Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42565, Wait Upham, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Upham, Wait.
S 42565
B.L.Wt 5193-100
CONTENTS

Under guardianship See letter to P.A. Sept. 13. 1833 - Do. to J. Lawrence P.A. May 2 d 1834 - Do. to same Sept. 12. 1834 -
See letter of Sept. 12. 1833 to P.A. Sept. - in claim of John Johnson, 2.125.50, M.G. & H.
War of Revolution - Pension - 1820 - 1834 - 1835 - 1836 - 1837 - 1838 - 1839 - 1840 - 1841 - 1842 - 1843 - 1844 - 1845 - 1846 - 1847 - 1848 - 1849 - 1850 - 1851 - 1852 - 1853 - 1854 - 1855 - 1856 - 1857 - 1858 - 1859 - 1860 - 1861 - 1862 - 1863 - 1864 - 1865 - 1866 - 1867 - 1868 - 1869 - 1870 - 1871 - 1872 - 1873 - 1874 - 1875 - 1876 - 1877 - 1878 - 1879 - 1880 - 1881 - 1882 - 1883 - 1884 - 1885 - 1886 - 1887 - 1888 - 1889 - 1890 - 1891 - 1892 - 1893 - 1894 - 1895 - 1896 - 1897 - 1898 - 1899 - 1900
3256.
New York Roll
Wait Upham, 4 capt means Private Massachusetts Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York - at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of Oct r 1818 and sent to Messrs. Morse & Stewart Agents Cherry Valley New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 . 42.36 Semi-ann. all'ee ending 4 th Mar. 1818 . 48.00
Arrears 5 Mo. 5/31 $ 90.36 4/80 { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } 6 Years -
Continued Westford. Otsego Co

Wait Upham (one) Pensioner correct Morse & Stewart Agents
Additional Proofs
Certificate of Sec- retary of Massachus- etts, & also Mass. Gold certificate—

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, Sep r 4 th 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Waite Upham served as a Soldier in Capt. Means' Company, and Col. Sproat's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from July 21 st 1777 to Decr. 31 st 1780, being three years and eleven months. — It also appears by said documents, that said Upham deserted in April 1779 & returned & was rec d . on Capt. Means' certificate in March 1780 — Alden Bradford Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Whereas how discharge does not appear, as we have no records of a later date than Decr. 31. 1780 — He enlisted for "during the war" — A. Bradford Sec. G. Mass.
I do hereby Certify that Wait Upham Enlisted as a private in the first Company in the P. Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Lt. Col. Comd Sproat. That he served in said regiment Four years and two months and received a regular discharge given under my hand at Charlestown Mass t this 5 th day of Sept r . 1818 Calib Gibbs. State Major Comd

Certificate for Write Upshur, an Old Soldier to 50

To the Honourable John C. Calhoun Secretary at War of the United States
The Petition and declaration of Wait Upham of the Town of Westford in the County of Otsego and State of New York, aged Sixty Six years, humbly on oath setteth forth and declares that he the said Wait in the Month of February 1777 he enlisted in Captain John Chadockes Company in the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment of Continental Troops commanded by Col. Samuel Brewer, and was transferred in 1779 to Captain Seth Drows Company in Col. Sprouts Regiment, Massachusetts line and served until the conclusion of the war and was discharged at Newburgh in the State of New York in June 1783. And he further declares on oath that his discharge was signed by the Commander in Chief and by the Col. and a certificate of the by the Col. from his Col. Badge of Merit annexed to it. The said Wait Upham and the said Wait Upham on oath further declares that after the close of the War he by accident lost his discharge and that he then in order to procure his

Pointy land called upon his former Col. and procure an affidavit from him that he served as a soldier in his Regiment in the Continental Service from 1777 to 1779 and that he then was transferred from his Regiment to Col. Sprouts and that he there served until the close of War and that he was then regularly discharged.
The said Wait Upham further on oath declares that he has for several years been wholly destitute of any kind of property whatever, and has no means whatever of support except by the labour of his hands -
And he further says that he is advised that, by a law passed at the present session of Congress, it is in the power of the Secretary at War to place him on the pension list -
And the said Wait Upham on the  oath  therefore therefore prays the Secretary at War to

place him on the pension list agreeable to the directions of the said act, and as in duty bound will ever pray
Sworn & subscribed March 27th 1818
Before me James S. Campbell one of the judges of the Common pleas in & for the County of Otsego & State of New York
State of New York Otsego County ss } Be it Remembered that on the twenty seventh day of March 1818 the above named Wait Upham came before me James S Campbell one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York and made oath that the facts set forth in the forgoing declaration
& petition are true.
And I the said James S. Campbell the Judge as aforesaid do certify that the said Wait Upham has produced to me the Affidavit of Col. Samuel Brewer mentioned in his said petition and declaration and that the contents of the said affidavit are the same as they are mentioned in

his said petition and declaration and that the affidavit was sworn to before Joel Pinsky Chief Judge of the County of Adams in the State of Vermont , and I the said Judge further certify that I am satisfied that the facts set forth in said declaration are true and that the said Wheeler by reason of his very reduced circumstances in life is absolutely in need of assistance from his country for support And that the said Wheeler application of the said Wheeler to the Government is in all respects fair - Dated March 24 1818
Emmis S. Campbell

S. George Morell. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego and State of New- York. do certify that James S. Campbell now is, and for one year past, has been one of the Judges of the Court aforesaid and that full faith ought to be given to his acts as such, and that the signa- ture to the foregoing certificate is his
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court this 20th day of March 1818.
Walter M'Neil dist cln

Wait Upham
No 2,256
x o March 1879
George Morrell Esq. Goosetown
Can

State of New York Albany County ss: On this 20 day of June 1830, personally appeared in Open Court being the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Albany, & State of New York and being at Court of Minor & proceeding according to the principles of the Common Law with power of fine & imprisonment aged years resident in said County of Albany, who first being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: That Upham enlisted for the term of during the War on the first day of February Nineteen hundred & Twenty seven in the State of Massachusetts in the Company Commanded by Captain John Chadwick in the Regiment commanded by Col Samuel Brewer in the line of Massachusetts on the Continental Estab- -lishment & that I was transferred in the year Nineteen hundred and Twenty nine in the State aforesaid to the Company Commanded by Captain James Main in the Regiment commanded by Col Ebenezer Prout in the line aforesaid and that I was transferred in the year Nineteen hundred & eighty in the State aforesaid to the Company commanded by Captain Seth Drows in the Regiment commanded by Col Ebenezer Prout in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Estab- -lishment and that I continued to serve in the said Corps until the tenth of June Nineteen hundred & eighty three when I was discharged from the said Service in Newburgh in the State of New York. That I was in the Battles of Hubbleston and York Town Virginia
And I, Wilt Upham do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 10 th day of March 1810; 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, so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War;" passed on the 10 th 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 hereto annexed and by me subscribed. I have not any Real Estate nor personal property except necessary clothing and bedding I am by occupation a Shoemaker and that my health is such that I am not able to pursue it I have not any family nor any person residing with me -
Sworn to & declared on this 20 th June 1820 before the Court
Walter Upham
Geo: Morell Clerk
State of New York - Otsego County Clerk's Office I, George Morell Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Otsego & State of New York, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the 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 nothing
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this 24 th day of June 1820
G. Morell Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Upham, Waitt GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5193 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 11, 1792 To Moses Beard
*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.

Office Bank U States New York Sept 9 1834
Sir
I enclose for your examination the Papers in the Case of John Rice Guardian of Walt Upham an habitual drunkard —
The Power of Attorney you will notice is out of date — at the time it was executed the Guardian was not in possession of the pension Certificate — he has since obtained it and the Papers now present the following questions — — Will the rule as to the presentation of Power within 90 days of date be dispensed with in this case —
Is the affidavit of the Guardian dated 3 rd of Sept r 1834 in proper form —
Is the Certificate signed by John A Smith and Waldo Flint sufficient evidence that the Pensioner was living on the 4 th of March 1834 —
Very respectfully &
Jas Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions
Isaac Lawrence Esq. Acting as Agent for Pensioner.

42565
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 42,565
Frit Orphan
Pa. No. 100
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 520
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Otsego county State of New York
Personally came before me John Kelso Esquire one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the said county Wait Upham of the town of Westford in the said county who being duly sworn doth depose and say That he the said Deponent was a Soldier of the Revolutionary Army in the Massachusetts since that about the year Seventeen hundred and eighty he became acquainted with Samuel Horton a drummer in the Regiment of Artillery commanded by Colonel Lamb of the New York line that during the residue of the Revolutionary War he continued to know the said Samuel Horton as a Soldier belonging to the corps aforesaid and the said deponent further saith that he believes that the said Samuel Horton conducted himself during the period this deponent continued in service as a faithful soldier ought to do
Wait Upham
Sworn before me at Westford this 20th March 1819 I hereby certify that I have known Wait Upham for about twelve years and believe him to be a man of truth and veracity
John Kelso Justice of the Peace

State of New York Otsego County, Clerk's Office ss: I certify that John Kelso before whom the within affidavit appears to have been made was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Otsego duly qualified as such & that the within is his signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for said County this 26 th March 1849
J. M. Morell Clerk
Jan 3/849