Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,642, Charles Bisbee, Continental. Mass.
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Continental Mass.   Bisbee, Charles   S. 16,642
Carded
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19362
Indiana
Charles Bisbee
of Dearborne[?] in the State of Ina
who ws a pr in the co commanded
by Captain Freedan of the regt commanded
by Coll Bailey in the Mass
line for 21 mo & 20 da
Inscribed on the Roll of [illegible]
at the rate of 72 Dollars 22 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Aug 1833 and [?] James Dill Lawrenceburg[?]
Arrears to the 4th of March  144.44
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept  36.11
$180.55
Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Danl Boyd  Clerk,
Book E   Vol. 7   Page 105
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9994
Declaration 
Ch. Bisbee 
James Bell Lawrenceburg Ind.
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress of the 7th June 1832

State of Indiana 
Dearborn County 
on this seventeenth day of August 1832 personally appeared before Probate Court of County Charles Bisbee a resident of Aurora in the county of Dearborn aged seventy five years, who being duly sworn according to land ing the doth, on his oath make the follow declaration, in order to obtain in benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775 with Captain Freedom Chamberlin, for the Term of eight months, which period he served  out faithfully and received a discharge- he again enlisted in the year 1776 with Captain John Reed, in Col. Baileys Regiment for the Term of Twelve months and served out said period faithfully and received a discharge - and at the end of service again enlisted with one Captain John Stetson for the Term of Six months: which service he performed, and at the expiration thereof to wit in the year 1777 he in enlisted as an armourer for the period of four months which he faithfully performed at the armory at Albany in the State of New York; he was in the Massachusetts line, and served as above, under the command of Colonels Bailey and Hayden; he was first enlisted at Pembroke, Plymouth County State
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of Massachusetts; he was stationed at Roxbury near Boston on the day of the memorable battle of Bunkers Hill - after the siege of Boston, was abandoned, he marched from Boston by the way of Providence Rhode Island, and thence took Shipping thy the way of New London, & Delgateto New York.

he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency or State
Charles Bisbee

Sworn to and subscribed  the day and year aforesaid J
ames Dill Clk 

nd the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states- 
John Livingston 

S. James Dill Clerk of --- of of the Probate Court of Dearborn County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Charles Bisbee for a pension 

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set hand and seal office this 18th day August 1832 
James Dill Clerk the probate Court Dearborn County
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State of Indiana Dearborn County ⎬ Set Probate court May Term 1833 

We Daniel Plummer a Clergyman residing in the country of Dearborn and Henry Walter residing in the said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Bisbee who has subscribed and Sworn to the above and foregoing declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age - that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Daniel Plummer 
Henry Walker

Sworn to and subscribed in open court 14 May 1833 - 

James Dillon 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 above named applicant Charles Bisbee was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Daniel Plummer who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the County of Dearborn, and that Henry Walker who has also signed the same is a resident in the said County of Dearborn and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit 
John Livingston

I James Dill clerk of the Probate Court of Dearborn County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the amended proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Charles Bisbee for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 14th day of May A.D. 1833.
James Dill Clerk of the Probate court of Dearborn county.
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9994 Charles Bisbee Indiana 
from 1775 private 21 months & 20 days 

$72.22 

11 & 12 Feby 12. 1833 

James Dill Lawrenceburg 
Indiana
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9994
BRIEF in the case of Charles Bisbee of Aurora Dearborn Co in the State of Indiana (Act 7th June, 1832.) 

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Probate Court 
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? 
3. How old is he? 75 years 
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

[table headings]Period.  | Duration of Service. Years, Months, Days. | Rank. As a | Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. 
[row 1]Enlisted In 1775 for & served | [blank] 8 - | [blank] | Capt Freedom Chamberlain Massachusetts line
[row 2] again 1776 enlisted | served [blank] 12 - | [blank] | Colo Bailey & Hayden Capt John Reed
[row 3]again enlisted | served [blank] [blank] 6 weeks | --- | Capt John Stetsman
[row 4]again enlisted 1777 | served [blank] 4 months - | as armourer | 

making in all 2 years & 6 weeks

5. In what battles was he engaged? 
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Pembroke, Plymouth Co. Massachusetts 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? by living witnesses, 20 months service proved 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. Examining Clerk.
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16642 
INVALID. --- 
File No. 16642
Charles Bisbee 
Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7" 32 
Index: --Vol. 1, Page 33

(Arrangement of 1870.}
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9994 
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 Bisbee 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 
VII. 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 & has a device.
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Charles Bisbee 11112 

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 obtain ing 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? 
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? yes 
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? 
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the 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. 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 recolelection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Foryear -- months and -- days, I served as a- -- For -- months and days, I served as aand 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. 

The claimant should prove his 4 months service in 1777, or can be allowed a pension for the time he has proved
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Sir,
The enclosed contains all the proofs in the power of Mr. Bisbee to produce in support of his claim to a pension 
Respectfully you to servt
James Dill 
Lawrenceburg Ind. 20 May 1833 

James L. Edwards Esquire 
Commissioner of Pensions
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Buckfield August 18 25
Charles Bisbeec delivered
Dearborn County
Indiana
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I Meshach Keen of the town of Sumner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, aged seventy three years, testify and say that I was a revolutionary soldier in the american army during the war with Great Britain, for several periods, one of which was the eighth month service, at Roxbury in the year 1775 & the other in the 12 month service at New York, in the year 1776. I enlisted into said eight months service at Pembroke in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts in April 1775 and marched to said Roxbury, near Boston, belonging to the company commanded by Captain Freedom Chamberlain of Col John Baileys Regiment. We were employed in building forts, keeping guard & other services through said term & at the end thereof were disbanded.

that after this, at the close of my said eight months service I enlisted again into said service at said Roxbury, to a company commanded by Captain William Reed, of said Col Baileys Regiment for twelve months and marched to New York where we were stationed near the City and served then the said term of twelve months through 

And I the said then further say that Charles Bisbee who now lives, as he understand in Aurora in the State of Indiana was in the same service with me that he lived in said Pembroke, at that time that he enlisted with me at said Pembroke, for said eight month serve at at said Roxbury, for said twelve months service and that he served the whole of said two periods through with me in the same companies as I have stated as above 

I knew said Bisbee well. He was a neighbor to me in his youth in said Pembroke my native town. He moved to Brunswick in the then District now State of Maine, about the close of the war, where I have seen him several times since and also here in said summer. He is marked by having two thumbs on one hand 
Meshach his X mark Keen 
Witness Saml Brown 
Calvin Bisbee 

State of Maine County of Oxford SS August 9th 1832 then the above named Meshach Keen to me known as a man of truth, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed before me 
Samuel F. Brown Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine Oxford County ss

I Rufus R. Goodnow Clerk of the judicial Court in & for said County of Oxford hereby certify that Samuel F. Brown Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that his genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Depositions of Hezekiah Stetson & Mishick Keen 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this tenth day of August in the year A.D. 1832.
 Rufus K Goodenow, Clerk of Oxford County Court 

Distent Brother I send you the here testimony I lease it 
Calvin Bisbee
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I, Hezekiah Stetson resident in the town of Sumner in the County of Oxford, & State of Maine, aged seventy nine years, testify & say that I was a soldier in the american army during the revolutionary war with Great Britain, for several periods one of which was the year service in 1776 - that we enlisted at Roxbury near Boston, in Commonwealth of Massachusetts about the last of December 1775 & at the close of my eight months service, into a company commanded by Captain William Reid belonging to Col John Baileys Regiment, for twelve months and marched to New York, when we were stationed near the City for said term of twelve months excepting about two months & a half, when we were on duty in New Jersey and after having served said term of twelve months through, I was discharged at said New York. and I further say that Charles Bisbee, who now lives in Aurora in Dearborn County & State of Indiana, as I am informed, was a fellow soldier with me during the whole of said term - that he enlisted with me and marched with me belonging to the same company and served with me through the term & was discharged with me. said Bisbee was a neighbor to me in Pembroke in Massachusetts, my native town, in my youth. He moved into the District of Maine at a distance from me & I have not seen his much of him since. 
Hezekiah his X mark Stetson
Witness Sam Bunn 
Calvin Bisbee 

State of Maine County of Oxford SS. August 9. 1832. Then the above named Hezekiah Stetson, to me well known as a man of veracity personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed before me, 
Samuel F Brown Justice of the Peace