on oath testify & declare that I was an enlisted Soldier in Captain Dodge's Company, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Loami Baldwin in the service of the United States the whole of the year A Dom 1776, and the fore part of the year A D 1777.  That early in the forepart of the said year 1776 I this deponent became acquainted with David Clark, now of Sandown in the said County of Rockingham, then a private soldier in Captain Miall's Company in said Colonel Baldwin's Regiment, that I was often upon duty with said Clark and well knew him  to be a soldier in said company & service to the close of said year 1776.  And for Six weeks in the beginning of the year 1777 during which term of six weeks the said David Clark and this deponent were in the same mess together, that about the middle of February 1777, the said Clark, myself this deponent, with many others having served out the full term of our engagement were in General Orders honorably discharged from said service, - received our pay, & travel money and the said Clark, one Benjamin Morse, who was also a soldier in said Miall's Company, and this deponent returned home in company together - that I have known and been acquainted with said Clark ever since and well know him to  be the same David Clark that made his deposition & declaration, vouching his having been soldier in the service of the United States, before the Honorable  Judge Gookin, dated the 15th day of September 1819.  And I this deponent do further testify and say that I have attentively read, and examined the
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the said Clark, said deposition, and well know that most of the material facts therein stated are correct & true, and from my own knowledge of the said Clark and of his said services, have no doubt but the whole is substantially Just & true
Exeter December 1819
[signed] Jacob Elliot

State of New Hampshire  
County of Rockingham ⎬ 
Be it known & remembered that at Exeter in said County on this 15th day of December 1819 came before me the undersigned Nathaniel Peabody Esquire one of the Justices of the peace and of the Quorum in and throughout said State the above named Jacob Elliot of Kingston in said County of Rockingham Gentleman who, having been duly cautioned and sworn personally made solemn oath that the preceding aforewritten deposition by him made and subscribed is just & true and I the said Justice further certify that from long acquaintance, & knowledge of the person & character of the said Deponent Elliott, I have no hesitation in certifying that he is generally considered as a Citizen of truth, veracity & correct habits & that in my judgement full faith & credit ought to be had in his deposition Declarations
Attest [signed] Nathl Peabody
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I Peter Chadwick Esquire Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire hereby certify that Nathaniel  Peabody is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and of the Quorum throughout said State and that his signature to the foregoing oath & Certificate is in his own hand writing -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this twentieth day March Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty
[signed] P.Chadwick
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Revolutionary
File with 45,636
David Clark

[stamps]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE
A
MAY 13 1889

MEDICAL DIVISION 
MAY 14 1889
[illegible] OFFICE.
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POLICE COURT OF LOWELL,
CLERK'S OFFICE,
Lowell, Mass.,  MAY 11 1889  -  188

James Tanner
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

Dear Sir,
Accept my warmest thanks for communication containing information concerning one David Clark a Revolutionary  Soldier and pensioner
My Resp., Yours
[signed]  James F. Savage

[stamp]
MEDICAL DIVISION
MAY 15 1889
U. S. PENSION OFFICE.
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POLICE COURT OF LOWELL.
CLERK'S OFFICE,
Lowell, Mass.
APR 4 1889  188
To the Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, Will you have the kindness to send me from records on file in the Pension Department for the purposes of a genealogical record information concerning the war record of one David Clark a Revolutionary War pensioner who resided in his last years of Sandown New Hampshire?
I know he was at Bunker Hill and Bennington but have no further information concerning his service, yet think he must have served for a longer period and elsewhere-
If you will send me such information as the papers on file contain with reference to
to said David Clark, you will confer a great favor and I will gladly remit your fee for the same.
Very Respectfully Yours
[signed] James F. Savage
Box 82
Lowell ,Mass
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I Benjamin Morse of Moultonborough in the County of Strafford  State of New Hampshire doth Testify and say that I enlisted in Captain Mialls Company in Colonel Loami Baldwins Regiment, in the Massachusetts line & in the Continental service on the fifth day of January 1776 and there became acquainted with David Clark now of Sandown in the County of Rockingham & State of Newhampshire who was a soldier in the same company & who messed with me. That the said Clark continued in said company & service untill February 1777[,]  towards the last of said month we were dismissed together at or near Morristown in the New Jersies. That I  was with the said Clark the whole of that time and found him a stout able & brave Soldier during one year and six weeks. That I was with him in the Battle of Trenton the 26th day of Dec. 1776, and at another in the same place about the first of Jan. 1777. Also at the Battle of Princeton in January 1777, and also of two Battles at Quibbleton all in New Jersey. That when we were dismissed we travelled home together to Rockingham in New Hampshire, and I now feel myself wholly disinterested in giving this Deposition any further than what good will to my fellow Soldiers will naturally create
[signed] Benja Morse
Kingston July 17, 1819

State of Newhampshire ⎬ Kingston July 17th 1819 
Rockingham ss }  Then the above named Benjamin Morse made solemn Oath to the Truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed and for any thing that I know his character is good, & a man of [the word was covered by the seal]
[signed] Levi Bartlett Jus. Pacis [Peace]

I Peter Chadwick Esqr Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire hereby certify that Levi Bartlett is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County and that his signature to the above oath is in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 17th day of July Anno Domini 1819
[signed] P. Chadwick
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State of Newhampshire
Strafford ss }
I certify upon honor that Benjamin Morse who signed the within depositon is a man of truth and veracity and sustains a good moral character
Cent[er] Harbour March 1820
[signed] Jon. S. Moulton   Just Peace

Benj. Morse's Deposition
for David Clark

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss.
I Andrew Peirce Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, Certify that Jon S. Moulton Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Strafford acting under the authority of said State.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 4th  day of April A.D. 1820
[signed] A. Peirce - Clerk
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18th day of February AD 1829
[signed] Nath. Adams Clerk



David Clark's declaration
VC

Restore
Pen: to com: Feb. 18, 1829

Hon. S. Bale
Senate U. S.
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham ss.
At the Superior Court of Judicature holden at Portsmouth within and for the County of Rockingham on the third Tuesday of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty nine
present the Honorable
Samuel Green  John Harris } Associate Justices
On the 18th day of February in the year of aforesaid personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for the said State of New Hampshire David Clark of Sandown in said County a first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in acts of Congress of the 18th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820 that he the said David Clark enlisted on the first of January 1776 in the company command by Captain Mynall in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin in the line of the State of Massachusetts in the Continental establishment for the term of one year that he continued to serve in Corps the full term of his enlistment
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and six weeks over and was honorably discharged at Morristown in the State of New Jersey in the month of February 1777- That
he has been placed on the pension list and [?] there from on account of his property
The number of his certificate is 17, 428
That the following is a schedule of all his property his necessary clothing and bedding excepted  Viz:  
His life estate in the one half of the farm and mills where he now lives valued at  - - - 200
one horse 40 -- 2 ½ Oxen 70 - - -110 
3 Cows 48, 2 two year old Steers 30 - - -78
2 1 year old Steers 11, 14 Sheep & 4 Lambs 20 - - - 31
2 Swine 17- 1 Clock 30- 1 Warming Pan 1.25 - - - 48.25
2 Kettles 4 - 2 pr Shovels & tongs  1 Frying 2.75 - - - 6. 75
1 Case Knives & forks - - -0.75
1 case old drawers 2 Desks old - - -3.00
2 Chests 2 looking Glasses- - -5.75
10 old books 6 good Chairs 10 old chairs----11.00
4 Old Tables 2  light stands - - -2.00
1 Old Hogshead 15 Old barrels---2.00
2 tubs 1 churn 1 old cheese press - - -2.00
3 pewter platters 3 pewter plates - - -2.00
1 Tin Kitchin 1 Collander 1 Coffee pot - - -2.00
17 Plates, 2 Platters 1 pitcher 5 bowls - - -175
12 Cups & Saucers 2 Tumblers 4 wine Glasses - - -2.00
1 pr Decanters 1 case of Bottles 3 [earthen?] pots - - - 2 25
1 Old loom 1 Spinning wheel 4 Reeds & 1 Harness - - - 3.50
1 set warping bars 1 set spools - - -1.50
1 pr old Wheels Cops & pin 1 old sleigh & Harness - - - 11,00

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1 old chain & Harness - - -10.00
3 Chairs 1 Iron bar 3 axes - - -6.00
2 old ploughs one harrow - - -10.00
1 Sythe 1 hoe 1 shovel 2 forks- - -1.25
1 Yoke 1 Muck fork 1 Rake - - -1. 00
2 Augers 2 Chissels 1 Gouge 1 stave-- -1.50
3 saws 1 old Cutting Knife - - -6.00
1 old sled 1 old Flax Brake - - -1.50
6 bows 1 Sythe Swath - - -0.75
2 Pews in Sandown meeting house - - -21.00
[Total] 591.95
[signed] David Clark

In pursuance of the act of Congress of the first of May 1820 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 by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of 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 or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than
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what is contained in the foregoing Schedule and by me subscribed - 
My occupation is that of a Clothier but am unable to pursue it by reason of age and infirmities. I have no family
[signed] David Clark

I Nathaniel Adams Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration, Schedule and Oath are truly copied from the records.  And I also certify that it is the opinion of said Court that the total value of the property contained in said Schedule is five hundred ninety one dollars ninety five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 18th day of February AD 1829
[signed] Nath. Adams Clerk
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES  Form VAM-51  12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

NAME Clark, David or Clarke
GRADE  Private
LINE Maryland

WARRANT NUMBER 12875 and 14105

ACREAGE 100

ISSUED  February 24, 1795
to Francis Sherrard, assignee of Elizabeth Coley, Adm

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.