Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34254, Solomon Colman, Mass.
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Service
Mass.

Colman, Solomon
or
Coleman

Number
S. 34254

Contents
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Dead See Letters Oct. 13,1836
L.P.Agy.LJ. Caldwell

The Certification sent October 18, 1820
[illegible][illegible]Salem Mass.tts.

10,054

Massachusetts
Solomon Colman

in the state of  4
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Letple of the Masa
for the term of 1 year

Subscribed on the Rolls of Massachusetts
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 
7 of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of Apl 19  and Sept to [illegible][illegible][illegible] Massa

Arrears to 4th of Mar 19                     87.43 

semi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sept 19        48
                                                         __________

                                                           $135.43

{Revolutionary claim, }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Sol Colman

[crossed out: not on continental Establishment Not 9 months at any one period on the continental establishment]

one year 1776

adm'd
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State of Massachusetts 
I Solomon Coleman Citizen of the United States, now resident at Ipswich. in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the first of May in the year of Our Lord Seventeen hundred & seventy five I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the month of January in the year Seventeen hundred & seventy seven as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence; that I belonged to Captain Abraham Dodges Company in Colonel Moses Littles Regiment in the Massachusetts line, having enlisted for eight months, at first & on the expiration of that term, I immediately enlisted, on the first of January 1776 into the same Company & regiment & served of year 1776 and that I left the service on 9 month of January being honorably discharged and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of Sixty eight years - I have no other evidence to offer than is herewith exhibited. My discharge being lost by lapse of time- 

And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States , if any may be or hath been so allowed. 
Solomon X Coloman's mark
witness Wm Wetmore

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this seventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war, made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscriber One of the Associate Judges the Circuit Court of Common pleas for the middle circuit within the State aforesd & presiding for advice --- 

the abovenamed Solomon Coleman and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true 

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of Court Wm Wetmore
15 June 1818. I further certify that the within named Deponents are credible
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and disinterested witnesses & have been duly sworn 

Wm. Wetmore
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10054 
Solomon Coleman 
April 1819 Cont 25  Sep 1820 

Con
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ESSEX ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820. Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices. In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Solomon Coleman of Ipswich resident in in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 19, 054 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit, 
WAR DEPARTMENT REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Solomon Coleman late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen L. S. Given at the War of Office of the United States, this thirtieth of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.  
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War," appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit, SCHEDULE, containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, 
6 Chairs 1 Doll. 1 case of drawers 1 Doll. 2 Chests 1 Doll.-- 3.00 
2 tables 1 Doll. a light stand 25 cts. wash tub 55 cents -- 1.80 
2 pails and 1 pair of bellows -- .45 
3 Barrells and 1 keg 72 cents one meal Chest 20 cents - .92 
1 iron pot 75 cents 4 small iron kettles-- 1.35 
1 skillet 12 cents. 1 pair handirons 60 cents shovel & tongs 20 cents -- .92 
Frying pan 25 iron ware 37 cents. axe 33 cents- .95 
1 saw 1 Doll, old crockery ware 70 cents pewter & tin ware 75 cents -- 2.45 
Earthen ware 50 cents, one hammer 10 cents Bread tub 12 cents.-- .72 
One looking glass .30 
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Total-- Dolls. 12.86 

Enlisted on the 1st of January 1776 for twelve months in Capt. Abraham Dodge's Company Col. Moses Little's Regiment on the continental establishment in the
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Massachusetts line and served the whole of that year and was discharged and in 1780 enlisted in Capt. Francis Company Col. Benjamin Tupper's Regiment in the continental service and served six months and was discharged. Also in April 1775 served in said Dodge's company & Little's Regiment eight months. Also served about four months at the taking of Burgoyne and his army, also at Newport & Rhode Island five months at one time and three at another time these last were in the Militia 

was in the battle of Bunker hill, at Long Island at the taking of Burgoyne, & at White Plains 

Is aged seventy years. is lame in one leg can do but little labour. his wife Elisabeth is aged sixty five year infirm. all his family. 
Solomon Coleman, 

Essex ss. July 12. 1820. Then the above named Solomon Coleman made oath that the above Schedule & statement by him subscribed are true, before me Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court.
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and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit, I, Solomon Coleman do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD. 
Solomon Coleman 

Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820. 
Then the abovenamed Solomon Coleman took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me Stephen Minot Judge of said Court. 

I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and 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 twelve dollars eighty six cents- 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, 1820, 17th day of July - A. D. Att. Ichabod Tucker Clerk
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James R. Edwards Esq.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Harwich OCt. 6 1836
James L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pension Washington ⎬ 

Sir- 
As the authorized attorney of Betsey Colman - the only surviving child of Soloman Colman late of Ipswich deceased a pensioner under the act of 1818-- I called on the agent for paying pensions in Boston for payment of the pension accruing in March 1836 to the time of his decease. July 10. 1836 and was advised to enclose for your inspection and decision the papers in relation to this case.-- The only difficulty in the case arises from the rephraseology of the Register of Probate for Essex County respecting another child William Colman-- Now by the enclosed correspondence you will perceive that the evidence of his decease is somewhat clear and decisive. In addition to this evidence I have sought in other channels for such information as would lend to a correct knowledge whether he is living or dead - The result of my inquiries is that some 6 or 7 years since he resided in the town of Ware in N.H.  was somewhat disinteressted in his habits and sickly - a Lady of he name of Elizabeth Wallis now living in Ipswich saw him several years since and says she thought at the time he must soon die being then very sickly-- Having no interest whatever but to discharge faithfully my agency & with your instructions that I may closet this case 
Very respectfully yours 
Josiah Caldwell- Atty of Betsey Colman - and a Justice of the Peace for Essex County

PS Mr. Daniel Smith of Ipswich has said yours of May 31. and says being unable to refund the son of pension he has received respectfully request you to issue a new certificate entitling him to receive pay for eleven months service agreeably to your decision in his case
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as his pension was suspended soon after it was drawn in March 1835 - will he not therefore be entitled to draw again next march?-- I respect that I have been under the necessity of giving you so much trouble in this matter and am as before yours on in harto 
Josiah Caldwell

Please address me in Ipswich in both cases and return the enclosed papers- J. C
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James R. Edwards Esq.

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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James L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
[???] January 18. 1836 [1837]
Sir,
Having since reviewed your favor of Oct. 13. 1836 in relation to the heirs of Solomon Coleman made inquiries concerning William Coleman by directing letters to Portsmouth and others in all the places in the state of New Hampshire where he had formerly lived, without gaining any evidence that he is still living--it would seem, that he must have died several years ago. Previous to my forwarding the papers in the case of Solomon Coleman to your department I had written to Wm. Coleman, directing the letters to such town as he was supposed to have lived in, informing him of his father's decease and that he was entitled with his sister-- Betsy Coleman -- to the residue of pension but have never had any reply to those letters.-- Solomon Coleman died July 10. 1836-- Leaving due to his heir the amount of pension from March [???] month & 6 days - $33.60 -- Now as Betsey Coleman, a very poor woman, has consented that the widow Sarah Haskell, at whose house her father lived the last three years of his life, should be reimbursed [up arrow] with the residue of pension money for money expended by her in his last sickness and for funeral charges amounting to 7.60 then will be but $26.00 left. Under the circumstances of this case I now address you sir requesting that you will be placed to issue an order, to the pension office for paying pensions in Boston, to pay over to me as agent for Betsey Coleman the residue of Solomon Coleman's pension on the 20th of March next. And should I by that time obtain any evidence of the existence of Wm. Coleman I will pay to him as his order one half of the money otherwise pay it over to Betsey Coleman. I have no interest myself in the matter exepcet as agent for which I expect nothing but being an agent I am [???] to close the business.
With Great respect, I am [???]
Your Obedient Servant,
Josiah Coldwell
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We, Joseph Hodgkins Esquire and John Lakeman the said Joseph Hodgkins being a lieutenant in the Continental Army in the years 1775-1776, and the said John Lakeman being a sergeant in the Capt. Abraham Dodges Company in 1775-1776 [???] testify and say that Solomon Coleman on or about the first of May A.D. 1775 inlisted in the said Company commanded by Abraham Dodge in the twelfth regiment commanded by Moses Little [Crossed out "being the twelfth regiment] on the Continental Establishment of the Massachusetts [???] in the army of the United States of America and that said Soloman Colman served Eight months the time for which he enlisted in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy and was then honorably discharge & he then enlisted in said Dodges Company for one year in the same regiment & war and served in said war against the said Enemy the whole of said year and was then honorably discharged in the State of New York -- We further on oath dclare that the said Solomon Coleman is not on any pension list or roll of the United States and that by reason of reduced circumstances in life he stands in need of assistance from his Country for support. 
Joseph Hodgkins 
John Lakeman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Essex Ss June 10th 1818 
Then Joseph Hodgkins & John Lakeman above named appeared & made oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me
[???] Andrews Justice of the Peace
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34 254
Req INVALID.

File No. 34, 254
Solomon Colman
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