Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19149, Noah Waterman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Waterman, Noah
S. 19149
carded
CONTENTS

11.537 Maine
Noah Waterman of Cumberland, Co. in the State of Maine. who was a Dr in the Company commanded by Captain Churchill of the Regt commanded by Col — in the Mass — line for Troops —
10 Mo 15 Ds Pirate — 34.97
Inscribed on the Roll of — Maine — at the rate of 34 Dollars 97 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of May and sent to 1833 Pensioner, Minor. One
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 69.94 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept — 17.48, — 87.42
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. T. Sprague Clerk Book — Vol. — Page 63

Noah Waterman's Application for a Pension.
24051

State of Maine UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT Cumberland, S.S.
Supreme Judicial State aforesaid)
At a Special District Court of the United States, begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the 28th day of the
first month  day of  November  November A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty two  two before the Honorable, Asahel WARE , Judge of said Court. Albion K. Parrish
ON this twentieth  twenty third day of November  November aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Noah Waterman a resident of the county of Cumberland  Cumberland in said Maine District  State
aged seventy  seventy 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 was born in Middleboro' in the County of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the year 1755, where he has reason to believe that a record of his age may be found; that at the time, that he engaged in the service of his Country, in the revolutionary contest, he lived in the town of Halifax in said County of Plymouth and that he moved into the town of Minot, where he now lives about 48 or 49 years ago.
That he first enlisted, as a private soldier, in the American army in the revolution, into the Massachusetts militia in a company under the command of Captain James Churchill of Plympton in the aforesaid County of Plymouth, for the term of three months in the fall of 1775, and that his company was stationed at Roxbury, and that he served only the first & third months of said term, having procured a substitute for the intermediate month, by the name of Hezekiah Hethorn, who served faithfully the second month, and that the declarant served the other two months, in person. That his next term of service was also in the Massachusetts Militia, in the spring of 1776, in a company under the command of Captain Ebenezer Washburn, for the term of three months, into which he enlisted immediately after the British evacuated Boston, and that he served throughout said term, in guarding said Boston, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of said time, that he was then, as before, a private.
That his next term of service was for the period of five months & a half, under the same Captain Washburn, in the latter part of 1777, and beginning of 1778, that he enlisted for that time, and served faithfully through it, as a private soldier, at Cambridge, in guarding Burgoyne's men; and that he then was in the Militia of Massachusetts. That he never had any written discharge from the service. That as to the two last terms of service he produces the deposition of Silvanus Stephens, that as to the first term he has no witness to produce. — he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of
Noah Waterman
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before
Albion K. Parrish
Notary Public
Justice of Supreme Judicial Court of the State 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 named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
Said applicant in corroboration of his aforesaid declaration has produced the certificate on oath of the Rev. Elijah D. Dyer & Rev. Geo. Pierce highly respectable clergymen, and also the deposition of Silvanus Stephens on oath duly administered.
Albion H. Parrie, Just. Sup. Jud. Court Cumberland County
I, Edwin J. Vaughan Clerk of the District Courts of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Noah Waterman for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty third day of November A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two
Edwin J. Vaughan
Clerk of the U States District Courts for Maine District for Cumberland County

24657 Noah Natorman Maine
Admitted
10 mos. 15 days
$34.97
Pensioner Minot Me.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Noah Waterman
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and age of above when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     fall 17/5 enter 0 2 private Capt Churchill 77 Born in Plymouth Mass entered there and now lives in Cumberland Maine two Surviving Witnesses one proves his last tour of 3. and 5 1/2 Months other generally Correspale of 2 Clergymen   Spring 17/6. " 3 " Capt Washburn   17/7 or 7/8 5 15 " "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. ☞ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
 6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule 14 note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

March 25, 1938.
Miss Alice J. Cherry 911 Avenue E Galveston, Texas.
BA-J/ILL Noah Waterman S. 19149
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Noah Waterman, of Maine or Massachusetts.
The data which follow are found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 19149, based upon service of Noah Waterman in the Revolutionary War. It is the record of the only soldier with that name found on the pension records of that war.
Noah Waterman was born in the year 1755, in Middleboro, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; the day of his birth and the names of his parents are not shown.
While a resident of Halifax, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, he enlisted in the fall of 1775, and served two tours of one month each as private in Captain James Churchill's Massachusetts company. He enlisted in the spring of 1776, immediately after the British evacuated Boston, and served three months as private in Captain Ebenezer Washburn's company, Colonel Peleg Wadsworth's Massachusetts regiment. He enlisted about the last of 1777, and served five and one half months as private in Captain Ebenezer Washburn's Massachusetts company.
Noah Waterman was allowed pension on his application executed November 23, 1832, at which time he resided in Minot, Cumberland County, Maine. He had resided there between forty-eight and forty-nine years. He made no reference to wife or children.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name

of person paid, and, possibly, the date of death of this pensioner, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and furnish the following:
Noah Waterman Certificate #4537 Issued May 17, 1833 Rate $34.97 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Maine Agency.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

We Elijah Jones and George Ricker, clergymen, - both of Illinois in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Noah Waterman of said Illinois, an applicant for a pension under the act of June last; that we believe him to be about Seventy Seven years of age, that he is re- puted and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion; and that he is also, in our opinion, a man of truth.
Elijah Jones George Ricker
State of Maine.
Cumberland S.S. Nov. 16, 1832. Subscribed & sworn to by Elijah Jones, before me, Asaph Howard Justice of Peace Cumberland S.S. Nov. 17. 1832 Subscribed & sworn to by George Ricker, before me Asaph Howard Justice of peace

State of Maine. Cumberland County ss.
I Wm T. Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County certify that Asaph Howard, is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his, are genuine, as I believe -
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name this twenty third day of November in the year 1832.
Wm T. Vaughan
Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County.

I, Sylvanus Stephens, of the town of Sumner in the County of Oxford & State of Maine, aged seventy four years, testify & say that I was a soldier in the American army, during the revolutionary war, with Great Britain, for three several periods, one of which was at Boston in a company command, I think, by Ebenezer Washburn of Wallisford Mass. Pelay Wadsworth having the chief command, but whether as Col, or Genl I am not now confident. At this time, (which was soon after the British left Boston) and place I served three months in guarding the town and was discharged at the expiration of that time.
I further say that Noah Waterman who now lives in the town of Minot, in County of Cumberland, State of Maine, was a soldier with me in the same service, and I think in the same company & served with me for the same term & was discharged.
Also I served another term after the abovenamed, under the same Captain Washburn, of five & an half months , I think, at Cambridge, guarding Brngoin's men as prisoners, in which service the said Waterman was a fellow soldier with me and served the same time as myself and was discharged I think with me.
Sylvanus Stephens
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. November 14. 1832. Then the above named Sylvanus Stephens to me well known as a man of truth, personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, before me Samuel H. Brown Justice of the Peace

State of Maine Cumberland County ss:
I W m T. Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County, certify that Samuel P. Brown is a Magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is genuine, as I believe.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office and subscribed my name, this twenty third day of November, in the year 1832.
W m T. Vaughan } Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County.

19149 INVALID.
File No. 19149
Noah Waterman
Br. New York
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 396
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1923-May 7. Hisl. to Mrs. H. H. Mann. mms 19 1928. Mrs. H. H. Mann to Miss Alice J. Kling. mms.

(now Poland and Minot, Maine) in 1782.
Please endeavor to give me dates of enlistment, regiment, discharge, capacity etc and any other data which is available and which will be of value to me.
Thanking you for your assistance, I am Very Truly Yours.
(Mrs) H. W. Mann 69 Garage Ave., Auburn, Maine

69 Grange Ave. Auburn, Maine July 17, 1923
U. S. Pension Office Dept. of Revolutionary Records Gentlemen
I am desirous of joining the Daughters of the Revolution and am writing to ask your assistance in tracing the war record of my ancestor
Noah Waterman
who was a Revolutionary Soldier and probably enlisted from Halifax, Massachusetts (possibly from Plympton, Mass) and moved to Bakerstown in the District of Maine

Galveston Texas March The 8th, 1938
Pension Department, Old Records, Washington D C.
Dear Sirs:
Will you please advise me if the following name appears in your records, also give me the Revolutionary service that he performed -
NOAH WATERMAN  only one
who came either from Maine or Mass.
Thanking you for your kind assistance,
I am
Yours very truly,
Alice J. Cherry (Miss) Alice J Cherry Registrar George Washington Chapter D A R
Address: 911 Ave E Galveston Texas.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C.,
May 7, 1923
ms 19149
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of  Joshua Waterman , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1775 2 mos. Private James Churchill ✓ Mass.   Spring 1776 3 mos. Ebenezer Washburn Peleg Wadsworth   Last of 1777 5 1/2 mos. Ebenezer Washburn  
Battles engaged in, None stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, Halifax, Plymouth Co., Mass. Date of application for pension, Nov. 23, 1832. This cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Minot, Cumberland Co., Maine Age at date of application, Born in 1755 in Middleboro, Plymouth Co., Mass. Remarks: No family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Waterman, Olney GRADE Private LINE Rhode Island
WARRANT NUMBER 3590 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Oct. 17, 1798 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.