Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1228, Samuel Clark, N.H.
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(3 - 1776 )
SERVICE
N. H. Clark, Samuel, Sarah
NUMBER W.1228

CONTENTS
[illegible] Shutesbury, Mass.
d. died Aug 29, 1841 at Plainsfield, Sullivan Co. N.H.
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1,046.
Vermont m.
Sarah Clark, widow of Saml [SAMUEL] Clark who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sergt  [SERGEANT] & Asst. Comm'y [ASSISTANT COMMISSARY] New Hampshire line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 235 dollars 32 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued 26 day of July [18]'53. and sent to Paul Dillingham Waterbury N.Y.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page _ Vol. _
 d. [DIED] Nov 1, 1854
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[left page] Reported

Increase. 32238. Concord
New Hampshire

Samuel Clark dec'd [DECEASED] of Sullivan Co in the State of N.H. who was an Asst Commy [ASSISSTANT COMMISSARY] of Issues & Sergt [SERGEANT] in the ___ commanded by Captain ___ of the __ commanded by __ in the line for 5 mos & 23 days Asst [ASSISSTANT] Commissary of Issues 18 mos & 7 days Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 235 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March 1831 & end 29th Augt 1841, when he died.

Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of June 1850 and sent to Hon. O. Fowler H.R

Increased from $168.03.
Payable to his widow Sarah Clark.
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J. P. Chase Clerk, Book E Vol. 1 Page 78
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Revolutionary Claim 1477
For the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Army of the Revolution approved on the 15th of May 1828 I Samuel Clark of Plainfield in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war and continued in its service until its termination at which period I was a Sergeant in Major Whitcombs [sic] Company of Rangers of the Revolution and I also declare that I afterwards received a certificate for the reward of Eighty dollars to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15th of May 1778 - and I further declare that I was not on the 15th day of March 1828 on the Pension list of the United States -

Samuel Clark

Before me John Bryant a justice of the Peace within and for the County of Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire, personally appeared this day David Westgate and Eliah Repley of the said County who did severally make oath that Samuel Clark by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier of the army of the Revolution in manner as therein stated-

Witness my hand this 17th day of December AD 1828
John Bryant Justice of the Peace.

I Benjamin B. French Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire, hereby certify that John Bryant before whom the above declaration is sworn was at the time of making the above certificate a Justice of the peace for said County - In witness whereof I
hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court this 20th day of January 1829
B.B. French Clerk
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I Andrew Bradford of Ludlow in the County
of Windsor & State of Vermont of lawful age
do testify & say that I enlisted in 1777 for
three years in Col - Reed's Reg - & then for
three years more Col. Dearborn's Reg. & in the
year 1779 being at West point I became
acquainted with Samuel Clark a Sergeant who belonged to a company of Rangers commanded by Col. or Major Benjamin Whitcomb of Mass. line that his enlistment was for during the war under the continental establishment I am knowing to him doing actual service untill [sic] the army was disbanded. Andrew Bradford

State of Vermont  
Windsor County ss.} Ludlow January 15th, 1829

Personally appeared the above named Andrew
Bradford & after being duly cautioned &
carefully examined made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth -
Stephen Cummings, Justice of the peace

I hereby certify that the above named Andrew Bradford is a reliable witness
Stephen Cummings Justice [OF THE] peace
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State of Vermont
Windsor county Ss.}
Woodstock County Clerks [sic] Office
January the 10th 1829 -

I Benjamin Swan Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windsor do hereby certify that Stephen Cummings is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, and that the within are his signatures.

In Testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed
the seal of said County Court, and subscribe my name, the day & year above
Benja [BENJAMIN] Swan

A. Bradford for Samuel Clark
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Sarah Clarks [sic]
Declaration under Act of 3d Feby [FEBRUARY] 1853
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Act of Feby [FEBRUARY] 3. 1853.
State of Vermont
Washington County Ss.}

Be it known that on the 25th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty three, personally appeared
before me, Joseph Poland Judge of the Court of Probate within and for the District & County of Washington & State of Vermont, Sarah Clark
a resident of the town of Waterbury in said
County of Washington & State of Vermont, aged ninety years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress and its provisions passed on the third day of February A.D. 1853. That she is the widow of Samuel Clark deceased, who was a Pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of the 15th May AD 1828, and who a Sergeant & Commissary of issues in the War of the Revolution, that at the time of her said husbands [sic] decease he was drawing a pension at the rate of $120.00 per annum. That on the application of declarant, the pension of her ad. [AFORESAID] deceased husband, was, on the 21st day of November AD 1844, increased to the sum of $168.03 per annum, and that on a subsequent
application of the declarant as widow of the
said Samuel Clark deceased, his pension
was further increased to about the sum
of $238.00 per annum, the exact sum she does not recollect, and she thinks the last increase was granted in the year 1850. That she was married to said Samuel Clark at Westmoreland in the County Cheshire.
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and State of New Hampshire on the 30th day of Dec. A.D. 1819. that she resided with her said husband till the time of his death. That the said Samuel Clark died at Plainfield in Sullivan County and State of New Hampshire, on the 29th day of August AD 1841. That she has remained the widow of the sd [SAID] Samuel Clark ever since - Was a widow on the 3d day of February AD 1853. and is now a widow as aforesaid, and that she has never before made an application for a Pension under this act, [illegible] that she is not a pensioner under any former act of Congress.
Sarah Clark

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year
above and before written
Before me Joseph Poland, Judge of Probate.

I Joseph Poland Judge of the Court of Probate for the County & District of Washington in the State of Vermont, hereby certify that the
above named Sarah Clark, being by reason of age & disability unable to attend in said Court personally, I on the 25th day of March AD 1853. personally attended at the place of her residence in Waterbury in said District,
and took her S. [SAID] Declaration, and proofs which proofs are on file in the Probate office. And I do hereby further certify, that it has been satisfactorily proved to me - and to said Probate Court sitting at Montpelier as such, on this 25th day of March A.D. 1853, that the said Sarah Clark is the widow of Samuel Clark, late of Plainfield New Hampshire, deceased. That she was married to said Samuel Clark on the thirtieth day of
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December AD 1819. That said Samuel Clark died at said Plainfield on the 29th day of August A D 1841. That at the time of his decease he was a pensioner of the United States. That the sd [SAID] Sarah Clark is his widow, and that she has never since been married.
Joseph Poland, Judge of Probate

State of Vermont
District of Washington Ss.⎬ I Charles Reed Register of the Probate Court in & for the
District & County of Washington, do hereby
Certify that Joseph Poland whose name is above & who [illegible] is the Judge of Probate for said District and that his signatures above written is his own genuine hand writing.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of said Court & affix my name Done in Court this 26th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & fifty three.
Charles Reed, Register
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This may certify that I, Alexander H. Wheeler hold the office of Town Clerk for the town of Westmoreland in the County of Cheshire, in the State of New Hampshire, that I find recorded in said Town Records of Marriage as
follows
"Mr Samuel Clark of Plainfield & Mis [sic] Sarah "Blanchard of Westmoreland were lawfully Joined in "marriage on the thirtieth day of December, Eighteen "Hundred and Nineteen "By Rev. Allen Pratt, Minister of the Gospel."

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of
the Record, with the exception of the date, which is Expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows "Samuel Clark of Plainfield and Sarah "Blanchard of Westmoreland, were lawfully "joined in Marriage, December 30th 1819."

I, Alexander H. Wheeler, above named depose
and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk
in the town of Westmoreland in the County of Cheshire, in the State of New Hampshire; and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Westmoreland with the exception above named as certified by me.

Alexander H. Wheeler Clerk of the town of
Westmoreland
 
Sworn and subscribed before me, at Westmoreland, on this 26th day of March A.D. 1853.
Timo [ TIMOTHY] Harkins, Justice of the peace
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County Ss.}

I Leonard Bisco Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of said State, for said County, do hereby certify that Timothy Hoskins before whom the within certificate and affidavit of
Alexander H. Wheeler was subscribed and sworn to, was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and that his signature within written is genuine.

Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this fifth day of April A.D. 1853

Leonard Bisco, Clerk
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I Henry Blanchard of Waterbury in the County
of Washington and State of Vermont aged
forty six years, depose testify and say that
Widow Sarah Clark of Waterbury aforesaid
is my mother. That she now resides with me, and has for about seven years past. That she is of the reputed age of ninety years. That on the 30th day of December A.D. 1819, I was present at Westmoreland Cheshire County New Hampshire and saw my mother, then a widow, married to Samuel Clark then a resident of
Plainfield New Hampshire. They were married
by the Reverend W. Pratt Minister of the Gospel That my said mother then left went with her sd [SAID] husband Clark, to Plainfield aforesaid & resided with him till the time of his death, which took place on the 29th of August A.D. 1841. I know that my said Mother has been a widow ever since never having, from that time, been married. She was a widow on the 3d of February A.D 1853 and is one now, this 24th day of March 1853 - I also know, that said Samuel Clark was a Pensioner at the time of his death at $120 per annum, and that my said mother, as his widow, has twice since his death obtained in one of his said pensions, the last increase was obtained since she resided with me & I believe within the last three years.

Henry Blanchard

Subscribed & sworn to March 24th AD 1853
Before me Paul Dillingham Justice of [THE] Peace
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I certify that I am personally acquainted with Henry Blanchard the son who signed & swore to the foregoing affidavit, and that he is a credible witness.

Paul Dillingham Justice of [THE] Peace

State of Vermont
Washington County Ss.}

I Luther Newcomb Deputy Clerk of the County Court of the County of Washington in the State of Vermont which is a Court of record do hereby certify that Paul Dillingham Esqr of Waterbury in said County was on the 24th day of March AD. 1853, and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified; that his
signature to the foregoing is genuine, and that he is duly qualified by the laws of this State to administer oaths for general purposes.

Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court this 22nd day of April A.D. 1853.

Luther Newcomb Deputy Clerk
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Revolutionary &1812 Wars Section.
August 12, 1924.

Mary H. Esselstyn,
320 Washtenaw St.,
Lansing, MICH.

Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1228, it appears that Samuel Clark resided during the early part of the Revolution in Shutesbury, Massachusetts.

He enlisted for the town of Walpole, New Hampshire, on February 5, 1777, was Sergeant and Assistant Commissary of Issues in Major Benjamin Whitcomb's Independent Corps of
New Hampshire Rangers and served until the Corps was discharged, date not stated.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 17, 1828, while living in Plainfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, and he died there August 29, 1841.

He married December 30, 1819, in Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, Mrs. Sarah Blanchard. She was allowed pension on account of his services. In 1853 she was a resident of Waterbury, Vermont, and she died November 1,
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Rev. [REVOLUTIONARY] [&1812 Wars ]

1854, aged about 91 years.
It is not stated whether the soldier had children.

Respectfully,
Hays Haymaker
Acting Commissioner.
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1.046
Vermont  M

Sarah Clark widow of Samuel Clark who 
served in the Revolutionary war, as a Sgt. & Ast. Commy [SERGEANT & ASSISSTANT COMMISARY].

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 235
Dollars 32 cents per annum, to commence on ["4th day of March, 1848" crossed out]
3, February 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the 26th day of July 1853 and sent to
Paul Dillingham
Waterbury Vt.
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Proof of the death of Samuel Clark and identity of his widow Sarah Clark
Mar 6th act. [18]'28 
H. H. Sylvester
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan SS.

At a Court of Probate holden at Claremont within and for said County, on the 17th day of January AD 1844 before John L. Putnam
Judge of said Court it was in evidence that
Samuel Clark late a Pensioner of the United States on the Roll of the New Hampshire agency under the act of the 15th of May AD 1828 at the rate of ten dollars per month and died on the 29th day of August AD 1841 - that he was a Pensioner at the time of his death and left a widow by the name of Sarah Clark who is still living as his widow, and is the identical person who has this day signed a petition to the Hon J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, for arrears of Pension claimed by her in right of her late husband the said Samuel Clark deceased.
The testimony to the above points was satisfactory to the Court.

In testimony of which I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this 18th day of January AD 1844.
Uriel Dean Register.
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Affidavit in case of Sarah Clark application for Pension under Act 3d Feby [FEBRUARY] 1853

original application forwarded in March 1853 not yet heard from
P. Dillingham
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I Sylvia Blanchard of Moretown in Washington 
County & State of Vermont aged forty nine years, depose & say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Clark of Plainfield N Hampshire in his lifetime & knew his wife Sarah Clark. He died some [illegible] years since, leaving said Sarah Clark his Widow - I hence knew the said Sarah Clark ever since. she has not since married but is now alive & a single woman She has lived with Henry Blanchard in Waterbury six or seven years past & resides with him now.
Sylvia Blanchard

Sworn to & subscribed August 15th 1853 Before Paul Dillingham Justice of the Peace

I certify that I know & have long personally known Sylvia Blanched who signed & sworn to the above affidavit, and that she is a credible Witness.
Paul Dillingham Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont
Washington County Ss.}

I Shubael Wheeler Clerk of the County Court
for the County of Washington in the State of
Vermont, which is a Court of Record, having a Clerk & Seal, hereby certify that on this 15th day of August 1853, Paul Dillingham Esq. is an acting Justice of the Peace for said County of Washington, duly commissioned and qualified by the Laws of this State to administer oaths for general purposes; and that his signature to the foregoing is genuine.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of said Court, at Montpelier in said County, this 15th day of August A.D. 1853.

Shubael Wheeler Clerk
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35790
Samuel Clark
dec'd [DECEASED]
N. H.
Act 7 June [18]'32
for increase
---
5 Mo. 23 days Asst [ASSISSTANT] Commissary of Issues -
18. 7 as Sergt [SERGEANT]
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of State's Office,

I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that from the "Return of Major Benjamin Whitcomb's independent core [CORPS] of Rangers from their enlistment until they were taken from under his command to join the Continental Army by order of Congress," it appears that
Samuel Clark of Shutesbury, Mass enlisted in said company for the town of Walpole on the 5th day of February 1777. during the war, that he was promoted to the office of
A.C. [ASSISSTANT COMMISSARY] of Issues on the 7th day of Nov. 1778, & that he returned to the Company on the 1st day of May 1779. & served as volunteer - the corps were discharged- I also certify that from a
"Return of an Independent Corps of Rangers in the service of the United States of America Commanded by Major Benjamin Whitcomb, Specifying the State, County & Town to
which they respectively belong, July 4. 1779," it appears, that Samuel Clark of Walpole, in the County of Cheshire & State of N. Hamp: [NEW HAMPSHIRE] was a Sergt [SERGEANT] in said Company. & was engaged at Shutesbury. The original Rolls above referred to may be found in Vol. 1. White Book, pages 2. & 9. of the Records returned to this Office from the War Office January A.D. 1841.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said State this 27th day of April, A.D. 1844
Thomas P. Treadwell Secretary of State
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Sergeant's Warrant - By Benjamin Whitcomb, Major of a choir of Rangers, given to Samuel Clark, dated 1st day of December 1778 and signed by said Whitcomb.

no such warrant on file nor does above statement mean that it is a treasury report in the 1828 claim evidently copied from some government record
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Whitcombs [sic] Rangers

Sergt. [SERGEANT] Eleazer Rosebrook 225
x William Crown 230
Samuel Clark 221
Philip Crommel 235

State of New Hampshire
Secretary of States Office
I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State
aforesaid, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true extract from the Alphabet of Reids' Regimental Ledger which was returned to this office from the War Office Jany. [JANUARY] 1841

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said State, this 21st day of December A.D. 1844

Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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221
Samuel Clark  D.[DEBIT] Contra [CREDIT]
Paid by the Continent in 1777 10[POUNDS].15[SHILLINGS].4 [PENCE] Feby. 5. 1777
ditto [Paid by the Continent in] 1778 3.8.4 A.C. [ASSISSTANT COMMISSARY] of Issues Pay 10 Months & 23 Days in 1777 21.10.8
1783 Mar 15 Gave a certificate to Capt. Joseph Burt 27.17.4 Nov 7.1778 Pay 10 Months & 7 days in [178 20.10.4
 42.1    £ 42.1

State of New Hampshire. Secretary of State's Office, I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify the foregoing
to be a true copy of the original & the whole of said original the same having been examined & compared by me. The original may be found in Reid's Regimental Ledger which was returned to this office from the War Office Jany. [JANUARY] 1841.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said State, this 21st, day of December A.D. 1844.
Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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Henry S. Rand Dept Secy [SECRETARY]
N.H. Certificate to be used in the case of Samuel Clark of Whitcombs [sic] Corps of Rangers &
Commissary -

Ass [ASSISSTANT] Commissary of Issues allowed $60 [illegible]

July 2d 1777 [illegible]
186 [illegible] Congress
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State of New Hampshire
office of Secretary of State

I Henry S Rand Deputy Secretary of the
State aforesaid do hereby certify that I have
examined Major Benjamin Whitcomb's Rolls &
Returns whereon is borne the name of Samuel
Clark from Shutesbury Massachusetts who it
appears enlisted for the Town of Walpole N.H.
on the fifth day of February 1777 and that he was promoted to the office of A.C. [ASSISSTANT COMMISSARY] of Issues on the seventh day of November 1778 and he returned to the company 1779 and served as volunteer untill [sic] the corps were discharged also that the same Samuel Clark was subsequently engaged as a sergeant ["to the end of the war" crossed out] and that on said rolls there is not to be found the name of any other Samuel Clark

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said State this
22d day of July AD 1844

Henry S Rand
Dep, Sec, [DEPUTY SECRETARY]
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J. Bryant
28 Dec 1847
Saml [SAMUEL] Clark

[upside down]
H.H. Sylvester Esq. Care of Hon E Burke M.C Washington
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H.H. Sylvester Esqr.
Care of Hon E Burke M C
Washington
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Meriden Dec 28 1844
Dear Sir

I have been to Concord and rec'd Sarah Clark's money ($503.52) out of my share which I herein enclose to you as I intimated I would do at Charlestown Twenty dollars for your Agency in this particular case meaning that the same shall be over and above what was included in the settlement we then and there made - And from the encouragement by you held out that if we could find that Samuel Clark was allowed for more service a further amount of Pension could be obtained. I was induced when at [illegible] to make thorough search in the case and am happy to inform you that evidence of more service as "A C [ASSISSTANT COMMISSARY] of Issues" has been found - By his account on the Ledger it is shown that he was credited for 10 months and 23 days service of "AC [ASSISSTANT COMMISSARY] of Issues" in 1777 and 10 months & 7 days in [17]78 - A copy of which account and an extract from the Alphabet I herewith send your certificate by the Secy. [SECRETARY] of State - You will therefore please give your further attention to the claim as soon as conveniently may be - And if you deem any thing [sic] further necessary [illegible] let me know at once and it shall be furnished as practicable - Please acknowledge the receipt of this [illegible] & its contents and oblige Your friend John Bryant

Hope to receive certificates for Mrs. Sanborn & Mrs. Roberts before long and when I do I will remit to you $20.00 more and take up my paper for that amount.

Col H.H. Sylvester
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Jno [JOHN] Bryant's explanation
in the case of Samuel Clark decd [DECEASED]
file
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Washington Feby [FEBRUARY] 24, 1846

Sir

As respects the Pensions or increase of Pension claimed by and obtained by Sarah C Clark widow of Samuel Clark with which I had something to do as her agent I can assure you that all is right - That her share of the money has all been accounted for agreeably to her wishes and the most of the same is secured for her own interests-- No pension was ever granted her for the services of her first husband Nathanial Blanchard to my knowledge.

Very respectfully yr obt servt. [YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT]
John Bryant

Hon J L Edwards
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Waterburgh [illegible]
Tompkins co NY
Aug 29 [18]/53
Dear Sir
Yours of the 26th rec'd [RECEIVED] & 
Enclosed I send Said Letter
Yours with respect
LH. Owen [illegible]
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This has been sent to Paul Dillingham at Waterbury VT.

No answer thought necessary to this letter.
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Waterbury Vermont 8 Sept 1883

Dear Sir
Last March the Widow Sarah Clark (Widow of the Samuel Clark of Plainfield New Hampshire)
employed me to procure suitable proof to
substantiate her +clame [sic] to a pension Accordingly I procured what I deemed sufficient and employed the Hon Paul Dillingham to forward them to the proper person at Washington which was done
last March Since which time she the widow Clark has heard nothing from the matter

She wishes to know if those papers have ever
been rec'd [RECEIVED] at your department and if so wheather [sic] they are sufficient to substantiate her claim under the Act of February 3 1853 for it is of some moment to her

I have the honor to be very Respectfully your Obt [OBEDIENT] Servant
Henry Blanchard

+Recd [RECEIVED] 27th Apl [APRIL] [18]53
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Waterbury Vermont 22 Aug. 1853
Hon L. P. Waldo Comr of Pen [COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS],
D. [DEAR] Sir

In March last I forwarded to you the Declaration of Widow Sarah Clark taken before Judge of Probate, for Pension - her identity perhaps was proved by only are witness.

I have heard nothing from her application, and now in [sic] writing to inquire what occasions the delay. I enclose another affidavit of identity, that I may not have the case laid by on that account.

Respectfully Your Servant
Paul Dillingham
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Hon [HONORABLE] J. L. Edwards
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Town of [illegible]
Washington May 2d 1850
Hon J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions

Sir
Herewith I forward the application of Sarah Clark, for an increase of pension.

By reference to the report & pensions in the Department of state, it will be seen that the husband of said Sarah - to wit Samuel Clark was an Assistant Commissary in the War of the Revolution, in 1778 [177]9 and it is believed that an increase of Pension should be granted.

I have the honor to be
respecty [RESPECTFULLY] yours Orin Fowler
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Brief in the case of Sarah Clark, Widow of Samuel, Washington County and state of Vermont, act 3d Feby: [FEBRUARY:]1853,

Claim, ("original,") ["or for increase" crossed out]
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner, under the Act
of 15 May 1828, & said widow had his pension
increased under the act of 7" June, 1832,
Record evidence of marriage,

(If for increase.) Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

Paul Dillingham, Esqr.,
Waterbury Vt.
Name and residence of Agent
S. C. Boynton,
Examining Clerk.
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Jany [JANUARY] 16. 1845
Sir
Encld [ENCLOSED] are papers, supposed to be sufficient to justify an increase of the Pension of Saml [SAMUEL] Clark decd [DECEASED] of NH. under the act of June 7 1832
I am Respectfully
H H Sylvester
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Waterbury Vermont. 23d. April 1853
L. P. Waldo Comr [COMMISSIONER] of Pensions

D. [DEAR] Sir

I herewith send you Widow S. Clarks [sic] 
declaration for a pension & her proof, under act of 3d Feby. [FEBRUARY] 1853.

I hope you will in declaration & proofs find all the substance you want - I have seen no forms prescribed under the act, but hope, the one here will do as the case is an open afair [AFFAIR] one -

The answer to this will be addressed to me.
Yours Respectfully
Paul Dillingham

P.S. Under the act of Feby [FEBRUARY] 3d. 1853, do the widows who were married since 1800, draw book. as well as prospective pensions?

P.D.
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Pension Office
23d June 1853.
Sir.

Samuel Clark was inscribed upon the roll of New Hampshire as a Sergeant in the War of the revolution & pensioned under the act of 15 May 1828 at the rate of $120 per annum. He was paid at the Concord Agency. I think.

Be pleased to inform me to what time he was paid.

I have the honor to be Sir, Respectfully Your Obt. Servt [OBEDIENT SERVANT] S. Cole for the Commissioner.

Died 20th August 1841, and paid to his death.
F. Burt Auditor.

Francis Burt Esqr.
Third Auditor of the Treasury.
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Recd [RECEIVED] 28 Jany [JANUARY] 1829
Hon [HONORABLE] Richard Rush Secretary of Treasury
Sir I herewith enclose the papers and claim of
Samuel Clark for a pension, I wish his claim may be examined and a return made me at Woodstock and his residence on Boston Mass. -

I am sir your very Respectfully
your obedient Servant--
Ebenr [EBENEZER] Cummings -

please to Direct to Ebenezer Cummings of
Woodstock Windsor County Vt.
Woodstock January 19th 1828-
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E Cummings for Saml [SAMUEL] Clark - 1477
Recd [RECEIVED] 28 Jany [JANUARY] 1829

[sideways] 
Hon [HONORABLE] Richard Rush
Secretary
Washington D.C.

[stamp]
Woodstock Vermont Jany [JANUARY] 23
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Honorable Richard Rush Secretary

Sir

After mailing Samuel Clarks [sic] papers for a pension, I have received the enclosed paper since which I hear send in favour [sic] of his claim which was mailed two Days ago January 19th1828 -

Woodstock January 21st 1828 -
Ebenezer Cummings
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May 7. 1844
NH
Adl [ADDITIONAL] proof
Sarah Clark

Hon [HONORABLE] J.L. Edwards
Commr [COMMISSIONER] Pensions
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Washington May 7. [18]44
Sir
Enclosed herewith, proof of the service of Saml [SAMUEL] Clark, Asst. Commy [ASSISTANT COMMISSARY] of Issues, at Rutland Vermont. 

This proof to be used in support of the claim of Sarah Clark the widow of said Saml [SAMUEL] of the State of NH, for an increase of her pension, which was filed Feby [FEBRUARY] 28. 1844.

Yours Respectfully 
Henry H. Sylvester

Hon J L Edwards
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House of Reps [REPRESENTATIVES] 19. Feby [FEBRUARY] 1846
J. L. Edwards Comr [COMMISSIONER] of Pensions

D. [DEAR] Sir

Enclosed is a letter to me from Henry Blanchard. Will you peruse it, and give me the information required, returning Blanchards [sic] letter, with your answer to this?

Respectfully your Servant
P. Dellingham Jr.
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No. 35.790

Samuel Clark decd [DECEASED] NH Act 7 June 1832

Adm. [ADMITTED] 5 mo 23 days Asst [ASSISSTANT] Commissary of Issues 76.87
18 mo 7 days Sergt. [SERGEANT] 91.16
________ 
$168.03 per annum

from 4 March 1831 to 29th day of August 1841 the day of his death deducting what has been paid under the act of May 1828, from 4 March 1831 at the rate of $120 per annum payable to Sarah Clark his widow -

H.H. Sylvester
Present
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Let. [LETTER] 26th Aug. 1853 to
R. M. Waterbury N.Y.
April 6 Pension Certificate
returned by P.M. & enclosed to
Paul Dillingham Waterbury, Vermont
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{3-230.} Cert. M.
No. 878  4.6.498
Revy [REVOLUTIONARY] war

Name: Samuel Clark
Rank: Sergeant Comp'y: ______
Reg't: NH line Rev [REVOLUTIONARY] War

New Hampshire} Agency:
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.

1st issue. {Comm'g [COMMENCING] ____ Allowed Act. 1828
2nd issue. {consolidated with Wid. [WIDOW] 1228
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320 Washtenaw St
Lansing, Michigan

Pension Dept.
Rev. War Section
Wash. D.C.

Dear Sir-
Will you please send me such service record and family information on the application
of Sarah Clark of Plainfield New Hampshire or Waterbury Vermont on record of her husband Samuel Clark in New Hampshire during the Revolution?
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Sam Clark enlisted I think, July 14 1779. 9th co
2nd Reg.

Yours sincerely
Mary H. Esselstyn
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[illegible] to H.H. Sylvester
July 12 [18]'44
same pension 3d April 1845.

Samuel Clark 
N. H. No 35790
Let [LETTER] June 7. 1832
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April 27. 1853
No. 1516
Appl. [APPLICATION] of Sarah Clark widow of Samuel
Washington Co Vermont
ac 28 940
Act 3d Feby [FEBRUARY]:1853
$235.32/100 per Annum
Commencing Feby [FEBRUARY]: 3d 1853.
Revy [REVOLUTIONARY]

Paul Dillingham Waterbury Vermont.

[sideways] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Pension Office, Official Business
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Sarah Clark widow [stamp] WATERBURY VT SEP 8
wid [WIDOW]
Samuel 1048

[sideways] To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
[upside down] Gedde

[Three cent stamp]
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1914. Nov. 21: History to Miss Gertrude Mullin; letter in [illegible] 
15253. Ralph Wheelock [illegible]

1924 Aug. 12. Hist. [HISTORY] to Mary H Esselstyn  aw

Rev. [REVOLUTIONARY] WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1228
Sarah Clark,
Widow.
Samuel Clark
Sergt. [SERGEANT] and Ast Comy [ASSISSTANT COMMISSARY] Rev. [REVOLUTIONARY] War.

Act Feb 3, 1853.
Index: -- Vol. A Page 134
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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repo.seo let. [LETTER] to agt [AGENT] 21. Nov: 1844.
let [LETTER] to Hon [HONORABLE] P. Dillingham Feb 24 1846

32.238
New Hampshire
Samuel Clark Dec'd [DECEASED] of Sullivan in the State of N H who was an ast. Comy. of Iss [ASSISSTANT COMMISSARY OF ISSUES] & Sergt [SERGEANT] in the Co [COMPANY] commanded by Captain ___ of the ____commanded by___ in the line for 5 mos. 23 days  ast. Commy [ASSISSTANT COMMISSARY] of Issues
18 mos. 7 days as Sergeant

Inscribed on the Roll of Concord at the rate of 168 Dollars 03 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. and endg. [ENDING] 29 Augt. 1841 day of his death

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of Novr. 1844 and sent to H.H. Sylvester Present

Arrears to the 4th of ___
Semi-annual allowance ending
[illegible] Amopd. at rate of $120 from between 4 Mar 1831 & 29 Aug 1841 payl [PAYABLE] to Sarah Clark his widow
{Revolutionary Claim, June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by F. L. Swann. Clerk,
Book E Vol. [illegible] Page 77
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C.
Increase
Samuel Clark, aw N H
act 7 June 1832
Submitted to Comm [COMMISSIONER] and authorized by him
adm [ADMITTED] 5 mo 23 days As Comy [ASSISSTANT COMMISSARY] of Issues 144.16
18 mo 7 days Sergt [SERGEANT] 91.16
_________ 
235.32
from 4 March 1831 to 7th day of August 1841 the day of his death payable to his widow Sarah Clark after deducting what has been paid at the rate of 168.03 paid the same
[illegible]
Hon O. Fowler
House of Reps [REPRESENTATIVES]
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State of Vermont
Washington County ss}

On this twenty fifth day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County personally appeared Sarah Clark and made oath in due form of law that she is the widow
of Samuel Clark who was a Sergeant and Assistant Commissary of Issues as she believes in the war of the revolution, and who died on the twenty ninth day of August Eighteen hundred and forty one that he drew a pension of one hundred and twenty dollars per annum under the act of 15 of May 1828 that since
his death she, as his widow has drawn an increase of his pension under the act of 7th of June 1832 of about forty eight dollars per annum - that she was married to the said Samuel Clark on the thirtieth day of Dec Eighteen hundred and nineteen. that she and her said husband lived in the town of Plainfield Sullivan County and State of New Hampshire- that since his death she has removed to Waterbury County of Washington and State of Vermont where she now resides - that she asks for any further increase of Pension which may be found due her as the widow of the said Samuel Clark, under the act of 7th of June 1832 - that she is now eighty seven years of age
Sarah Clark

Witness} Henry Blanchard
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County of Washington and State of Vermont where she now resides - that she asks for any further increase of Pension which may be found due her as the widow of the said Samuel Clark, under the act of 7th of June 1832 - that she is now Eighty seven years of age.
Sarah Clark
Witness} Henry Blanchard F E Ormsby

Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty fifth day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty
E.W. Bates Justice of Peace

I certify that I am personally acquainted with Sarah Clark above named and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
E. W. Bates Justice of the Peace

State of Vermont Washington County, SS.}
I, Joshua Vail Deputy Clerk of the County
Court of the County of Washington in the State of Vermont, which is a court of record, do hereby certify that E. W. Bates is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission was dated on the thirtieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine and will expire on the thirtieth day of November next; that his signature to the foregoing is genuine, and that he is duly qualified by the laws of this State to administer Oaths & take depositions.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County Court, this 26th day of February A.D. 1850
Joshua M. Vail Dep [DEPUTY]. Clerk.
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Sarah Clark and David Westgates [sic]
Depositions
Additional proof in the case of Samuel Clark ast.
Comy [ASSISTANT COMMISSARY] NH
Saml [SAMUEL] Clark decd [DECEASED] or [illegible] for increase

H. H. Sylvester
Aug 3 [18]44
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State of New Hampshire.
Office of Secretary of State.

I, ["Thomas P. Treadwell" crossed out] Henry S Rand Dep [DEPUTY] Secretary of the State
aforesaid, do hereby certify that John Bryant
is an acting Justice of the Peace, in and for the County of Sullivan duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 20th day of June 1844 and will expire on the 20th day of June 1849 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 23d day of July 1844
Henry S. Rand Dep [DEPUTY] Secretary of State.
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I Sarah Clark of Plainfield in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire widow of Samuel Clark who was an actor as private, Sergeant and Commissary in the War of the Revolution and belonged to what was termed "Whitcombs [sic] Corps of Rangers" depose and say that I now have a pending claim for the services of the said Samuel Clark as "Commissary of Issues" which Office I believe he held from some time in the fall of the year 1778 till some time in the spring or summer following, but the dates and length of time he served in that capacity I am unable to state - In the early part of the War he was a resident of Shutesbury Massachusetts - I resided there at the same time and in the same house with him was there when he left for New Hampshire and the service which I now think was in the winter of 1777 and I always understood him that he first voluntarily engaged for the town of Walpole in "Whitcombs [sic] Rangers" wherein he served till he was appointed Commissary in the latter part of the year 1778. & that after being Commissary he enlisted as a Sergeant for during the War and served accordingly. After leaving Shutesbury as above he did not return to make a permanent residence there but took up his abode at Westmoreland a town adjoining Walpole N. Hampshire & from thence removed to this town Plainfield N.H. Soon after the close of the War where he spent the remainder of his days - I further depose and say that I never knew or heard of any other individual by the name of Samuel Clark either in said town of Shutesbury or the other towns above named and am
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of the most confident belief that my late husband served in manner aforesaid for he so stated to me many times, and also had at
the time of his death, papers showing that he had been a Commissary but which have since been destroyed together with all his old papers, being regarded as of no value
Sarah Clark

State of New Hampshire Sullivan SS
July 22d 1844 Then personally appeared Sarah Clark who is well known to me to be a credible witness and made solemn oath to the true of the above affidavit by her subscribed
Before me
John Bryant Justice of the Peace

I David Westgate aged 53 years depose and say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Clark to which reference is had in the above
deposition of Sarah Clark his widow. I lived a near neighbor to him for upwards of forty years - was frequently at his house and many times heard him speak of his Revolutionary services and of his having performed the duty of "Commissary of Issues" as he used to term and that I have seen and heard him read
papers, and as I now think, orders drawn upon him while performing the duties of that office - And further that my belief is from what I have heard him and others say that he resided at the places named by Mrs. Clark, previous to his residence in this place Plainfield N.H.
David Westgate

Sullivan Ss. Sworn and subscribed to this 22nd day 1844 Before me John Bryant Justice of the Peace. I further certify that the deponent is a credible witness.
John Bryant Justice of the Peace
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No. of Original Payment 940 1477.

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, 29 Jan

Samuel Clark of Plainfield in the County of
Sullivan in the State of New Hampshire has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution,” approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in Major Whitcomb's Rangers the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.

The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, F A Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
2nd February 1829

It further appears that ___is now on the pension list of the ___ agency, and has been so since the ___ at the rate of ___ dollars per month.
The name of the claimant cannot be traced on the records in this office - Major Whitcomb appears to have belonged to the New
Hampshire line, but in that line, the name of
the claimant cannot be found - There is no Register of Certificate issued to Rangers of the Massachusetts line -
There is none on the Pension Roll
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of the Massachusetts Agency, a man by the name of Samuel Clark who has been paid to the 4th Sept 1826 -
Peter Hagner Aud. [AUDITOR]

See letter War Dept 16 April 1829.
The person who is on the pension list belonged to Col Wessons [sic] Regiment of the Massachusetts Line.
FAD.
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Sarah Clark widow of
Samuel Clark application
for arrears of Pension
H.H. Sylvester
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Plainfield N.H. January 17th 1844
To the Hon J. L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.
The subscriber would respectfully represent that she is the widow of Samuel Clark who was a New Hampshire Pensioner of the United States at the rate of ten dollars per month under the act of the 15th of May 1828 and who died on the 29th day of August 1841 - And being of the opinion from what she heard her late husband the said Samuel Clark say
in his life time that he was for some length of time a Commissary in the years 1778 & 1779 in the State of Vermont and did the duties of that office over and above the services for which
he was pensioned but for what length of time she is unable to State and that he was consequently entitled to and might have obtained an increase of Pension under the Act of the 7th of June 1832, had he applied for the same. But as he did not so apply the prays a reexamination of the papers in his case and that the right of the said Samuel Clark to a increase, or arrears of pension may be granted to her if to such arrears she as his widow may be deemed entitled. For evidence of the service of her said husband as Commissary
she prays that reference may be had to papers or documents supposed by her to be on file at Washington.
Sarah Clark
Witness David Westgate
Lovel Spalding
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME Clark, Samuel GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8212 ACREAGE 100
ISSUED June 16, 1789 to Thomas Coyle,
assignee

*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.