Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31134, Samuel Horsom, Mass Navy
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Mass   | Horsom, Samuel  | S. 31134
Navy
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1824
Maine
Samuel Horsom
York Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private Seaman in the Company commanded by Captain Goodwin of the Regt. commanded by -- in the N.Hampshire line for 11 months. 6 months seaman

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 60 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 2nd day of Augst. 1833 and sent to I.S. Kimball, Lebanon, Me
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $121.32
Semi-and allowance ending 4 Sept 30:33
$151.65
Revolutionary Claim Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk
Book E Vol 1 Page 21
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Samuel Horsom 

Hon Stacy and David(?)
(?) depositons
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I William Stacey of York in the County of York and State of Maine aged seventy four years, on oath do testify and say that in the year 1779 I shipped on board the ship Ranger commanded by Capt Thomas Simpson for a cruise of six months. I shipped in the month of April of said year, and sailed in May from Portsmouth N.H. Our first Lieutenant was Elijah Hall. Samuel Horsom then of Berwick in said County shipped on board said Ranger with me in the month of April and was in said ship during the whole cruise and did not leave her till she sailed from Portsmouth to Boston in October of said year when he with many others were discharged before the ship left Nantasket [illegible] - I have not been acquainted with said Horsom since he left the ship he having moved to Lebanon in said County soon after, but he seems to know all about the men and officers on board so I have no doubt the man who now is with me, is the very identical Samuel Horsom who sailed with me in May 1779 on board the ship Ranger. She is a United States ship of eighteen guns, said Horsom was a private seaman. 
William Stacey

York County SS January 31, 1833
The above named William Stacey to me is well known to be a credible witness and a man of truth: and on this day and year last above named said Stacey personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me - 
Increase Sumner Kimball Justice of Peace
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I Daniel Horsom of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine on oath do testify and say that I am a brother to Samuel Horsom of Lebanon in said County, and that in April 1779 said Samuel shipped on board the United States ship Ranger at Portsmouth N.H. I was then at home with my father in said Berwick and knowing he said Samuel Horsom's going in said ship in August the last day of the month I the said Daniel Horsom went to said Portsmouth and shipped myself on board said ship. Said Samuel was then on board, and the Captain whose name was Thomas Simpson refused to let said Samuel leave the ship till his six moths were up for which he enlisted as the Captain said, so Samuel sailed with us from Portsmouth in October of said year and came to Boston in said ship when his time of six months elapsed before the ship sailed from Portsmouth and he refused to go in said ship with us and so left the ship at Boston. 
Daniel Horsom
Berwick January 12, 1833
York SS January 12, 1833 The above named Daniel Horsom to me is well known to be a credible witness and a man of truth and also [illegible] and on the day and year last above named said Daniel Horsom personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me. 
Increase S Kimball Justice of Peace
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Deposition of Daniel Horsom + Hon. Stacey
State of Maine
York ss. I William Cutter Allen Register of the Court of Probate for said County of York hereby testify that Increase S Kimball is a Justice of the Peace as within stated and that the signatures to the within depositions of Hon. Stacey and Daniel Horsom purporting to be his are genuine. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office this eighth day of March AD 1833. 
Wm. Cutter Allen
Register of Probate
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Samuel Horsom
No. 2,720
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Samuel Horsom
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State of Maine
County of York SS.
On this seventh day of August personally appeared in open court, before the Court of Probate, now sitting at Kennebunk, Samuel Horsom a resident of Lebanon in the county of York and State of Maine aged seventy two 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 act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. 
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served herein stated. 
I the said Samuel Horsom enlisted [illegible] a substitute for Tristan Glendy of Berwick [illegible] under Captain Geredith Goodwin at Berwick in the County of York Dist. of Maine and Commonwealth of Mass. in the year AD 1730 the first of April. We passed muster the same month in said Berwick a place called Blackberry Hill - Timothy Wintworth of said Berwick was our first Lieutenant. We had no 2d Lieutenant. I the said Horsom was a resident of Berwick aforesaid where I enlisted under the said Goodwin Capt. We marched from said Berwick the last of April aforesaid or the first of May AD 1780 to a place then called Falmouth in the said Dist. of Maine (now the City of Portland). Colonel Joseph Prime of said Berwick took command of the Regiment that we said when we arrived at said Falmouth. I do not recollect who [illegible] any Lieutenant Colonel or Major. General Wardsworth whose headquarters was at Camden sent [illegible] to our Regiment and we were considered belonging to his Brigade of the State Troops. We stayed at said Falmouth till the last of June of said year or the first of July. We then marched to a place called Powderborough where we stayed a short time and then marched to Fort Western where we remained till the last of December of said year, when we were discharged at Fort Western and returned home. I served as a private soldier. 
I the said Samuel Horsom in the year AD 1779 enlisted and shipped on board the United States ship Ranger of eighteen guns in April of said last mentioned year. I shipped for six months at Portsmouth New Hampshire. Captain Thomas Simpson was commander. Elijah Hull was first Lieutenant. David Collum was 2d Lieutenant. Timothy Mumford was sailing master. Doct Ezra Greene was Sergant. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension of annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of. 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Samuel Horsom
Before Wm. A. Hayes Judge 
We, Increase S. Kimball, residing in the town of Lebanon Maine and Thomas Wentworth, residing in the town of Lebanon Maine, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Horsom who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. 
Increase S. Kimball
Before Wm. A Hayes Judge Thos. Wentworth
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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 beforenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Increase S. Kimball who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Lebanon Maine, and that Thomas Wentworth, who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Lebanon and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
Wm. A. Hayes Judge.
I, Wm. Cutter Allen, Register, of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Samuel Horsom for a pension. 
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sent my hand and seal of office, this seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate
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31134
Revy INVALID.
File No. 31,134
Samuel Horsom 
Prv Rev War
Act: June 7th 32
Index: -Vol. 2, Page 193
[Arrangement of 1870]
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Lewis Cass
Secretary of War 
City of Washington D.C.

Free

11 mos priv
6 seaman

Alfred ME May 23
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Louis Cass

Secretary of War
City of Washington, D.C.

The word FREE can be seen in the upper right corner (possibly postage is Free)

Postage stamped Alfred, ME
May 23
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Lebanon May 22, 1833
Alan Lewis Cass,
Sir
I send you the deposition for a pension of Saml Horsom [illegible] Brackett with the alterations.
Please direct all communications to I.S. Kimball
Lebanon, Maine
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and Charles Robert was bosun. We sailed from Portsmouth to Boston Mass. We stayed at Boston a few days and then put to sea in company with the United States ship Providence of six and thirty guns, and [illegible] ship called the Queen of France carrying 20 guns. Captain Whipple commanded the ship Providence, and Capt Coburn the ship Queen of France. We sailed with intent to [illegible] the Jamaica fleet of merchant ships. We came up with the Jamaica fleet of a Sunday morning. We gave them a bowgun. We were in said Jamaica fleet three days and ten [illegible] nine ships and a barge all loaded with sugar and rum. Two of said ships were retaken and seven ships with the Barge were brought into the port of Boston. I was on board the ship Ranger seven months. We came into Boston in October of the same year. I served as a waister on the main deck in said Ranger. 
And I the said Samuel Horsom also enlisted under Capt Prebble of Old York in the Dist of Maine and Commonwealth of Mass at Berwick in the County of York in April A.D. 1778. Our first Lieutenant was James Shapleigh of Kittery in said County. Our 2d Lieutenant was a [illegible] of said Berwick. We marched from Berwick in April for Boston and from there we marched to Winter Hill and then we guarded Burgoyne's troops three months till we were discharged at the said Winter Hill in July. Colonel Garish commanded our Regiment. We were Militia men. I served as a private soldier. I was a resident of said Berwick when I enlisted with Capt Prebble. I never had any written discharge. I was born at said Berwick where I lived till I left going into the service when I moved to Lebanon in the County of York in State of Maine where I still reside. I was born in the year 1760.
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Samuel Horsom's
additional declaration
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Personally appeared before me, the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of York State of Maine Samuel Horsom of Lebanon in said County, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of [illegible] and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of time he served, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades: 
For three months at Cambridge in 1778 under Capt Preble as a private soldier, from April of said year till July of the same I enlisted for three months and served my time out fully. In 1779 in April of said year I shipped a private seaman on board the United States ship Ranger for a cruise of six months. Capt Thomas Simpson commanded said ship. She brought in eight prizes that cruise to Boston. 
She then went to Portsmouth N.H. where she remained till Oct then went to Boston in Nantasket *** when I left her then [illegible] she sailed for another cruise. I enlisted [illegible] at Berwick my [illegible] then from April of said last named year under Capt Jerediah Goodwin for a term of eight months, I was a private soldier under Capt Goodwin: went down to Portland Maine and from there to Augusta said company was discharged in November having served out its full time of eight months. I served the whole campaign. I got home to Berwick in December of said
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Capt Goodwin: went down to Portland Maine and from there to Augusta said company was discharged in November having served out its full time of eight months. I served the whole campaign got home to Berwick in December of said year last named; and for such service I claim a pension. Samuel Horsom
York County ss. Feb. 3rd 1833 The above named Samuel Horsom to me is well known to be a credible witness and a man of truth and veracity and on the day and year last above named said Horsom personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above amendment to his previous statement of his service in the war of the revolution, by him subscribed 
Before me
Increase S. Kimball
Justice Peace
State of Maine
York SS. I William Cutter Allen Register of the Court of Probate for said county of York, hereby testify that Increase S. Kimball is a Justice of the Peace as above stated and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this sixth day of March AD. 1843
Wm. Cutter Allen
Register of Probate
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Depositions of Wentworth + Foye
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Depo. of Danl Wise

Daniel Wise's deposition for Samuel Horsom
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I Daniel Wise of Kennebunk in the County of York and State of Maine aged seventy one years, upon oath do testify and say, that I well know Samuel Horsom a seaman on board the United States ship Ranger in the year A.S. 1779. Said Horsom shipped at Portsmouth New Hampshire in the month of April for a cruise of six months. Capt Thomas Simpson commanded said Ranger. Elijah Hall was first Lieut. We sailed from said Portsmouth to Boston harbor and from there in company with [illegible] + others, the frigate Providence and sloop of war the Queen of France a cruise of six months. We took ten prizes eight of which arrived safe in Boston. Said Horsom was discharged November or December at Boston. I was with said Horsom and have personal knowledge of his service as aforesaid. Daniel Wise
July 25, 1832
York SS. July 25, 1832 The above named Daniel Wise to me is well known to be a man of truth and veracity, and on the day and year above named, said Wise personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me. 
Increase S. Kimball Justice of Peace

I, William Cutter Allen, Register of Probate, for the County of York, hereby certify that Increase S. Kimball is a Justice of the Peace for said County of York, as above stated, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine. 

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal, this seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. 
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate.
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Jones
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I Moses Foye of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine upon oath do testify and declare that I well knew Mr. Samuel Horsom a soldier of the war of the Revolution. The said Samuel Horsom served in the Company of Captain Prebble, James Shapleigh Lieutenant and Ensign [illegible] and in Colonel Garish's Regiment of Infantry in the year 1778 at Winter Hill near Boston and was there discharged. I knew the said Samuel Horsom aforesaid for the space of three months. Said Horsom served as a private soldier. I the said Moses Foye served with said Horsom in the same Company guarding prisoners taken with Burgoyne. We were both Militia Men. 
Moses Foye
York SS. July 21, 1839
Moses Foye above named to me is well known to be a credible witness + disinterested; and a man of truth and veracity. On the day, month, and year above named, the said Foye personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed before me. 
Increase Sumner Kimball Justice of Peace
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I Timothy Wentworth of Berwick in the County of York and State Maine upon oath do testify and declare, that I well knew Samuel Horsom a soldier of the War of the Revolution. The said Samuel Horsom served in the Company of Jedediah Goodwin Captain, I the said Timothy Wentworth was Lieutenant, and as for Ensign we had none, a William [illegible] was [illegible] ensign but never served. Joseph Prime was the Colonel of the Regiment of Infantry in which we served. Said Samuel Horsom served as aforesaid with me in the year 1780 we enlisted the first of April at Falmouth now Portland at Berwick in the District of Maine now Maine, and we were discharged at said Falmouth in the month of November of the same year. I knew the said Horsom to serve as aforesaid for the term of eight months. Said Horsom served in said Company as a private soldier. We were Militia men for eight months called I think the State Troops. 
Timothy Wentworth
York SS. July 21 1832
Timothy Wentworth above named to me is well known to be a credible witness and disinterested, and a man of truth and veracity. On the day, month, and year above named said Wentworth personally appeared and made oath as to the above Deposition by him subscribed before me. 
Increase Sumner Kimball Justice of Peace
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State of Maine
York SS. 
I, William Cutter Allen, Register of Probate for the County of York, hereby certify that Increase Sumner Kimball is a Justice of the Peace for County of York, as above stated, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, are genuine. 

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal, this seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. 
Wm. Cutter Allen, Register of Probate