Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,928, Samuel Brooks, Continental Mass.

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(3-1776)

Service: Continental Mass.

Brooks, Samuel

Number: S. 36,928

[stamp of the National Archives]

Contents:

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Wm L Severance June 13 '46

[illegible] sent to David Sewall Esq. Kennebunk Maine 31 July 1820

10,243

R

Maine

Samuel Brooks of Eliot in the dist. of Maine who was a Sargent in the regiment commanded by Colonel Ph[illegible] [Phinney?] of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year

Inscribed on the roll of Maine at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1st of April 1818

Certificate of Pension issued the 5 of May 1819 and send to Benje Greene [illegible] South Brunswick, Maine

Arrears to 4th of March 1819 11 4/31 89:03
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept. 1819 48.00

$137.03

Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March 1818

Discontinued

York County

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36928

[illegible] INVALID

File No. 36, 928
Samuel Brooks
Sarg Rev War

Act: 18th March 18

Index:-Vol. 2, Page 480

Arrangement of 1870.

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Samuel Brooks.

10243 [line above and below the numbers]

Con [circled]

Sept. 1819

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STATE OF MAINE.

York ss... At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at York within and for the county of York on the first [illegible] day of July being the fourth day of said month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty. before the Honorable Benjamin Greene Chief Justice of said Court.

On this fourth day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open Court 
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said County, Samuel Brooks aged seventy one years, resident in Eliot in said county who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Sargent in the company commanded by Capt. Tobias Fernald in the Regiment commanded by Colonel [illegible] in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the first of April A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 10,243 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United Stated on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby to dimish it as to being myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.

[signed] Samuel Brooks

Sworn and declared on the 4th day of July A.D. 1820.

Before Benjamin Greene Chief Justice of said Court

[illegible] Daniel Sewall, Clerk

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SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz : 

Thirty rods of land - one half of a small house - two fine tables, six chairs and sundry articles of iron and crockery ware. --   Samuel Brooks

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel Brooks who, by occupation am a day laborer - which I am not able to pursue by reason of bodily infirmities incident to old age. --
NAMES -- AGES -- Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
[?] John H. Brooks -- 28 -- able to support himself -- 
widow Tempe Nelson -- 25 -- subject to fits & not able to contribute in full to her support --
George Nelson -- 6}
John Nelson -- 2 } neither of which are able to contribute to their support -- 
Samuel Brooks

STATE OF MAINE
York ss.
I, Daniel Sewall, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas ["for said Circuit" crossed out], within the county of York -- do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of said Court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty eight - dollars ["and" crossed out] ____ ["cents" crossed out] IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of July, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Daniel Sewall} Clerk of said Circuit Court for the County of York

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Samuel Brooks
Sergeant. [underlined] Col, Phinney, Regt
Mass Line 1775 - 1 year
I enlisted Decr. '75-
1st April 1818

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Yoek, ss.} On this first day of April A.D. 1818, before me the subscriber, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the First Eastern Circuit in said Commonwealth, personally appears Samuel Brooks, aged sixty nine years resident in Eliot in said county of York, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War:" --   that he the said Samuel Brooks on the continental army under Capt. Tobias Fernald of the Regt. commanded by Col. James Scammons Massachusetts Line for the term of eight months & continued to do his duty in said Company & was in the Battle on Bunker Hill, until the eight months for when he enlisted expired. and on that day he again enlisted as a Sergeant in the same Company then under the command of Col. Phinney for the farther term of twelve months, and continued to do his duty as Sergeant in said Company until the twelve months for which he enlisted had fully expired, when he was honorably discharged at Fort George, but with no written discharge. -- 
And in proof of the foregoing declaration made by the above named Samuel Brooks, Reuben Hanscom & Dennis Fernald, two ....[?] personally appear & being by me first duly sworn according to law, they upon their oath do say the the above named Samuel Brooks did serve in the continental army as Sergeant under Capt. Tobias Fernald, of Col. Phinneys Regiment the full term of twelve Months as he has testified. That they served in the same Company and Regiment with him the whole time, & know that he did his duty faithfully & was honorable discharged at the expiration of the term of his enlistment.

That he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other evidence now in his power of said services. 
Sworn to and declared before me the day and year above said.    Benj. Greene

I, Benjamin Greene, Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, in the Commonwealth aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Brooks did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as he has stated in his declaration aforesaid -- and that he is reduced in his circumstances, and needs the assistance of his country for his support. --And I do now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this first day of April Anno Domini, 1818.
Benj. Greene

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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name: Brooks, Samuel
Grade: Private
Line: Lamb's Artillery (New York)

Warrant number: 6892
Acreage: 100
Issued: May 25, 1790
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.