Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13218, Charles B Grace, N.H.
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(3-1776)  Number
NH
Grace, Charles B  S13218
Carded
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3034
New Hampshire
Charles B Grace
of Portsmouth in the State of [handwritten (14)] 
N. H.
who was a pri of Arti's in the Compy commanded by Captain -
of the Reg
commanded by 
Col. Gilman the N. H
line for 
9 months pri Artillery

Inscribed
in the Roll of N. H
at the rate of 37 Dollars 50 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Aug
1834
and Sent to
Wm B. Parkers Esq Ports 
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834 $112.
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep "
18
131,23
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by George Taylor, Clerk
Book E. Vol 1 
Page 88
This certificate is issued in 
the of one dated 1s Feb 33
and [illegible one pension]
to $37.50

Dead
Letter to W. B.
15 March 1844 . 
" " same 1844

Entered on D
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8414
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832. 
State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham Ss (1)
On this eleventh day of September 1832, personally appeared before the Court of Probate  now sitting at Portsmouth in said County
Charles B. Grace, a resident of Portsmouth in the county and State aforesaid, aged eighty 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832: - That he enlisted in the State Troops of New Hampshire in March 1776, in the Artillery Company with Capt. Deering, under said Deering's command, (the other officers of said Company were Samuel Hutchings first Lieutenant, Thomas Bolin was second Lieutenant, John Gardner Orderly Sergiant [Sergeant]) for twelve months in New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Col. Gilman, the other field officer was Major Moorey: - That he left the service in December 1776 having served nine months, when he procured a substitute, to this approbation of said Colonel Gilman.
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That when he entered the service, he resided in said Portsmouth, that he was in no battle, and was employed in building forts and breast works in sd
Portsmouth Harbour:- That after he left the service
his company enlisted over again on the Continental
establishment, and proceded to Ticonderoga. under the Col Peirce Long: He hereby relinquishes every claim
whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the
present, and he declares that his name is not on
the pension roll of any agency in any State
Charles 13. Grace
Sworn to and subscribed the day
and year aforesaid
John Kelly Reg of Probate
And the said Court
does hereby declare their
opinion that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states
John Harvey Judge of Probate
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 I John Kelly Register of Probate for said County and
Clerk of said Court of Probate
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter
of the application of Charles B. Grace for a
pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of Office, this
Eleventh day of September A.D. 1832
John Kelly Reg of Probate
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I John Thelly Register of Probate for said County Clerk of said Court of Probate
do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the
original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Charles B. Grace for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, this
Eleventh day
of September A.D. 1832.
the
To whom it may concern- I George Long of Portsmouth in the State
of Newhampshire Merchant of the age of Seventy year & upwards, son of the late
Colonel Peter Long who commanded the First New Hampshire; to which the
subscribed was attained)
Testify & say that I have personally known
Mr Charles B. Crall since the year 1775- that he was a soldier in the Company
of Artillery commanded by Capt Ebenezar Deering which company was attained
and made part of Col Longs Regiment and that said Grace served in Company to about the time said company & Regiment was taken into the 
Continental service which was about the first of August 1776 - as to this [illegible]
time in the said C.B. Grace served in a Company it is not in my power to testify
GEO Long
State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham Court of Proobate at
Portsmouth in said county sept 11 1832
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court and the Court certifies
that the said George Long is a credible witness
John Killy Reg of Probate
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[handwritten (11)]
Declaration,
In order to obtain an average of pension due Charles
B. Grace, deceased, of Portsmouth, N.H. from the 4th day
of March 1834, to the 11th day of February 1837, the
day of his death under the act of the 7th June 1832.
On this thirtieth day of March 1844.
personally appeared before me, William B. Parker, a Justice of the
Peace for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire-
Joseph Grace a resident of Portsmouth in the County of
Rockingham aforesaid aged 44 years, who being duly sworn
according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration
in order to obtain the amount of pension which he claims, in
behalf of himself and of his sister Shapling, as the
only children left by said Charles B. Grace at his decease
as has been proved before the Court of Probate in said County,
from the 4th day of March 1834, to the 11th day of February 1837
the day of the death of said Charles B. Grace, being two years
nine months and seven days, at $75 per annum, and amounting to
the sum of ($220.20) Two hundred and twenty dollars and twenty cents,
or thereabouts. Which amount had been stopped by the Agent for
paying pensions at said Portsmouth, erroneously, from the said 4th
day of March 1834, as will more at large appear by reference
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to a decision made by the Hon. B. F. Butler,
Secretary of War
and interim in the case of Capt Richard Vernon, dated March
13th 1837 and printed in document No 118 Ho. of Reps War Dept.
25th Congress 2d Sessions
Joseph
Grace

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me,
Wm
B. Parker Justice of the Peace
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District of New Hampshire ss:
-
I John Lord Hayes, Clerk of the County of
the United States, for the aforesaid district, do hereby certify,
that William B. Parker is a Justice of the Peace for the
County of
Rockington, within the district of New Hampshire
and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the district court
of the United States to be affixed this 30th
day of March
A.D. 1844.
John Hayes
Clerk Le
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No 8414
Chas B Grace
Private of Arbelting
9 Month
[illegile]
$75-
Mr P. Parker
Portsmouth
NH
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BRIEF in the case of Charles B Grace
of Portsmouth
in the State of New Hampshire-
(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? 80-
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed,
Period.
In 1776 March to Decr 1776
Duration of Service.
Years,
Months,
9 -
Rank.
As a
Private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Gen-
Cap Deering Col Gilman
5. In what battles was he engaged? none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Portsmouth, N. H.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
 one living witness certified to be
credible but whose statement is not agree with the declarations
the applicant
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned
Sam J Potts
Examining Clerk
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13218
INVALID.
No. 13. 218
Charles B Grace
Pri of Artiler Sea-tours
Act
June 7th 32
Vol. 1
Page 153
[Arrangement of 1870]
[handwritten Revham
(15)]
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3034
(13)
New Hampshire
Charles B Gra
of Portsmouth, in the State of N H
who was a P of County in the company commanded
by Captain of the Regt commanded
by Col Gilman in the NH
line for 9 May


Inscribed on the Roll of N H
at the rate of
75 Dollars - Cent
to per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the first
day of Feby
1833 and sent he[illegible]
Parker Portsmouth 

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832
$112.50
Semi=anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33
37.50
---
$150.00
 Revolutionary Claun
Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by I F Blair clerk,
Book D
Vol. [illegible]
Page 157.
Canceled Aug 22.34 and new
certificate [illegible] from to $31.5
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26.
5,034
Charles B Grace N H
1862 Joseph Vaughn
the
to
703 Arden Evans Ill Book D. Vol 9 page
Ten
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Died 11 Feb 1837 (12)
22 Aug 1834
37.50-
6
227.00-
75
3
225
was pensioned at $75 do and County 4 March 1833
drew at this rate to 4 March 1834 2 years $225.00
paid to 4 Mar 1834-
Pension was reduced 23d Aug 1834
to $37.50 & died on the 10 Feb 1833
making 5 years 11 months & 5 days
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State of New Hampshire
ROCKINGHAM, SS.
THE subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate, for said County, hereby certifies and attest, that on the 19th day of March 
in the year of our Lord 1844, at a
Probate Court then holden at Portsmouth in said County,
by the Hon J Sullivan
Judge of said Court, it

was duly proved to the satisfaction of
said Court that Charles B. Grace
who was a Revolutionary pensioner
of the United States died at said Portsmouth
on the 11th day of February
A.D. 1837
That he left  no widow
He left two children
and whose names and names are
Joseph Grace
& Seth Shapley wife of
James Shaply
State of Maine
of Elliott and the State of Maine
[ Crossed out accepted of said trust, and gave
bond for the faithful performance thereof, agreeably to the laws of said State. And I further certify, that said
appointment has never
revoked, but remains in full force, as by the records of said Court appears.]
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, at Exeter, in said County of Rockingham, this
19
day of March
A.D. 1844
D H Gregg Register
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Mar 23 44
Mr Evary
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(9)
Portsmouth N.H. 19th March 1844
Hon: J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir

It appears from the enclosed
Certificate from the Probate Court, that Charles B Grace being
a revolutionary pensioner died on the 11th day of Feby 1837 leaving
no widow and only the children, viz Joseph Grace and Brother Shapley and
it appears from the enclosed letter from yourself dated 22d Aug 1834
that there was a mistake in his first pension certificate for $75
per an and a new certificate, now also enclosed, was issued
for $37.50 per are. And the [illegible prisioner's] pay was stopped until
the difference was paid and he rec'd no more after the 4th March 1837 until his death
the purpose of this is to claim this difference
under the Rules of the Hon. B. F. Butler Secretary of War
and interim, made in the case of Capt Richard Vernon
March 13th 1837, and published in Doc No 113 page 109
I am, Sir, very respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Wm B. Parker
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War
Department
Pension Office
August 22d 1834
In computing
the amount of pension
In  the case of Charles B. Grace, there was a mistake made
by the Clerk
The declaration claims for 9 months service as private
of Artilery,
which was allowed, and at
$4.16 2/3 per month would be $37.50
but was erroniously made $75 per annum
The Certificate now sent ┃
is for the proper amount say $37.50-
Information
on of the error, and its correction, has been given to the
agent at Portsmouth N.H.
very respectfully
J L Edwards
Commiss of Pensions
William
B. Parker Esq
Portsmouth
N. H
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Payments to be made
at Portsmouth NH
by (Illegible) Commercial Bank
Agent for paying Pension=
ers, in the Agency of

New Hampshire

Recorded in the Pension of=
fice, in Book 3. Vol. 1
Page 88 by
George Taylor- Clerk.
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WAR DEPARTMENT.                             (7)
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Charles B. Grace of the State of New Hampshire who was a  (..............) in the war of the Revolution

is entitled to receive---- Thirty Seven---- dollars and fifty----- cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semiannually on the 4th of March, and the 4th of September in every year. This certificate is issued in Liew upon dated 1st of Feb. 1833 (illegible). Given at the War Office of the United States, this Twenty Second day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty= four

(Signature Illegible)  
Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned.

J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions
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(6 )
Portsmouth N.H. Aug 9th 1834.
James L 
Edwards Esq
Commissioner if Pensions
Sir
Agreeably to the request in yours
of the 5th inst. I 
inclose Charles B. Grace's Pension Certificate
for the purpose of having the error correcte
which you state occured
I am Sir
Respectfully
you
Obt
Pen
Mr
B. Parker
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Act of June 7.
1832
J L. Edwards Esq

Commissioner of Pensions
City of
Washington
[seal affixed]
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Payments to be made
at Portsmouth on 
by the Pay & B Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners,
in the Agency of N H
Recorded by [illegible] M Blair
Clerk, in Book D. Nov. 1st
page 157.
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(5)
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.

I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States
, of the 7th June, 1832, Charles B Grace
of the State of New Hampshire
who was a Private of Artillery in the Army
of the Revolution is entitled to receive
Seven Five dollars
and
cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1831 and payable semi-annually, on the
4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year
.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this First day of February
one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
John L Edwards
Secretary of War
Examined and Countersigned 
J L Edwards
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no
8414
Chat B Grace
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(4)
BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Charles B Pace
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 in the county 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 amout of pension he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names 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 pension 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? yes-
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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? No

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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? Has produced
the testimony of one living witness-
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under
his seal of office? certified by the Register of Probate under
his seal of Office? Certified by the Register of Probate under his seal
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE 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, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot 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 - monts 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 the 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.
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 which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of 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 authenticated 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 end 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.
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Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12 - 5 - 41
Name Grace, George
Grade Private in Maryland, 
Dragoons"
Line Pennsylvania
WARRANT
NUMBER
9482
Acreage 100
Issued 
August 5, 1789
to
John Baldwin, assignee
notation
"Certified by N. Cutting
Dec. 12th 1820
*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.