Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 638, Joseph Capron, R I

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Service
RI          Capron, Joseph       W 638
                             Esther       BLWA26170-160-55

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274 [illegible]
Rhode Island

Joseph Capron
of Cumberland in the State of RI
who was a private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Whipple of the Regt commanded
by Colo. Fisk in the-- R I.
line for
12 months pri

Inscribed on the Roll of
R I
at the rate of 40 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of June
1834 -
and sent to Benj. 
Cowell Esq. Providence R I

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1834 $120
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep.  20
$140

⎨ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 2 Page 105

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County of Providence ss
Rhode Island District 

On this 27th day of May AD 1834 personally appeared in open Court being a Special District Court of the United States was in Session Joseph Capron resident in Cumberland in said County aged 83 years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 viz  He entered the war of the Revolution and served as follows in answer to the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department he answers & says to
1st.  He was born Sept 14 1750 at said Cumberland
2d. His north is recorded in the town clerks office in said town.
3.  He lived in said town when he was first called into service & has always resided there both before & since the Revolutionary War.
4  He was drafted__
5.  He served under General Spencer, General Tallian Colonel George Peck Major Fink Captains Rueben Ballot & Amos Whipple__
6 He never received any written discharge
7. William Ballow Rev^d Leonard Wakefield George Aldrich & can testify in his behalf.

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And the said Joseph further declares that in December AD 1776 soon after the British took possession of Newport he was drafted as a private for a month in said Captain Ballows Company of Militia to go to Bristol on the eastern shore of Narragansett Bay at which station he served out his time while at Bristol the Regiment to which said Company was attached was under the command of Major Fiske__ And he further says that in following the militia were divided into classes in order to gard [sic] the shores of said Bay and about one third of said company were on duty nearby all the time and he avers that he always performed his duty & always went when it came his turn but he cannot designate the particular months or places at which he served at this distant period, but his services were all performed in the State of Rhode Island and he declares that between January & December 1777 he served not less than five months at least as a private in said Company__  In 1778 Capt Amos Whipple had the Command of the company & he declares that between January & December he served not less than four months at least in like manner, and in 1779 he served three

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three months at least in said Company.  The enemy evacuated Rhode Island this year and the militia were released.  This applicant declares he served twelve months in all and as a private in manner before mentioned   He has no documentary evidence of his services  most all his companions in arms are dead, but he produces the testimony of William Ballow to his services & the Rev^d Leonard Wakefield & George Aldrich as to his character   He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any State__
Joseph Capron [signature]

May 27 1834
Sworn to in open Court
witness B Cowell clk

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1905
Rhode Island
Esther Capron
widow of Joseph Capron
who served in the Revolutionary 
R. I. war, as a private
______
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 dollars 00 cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February 1853
_____________
Certificate of Pension issued the 13" day of Septr /53
and sent to 
Benjm Cowell
Providence R. I.
____________
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act Feby 3d/53

1832

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State of Rhode Island ss
County of Providence

On this 22nd day of March 1853 personally appeared before me William R Staples associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of R Island  Ester Capron of Smithfield in said County aged 87 years who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress passed February 3d 1853 granting pensions to the widows of officers & soldiers of the  the Revolution   marries since January AD 1800 vix that she is the widow of Joseph Capron late of said Smithfield deceased who was a soldier of the Revolution and when the act of Congress was passed of June 7th 1832 granting pensions to those who served in the war of the Revolution he applied for & obtained a pension under said act at the rate of $40 per annum payable at the agency of the United States for paying pensions in the City of Providence which pension he drew up to the time of his death & to the declaration he made to obtain said pension she now refers as proof of her claim & she further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Capron on the tenth day of April 1814 as will be see by the annexed Certificate from the records of the town of Cumberland hereto annexed, and she further declares that her husband departed this life on the sixth day of March 1843

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time above stated she further swears that she was a widow at the passage of the act & still is a widow & never before made an application for a pension but she is now entitled to the same pension her husband received in his life time

Esther Capron[signature]

Sworn to & subscribed before me on the day & year first aforewritten And I certify that from age & infirmity the said Esther Capron is unable to attend Court.  I also certify that I am not concerned or interested in the prosecution of said Esther's Claim for a pension

Attest Y. M Staples associate
justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island

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Esther Capron

Feb 3 1853

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State of Rhode Island &c
Providence ss   } Cumberland March 9th 1853

I Lewis B Arnold Town Clerk of Cumberland in the County of Providence and State aforesaid, on oath declare that I have the Costvity of the records of Marriages in said town,  That I have this ninety day of March A. D. 1853 Examined said record and find therein the following

"Cumberland April Tenth, Eighteen Hundred and fourteen.  
I hereby certify that Joseph Capron son of Charles Capron and Esther Arnold widow of Nathan Arnold Esq and Daughter of Deacon Samuel Darling were lawfully joined together in marriage.  By me
Zephaniah S Crossman   preacher of the gospel

Recorded August Twenty sixth A. D. Eighteen Hundred and fourteen.

Attest 
Stephen Joslin 
Town Clerk"

That the above is a true copy of the record with

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the exception of the dates which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows
"Cumberland April 10th. 1814"
"Recorded August 26th. A. D. 1814."

And I certify that the above is a true extract from the records of said town with the exception named as certified by me
Lewis B Arnold
Town Clerk of Cumberland

Providence ss
Cumberland.  On this 10th day off March A D 1853 personally came the above named Lewis B Arnold Town Clerk aforesaid and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit.  Before me
Parden Sayles Just. peace

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State of Rhode Island & Providence PlantationsProvidence  ss

I Levi Salisbury clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Providence, being a court of record, do hereby certify that William R Staples whose name is signed to the annexed certificate is an associate of Justice of the Supreme Court of the State that Emer Coe and Parden Sayles are both Justices of the Peace the said Coe in & for the town of Smithfield in sd County & said Parden Sayles in & of the town of Cumberland in sd County that by law they are authorized to administer oaths & take depositions and that their several signatures hereto annexed are genuine

In witness which I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of sd Court this 23rd day of May [?] AD 1853
Levi Salisbury 
clerk

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[illegible writing across page]

60. 784
Act Mch 3/55
Apl. 12/55

Esther Capron, Widow of
Joseph Capron, Private
R.W.

Capt. ______
Col. _____
R. I. Mil

Ent _____day of _____
Dis _____day of _____
War Rev.

Now a Pension of the U. States,
RI. July 53 - 1905

[illegible] 160 [illegible] 17/56
[illegible]

Benjamin Cowell atty. 
Providence, R.I.
Vol C. page 14

[illegible] B. Cowell Oct 3d/55

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State of Rhode Island, Sc.
County of Providence
On this 2d day of April
A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred
and Fifty-five, personally appeared before me, Thomas J Lapham  a Justice of the Peace
 within
and for the County aforesaid,
Esther Capon aged 89 years, now resident in
the Town of Smithfield in said County, who being duly sworn according
to law, declares and says she is the widow of Joseph Capon
who was a Private in Capt. not recollected company, and in a Regiment commanded by Col. not recollected 
in the war of the Revolution, and that her said husband was in actual service more than
eleven months in said war, and was honorably discharged.
And she further declares that she was married to said Joseph Capon
on the tenth day of April
A. D. 1814 by
Zephaniah Crosman
and that her name before marriage was
Esther Arnold and that her said husband died on the 6th day
of March
A. D. 1843 and that she is now a widow.
And she further declares that she is now a Pensioner of the United States at the
rate of $40
per annum; which pension was granted her on account of her
said husband's services in said war; which pension is payable at the Agency for paying
pensions in the City of Providence. And she further declares that when she made
a declaration to obtain her said pension she produced satisfactory evidence of her said
marriage to her said husband and of his death, to which declaration and the evidence
therewith filed, she now refers for proof of her said marriage, of her said husband's
death, and her claim to Bounty Land under the Act of Congress of March 3d, 1855,
and she makes this declaration for that purpose. She further declares that she has
never made any application for Bounty Land before the present.

Esther Capron
her X mark

We Ellery C Arnold and Rosina Marsh
residents of Smithfield in said County & State
upon our oaths declare that the foregoing
declaration was signed acknowledged by the said
Esther Capron in our presence & that we believe
from the appearance & statements of the applicant that she is the person she represents herself to be 

Ellery C Arnold
Rosina Marsh

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The foregoing declaration & affidavits were sworn to & subscribed before me on this seckond [sic] day of April A D 1855 and I Certify that I know the affiants to be Credible persons that the Claimant is the person she represents herself to be & that I have no interest in the Claim

Thomas J Lapham
Justice of the Peace


[printed document with fill ins]

THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.

PROVIDENCE, SC. 
CLERK'S OFFICE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,
Providence,  April 10" A. D., 1855

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I, Amasa S Westcott Clerk of the COURT OF COMMON PLEAS of said State, within and for the County of Providence:
DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Thomas J. Lapham is and was in the 2d day of April A. D. 1853 a Justice of the Peace for the town of Smithfield in said county     duly appointed and qualified, and authorized to administers oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed Certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine.

IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereby subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Count, the day and year above written.
Amasa S Westcott  Clerk.

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Hon. Hatton W Summers
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 

BA-J/ADY
Joseph Capron
W. 638

My dear Mr. Summers:
Reference is made to your letter in behalf of Mrs. J. Carter Bardin, of Dallas, Texas, who desires the record of Joseph Capron of Rhode Island, born in 1750, married Esther Darling Arnold, and died in 1843.

Joseph Capron, son of Charles Capron, was born September 14, 1750, in Cumberland, Rhode Island.  The name of his other was not stated.

While a resident of Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island, Jospeh Capron enlisted in December 1776, and served one moth as private in Captain Ruben Ballou's Rhode Island Company.  He enlisted and served four months in 1777, as private in Captain Reuben Ballou's Rhode Island Company, and was in General Spencer's Rhode Island expedition.  He enlisted and served four months in 1778, as private in Captain Amos Whipple's Company, Colonel George Peck's Rhode Island Regiment, and was
in General Sullivan's Rhode Island expedition.  He enlisted and served three months in 1779, as private in Captain Amos Whipple's Rhode Island Company. 

He was allowed pension on his application executed May 27, 1834, at which time he was a resident of Cumberland, Rhode Island.

He died March 6, 1843, in Cumberland, Rhode Island or in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

Soldier married April 10, 1814, in Cumberland, Rhode Island, Esther Arnold, the widow of Nathan Arnold and the daughter of Samuel Darling.  The date and place of her birth and the name of her mother are not shown.

Soldier's widow, Esther Capron, was allowed pension as on her

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application executed March 22, 1853, at which time she was eighty-seven years old and a resident of Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island.

Soldier's widow, Esther Capron, applied for bounty land April 2, 1855, while living in Smithfield, Rhode Island.  She was allowed one hundred sixty acres of bounty land, on account of the Revolutionary War services of Joseph Capron on warrant No. 26170, under the Act of March 3, 1855.

In 1853, soldier's son, Elisha Capron, was aged fifty-three years and a resident of Smithfield, Rhode Island.  The name and age of soldier's former wife, date and place of their marriage, and the date and place of her heath were not shown.

In 1853, Lewis B. Arnold, was Town Clerk  of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and in 1855, one Ellery C. Arnold, was residing in Smithfield, Rhode Island, their ages and relationship to the family were not given.  There are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of the last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of widow, Mrs. Bardin should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Offices, Washington, D. C., and site the following data:  "Esther Capron, widow of Joseph Capron, certificate No. 1905, issued September 13, 1853, rate $40.00 per annum, commenced February 3, 1853, 
Act of February 3, 1853, Rhode Island Agency".

For information in regard to the location of the land cited above, Mrs. Bardin should address the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D. C., and furnish that official the number of the warrant, acreage, and the date of the act. 

Very truly yours
A.D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administer

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Jan. 28, 1896.
Mil history to 
Frank M. Mathewson
Prov. R.I.

Feby. 17 - 1897.
History to
Miss S. Alton Capron
Taunton - Mass.

1912, Feb. 14 - Hist. to Miss
Jane Ballou Angell

1913 Apl. 7. To Herbert O. Brigham. c

1913 Aug 8. Hist. to Geo. N. Capron

1940 June 27 Hist to Hon Hatton W. Sumners [illegible] for Mrs. [illegible[

638
Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 638
Esther Capron.
Widow
Joseph Capron,
Priv Rev. War.
---
Act. Feb. 3. 1853.
Index: -- Vol. A
Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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√
26170

[illegible]  [illegible]

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Providence County Rhode Island
Associate Justice Supreme Court
22 March 1853
unable from bodily infirmity to appear in Court
Marriage 10 April 1814 [illegible]
Public Record

Died 6 March 1843 [illegible]

Proven by son of Joseph Capron
Identifies his Step mother 
or the widow of his Father
Son [illegible] named at date

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[notes on outside of envelope]
June 11. 1853
No. 2431
Application of Esther
Capron widow of Joseph

R Island  $40
____
27460

Act 3d Feby 1853

Rev:
allowed $40 per annum
Com Feb 3. 1853

Benj Cowell
Providence
R. Island

[printed on upper right corner of envelope]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PENSION OFFICE, OFFICIAL BUSINESS

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Pension Office
24 Aug 53
This case is respectfully
[illegible] to 3 And for date
of death of Pensioner and
of last payment

[illegible] Respectfully

S. Cole
Chief [illegible]
D.W.C (See other side.)

Joseph Capron, Act 1832. - 
$40.00 per ann. - Paid to 4th March 1843 - no date of death on our Books

F. Burt
Auditor

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I Elisha Capron of Smithfield in
the County of Providence & State of Rhode
Island, now fifty three years of age,
on oath do testify and say that Joseph
Capon late of Cumberland deceased a souldier
in the War of the Revolution & a Pensioner, was
my
Father, I distinctly remember the time
that my Father Joseph Capron was married
to Esther Arnold, who is now my Step Mother, he was married on the thenth day of
April in the year one thousand Eight hundred
and fourteen, and that my Father died on the
six day of March AD 1843, & at his death he
left my Step Mother Esther Capron a widow
and she is now his widow, she has made
aplication for a Pension, she now
resides in the Town of Smithfield

Elisha Capron

Subscribed & sworn to before me this thirty first day
of March AD 1853, I state that the above Elisha
Caprin is a credible witness, and I further
state that I have no interest in the above
Case

Emer Coe
Justice of the Peace

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Brief in the case of Esther Capron widow of Joseph
Providence County and State of
Rhode Island
act of Feb 3, 1853
Claim ("Original," or "for increase") [struck through)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Pri
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband a pensioner under act of 1832
at
$40 per annum
Pvt
Marriage proved public rec.

(if for increase)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Death or witts

Identity (Circumstantial)

Name and residence of Agent
Benj Cowell
Providence
R Island

Examining Clerk.
J LeGray

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Mr Leonard Wakefield a clergyman residing in Smithfield & George Aldrich resident in Smithfield hereby certify and say that we are well acquainted with Joseph Capron who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding declaration we believe him to be 83 years of age.  that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of Revolution & we concur in the opinion he has sustained a character for truth and veracity.
Leonard Wakefield 
George Aldrich

May 27 1834
Sworn to in open Court
B Cowell clk

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I William Ballow of Cumberland aged 77 years of age on oath do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Joseph Capron who is now present before me & know him to be the same man with who I served a number of months during the War of the Revolution, we lived about two miles distant from each other__
I well remember of serving with him a month at Bristol in December 1776 when the British first took possession of Newport   we were both privates in Capt Rueben Ballows Company of Militia & under Major Fiske  __ I also remember of serving another month with him at Trenton in October & November 1777 during Spencers expedition against the British in same Company I also remember of serving another month in Sullivans expedition in August 1778 he was in Capt Whipples Company & under Col George Peck__ and I believe I served another at Providence but am not certain  I remember the militia were divided into classes while the

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while the enemy had possession of Newport & about one [illegible] I should think, were on duty nearly all the time.  I have no doubt but he always served when it came his turn I never heard of his hiring anyone to serve in his stead but believe he always went himself __ he has always sustained a good character for truth and veracity
William Ballow

May 15, 1834
Sworn to before me by the above named William Ballow and I further certify that said Deponent is a credible witness in the premises 

Benj Cowell
Commissr [illegible] Court
R. I. District

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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion
after the investigation of the matter & after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War Department
that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states And the Court
further certifies that it appears to them that
Leonard Wakfield who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in said Smithfield & he & George Aldrich 3. who also signed the same
& also William Ballou whose affidavit
is annexed are all credible persons & their
several Statements entitled to Credit -
I Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court do hereby
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings
said Court in the matter of the application
of Joseph Capron for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereto set
my hand & affixed the seal of said Court
this 29 day of May AD 1834

Benja Cowell Clk

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[logo]
STATE RECORD COMMISSIONER.
Providence, R. I.  April 4 or 14th., 1913

Commissioner of Pensions,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me a copy of the pension record of Joseph Capron, a private in Rhode Island militia, Providence County, R. I., placed on Pension Roll June 4, 1834; age 83, residing in Cumberland, R. I., June 1, 1840, also state if there are other Joseph Caprons serving i the war from Rhode Island.

Thanking you advance for your trouble in this matter I remain,
Very truly yours,
Herbert O Brigham [signature]
State Record Commissioner.

M. C.

[round stamp stamped possibly on other side of page  (backwards)]

PENSION
APR
U.  5?  S.
1913
OFFICE

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167 Dorrance Street, Providence, R. I.,
Aug. 5, 1913.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

Will you kindly send me copy of record of
Joseph Capron, pensioned.
I have recently joined
the Sons of the American Revolution and was told by
Mr. Rhodes of this city, to get a copy of the record
of Joseph Capron, my grandfather.
Thanking you in advance for the favor, I
am,

Very truly yours,
George N. Capron

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[illegible]

#103 Walker Street
Taunton, Mass
Feb 2, 1897,

U.S. Bureau of Pensions.

Dear Sirs, - 
I should like to know to what department
I should write to find if a certain 
man, Joseph Capron was in the 
"Army of 76"
He was a native of
Cumberland, Rhode Island.
Thanking you in advance for [illegible]

yours truly
S. Alton Capron.

[stamped:]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE.
FEB 4 1897

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REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE
O.W. & N. DIV.

MEMORANDA
W.638
Please supply as much as possible of the data called for below.
Full name of soldier:

Joseph Capron
Place of residence before service:  (Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Cumberland, R.I.

Place of residence after service: (Town, county, and State, if possible.)

Date of death (as near as possible):

Christian name of widow: 

Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
Soldier was pensioned
Remarks:
O.W. & N. DIV
Jan 18 1896
CHIEF'S DESK

Your name and address:
Daniel Rhodes
West Div.
Bur. of Pensions
6-870

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THE OAKDALE MFG. CO.
Cable Address
"ALPICOZ."


Commissioner of Pensions,
U. S. A.
Dec. 4, 1895

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir: - 


Kindly advise me of amount of fee required for
a copy of the certificate of pension issued to
Joseph Capron, Junior, a Revolutionary soldier from Cumberland, Rhode Island.  See Census of Pensioners, 1841, page 46 under Cumberland, Rhode Island.


Also for copy of record of services performed
by him in the War of the Revolution, which entitled him to a pension.
Your early reply will greatly oblige,
Sincerely yours,
Frank M. Mathewson
Providence
R. I.

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Miss Jane Ballon Angell
1214- Eye J N.W

Feb 8 1912
lerty act

Send statement of Joseph Capron, R.I.
W638 to above

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SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
HATTON W. SUMNERS, TEX., CHAIRMAN
EMANUEL CELLER, N.Y.
ZEBULON WEAVER, N.C.
ARTHUR D. HEALEY, MASS.
FRANCIS E. WALTER, PA.
WALTER CHANDLER, TENN.
CHARLES F. MCLAUGHLIN, NEBR.
SAM HOBBS, ALA.
ABE MURDOCK, UTAH
JOHN H. TOLAN, CALIF.
EDWARD W. CREAL, KY.
WILLIAM T. BYRNE, N.Y.
SAM C. MASSINGALE, OKLA.
DAVE E. SATTERFIELD, JR. VA.
JAMES M. BARNES, ILL.
W. BEN GIBBS, GA.
U.S. GUYER, KANS.
CLARENCE E. HANCOCK, N.Y.
EARL C. MICHENER, MICH.
JOHN M. ROBSION, KY.
CHAUNCEY W. REED, ILL.
JOHN W. GWYNNE, IOWA
LOUIS E. GRAHAM, PA.
WALLACE E. PIERCE, N.Y.
B.J. MONKIEWICZ, CONN.
RAYMOND S. SPRINGER, IND.

ELMORE WHITEHURST, CLERK

55529

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
WASHINGTON, D. C.

[stamped: ]
ADMINISTRATOR'S [illegible]
June 24 1940 
RECEIVED

June 22, 1940

[stamped:]  RECEIVED
DEPENDENTS CLAIMS SERV
JUN 24 1940
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR.
Referred to. Mr. Hinton

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I have received a letter from Mrs. J. Carter Bardin,
of Dallas, Texas, who is at present in California, from which I quote as follows:

"Will you please request the PENSION BUREAU
report on the following: including the date listed at the pension was granted.
"JOSEPH CAPRON born in Cumberland, R. I. Sept, 14, 1750, died same place March 6, 1843.
"He is said to have enlisted in 1776 and served until 1779, for service in the Revolutionary War, and was granted a pension for this service. It is stated he first served in Capt. Ballou's Co. 
under a Major Fiske; and later in Capt. Amos Whipples Co. -- a total of
12 months service during the period 1776 - 1779.
"It is further stated his wife was Esther Darling Arnold, widow of Nathan Arnold."
I shall appreciate your usual courteous attention to this request.

Sincerely yours,
Hattony O.  Luniners

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O. W. and [illegible] Division.

3 -- 525.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., ______, 190 ____

W.638

In reply to your request of ___, received ____
for a statement of the military history of Joseph Capron a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.

DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.

LENGTH OF
SERVICE.

RANK.

OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.

STATE.

Dec. 1776  1 mo Pvt Capain Reuben Ballou Major Fiske R.I.

1777 4 mos Pvt Capain Reuben Ballou Colonel George Peck

1778 4 mos Pvt Captain Amos Whipple

1779 3 mos. Pvt Captain Amos Whipple

Battles engaged in, In Spencer's & Sullivan's expedition to R.I.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Cumberland, Providence Co. R.I.
Date of application for pension, May 27, 1834- [illegible]
Residence at date of application, Cumberland, R.I.
Age at date of application, b. Cumberland R.I. Sept. 14, 1750 son of Charles Capron -- d. Mar. 6, 1843

Remarks: in Cumberland, RI. Apr 10, 1814 Esther, widow of Nathan Arnold,
and daughter of Samuel Darling,  She was al. pens. on an apl. Exce,
Mar 22, 1853, while age 87 yrs, and a res. of Smithfield, Providence, R.I. In 1855
Soldier's son, Elisha Capron, was 53 yrs of age and a res. of Smithfield, R.I.

Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

317935510 - 07

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[illegible] N. [illegible] 

April 7, 1913.

Mr. Herbert O. Brigham,
State Record Commissioner,
Providence, R. I.

Sir:

In response to your letter dated the 4"" and received
the 5"" instant. you are furnished the following history of the
only Joseph Capron found on the Revolutionary War records of
this Bureau.
W. File No. 638, Joseph Capron the son of Charles Capron, was allowed pension on his application executed May 
27, 1834, while a resident of Cumberland, Rhode Island, where
he was born September 14, 1750 and resided when he served in
the Rhode Island troops as follows.

Drafted December 1776. Private in Captain Reuben Ballou's
company, under Major Fiske, and served one month.
In 1777, he served in the same company under Colonel
George Peck, and was in General Spencer's expedition: four
months.
In 1778, he served under Captain Amos Whipple and was
in General Sullivan's expedition: four months.
In 1779, under Captain Amos Whipple; three months.
He married at Cumberland, Rhode Island, April 10, 1814,
Esther Arnold widow of Nathan Arnold and daughter of Deacon

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[Illegible] Darling: soldier died March 6, 1843, and she was allow-
ed pension (W. File No. 638) on her application executed March
22, 1853, at which time she was eighty-seven years of age and
a resident of Smithfield, Rhode Island.
     In 1853, soldier's son Elisha Capron aged fifty-three
years, and a resident of Smithfield, testified in behalf of 
Esther Capron, his step-mother. No other children mentioned.
     You are further advised that a warrant numbered 26,170. 
for 160 acres of bounty land issued May 26, 1856, to Esther
Capron on account of the Revolutionary War services of her
husband, as above.
                                          Very respectfully,
                                                  J. L Davenport.
                                                         Commissioner.