Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File [Illegible], for [Illegible] Salisbury, Rhode Island
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
R.I.

Salisbury, Charles
Mehitable

NUMBER
[illegible]

CONTENTS
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2207
Rhode Island
Charles Salisbury
of Providence in the State of R I
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain     of the Regt commanded
by Col. Lippite in the RI
line for 2 years. 

Inscribed on the Roll of R I
at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per ann[cut off]
to commence of the 4th day of March, 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 31st day of Mar
1832 and Sent [illegible]
Atwell Glocester R I

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 124
Semi=anl allowance ending 4 Mar 33 - 40
$100

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by J. H. P. Blair Clerk
Book D Vol. 37 Page 134.
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1267
Chas Salisbury
R.B.
Private
N.G.E.


Enlisted in the
14 & 16 Interchanges?
at the Line
2 years
Admin


$80.
S.Y. Atwell
G
Rd.
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1267
BRIEF in the case of Chas. Salisbury of Smithfield in the State of R. Island
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
Questions and Responses:

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
A Judge 

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
(No response visible in this image)

3. How old is he?
74

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

Period	Duration of Service	Rank	Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served
Sept. '75 to Jan. '76 3 months	Minuteman	Capt. Waterman, Col. Lippitt
March '76 to July '76 1 year	Private	Capt. Blackman, Col. Lippitt
Sept. '77 to Dec. '77 1 year	Private	Capt. B. Sheffield, Col. Crary
March '78 to Nov. '78	1 year -	Capt. Sary (?)

5. In what battles was he engaged?
 White Plains, Trenton, Princeton – Battles.

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Glocester.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionalary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
3 living witnesses – Tradition.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?

The papers are not properly under the seal.

Certification Statement:

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

Signature:
W. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
Note at the Bottom:

*The Rest. [Restitution?] was placed in the [Contractor's?] establishment.
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations 
Providence Ss
On this [thirteenth] day of October AD 1838 personally appeared before the Honorable Court of Probate in & for the town of Glouster in said County of Providence Mehitable Salisbury a resident of said Glouster aged 82 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pension made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838, entitled "The act granting
half pay & pensions to certain widows" That she is the widow of Charles Salisbury late of said Glouster deceased that her said husband the said Charles was a soldier of the revolution & a pensioner of the United States under
the act of June 7 1832, that the said Charles served in the war of the revolution in the manner & capacity &at the times & places set forth in his application fora pension under said act & now on file in the war department to which she refers.  She further declares
that she was married to the said Charles on the fourteen day of November in the year (1779) seventeen hundred & seventy nine that her husband the aforesaid Charles died on the twenty third day of August in the year
(1838) that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January 1794 viz at the time above stated.   Mehitable (her mark) Salisbury

Attest J.S. Tourtillot
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year seen written
in open court.  In testimony where of I Clovis
H. Bowen by order of said Court have hereunto
affixed my hand & the seal of said court at said Glouster on the day & year first written
Clovis C. Howen Probate Clerk
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I [illegible] Bowen of Gloucester in the County of Providence [xxx xxx} and State of Rhode Island aged Eighty years being firstly engaged according to law to testify and say that I was a soldier of the revolution and am now a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress passed January 7 1832.  I was well acquainted with Charles Salisbury late of said Gloucester deceased who was a soldier of the revolution and a pensioner under the act of Congress aforesaid The said Charles Salisbury was married to Mehitable
Cole at said Gloucester by Elder John Winson of Smithfield in the month of November.  I cannot recollect the precise day of the month, I cannot state positively the year when they were married but should say that said marriage took place fifty eight or fifty
nine years ago this month at least fifty eight
years ago this month.  I further say that said 
Charles Salisbury died at said Gloucester in August last passed I was present at the funeral
when the said Charles Salisbury was buried which took place on Saturday August 25th 1838.  I further testify that the said Charles Salisbury left a widow who is Mehitable Salisbury now residing
in said Glocester that she has not intermarried
but still remains the widow of the said Charles.
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Seal of the Court
[illegible] William R Watson Clerk of Court
of Common Pleas County of Providence

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Providence, sc.

I William R. Watson, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, do hereby certify, that [illegible] P Evans is a Judge of the court of Common Please aforesaid, which is a Court of Record; that the signature to the annexes document purporting to be is, are in the proper hand writing of the said Evans; and that the full faith and credit are due tot he official attestations of the said Evans.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Providence this 8th day of November in the year of our Lord 1882.

Wm R Watson
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence County Ss
On this [illegible] day of July in the year 1832 personal appeared before me Ira P Evans as Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County the same being a Court of record, Charles Salisbury of Smithfield in said County and State aged seventy four 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 7th 1832 to wit
I the said Charles was born in said Glouster on the 9th day of May 1758.  I have a record of my age in a family bible at home.  I lived in Glouster when first called into the revolutionary service & continued to live there until with a few years since when I removed to Smithfield in said County where I now live.  I first enlisted in said service in Capt Andrew Watermans Company as minute men for 3 months in September 1775 & went on
to Rhode Island & remained there 90 days.  We were stationed about 1/2 mile north of Newport Court-house In the early part of January1776 I enlisted for one year in Capt Nathan Blackmars Company Col Christopher
Lippitts regiment RI state troops.  The regiment mustered in Providence & marched to Newport. While there we were placed on the Continental establishment & in 
August or the beginning of September we marched to Haarlem on York Island & joined the army under Genl Washington.  We were stationed near fort Washington.
We stayed there a short time when Genl Washington retreated off the island to White Plains.  Our regiment
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Stayed at White Plains until the battle in October 1776 & after that we went into the Rivers to Peekskill where we crossed the river & marched through to Jersey to  Morristown.  Genl Lee was with us in the Jerseys & was 
taken prisoner there.  We crossed the Delaware a few days after Gen Lee was taken prisoner sometime in the latter part of November & went across the river to
Bristol near Philadelphia then we crossed the river again & came back to Trenton & there we had a skirmish with the British & Genl Washington who Commanded retreated
& lay out on the Commons until night when he retreated to Princetown & had a battle there with about 700 British of whom we took 400 prisoner.  We then retreated towards
Morristown from thence we went to Chatham where we were discharged on the 17th day of January 1777 & came home.  I was with the regiment during all the before mentioned
times.  Genls Sullivan Nixon & Hitchcock were with the army in Jersey.  Genl Hitchcock died while we were in Jersey he split open a short time after he died & it was said he
was poisoned by the tories.  After I had been at home a few weeks I enlisted March 18 1777 in Capt Benjam Whipples Company Col Archibald Crarys regiment in Providence 
RI & marched to East Greenwich & we were stationed in the court house, we remained there 3 months & then marched to Warwick [illegible] R.I. & stayed there some time.  We then crossed the Bay & went to Bristol RI & after a while we marched to Howlands ferry where Genl Spencer took the Command & undertook to go on to the island of R.I.
but did not go.  We then came back to Bristol & stayed there until my year was out & I was discharged.  I then enlisted on the 18th of March 1778 the same day I was
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discharged.  For one year in Capt. Nathl Olneys Company same regiment & continued in Bristol until we were ordered to go on to Rhode Island under Genl Sullivan [about] sometime in July or the first of August 1778 we went on & stopped at Butts Hill until the storm was over which was very severe & then we went down to the lower lines at Whorthbury [Worthbury] plain from thence we retreated to Butts Hills near which we had a battle on the 29th of August 1778 after which we retreated in the night to Trenton where we remained 8 weeks & from thence we marched to Little Crompton R.I. where I remained
until my year was out & then I was discharged.  Genl Sullivan Genl Lovell & Col Jackson were officers that I recollect who were present in the battle on R Island. I never received any regular discharge from the service that I remember.  The rolls of Lippitts regiment which I presume is in the War department which proves a part of my service & the annexed deposition from serving witness with from a part.  I would refer to Andrew 
Waterman Augustus Winsor Benjamin Medbury & Stephenson Phillips as persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood & who can testify as to my character for veracity & their belief of my services as a soldier of the
revolution.  I know of no other surviving [illegible] but from whose deposition was annexed.
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I do hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present & do declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
his
Charles
Salisbury
mark

Sworn to & subscribed at Glouster the day & year aforesaid.
before me
Ira P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas

We Reuben Allen a Clergyman & A Waterman residing in said Smithfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Salisbury who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration. We believe him to be Seventy four years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution & we concur in that opinion.
Reuben Allen
Andrew Waterman

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
before me
Ira P. Evans Justice C. C. Pleas

And I the said Ira P Evans Justice of the Court of Common Pleas as aforesaid after investigating the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, do declare my opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served
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…in the State. And I do further certify that I [am]
well known to me that Reuben Alden, who has
signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman
resident in said Smithfield, and also Reuben Waterman, who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Smithfield, and that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I do further certify that the foregoing contains my [full] proceedings in the matter of the application of Charles Salisbury for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Glocester in said county, this eighteenth day ofJuly in the year 1832. PS I do further certify that the said Charles Salisbury is in very feeble health
and wholly unable, from bodily infirmity, to attend the sitting of the court, which I [therefore drew in Providence.


W. P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas
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I, Abel Mann of Glouster in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island of lawful age & being duly sworn do testify & say that I was a Soldier in Capt Blackman Company, Col Christopher Sephith regiment R I State troops from the beginning of January 1776 to Dec 31 1776 as will appear by my discharge annexed to my application for a pension under the act of June 7, 1832. I further say that Charles Salisbury now of Smithfield & formerly of Glouster was a soldier with me in the same Company during said time to wit from January 1776 to Dec 31 1776.
Abel Main

State of Rhode Island & Province
In Glouster this 12th day of July 1832 personally appeared Abel Mann who is personally known to me & who being duly sworn on oath says that the above deposition by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts.
before me 
Ira P. Evans Justice C. C. Pleas

Enter November 8 1832 I further certify that the said Abel is well known to me, that he is a credible person & that his statement is entitled to credit.
Attest
Ira P. Evans J. C. C. Pleas
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I Thomas West of Glocester in the County of
Providence State of Rhode Island of lawful age
do testify & say that I was a soldier in Capt
Nath Olneys Company Colonel Archibald Carey [?] regiment of R.I. State troop from the 18 of March 1778 to March 1779 I further say that Charles Salisbury formerly of Glocester & now of Smithfeld in said County was a soldier with me in said Company during said time 
his X mark
Thomas West

State of Rhode Island [illegible]
Providence [illegible]
In Glocester this 12th day of July 1832
personally appeared Thomas West (who is personally known to me) & who first being duly sworn on oath says that the above deposition by him subscribed is Just & true in all its parts
before me
Ira P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas
-
Glocester November 8th 1832 & further certify that the said West is a credible person and that his statement is entitled to credit
Attest
Ira P Evans J.C.C. Pleas
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I, James Bowen of Glocester in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island of lawful age & being duly sworn do testify & say that I was a soldier in Capt Blackman Company Col Chistopher Griffith [?] Regimen R I State troops from Jan 1776 until sometime in Dec [?]
1776. I further say that Charles Salisbury now of
Smithfield & formerly of Glocester was a soldier with me in the same company from said January 1776 until I was taken sick in November 1776 & removed to the hospital
James Bowen

State of Rhode Island [illegible].
Providence [illegible]
In Glocester this 12th day of July 1832
personally appeared James Bowen (who is personally known to me) & who being first duly sworn on oath says that the above deposition by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts

before me Ira P. Evans Justice C.C. Pleas
Glocester November 8th 1832. I further certify that the above Bowen is a credible person & that his Statement is entitled to credit
Attest
Ira P. Evans Justice C.C.P.
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[top of form cut off so not readable]
Mehitable
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[top of form not visible]
Mehitable
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TO THE HON. LEWIS CASS

SECRETARY OF WAR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

HUSSLY REPRESENTS
Charles Salisbury
of Smithfield in the County of PROVIDENCE, State of RHODE ISLAND; that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War as will appear by the annexed documents. He therefore requests that a pension may be granted to him in conformity with the provisions of an Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, entitled "An Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution" and in on duty bound will ever pray.
Charles Salisbury
by his Atty
Samuel Atwater
P.S. Please address me at Glocester RI
S Atwater
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Application of
Mahitable Salisbury
Charles
for pension 
3143
Married 1779
died Aug 3 1838
Act July 7 1838

Please address me at Glocester RI.

Sam Atwater
Atty
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The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Town Clerks Office Glocester
November 3d 1838
I Clovis H. Bowen Town Clerk of said town of Glocester in the County of Providence do hereby certify, that I have carefully examined the record of Marriages &c. for said town in this Office, and do not find the marriage of her [illegible] therein recorded.
I further certify from my own knowledge that a great many marriages have been solomnized in said town of which no record has been made in this office.
Clovis H. Bowen Town Clerk

State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Providence Glocester November 3rd 1838. Then [ill] personally appeared before me the aforenamed Clovis H. Bowen town Clerk of said town of Glocester and made solemn oath to the truth of the statement [ill] in the aforegoing certificate by him signed
Jonathan A Tourtellot Just Peace

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence Ss. I, John W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Providence, in said State, being a Court of record, do hereby certify that Clovis H. Bowen Esquire is Clerk of the Probate Court of the town of Glocester in said County, and that his signature to the aforewritten certificate is genuine. That Jonathan A Tourtellot Esq. before whom the two aforewritten affidavits were sworn, is a Justice of the peace for said town of Glocester, and by law is duly authorized & qualified to administer oaths & take depositions; and that his two signatures aforewritten are genuine. In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of our said Court, at the City of Providence, this eighth day of November AD 1838
John W. Smith Clerk