Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34209, Beriah Clark, Conn.

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(3-1776)
Service: Conn.

Clark, Beriah

NUMBER: S. 34209

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34209
Revy INVALID.
File No. 34,209
Beriah Clark
[illegible]  Rev War
Act: 18 March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 74
[ Arrangement of 1870 ]

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5432
Massachusetts 
Capt Cutter Beriah Clark
private
Rhode Island /strikethrough with Conn written above/ Line 1776. 7 years.
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 24th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19th of Jan 1819 and sent to John Hooker Esq
 Judge - Berkshire Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818  4 7/30 & 4/30  | 34.92
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Mar: 1819          | 48.00

                                                                      $82.92
{Revolutionary claim, 
Act 18th March, 1818}

Berkshire County

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Lanesborough

Beriah Clark
Private
'76 during War
Olney's R. Island
Regt. - Admitted

Olneys R. I. regt.

Not on Rolls

I John Hooker within named do return this application with the additional evidence hereto annexed to the Secretary of the department of War - Nov. 3rd 1818
John Hooker

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I Joel Redway of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say that at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, I think in the year 1775 I lived in Killingsley in the state of Connecticut and I know that Beriah Clark was also an inhabitant of said Killingsley, and that the said Beriah Clark inlisted in the year aforesaid, into Col. Green's Regiment. I do not recollect who his Captain was. and he continued until the close of the war. he inlisted in what was called the Continental army, the said Col. Green was killed and said Clark afterwards served under Col. Angel & he afterwards served under Col. Olney. he is now about seventy years of age, unable to labor being much afflicted with palsey has been an honest and industrious man and is entirely destitute of property except three acres of land and a small hut. And further the Deponent saith not. Oath at Lanesborough aforesaid this 16 day of October
[signed] Joel Redway

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Oct 16: 1818 Berkshire SS.
I hereby certify that the above named Joel Redway personally came before Mr L Washburn Notary Public & solemnly swore to the above affidavit by him subscribed. after having been duly cautioned, I further certify that said Redway is well known to me to be a man of truth and veracity, and a respectable citizen In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my Noterial Seal
[signed] Luther Washburn
Notary Public

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I Hannah Redway wife of Joel Redway of Lanesborough in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify and say. That I am the sister of Beriah Clark and lived in Killingsley in the State of Connecticut at the commencement of the Revolutionary war and that Beriah Clark then also lived in Killingsley aforesaid. and that in the year 1775. as I am confident from comparing my age at that period and the present. said Beriah Clark inlisted as a soldier. in what was called the Continental service I do not recollect under what officers. I then lived in my Father's family. And I know he was gone until the close of the war. I should think six or seven years said Clark is now about seventy years of age. is much afflicted with the palsey. and wholly unable to labor and destitute of property. except three acres of poor land & a small log house- and further the deponent saith not Date at Lanesborough aforesaid this 16 Day of October A.D. 1818

Hannah Redway her mark [small mark]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire Ss. Oct 16. 1818
Hannah Redway the subscriber to the above affidavit personally came before me. Luther Washburn Notery Public for the County aforesaid and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit. And I certify that the said Hannah Redway is well known to me to be a person of truth and veracity. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name & affixed my Noterial Seal -
[signed] Luther Washburn
Notary Public

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I Beriah Clark a citizen of the United States and nonresident in Sanesboros in [illegible] County of Berkshire and State of Massachussets do depose and say that I enlisted in the Service of the United States on the Continental System about the Month of May 1775 in Waterbury in Connecticut in the company commanded [crossed out] Capt Cogswell Olney of the Regiment commanded by Col Jeremiah Olney for six months [crossed out] by Capt Peter Cutler of the regiment commanded by Col May Chansler the name of my Colonel I do not [illegible] [illegible] after I had [crossed out] [illegible] served [illegible] my six months term of enlistment I enlisted again under Capt Cogswell Olney of the regiment commanded by Colo Jeremiah Olney [crossed out] [illegible] [crossed out] near Providence in Rhode Island for the term of Fifteen Months and a few days afterwards I again enlisted in the same company regiment under the same officers to serve during the war and that I was in battles of White Plains, of Springfield [illegible] Redbanks, at the Capture of Lord Cornwallis and his army, Rhode Island [illegible] and that I served on the [illegible] during the whole war [illegible] eight years 3 mos regularly discharged at Saratoga after the peace in June 1783 but that I have not any [illegible] my [illegible] (now having [crossed out] [illegible] carried the form in  my pocket after the war and worn it to pieces and lost it and have no other evidence that I can produce And I do further depose and say that I am now eighty one years of age, cripple, that my constitution was [crossed out] broken [crossed out] very much broken during the war, that I am in very reduced [illegible] and that I need the assistance of any County for support                                      his
April 24th 1818              Beriah x Clark
                                                   mark
Taken, sworn to and declare the day and year [illegible] before me
Signature of John Hooker

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[?]  Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

SS BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the 24th day of
April A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER,
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, and including the said county of Berkshire the above named
Beriah Clark & applied for the benefits of the [?] Law of Congress entitled [?]  in the land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary army &
made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, and hereto annexed.  I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Beriah Clark the applicant did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a resident citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support.  In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Berkshire to be affixed hereto, the 24th day of April 1818.
I therefore do testify the above is the evidence & proceedings heard before me said application [?] to the Secretary of the department of war.
John Hooker

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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veteran's Administ[ration]

NAME Clark, Beriah GRADE Private LINE Rhode Island

WARRANT NUMBER 3034 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 1, 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 [cut off] registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under conressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, [cut off] quent dates. Otjer records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of Novemb[er] [cut off]. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office reco