Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29910, Dose Holcomb, Conn.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
Conn [Connecticut]

Holcomb, Dose 

NUMBER S 29910
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10649 
Massachusetts
Dose Holcomb
of Southwick in the State of Mass [Massachusetts]
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Prior of the Reg't [regiment] commanded by Col. [Colonel] Bradley in the [strike out "Mass"] Conn [Connecticut] line for 2 years
Mil & Contl

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 dollars [blank] cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.

Certificate of pension issued the 18th day of April 1833 and sent Dose Holcomb Southwick Mass [Massachusetts]

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $160.00
Semi-anl [annual allowance ending 4 Sept [September] 
40.00
$200.00
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7 1832
Recorded by D D Addision Clerk, Book E Vol 2d Page 32
73 Hampden
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Elijah Holcomb deposition
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I Elijah Holcomb of Southwick in the County of
Hampden and State of Massachusetts being duly sworn do testify and say that I am brother to Dose Holcomb of Southwick aforesaid and lived in the same house with him untill after the American Revolution
I never was in the army with him but know that he engaged as a substitute for Zebina Burr and 
know that he returned in the winter of 1778, I was gone from home much of the time myself in the army and cannot distinctly recollect the
times and circumstances of his after engagement  I recollect of his going once as a substitute for Matthew Griswold but at what time and how long he was gone do not recollect 
Granby August 3d 1832
Eliza Holcomb
Hartford County ss Granby
Augst [August] 3. 1832 personally appeared Elijah Holcomb and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed
before me
Joab Griffin Justice of Peace
I certify that Elijah Holcomb
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I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to whom it doth or may concern, That Joab Griffin
Esquire, before whom the foregoing Affidavit of Elijah Holcomb was taken, is, and at the time of such caption was, a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Hartford in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full power and authority, by the laws of said State to administer oaths
to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and to give certificate thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine; and that full credence is due to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State, the ninth day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three
Thomas Day
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I Elijah Holcomb of Southwick in the County of 
Hampden and State of Massachusetts being duly sworn do testify and say that I am brother to Dose Holcomb of Southwick aforesaid, and lived in the same house him untill after the American Revolution  I never was in the army with him but know that he engaged as a substitute for Zabina Burr and know that he returned in the winter of 1778; I was gone from
home much of the time myself in the army and cannot distinctly recollect the times and circumstances of his after engagement
I recollect of his going once as a substitute for Matthew Griswold but at what time and how long he was gone do not recollect
Granby August 3d 1832
Eliza Holcomb
Hartford County of Granby
Augst [August] 3. 1832 personally appeared Elijah Holcomb and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed
before me
Joab Griffin Justice of Peace
I certify that Elijah Holcomb
is a credible witness
Joab Griffin Just Peace [Justice of the Peace
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Dose Holcomb
Southwick Mass [Massachusetts]
No 2201

defective in the 14 & 6th Interogatories

Private 2 years
[strike through "Return to Claimant"]
Dose Holcomb Southwick Mass [Massachusetts]
D167
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Brief in the case of Dose Holcomb of Southwick in the state of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3 How old is he? 71 years
4. State his service as directed in the form annexed.
[column headings] Period | Duration of Service | Rank | Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served.
May in 1777 | 9 months | Private | Col. [colonel] Bradley Capt [Captain] Prior
Summer 78 | 2 months | " [private] | Col [colonel] Hooker Capt [Captain] Bates
May 79 | 9 months | " [private] | Col [colonel] Bradley Capt [Captain] A Prior
Summer 80 | 3 months | " [private] | Col [colonel] Canfield Maj [Major] Mills
Summer 81 | 2 months | " [private] | Col [colonel] Mills Col [colonel] Case
5. In what battles was he engaged? Germantown
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Granby Connecticut
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by rolls? Living witnesses & traditionary evidence
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective  Justice of the Peace not certified as being such

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D D Addison Examining Clerk
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County ss
On this eighth day of August 1832 personally
appeared in open Court before Oliver B. Morris Esq Judge of the Court of Probate for the County of Hampden now sitting Dose Holcomb resident of Southwick in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 71 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832  That he was born and has ever since lived in the place where he now lives which was Granby Hartford County and State of Connecticut untill the year 1804 when by an alteration in the State here it became
Southwick County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts  That he entered the service of the United States in May 1777- was a substitute for Zebina Burr and entered the Regiment commanded by Col [colonel] Philip Bradley in the company commanded by Capt [Captain] Abner Prior of Windsor Connt [Connecticut] A man by the name of Green
was Lieut. [lieutenant] Martin Denslow. (Daniel Bissel and a man by the name of Lawrence and another by the name of Ward were Sergeants-- Jedediah Huntington was General-- joined the Army at Peekskill on the Hudson and from thence marched through New Jersey and crossed the Delaware river at Carells Ferry some distance above Trenton and encamped at White Marsh - was in the Battle at Germantown recollects attacking the British on Chestnut hill recollects Generals Stevens and Sullivan - Sabbath evening after the Battle got back to White Marsh Recollect the rejoicing at the news of Burgoyne being taken - Afterwards crossed the Delaware river at Burlington and went to mount Holly - staid [stayed] there about a fortnight then marched down on the
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Jersey side nearly opposite Philadelphia after nine Hessians but failed in our object-- Returned to mount Holly and from thence crossed the Delaware at Burlington into Bristol - From thence marched and crossed the Skuylkill [Schylkill] river at Valley Forge where we remained untill the term of engagement
expired returned with Capt [Captain] Chapman to Fishkill where we returned [strike out "of'] our guns and were discharged in January 1778 - was gone nine months for the forepart of the summer in the year 1778 enlisted in the Regiment commanded by Col [colonel] Hooker
Farmington in the Company commanded by Capt [Captain] Samuel Bates of Granby Reuben Hurlburt was Lieut [Lieutenant] John Price of Granby was Ensign - a Brother of Col [Colonel] Hooker was Major.-- was gone two or three months is not certain of the precise time was stationed at Horse Neck in Connecticut-- Recollects while there of volunteering in an excursion under Capt [Captain] Job Case of Simsbury Connt [Connecticut] - Marched through a place called King Street in the edge of the State of New York to a place called round hill soon after leaving which we joined a company of Horse commanded by Major Talmage who he thinks was a Continental officer- followed a party of British about two miles to a large hill where we had a skirmish but were ordered to retreat and returned to Horn Neck Regiment Afterwards the whole regiment marched to Newhaven and there discharged  
In May 1779 enlisted again in the Regiment commanded by Col [Colonel] Philip Bradley in the company commanded by Capt [Captain] Abner Prior and joined the army at Nelsons point opposite West Point. Assisted in building a redoubt on said point on a high barren hill - A Brigade under General Parsons were at the same time building another Redout a little further south, staid there until fall then marched to Peekskill staid there untill nearly Winter then crossed the Hudson at Stoney Point into New Jersey some distance north of Morristown and there went into Winter quarters untill nine months expired and were then discharged. Recollects General Jedediah Huntington and Col Star and Col Dirgey
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some time in the summer of 1780 again entered the ┃
Army as a Substitute for Matthew Griswold of Granby
who is now dead. In the Regiment commanded
by Col Canfield of New Milford Connt.  Martin
Reed of Granby was Lieut - Amasa Mills
of Simsbury was Major; thinks there was no Captain
It went by the name of Mills Company
went to Danbury in Connecticut staid there about a
month then marched to Horseneck where there
were three Regiments Canfields Wills and
Beebes-the engagement was for three months
but a little before the time expired Col Canfield
Regiment marched to Danbury and were there dismissed
at the same time that Arnold was selling West Point
Near the close of the war- was drafted in the summer - 
thinks in the year 1781 Amasa Mills of
Simsbury was Col The company was commanded by
Capt Case of Simsbury Connt (is not certain of his
given name but thinks it was Isaac) Silas Hays
of Granby was Lieut & went to New Haven and stayed
there about two months and was then dismissed

He never did in any case receive a written discharge
and has no documentary evidence
He has obtained the best evidence in his power
of the several terms of service mentioned in
this Declaration, and all the evidence of which he
has any knowledge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension
or annuity except the present and declares that his
name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of
any State
Dose Holcomb [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
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I Amasa Holcomb a Clergyman residing in the town of Southwick hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Dose Holcomb who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration. That I believe him to be 71 years of age and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that I concur in that opinion. I lived within a few rods of the said Dose Holcomb about forty years and have frequently heard him relate the same circumstances mentioned in the above Declaration. He sustains a good character for truth.
Amasa Holcomb

Sworn to and subscribed the and year aforesaid.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certify that it appears to them that Amasa Holcomb who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the town of Southwick and that his statement is entitled to credit.
I Justin Willard Register of the Court of Probate within & for the county of Hampden aforesaid the same being a Court of record - do hereby certify that the above contains the original proceedings of said court in the matter of the application of Dose Holcomb for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this eighth day of August AD 1832.
Justin Willard Register

2201
Dose Holcomb
Declaration
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29910
Revy INVALID.
File No, 29,910
Dose Holcomb
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7th 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 193
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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I Zebina Burr
of Granby in Hartford County and 
State of Connecticut being duly sworn do testify and say
that I am well acquainted with Dose Holcomb of
Southwick in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts
- In the Spring of 1777 I was drafted and engaged 
the said Dose Holcomb to take my place as a substitute
He went under the command of Capt Abner Prior
Granby July 24th 1832
Zebina Burr [signature]

Hartford County ss
Granby July 21st 1832
personally appeared Zebina Burr and made oath to
the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed
before me and I certify that the said Zebina Burr
is a credible witness
Joel Griffin Justice of peace
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I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and
Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to
whom it doth or may concern,
that Joab Griffin Esquire, before whom
the foregoing Affidavit of Zebina Burr
was taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the
Peace within and for the County of Hartford in
said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full
power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths
to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and
to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature
purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due
to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State,
the ninth day of January in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Thomas Day
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I, Peter Holcomb of Granby in Hartford County
and State of Connecticut being duly sworn do testify
and say that I know that Dose Holcomb of Southwick
in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts
was in the Army of the American Revolution. I was
with him a term at Horseneck in Greenwich
in the State of Connecticut in Capt. Bates company
John Rice was Ensign, Hooker of Farmington was
Colonel. I am very sure he was there more than
two months we were marched to New Haven and
then dismissed-
Granby July 21st 1832
Peter Holcomb


Hartford County
Granby July 21 1832
personally appeared Peter Holcomb and made
oath of the truth of this deposition by him
Subscribed before him and I certify that Peter
Holcomb is a credible Witness
Joab Griffin Justice of peace
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I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and
Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to
whom it doth or may concern
That Joab Griffin Esquire before whom
the foregoing Affidavit of Peter Holcomb, 
was taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the
Peace within and for the County of Hartford in
said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full
power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths
to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and
to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature
purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due
to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State,
the ninth day of January in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. 1833
Thomas Day
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I Lemuel Messinger of Granby in Hartford County and state of Connecticut being duly sworn do testify and say that I am acquainted with Dose Holcomb of Southwick in the county of Hampden and state of Massachusetts and know that he served in the army of the American Revolution. I was with him in the army at Horseneck in the town of Greenwich Connecticut. I should think that he was there about two months. I was afterwards with him another time at New Haven Connecticut. I should think he was there about two months.
Lemuel Messinger
Granby July 21st 1832

Hartford County Ss
Granby July 21st 1832
Personally appeared Lemuel Messinger and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me.
I certify that Lemuel Messinger is a credible witness.
Joab Griffin Justice of Peace
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I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut, and
Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to
whom it doth or may concern,
That Joab Griffin Esquire, before whom
the foregoing affidavit of Lemuel Messenger
was taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the
Peace within and for the County of Hartford
in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full
power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths
to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and
to give certificates thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature
purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due
to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal
of said State, at the city of Hartford, in said State, the ninth
day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and thirty three (1833). 
Thomas Day
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I Dan Dibble of Granby in Hartford County and state of Connecticut being duly sworn do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Dose Holcomb of Southwick in the county of Hampden and state of Massachusetts and know that he served in the army of the American Revolution. I was with him at Horseneck in Connecticut two months or more. I was afterwards with him at New Haven about the same length of time.
Dan Dibble X his mark

Granby July 21st 1832
Calvin Dibble

Hartford County Ss
Granby July 21st 1832 personally appeared Dan Dibble and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me and I certify that the said Dan Dibble is a credible witness.
Joab Griffin Justice of Peace
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Dan Dibble's Deposition

I, THOMAS DAY, Secretary of the State of Connecticut and
Keeper of the Seal thereof, do hereby certify and make known to
whom it doth or may concern
That Joab Griffin Esquire before whom 
the foregoing affidavit of Dan Dibble 
was taken, is, and at the time of such caption, was, a Justice of the
Peace within and for the County of Hartford
in said State, duly appointed, commissioned and qualified, having full
power and authority, by the laws of said State, to administer oaths
to witnesses and to take Affidavits and Depositions out of Court, and
to give certificate thereof; that I verily believe the foregoing signature
purporting to be his, is genuine; and that full credence is due
to his official acts and attestations.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
the Seal of said State, at the City of Hartford, in said State,
the ninth day of January in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Thomas Day
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Dose Holcomb
Southwick
Mass
2201
Dose Holcomb Es
Southwick
Mass
[crossed out] Returns to Claimant
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Dose Holcomb 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? [smudge]

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 amount 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? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? No-
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? No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes

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 ______ months
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 he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, [the following is underscored] 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.
[the following is underscored]
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.