Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 29809, James Frank, Mass.

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Service Mass.
Frank, James
Number S 29809

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[Maine 4288]
James Frank of Gray in the State of Me who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Noyes of the Regt commanded by Col Phinney in the Massachusetts line for 11 mo -

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of Jan'y 1833 and sent to Hon. J. Anderson, House of Reps

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                        $54.99 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833   $18.33
                                                                        $73.32 
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E. D. Bullock
Book D Vol 14 Page 58

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James Frank
No. 3200
Admit
11 Mo Private
$36.66

Wm. Anderson 
House of Reps

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United States of America 
Maine District SS. 
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for said District, on the sixteenth day August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty-three before the Honorable Ashur Ware, Judge of said Court. On this sixteenth day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge James Frank a resident of Gray in the County of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged Eighty 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution at Falmouth in said County in May 1775 for eight months in Capt Saml Noyes' Company, [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] Joshua Merrill, Ensign and marched to Cambridge in Massachusetts & then joined Col Edmund Phinneys regiment where he served out the said eight months & was honorably discharged though he never had a written discharge. 
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That in June or July 1779 he again enlisted at said Falmouth for three months in Capt. William Cobb’s Company for an expedition to Penobscot, called the Bagaduce expedition, Joshua Stevens & Moses Merrill  Lieutenants and that he sailed from said Falmouth, now Portland, in a transport & served until the abandonment of the enterprise. He then returned as far as Camden & then served about two weeks until the three months were completed. He was discharged but he has no recollection of ever receiving a written discharge & he further says that all the officers he ever served under are dead except Lt Moses Merrill whose deposition he has now obtained. He was born on the 15th of Decr 1752 at said Falmouth and moved to said Gray soon after the Revolutionary War closed where he has ever since resided. There was a record of his age in a Bible in his father's family, but he does not know where said Bible is & has no other record. 
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He further says he enlisted in August 1776 in said Falmouth under Capt. Daniel Merrill of said Falmouth for five months. Wm. Brockett of Falmouth, Lt. He marched to Cambridge + then to New Jersey & served out the five months. He does not remember that said Company was attached to any Regt. Next he again enlisted with Capt. Ellis in 1777. [illegible] Watts Lt. He was the officer who enlisted him at Rhode Island for six months.  [illegible] [illegible] and was six months under said Ellis in Rhode Island - the Regt. he does not remember.  [illegible] [illegible]

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That he enlisted in said Ellis’ company to take the place of a man whose name he has forgotten &  who wished to obtain a discharge & he enlisted for the remainder of that man's term. He enlisted by the persuasion of said Watts who belonged originally to said Falmouth and was a recruiting officer for said Ellis’s Company & he believes a Lieutenant. He believes said Ellis company was on Continental establishment & that his name may be found on the Rolls of said company. 
And he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present and he declares his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any state.

 James Frank X His Mark 

Signed and sworn to before 
Ashur Ware
Judge of the Sup. Court, Dist. of Maine 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 

I, John Mussey, Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of James Frank for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixteenth day of August A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. 
[signed] John Mussey, Clerk of the United States Court for Maine District.

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I Moses Merrill of Falmouth in the county of Cumberland in the state of Maine, Esq. do testify and say that in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five in the month of May I enlisted and marched to Cambridge and joined Col. Phinneys Regiment. James Frank of Gray enlisted at the same time and served as a soldier in the same company for the term of eight months also in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine in the month of June or July I [illegible] as a Lieutenant in Capt. William Cobb's company and marched to Penobscot. I know that James Frank of Gray was a soldier there at the same time.
[signed] Moses Merrill
Cumberland SS August 10, 1832 personally appeared Moses Merrill and made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed
Before me Ephm Lawrence Jr., Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Moses Merrill is respected as a man of truth and sincerity.
[signed] E. Lawrence Jr.

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As the applicant is old poor & infirm I do not believe he can get further proof, I therefore relinquish the term objected to and take a pension for eleven months service being for the service at Cambridge and Bagaduce. 
[signed] John Anderson

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Rev. and 1812
Wars  Section
ENL

September 26, 1929

Mr. Frederick P. Small
65 Broadway 
New York, New York 

Dear Sir: 
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.29809, it appears that James Frank was born December 15, 1752, at Falmouth, Maine District, Massachusetts. 

While residing at Falmouth, Maine District, Massachusetts, he enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts Troops as follows: 

From in May, 1775, eight months in Captain Samuel Noyes’ Company, Colonel Edmund Phinney’s Regiment; from in August, 1776, five months in Captain Daniel Merrill’s Company; from in January, 1777, six months in Captain Ellis’ Company; from in June or July, 1779, three months in Captain William Cobb’s Company, and was in the Penobscot Expedition. 

Soon after the Revolution, he moved to Gray, Cumberland County, Maine District, Massachusetts.

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He was allowed pension on his application executed August 16, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Gray, Maine. 

It is not stated that soldier was ever married. The above is the history of the only soldier named James Frank found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau. 

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of the death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, James Frank (S.29809) you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., citing all of the following data: 
James Frank, Certificate No. 4288, issued January 17, 1833, rate $36.66 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Maine Agency. 

Very truly yours, 
Earl D. Church 
Commissioner.

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29809
Revy
Invalid
File No. 29,809 
James Frank
Prv Rev War

Act: June 7th 32"

Index: - Vol. 2 Page 144

[Arrangement of 1870.]

1892 Hist to R T Frank Ft Monroe
FS

1908 Nov 2 Hist. to Mrs. Ralph Kah [illegible]

1929 - Sept: 26 - Hist. to Frederick P. Small [illegible initials]

Born Dec 15 1752 at Falm& soon after the war moved to Gray  [illegible] Cumberland Co. Me where living in 1832

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1892 Hist to R. T. Frank Ft. Monroe Va
F.S.
1908 Nov 2 Hist. to Mrs. Ralph C. Kah [illegible initials]
1929 - Sept. 26 - Hist. to Frederick P. Small 
E.S.


Born Dec 15, 1752 at Falmouth & soon after the war moved to Gray [illgible] in Cumberland Co. Me. where living in 1832

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We hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Mr. James Frank of this town (Gray) & believe him to be eighty years old, that he has ever maintained a good character for honesty, truth and integrity and that it is generally reported and believed of him in the [illegible] of his residence that he was a long time a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served under several enlistments and we concur in that opinion from the general report.
[signed]
Francis Webster
Ephraim Lawrence Jr
John Dolley
Selectmen of Gray

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I Edmund Merrill of Cumberland in the county and state of Maine husbandman do testify and say that James Frank of Gray in said County yeoman was with me throughout the whole campaign at Penobscot in the Revolutionary war. We were soldiers in Capt. William Cobb's company.
[signed] Edmund Merrill

Cumberland SS Cumberland August 10th 1832 personally appeared Edmund Merrill and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. Before me Ephrm Lawrence, Jr., Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named Edmund Merrill is reputed as a man of truth and veracity.

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I Jacob Knight of Falmouth in the county of Cumberland aged seventy-seven years on oath declare that I was a soldier in the Revolution and served at Cambridge in Massachusetts eight months under Capt. Samuel Noyes, Lieut. Baker and Merrill in Col. Phinney's Regiment in the summer and fall of 1775 and served out the eight months and was honorably discharged having myself again enlisted for a years' service. I know that James Frank now a resident in Gray in this County was a soldier in said Noyes' company all said eight months and was regularly discharged as other men he having been in the same mess with me. I further say that I have been well acquainted with Mr. Frank from his youth and that he has ever sustained a fair and good character for truth and verity. 
[signed] Jacob Knight
 Cumberland SS October 30, 1832
Subscribed and sworn to before me this day
[signed] John Anderson, Justice of the Peace

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[Postmark U.S. Pension Office Jul 25 1891]
Frank 
July 22 '91


10703 [lined through] Marshall SC. S.T.
29809 James. Mass
23067 Thomas [lined through] Hannah Mass

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Artillery school, Fort Monroe, Virginia. 
July 22, 1891 
To the Commissioner of Pensions. 
Washington DC, 
Sir, 
Will you kindly inform me whether any warrant was issued to either James, Frank, my grandfather, or Thomas Frank, my great grandfather, for services as soldiers in the War of the Revolution, and if so, for what particular service. A tradition exists in my family that such a warrant was served to one or both of them, but the loss of family records makes it impossible for me to verify it. This information is desired for the purpose of learning to what extent, my ancestors participated, in that war. Trusting that this may not be considered an intrusion upon the business of your office, I am 
Your Obt Svt, 
Royal T. Frank
Lt. Col. 2d Arty

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[Postmark: U.S. Pension Office, Aug 1, 1891]
James Frank, 
Born and lived in Falmouth, where he also married, until after the War of the Revolution, then moved to Gray, both in Cumberland County, Maine, where living in 1832. He served three years in a Continental regiment, 

Thomas Frank 
He lived in Falmouth Maine and 1818 was living in Gray Maine. Married Harriet Pride July 1784. In his family in 1820 were two children living viz., Joseph aged 18 years & John 15 years. He died October 11, 1831. He had a sister Sarah, who married Mr. Blake and was living in Westbrook and a brother John Frank. Served to close of the war.

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[Postmark: U.S. Pension Office Aug 4 1891]
Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Virginia. 
August 3, 1891 
The Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Sir, 
     I beg to thank you for your letter of July 31, which is herewith enclosed and reply as follows: 
The James, Frank herein mentioned is my grandfather. Owing to the loss of some of the family records the dates and places of many of the events in the history of my family are not known to me. James 
the son of Thomas Frank, was born and lived in Falmouth Cumberland County, Maine, was baptized June 3, 1753, and married to Roxanna White date and place not known. He moved from Falmouth to Gray Cumberland County Maine.

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Artillery School,
Fort Monroe, Virginia. 

at which place he died November 9, 1839, aged 88 years. I should be glad to get as full a history of the services of James Frank in the Revolutionary War as your records will afford. The Thomas Frank. [Wid 2306]  and of his son, John as you can conveniently obtain from his records. 
Fully appreciating your courtesy I am 
Very respectfully 
Your Obt Svt,
Royal T. Frank, 
Lt Col, 2d Arty

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Artillery School,
Fort Monroe, Virginia. 
Dec. 14, 1891

The Commissioner of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Sir, 
Sometime in July last I had the honor to address a communication to your department, asking whether the records of the department afforded any information as to the services of my grandfather, James Frank, in the War of the Revolution, and if so, I requested to be furnished with an, abstract, showing the nature and extent of his services. In reply you kindly sent me a brief memorandum and description of James Frank, Thomas Frank, and John Frank (all of whom, the records show to have served as soldiers in the War of the Revolution).  To enable me to more definitely

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Artillery School,
Fort Monroe, Virginia. 

which of them was the object of my inquiry. I replied, enclosing your letter, as requested, saying that the James Frank mentioned in the memorandum, was my grandfather, and that Thomas and John were his brothers, and that I would like, if it was [illegible], to have an abstract of the services of all. While I am in, [illegible], or been mislaid, and hence, I venture to again call attention to the matter. I should very much like to have an abstract of the services of all three, but I am especially desirous of getting one of the services of my grandfather, James Frank. 
Very respectfully, 
Royal T. Frank
Lt. Col. 2d Artillery

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Information is contained in his (or his widow’s), application for pension on file on this bureau. James Frank. Ser. File 29,809

Dates of Enlistment 					Officers Under Whom Service Was Rendered  State
or Appointment 	Length of Service	Rank	 Captain		Colonel			
May 1775		8 mos			Pvt	Samuel Noyes	Edmund Phinney.              Mass.
Aug 1776		5 mos				Daniel Merrill			
Jany 1777		6 mos					Ellis		
June or July 1779	3 mos				William Cobb
			Was in Penobscot Expedition

Battles engaged in 1
Residence of Soldier at enlistment, enlisted at Falmouth, Cumberland Co. Me.
Date of application for pension, Aug. 16, 1833. This [illegible] was [illegible]. 
Residence at date of application, Gray Cumberland Co., Me
Age at date of application, born Dec. 15, 1752 at Falmouth, Me
Remarks No data as to family.

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Bureau of Pensions.
May 1775
8 m os pr. | Capt Saul Noyes' Co Col Phinneys Mass Regt.
-----------------------------------------
June or July 1779 Enlisted + ser 3 mo at Fal now Portland Me as a piv Capt Wm Cobb Co No Col [illegible]
4
------------------------------
Aug 1776
Enlist at Falmouth
(-) + ser 5 mo 
in a cov comd 
by Capt Dave Merrill 
of Falmouth 
2

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Jan 1777/3

enlisted & [deleted: served
6 no under a
Capt Ellis]
under a Capt 
Ellis and went
to the state of 
Rcd: where he serv
of 6 months

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Sidney, Ohio
Oct. 9, 1908

[Stamp: RECORD DIVISION
OCT 26 1908]

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D. C.

Dear Sir: - 

Please send me a copy 
of the services of James Frank who
fought in the Revolutionary War.
He enlisted in Falmouth, Maine
and served in 1775 in Capt.
Samuel Noyes' Company, Col. Phinney
regiment.

If you have not the record
of his services, what department

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in Washington will have it?

Why did the War department
write me that my ancestor
James Orr served in the
Revolution and was a pensioner,
if you can not find any
record for it?

If you have not the record
of him, what department has?
The war department wrote me
that his name appeared as
a pensioner in a list of State

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soldiers

Hoping that you can send me these
two records, I am

Respectfully yours

Eva Grove White Kah.

Mrs. Ralph C. Kah
Sidney, Ohio.

[Stamp: PENSION OFFICE U.S.
A OCT 24 1908]

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[Postmark: REVOLUTIONARY & 1812 WARS, BUREAU OF PENSIONS SECTION
JUL 2 1929]

FREDERICK P. SMALL
65 BROADWAY
NEW YORK

July 1st, 1929

Honorable The Commissioner, United States, Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C. 
Rev. & 1812 War Sections

Dear Sir:

I am taking the liberty of asking your kind assistance in an effort to obtain some missing data regarding two of my forbears, i.e., James, Frank and Rosanna (or Roxalana) White, his wife. According to the DAR lineage records, separate applications were made and approved for entry into that society by two descendants of James Frank based on his service in the War of the Revolution. Both of these applications stated that James Frank and his wife had a son named Alpheus Frank, whose wife was Naomi Stimson.

According to the above Lineage records, the application of one of these claimants for entry into the DAR described James Frank (1753-1856), as having him listed as a private from Falmouth (Me), 1775, in the continental army, as having served in Captain Samuel Noyes’ company, Colonel Phinney's regiment, as born in North Yarmouth, Maine, and states that his wife was Rosana White. 

The volumes, entitled, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the American Revolution. Likewise, mention a James Frank as having enlisted June 23, 1775, serving in Captain Noyes’ Company, Colonel Edward Phinney’s (31st) Regiment, etc.; also a James Frank, New Casco, a private, Capt. William Cobbs Company, July 8, 1779, discharged September 15, 1779 at Falmouth. In case there are any pension or other records at

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Frederick P. Small
65 Broadway
New York

Washington giving the dates of birth, death and marriage of a James Frank who served in the Revolutionary War from Falmouth, Gray, or adjacent point in Maine, and as having a wife, by the name of Rosanna, or Roxalana White, I would greatly appreciate a copy thereof. 

Very respectfully yours,

[signed] F.P. Small

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[Postmark: U.S. Pension Office, Aug 4, 1891]
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions. 
Washington DC July 31, 1891.

Old war Div.
[Rubber stamp: Aug 03, 1891, FILES]
Address your reply to the Commissioner of Pensions with return of this letter.

Sir, 
In answer to your request, relative to James & Thomas Frank, Revolutionary Soldiers, you are advised that for the want of proper data, the pensioners with the above names, cannot be identified as the ones of your inquiry. Should the brief statement on the enclosed separate sheet, enable you to determine that those pensioners are the ones of whom information is desired, it will be furnished as soon as possible after previous requests will permit. 
Very respectfully,

[signed] Andre Davidson
Acting Commissioner

Lt. Col. Royal T. Frank
2d Artillery - Military School
Fort Monroe, Va.

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Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington DC, 
February 4, 1892.

O.W. & N. Div.
E.S.

Sir:
In reply to your communication, asking for a statement of the military services of James Frank, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this office. Enlisted in the month of May, 1775, and served eight months as a private in Captain Samuel Noyes’ Co., Colonel Phinneys, Mass. Regt. August, 1776, enlisted at Falmouth, now, Portland, Maine, and served six months in a company commanded by Captain Daniel Merrill of Falmouth. January, 1777, enlisted under a Captain Watts and went to the State of R.I,., where he rendered about eight months service. June or July, 1778, enlisted at Falmouth and served 8 months as a private in Capt., William Cobb’s Co. He was granted a pension for the above services. 

Very respectfully,

[unsigned]

Commissioner.

Lt. Col. Royal T. Frank
Fort Monroe, Va.