Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44390, William Harris, Continental Mass. N.H.
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Service:
Continental 
Mass.
N.H

Harris, William

Number:
S 44390
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15.505 R
New Hampshire
William Harris
Of Hillsborough County in the state of New Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Read of the New Hampshire line, for the term of one year -

Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April 1818 - 

Certificate of Pension issued on the 5th of October 1819 and sent to J K Smith Esqr Amherst New Hampshire

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819 16mos & 28/30 ($) 135.46
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th of March 1820 ($) 48.00
$183.46


{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}



Continued

Notification sent to J. K. Smith Esq Amherst N. H. July 19, 1820
& Feb 20, 1823
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Willm Harris
Returned to the Department of War with additional Witnesses

Wm Harris 62 of
Sworn to 7th Apr 1800
New Hampshire Line & Massachusetts Line
2 Witnesses

William Harris private
Colonel Read[']s Regt
New Hampshire line 1776 to 1777

With respect to the years service, the applicant is required to produce the evidence of two credible and disinterested witnesses or of an officer of the regt duly taken and authenticated

Admd [admitted]
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I William Harris a Resident Citizen of the United States in the Town of Dunstable in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, Labourer now in the sixty second year of my age do solemnly swear that I in the year of Our Lord 1775 inlisted in Capt Walker[']s Company in Col Read[']s Regiment in the New Hampshire Line for the term of eighth months which I served out with faithfulness & at the expiration of said eight months or a little before I inlisted for the term of one year in Capt Benjamin Man's Company in the Regiment Commanded by Col Read in the New Hampshire Line which Term of one year I faithfully served out I was honorably discharged by my officers without a written discharge at a place called NewTown in the State of Pennsylvania in January AD 1777 making my time of constant service twenty months commencing in the Spring of 1775 & enlisting in Jan 7 1777, I was after this nine months in the service of my Country at West Point NY & stationed at fort Put[nam] under the Command of Capt Greenlief. I further declare that I have never been
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my Country for my support not being the owner of any property excepting my clothing & depend solely on my daily labour for my support which is poor & scanty.
William Harris
Sworn to this 7th day of April AD 1818
Before me J K Smith Justice of Court of Common Pleas

I Josiah Cummings of Dunstable in the County of Middleton & CommonWealth of Massachusetts of lawful age Do solemnly swear that I am well acquainted William Harris who gave the  foregoing affidavit in order to obtain a pension under the late act of Congress & know him to be the same William Harris who served nine month in Col Tupper[']s Regiment in the Massachusetts Line in the Continental establishment as a private soldier in Capt Greenlief[']s Company & was a messmate with me in the same service, his service Commence in July 27th AD 1779 & served till the last of April or first of May AD 1780 when he was honourably discharged at West Point in New York. I further state that I have no interest in his obtaining a pension Josiah Cummings
Hillsborough SS Jany 14, 1819 Sworn to this day before me & I certify that s[ai]d Cummings is a Creditable witness in Court of Law.
J. K. Smith Associate Justice of the Court of Com Pleas
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough SS
On the seventeenth of April AD 1818 Before me the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough personally appeared William Harris resident in Dunstable in said County in the sixty second
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That he inlisted for the term of one year about the first of January AD 1776 at the close of the first eight months service in Capt Benjamin Mann's Company in the Regiment Commanded by Col Read in the New Hampshire Line and continued to serve in said Corps or the service of the United States untill the month of January AD 1777 when he was honourably discharged by his officers without a written discharge at a place called Newton in the State of Pennsylvania also that he served as a private Soldier nine months in Capt Greenlief[']s Company and in Col Tupper[']s Regiment in the Massachusetts Line as will appear by Josiah Cummins' affidavit, commencing 27 July AD 1779 & ending about the first day of May AD 1780 when he was discharged at West Point NY that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support, From all which I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said William Harris did serve in the Revolutionary War against the Common Enemy on the Continental establishment more than nine months at two several times of inlistment and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned Act of Congress & I further certify from my own knowledge that the said William Harris is reduced in his circumstances & needs the assistance of his Country for his support.
J K Smith Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas

This certifies that the signatures of J K Smith on this paper is on his own hand writing and that he is one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid in Testimony whereof I have here affixed the seal of the Court
Moses Eastman Clerk
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William Harris
Contd
15,505
5 Oct [18]19
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To the Justices of the Common Pleas, now sitting at Amherst within and for the County of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire. 
July 5th 1820
William Harris aged 62 resident in Dunstable in said County, comes into Court, and, in pursuance of an Act of Congress, passed on the 1st of May, 1820, brings with him, and in his proper person, exhibits to said Court a Schedule by him subscribed, containing his whole estates, and income, (his necessary clothing and bedding expected as follows:
None

William Harris

[at bottom] And the said William Harris in pursuance as aforesaid, produceth to said Court the following oath, by him duly taken and subscribed, viz:
I William Harris do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th of March; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any
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And the said William Harris doth here in Court further declare on oath, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows, viz.
That he enlisted in the years service as a private soldier under the command of Capt Benja Man in the Regiment commanded by Col Read in the continental service in the N Hampshire line which term of time he faithfully served out and was regularly discharged at Newton in Pennsylvania

That the date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is April 7, 1818 And the number of his pension certificate is 15505 That his occupation is a day labourer That the number and names of his family residing with him, and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support, are as follows, viz. none
William Harris

Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in the said Schedule and that the same together with a copy of the premises be duly certified, to the Secretary of War. Sworn and declared before the Honl Joshua Darling & J K Smith Justices of s[ai]d Court the 5th day of July 1820
M Eastman Clerk
Hillsborough SS. Court of Common Pleas. July 5 1820
The aforesaid Schedule and oath, and the above declaration, duly subscribed and sworn by the said Harris having been by him exhibited in person and presented to the Court, and the same being seen and considered: It is the opinion of said Court, that the value of the property, contained in said Schedule is of no value
Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the premises with the proceedings thereon, be duly certified, to the Secretary of War.
Attest, M Eastman Clerk
State of New-Hampshire Hillsborough SS.
I Moses Eastman Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Hillsborough being a Court of record, do certify, That the foregoing Schedule and oath and the declaration annexed, with the proceedings and opinion of the Cour[t] thereon, are truly copied from the records and files of said C[ourt]
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Revolutionary War Records Section. 3--525
Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Pensions. Washington, D. C. 19[blank]
In reply to your request of [blank], received [blank] for a statement of the military history of William Harris a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will find below the desired information as contained in his [crossed out] or his widow's application for pension on file in this Bureau. S F. 44,390.
Dates of Enlistment Or Appointment. | Length Service. | Rank. | Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered. | Captain. | Colonel. | State.
Apr. 1775 | 8 mos. | Pvt | Walker | James Reed | N. H.
Jan 1776. | 1 year | Benjamin Mann | James Reed | NH
July 27, 1779 | 9 mos. | Greenleaf | Tupper | Mass
Aug 1780 | 9 mos. | Porter | Tupper | Mass
Battles engaged in, Trenton
Residence of soldier at enlistment, [checkmark]
Date of application for pension, Apr 7, 1818. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Dunstable, Hillsborough Co., N. H.
Age at date of application, 61 years
Remarks: d. Feb 23, 1823, from A. B. There is no family data on file
The above is the only Wm Harris of Capt Walker[']s Co., Col James Reed[']s regt found on the Rev War records of this Bureau
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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Revolution
Frank Hervey Pettingell
Investment Broker
736 Union Oil Building Bank References
Member Los Angeles Stock Exchange Home Phone 74478
Los Angeles, Calif.

Sept. 30th, 1914
The Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir"--
Would you very kindly give me the pension record of Thomas Cylley (Cilley, Selley), of Salisbury, Mass. He was supposed to have been with Brig. Gen'l Patterson's regt., but is mostly mentioned in the New Hampshire archives, which state he was with the Mass. Continental Line.
Also the pension record of William Harris, drummer, of Dunstable, N. H. He and his son Williams Harris, Jr. were members of Capt. William Walker's company in Col. James Reed's Regt.
Thanking you in advance for the above information I beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
Frank Hervey Pettingell

Address:
1122-Washington Bldg.
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44390
Invalid.
Rvy
File No 44390
William Harris
Priv. Rev War
Act: 18" March 1818
[I]ndex: -- Vol. 3, Page 212
{Arrangement of 1870.}

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1914. Oct 8. hist to Mr. Frank Hervey Pettingell
M.B.H
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44390
Invalid.
Rvy
File No. 44390
William Harris
Priv. Rev War
Act: 18" March 1818
[I]ndex: -- Vol. 3, Page 212
{Arrangement of 1870.}

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1914 Oct 8 hist to Mr. Frank Hervey Pettingell
M.B.H
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Benja Mann
depo[sition] for
Wm Harris
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I Benjamin Mann of Keene in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire Esqr testify and make affidavit, that William Harris now of Dunstable in the County of Hillsborough and State of Newhampshire, enlisted as a Soldier in a Company I commanded on the first day of January AD 1776, and served as such from the said first day of January to the last day of December in the same year, and was with me in the Battle at Trenton New Jersey at the taking of the Hessians. I was Capt and served as such the whole of said term, in Colonel James Reed[']s Regiment of the Newhampshire line in the Continental Service, and I knew him the said William Harris the whole of said term and [illegible] served faithfully as a good Soldier during the whole of said term under me then a Captain of a Company and that he was at the end of his enlistment honorably discharged. and I further testify that I am not interested in any way whatsoever in what I have above deposed or in the subject matter of the above affidavit, and further your deponent will not
Benjamin Mann Late Captain in Col James Reed Regiment
State of Newhampshire Cheshire SS August 31st 1819 Then said Benjamin Mann personally made oath that the above affidavit by him signed contains the truth, the whole truth and nothing but
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but the truth relative to the subject matter thereof before me
N Cooke Justice of Peace
Cheshire SS Keene August 31, 1819, I hereby certify that the said Benjamin Mann who has testified as aforesaid is a person whose testimony deserves full Credit, and that I firmly believe him in no wise directly or indirectly interested in what he has above testifed
Attest N Cooke Justice of Peace
Cheshire SS Sept 2 1819
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Noah Cooke is a Justice of the Peace in afor[e]said County & that the foregoing is his signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court
S Hale
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I, Enoch Jewett of Hollis in the County of Hillsborough & State of New-Hampshire, yeoman, depose, that I have long been acquainted with William Harris of Dunstable in said County, I well remember that in December 1775 or January 1776 s[ai]d Harris enlisted as a private soldier into Capt Mann's Company in a Regiment commanded by Col Reed in the New Hampshire line in the Continental services for one year, & there continued to serve as a private soldier against the common Enemy till January 1777 & was then honorably discharged, and I further depose that s[ai]d Harris in August 1780 (according to the best of my remembrance) enlisted as a private soldier in to Capt. Porter's Company in a Regiment commanded by Col. Tupper in the Massachusetts line in Continental service, for nine months, & that said Harris there continued to serve as a private soldier against the common Enemy during the term last mentioned, & was then honorably discharged, I Know that s[ai]d Harris served the several terms as above stated, because I served as a private soldier in the same companies during the same periods. Enoch Jewitt
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Hillsborough SS Jany 12th 1819 Then the within Enoch Jewett made oath to the truth of the within affidavit, by him subscribed before me and s[ai]d Jewett is a credible witness.
Levi Woodbury As[sociate] J[ustice] Sup[erior] C[our]t

I Frederic French Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New Hampshire for the County of Hillsborough do hereby certify that Levi Woodbury Esqr is one of the Judges of said Superior Court & that the name Levi Woodbury subscribed to the above certificate and also the accompanying affidavits of Pelatiah Russell and Nehemiah Pierce is the signature & hand writing of the said Levi Woodbury Judge as aforesaid
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen
F French
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The National Archives Form VAM-51 12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*
Division of Veterans' Administration Achives
Name Harris, William
Grade Private
Line Massachusetts
Warrant Number 4403
Acreage 100
Apr 11, 1792
to -- not shown --
*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.
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The National Archives Form VAM-51 12-5-41
Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*
Division of Veteran's Administration Archives
Name Harris, William
Grade Private
Line Massachusetts
Warrant Number 4404
Acreage 100
Issued June 25, 1799 
to Jeremiah Hill
*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.