Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 27853, John Dawes, Mass.

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SERVICE                                       NUMBER
Mass.        Dawes, John           W. 27853
                                    Dolly           Wt. 31,430-160-55

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349
Massachusetts
Dolly Dawes
widow of John Dawes
who served in the Revolutionary
war as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
20 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on 
the 4th (Crossed out) 20th day of March (crossed out) Nov?, 1848
Certificate of Pension issued the 
27th day of Sep, 1849
and sent to 
J. Richards
Washington
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under
February (crossed out) 
July 29, 1848, Page 55 Vol. Bank I

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194727 Acc Mar 24 '55 [illegible] Dolly Dawes. Dolly Dawes wid of John. John Dawes Private Revolutionary War Pension July 28. -- [illegible] 49 No. 160 [illegible] July 7 / 56 [illegible] Randolph E. Ladd Springfield Mass. Vol. D. 14.

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27407 Massachusetts John Dawes of Windsor in the State of Mass who was a private in the Compy. commanded by Captain Clapp of the Regt commanded by Colo. Chapin in the Mass. line for 6 month pri Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 20 Dollars --- Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. Certificate of Pension issued the 19th day of May 1834 and sent to Hono. Geo.N.Briggs H Rep I Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1834 - $60 Semi-anl. allowance ending 4th Sep $10 (total) $70 ⎨ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. ⎬ Recorded by George Taylor Clerk, Book E. Vol. 2 Page 18 71 Berkshire

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John Dawes Windsor Ma Pension application 9689 Private 6 mos Admitted Cap Clapp Colo Chapin Hon. G. N. Briggs

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I Vinson Curtiss of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts having arrived to the age of twenty three years testify and say that I knew John Dawes in the Revolutionary war and that I now know the Same John Davies of Windsor in the County of Berkshire. In the month of July or early part of August 1780 according to the best of my recollection I was personally knowing to the said Dawes volunteering in a company commanded by Capt Sheldon and Regiment commanded by Coll Murry for the term of three months that we marched to west point in the State of New York and served there and in the vicinity until our time of service expired and we were discharged.  I belonged to the same Company and served with the said Dawes during the whole term.

 Plainfield April 10 1834 Vinson Curtis 

Hampshire County ss. April 10 1834 
Personally appeared before me Vinson Curtis and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him Subscribed and I further certify that the aforesaid deponent is a credible person.
 Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace 

 I have been personally acquainted with the applicant Mr John Dawes for [illegible] and know that he sustains a high reputation for truth + integrity- 
G. N. Briggs M.C.

Washington 15 May 1834

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We, Gordan Dorrance a Clergyman residing in town of Windsor and Josiah Bealls residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Dawes an applicant for a Pension that we believe him to be Seventy one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Gordon Dorrance 
Josiah Bealls

Berkshire ss Windsor May 5th 1834 
Personally appeared before me Rev Gordon Dorrance and Josiah Bealls and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by them subscribed and I further certify that the aforesaid deponents are credible persons.
D.O. Holbrook Justice of the Peace 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. --- Berkshire, ss. I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Daniel O. Holbrook Esquire, before whom the annexed deposition was taken is one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and have no doubt that the signature annexed to said deposition is genuine. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this Sixth day of May A. D. 1834
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate

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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Gordon Dorrance who signed the certificate hereto annexed, is a clergyman, resident in Windsor aforesaid and that Josiah Bealls who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Windsor and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

William P. Walker Judge of Probate

I Henry W. Bishop Register of the Court of Probate for S. County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Dawes for a pension. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of Court of Probate this in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty four 

Henry W. Bishop Register

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DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.  COUNTY OF Berkshire, ss.
On this Sixth day of May in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty four personally appeared in open Court, before Hon. William P. Walker Judge of the Court of Probate for County now sitting John Dawes a resident of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy one 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. 

THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. 

I was born in the town of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth on the fourth day of March 1763 have no record of my age but presume it may be found in the records of that town.  I resided with my fathers family in Bridgewater until I was about thirteen years old when my father and family removed to Cummington in the County of Hampshire. I resided in Cummington until I was about twenty five years old when I removed to Windsor in the County of Berkshire and have resided there since. In the month of September 1779 according to my best recollection I volunteered as a private for the term of three months in a company commanded by Capt Clapp and Regiment commanded by Col Chapin. Marched from Cummington in the County of Hampshire to Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire was stationed there a short time and from thence marched by way of Claverack and Kinderhook to Albany in the State of New York and remained at Albany until I was discharged in the month of December.
Again in the month of August 1780 I again volunteered as a private for the term of three months in a company commanded by Capt Sheldon and Regiment commanded by Col Murray marched from Cummington by way of Lenox in this State and Fishkill in the State of New York to West Point whilst at West Point was detached up the River about thirty miles to chop wood for the Garrison at West Point was with this party at the time of Arnolds treason returned to West Point and was discharged in the month of November both these terms of service were performed whilst I resided in Cummington. I have no documentary evidence and never received a written discharge. Amos Ford, Cyrus Latham & Opher Daws are persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood and who can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief in my services as a soldier of the revolution. I further state that at a Court of Probate of said County holden on the twenty eighth day of August A D 1832 I made a declaration before said Court, which with the evidence in its support was transmitted to the War Department and which as I am informed by letter from Hon. George N. Briggs member of Congress was returned to Henry W. Bishop. Register of Probate-- that said Bishop has upon his docket of pension applications [illegible] that they were received & sent to [illegible] attorney, since which nothing has been heard from them & nothing can be found of them tho diligent inquiry has been made. [text missing] hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on [text missing] pension roll of the agency of any state. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 
John Dawes
W. P. Walker Judge of Probate

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I John Hamlin of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy one years testify and say that in the time of the Revolutionary war I was personally acquainted with John Dawes and that I now know the same John Dawes of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and State aforesaid that I was personally knowing to the said Dawes volunteering in the Revolutionary service in the fall of the year 1779 in a Company commanded by Capt Clapp and Regiment commanded by Col Chapin for the term of three months that we marched from the County of Hampshire by way of Great Barrington and Kinderhook to Albany in the State of New York and served there until we were discharged. 
John Hamlin
Plainfield April 10 1834 

Hampshire County ss. April 10 1834 
Personally appeared before me John Hamlin Esq and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify that the above deponent is a person of credibility. 
Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Hampshire ss. 
I, SAMUEL F. LYMAN, Register of the Court of Probate within and for said County of Hampshire, do hereby certify that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, before whom the annexed depositions (2) were taken, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly and regularly appointed, and that the signatures hereto annexed purporting to be his, I know to be genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this sixteenth day of April A. D. 1834
Samuel F. Lyman Register of Probate.

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Eliphalet Packard Esq.
Cummington

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State of Massachusetts Hampshire County 
Town of Cummington April 20 1849 
John Dawes and Dolly Shaw were married November twentieth one thousand seven hundred and ninety four By Rev James Briggs 
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is in fair legible figures as follows Nov 20 1794
 Luther M. Packard 

I Luther M Packard above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Cummington in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me 
Luther M. Packard 

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. HAMPSHIRE SS. I, Samuel Wells, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify, that Eliphalet Packard Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Eliphalet Packard and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said Commonwealth, this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Forty nine, 
Samuel Wells 
Clerk.

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State of Massachusetts Hampshire County Town of Cummington April 20 1849 
John Dawes and Dolly Shaw were married November twentieth one thousand seven hundred and ninety four By Rev James Briggs 
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is in fair legible figures as follows Nov 20 1794 
Luther M. Packard 

I Luther M Packard above named depose and say that I hold the office of Clerk of the town of Cummington in the County and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me 
Luther M. Packard 

Sworn before me Eliphalet Packard Justice of the Peace

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462 Dolly Dawes. widow of John. Massachusetts. h. d. 20 Nov 1848 admitted Pr. 20 per ann. [illegible] 20th Nov. 1848. Act 29 July 1848. Z. Richards, Washington

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State of Massachusetts Berkshire County SS
On this Eleventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty nine personally appeared before Daniel N Dewey Judge of Probate in and for said County Dolly Dawes a resident of Savoy in said County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts aged seventy five 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 1838 entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows and various subsequent acts that she is the widow of John Dawes who was a private in the Army of the Revolution that her husband served in Capt Clapp's and Sheldon's Companies and in Col Chapin's & Murry's Regiments she is unable to state in what place and in what year and for what length of time but thinks it was towards the close of the war and that he served three months under each of those Captains and must refer you to the evidence of his service already on the files of the Department.
 She further declares that she was married on the twentieth day of November 1794 and that her husband the aforesaid John Dawes died on the twentieth day of November 1848 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January eighteen hundred at the time above stated. 
Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written 

Dolly Dawes
X
her mark

Subscribed & sworn 
Daniel N. Dewey 
Judge of Probate 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire SS. I Henry W Bishop Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County do certify that the Hon Daniel N Dewey is the Judge of said Court duly commissioned and qualified, and that

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I Ebenezer Dawes of Springfield in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts aged Fifty two years depose and say that I was present at the decease of my father John Dawes late of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and State aforesaid and that he died on the twentieth day of November one thousand Eight hundred and forty eight. The said Dawes was a pensioner of the United States.
 Ebenezer Dawes 

Hampden ss. June 16th 1849 Then Ebenezer Dawes above named personally appeared and made oath and made oath before me of the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify the said Dawes is a person of credibility. 
William Rice

Commonwealth of Massachusetts HAMPDEN, SS. I, RICHARD BLISS, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that William Rice Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Rice and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this Sixteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine 
Richard Bliss 
Clerk.

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I Ebenezer Dawes of Springfield in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts aged Fifty two years depose and say that I was present at the decease of my father John Dawes late of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and State aforesaid and that he died on the twentieth day of November one thousand Eight hundred and forty eight. The said Dawes was a pensioner of the United States. Ebenezer Dawes   Hampden ss. June 16th 1849 Then Ebenezer Dawes above named personally appeared and made oath and made oath before me of the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed and I further certify the said Dawes is a person of credibility.  William Rice
Justice of the Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. BERKSHIRE SS. I, CHARLES SEDGWICK, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Berkshire, do certify that Robert Sturtevant Jr. Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate and the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said Robert Sturtevant Jr. and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Charles Sedgwick CLERK.

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Randolph E. Ladd 
Springfield Mass 

Savoy July 18th 1855 

A True copy of the record of John Dawes' death No 2. registered March 13 1850, name and Surname John Dawes - Sex & condition, male Married - Age 85 years, 8 mos & 16 days - Occupation Farmer - Date of Death Novr 20th 1848- Place of Interment Windsor. Disease or Cause of Death Palsy & Old Age. Place of Birth Bridgwater. Name & Surname of Parents. Samuel and Abigail Dawes. Place of Death, Savoy. Attest A. M. Bowker Town Clerk. Savoy July 19th 1855 then Personally appeared the above named A.M. Bowker and made oath that the above is a true Copy of Record of the Death of John Dawes Before me Robert Sturtevant Jr. Justice of the Peace

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To the Secretary of the Interior 

Please deliver the Warrant to which I am entitled according the term of the foregoing declaration & application to Mr. Randolph E. Ladd of Springfield Mass. whom I appoint my true lawful attorney to receive the same. 

Witness J. M. Stebbins 

Dolly Dawes 
X
her mark

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State of Massachusetts County of Hampden On this Twenty Third day of July 1855 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace duly authorised by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Dolly Dawes aged Eighty one years a resident of Springfield in the County of Hampden and State of Massachusetts and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Dolly Dawes to whom under the provisions of the act of Feby 29, 1848 a pension of Twenty dollars per annum has been allowed for the services of her late husband John Dawes a soldier of the Revolutionary War and late of Berkshire County State of Massachusetts. She further declares that her pension certificate under the aforesaid act of Feby 1848 is numbered -349- and bears date Sept Twenty Eight. 1849 and is made payable at the Massachusetts Agency. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty land to which she may be entitled under the act of 3d of March 1855 never having received or known herself entitled or made application under any previous act of Congress. In evidence of her marriage and proof of service of her said husband she respectfully refers to the proof heretofore adduced now on file in the pension office upon which his annuity as aforesaid was granted. That since being placed on the list of Revolutionary  pensioners she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said John Dawes. Attest. William Denham  Francis Bates Dolly Dawes X her mark Sworn to Subscribed and acknowledged before me the day and year above written and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Dolly Dawes to be the identical person she alleges herself to be a pensioner of the United States and at the date of the Execution of this declaration a widow and that I am not interested in her claim as Agent Attorney or otherwise. John M. Stebbins Justice of the Peace

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State of Massachusetts County of Hampden On this Twenty third day of July 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Williams Dunham and Francis Bates residents of Springfield in the County of Hampden in the State of Massachusetts known to me as credible person who made oath in due form of law that Dolly Dawes who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration as to their knowledge the identical person to whom under the provisions of the act of Feby 29. 1855 - a pension of Twenty dollars per annum has been granted for the service of her late husband John Dawes deceased a soldier of the Revolutionary War That same being placed on the roll of Pensioners she the ---

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. HAMPDEN, SS. I, George B. Morris, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Hampden, do certify, that J. M Stebbins Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace, within and for said County, duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given, to his acts and attestations, done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said J. M Stebbins Esquire and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine: also that the instrument hereto annexed, purports to be duly executed and acknowledged, according to the laws of this Commonwealth, for the purposes therein expressed In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, for said Commonwealth, this twenty fourth day of July in  the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five Geo. B. Morris Clerk.

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State of Massachusetts County of Hampden On this Twenty third day of July 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Williams Dunham and Francis Bates residents of Springfield in the County of Hampden in the State of Massachusetts known to me as credible person who made oath in due form of law that Dolly Dawes who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration as to their knowledge the identical person to whom under the provisions of the act of Feby 29. 1855 - a pension of Twenty dollars per annum has been granted for the service of her late husband John Dawes deceased a soldier of the Revolutionary War That same being placed on the roll of Pensioners she the said Dolly Dawes has not intermarried but remains and now is a widow that they have known her for about 20 years and derive the knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances to wit living in the immediate vicinity of said John & Dolly Dawes for many Years -- They further state that they are disinterested witnesses. Williams Dunham | Francis Bates Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written John M. Stebbins Justice of the Peace

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31430 [illegible]

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WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 27, 853
Dolly Dawes
Wid. Of
John Dawes
Rev. War
Act
Index: Vol. , Page

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John Dawes, Mass. act 7th June '32 $20 to what time paid? died 1848 Pension Office Sept 24, 1849. W. S. A Paid to 4th Sept. 1848 W.B. Majia [Majier?]

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Hon J. L. Edwards Com of Pen [illegible] Mass. Hon. G. M. Briggs Capn Clapp Colo Chapin

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15 May 1834

Sir

I enclose to you the papers of Mr. John Dawes & ask your attention to them as soon as convenient

 Respectfully Yours
G W Briggs

Hon J L Edwards Com of Pen

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Payments to be made at Boston Mass by pres Commonwealth Bank Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Massachusetts Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. Vol. 2 Page 18 by George Taylor Clerk.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. 

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Dawes of the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the war of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars and --- cents  per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi- annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year. 

Given at the War Office of the United States , this Nineteenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four 

Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned. } J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions.

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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions
Washington D. C.

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Washington D.C. Sept. 1. 1839 J.L. Edwards Esq. Accompanying this Note are papers relative to the Pension of Widow Dolly Dawes of Savoy Mass which you will please to examine. Any other business which may be required relative to the matter will be attended to by me. Yours Respectfully Z. Richards } Agent.