Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16826, Richard Gilchrist, Mass. N.H.
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(3-1776)

Service: Mass. N.H. 

Gilchrist, Richard

Number: S. 16826

Carded

Contents:
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3993

New Hampshire
Richard Gilchrist
Cheshire in the State of NH
who was a private in the company commanded
by
Captain ________ of the regt commanded Col Stark in the NH & Mass
line for 8 May

Inscribed on the Roll of NH
at the rate of
26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7th day of Jan
1833 and Sent Hon H Hubband H of Repo

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $39.99
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 33. 1333

$53.32

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by
S Hope Blair Cle
Book D. Vol. 120 Page 157.
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9019
Rich Gilchrist
Pinch
8 1 Mark
Mg E

The watrifo not cukfer to the audible

Nov 19 1832
$26.66
Hon H. Hubband
HR

W. M. Edwards
Keene, Cheshire   CY, NH
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Declaration
of Richard Gilchrist
Dublin
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Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE,
COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
On this tenth
day of August 1832 personally appeared
Before the Hon Aaron Matson Judge of
Probate for said County of Cheshire
Richard Gilchrist a resident of Dublin
in the county of Cheshire
and State of New Hampshire
aged eighty one last Feby who,
being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration,
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th,
1832.
Man was in the service of the United States in
the Revolutionary war as follows. In
the year 1775, immediately after the alarm from
Lexington & Concord he went to Cambridge Mass., remained
there a few days and enlisted for eight months into
the company commanded by Capt William Scott
of Peterborough N.H. in the Regiment commanded
by Col John Stark and served in said Company
through the eight months, but was a part of
the time in Col Sergeants Regiment, was
stationed, in the vicinity of Boston, thinks the latter
part of the time at Winter hill-- was in the
Battle of Bunker hill. brought a man off
of the hill by the name of Thomas Green who
was wounded in the battle.-- was dismissed
about the first of June 1776 in service about
8 months & ten days
went from Dublin N.H. where he then resided
and was in the N.H. Militia.-
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present,
and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Richard Gilchrist
before me Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Aaron Matson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the  County of Cheshire
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the
matter of the application of Richard Gilchrist
for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this tenth
day of August A.D. 1832-
Asa Parker
Register of the
Court of Probate
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16826
INVALID.
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File No. 16826
Richard Gilchrist
Pri   Rev. War
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Act: June 7" 39
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 143
(Arrangement of 1870.]
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9019
Richd Gilchrist
Private
8 months

Return to H. Hubbard
HJR

The M. Edwards
Keene Cheshire Cy NH
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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
Richard
Gilchrist which require further
proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason
assigned for his not doing so?

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he
served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what 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
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?
No
N. H. Militia

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one
living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who
administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
No-
certificate procured
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age,
as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how
long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he
cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recolelection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: Foryear
months and - days, I served as a -. For - months
and
____days, I served as 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, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not
written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the
certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
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of amount of 
I John Taggart of Dublin in the County
of Cheshire and State of
New Hampshire
being over eighty two years of age do testify and
say that Richard
Gilchrist of Dublin in
of
the County and State aforesaid was in
the Revolutionary army with me in the
year 1775 at Cambridge in the State of
Massachusetts in the Company commanded
by Capt William Scott and in the regiment
of Col John Starks and a part of the time
in Col.
Sargeants Regiment, and the said
Gilchrist
served in the army aforesaid and
in the year above mentioned eight months
that he
belonged to the State of New Hampshire
at that time, that he inlisted in the service
the latter part of April in said year and staid
till about the first of January in 1776
John Taggart

Cheshire Ss August 10th 1832 Then the aforesaid
John Taggart personally appeared and made
oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed
was in his belief true
Before me
John Taggart Jun Justice of the peace
I certify that John Taggart the above deponent
now deceased, was a credible person,
December 27. 1832 John Taggart. Justice of the Peace
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Chushing

August 15. 1832

I Salma Hale Clerk of the Judicial
Courts in said County certify that John
Taggart Jr is a Justice of the Peace in
and for said County, and believe that the
foregoing official signature is in his
own hand writing.
In testimony whereof
I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior
Court of Indication
S Hale, Clerk
Dec. 28, 1832
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial
Courts in said county certify that
John Taggart Jr is a Justice of the
Peace in and for  County that
I believe the last foregoing official
signature is his. In testimony whereof
I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior
Court of Indicature
S. Hale clerk