Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 6272, Roland Turner, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Turner, Roland
S 6272
Carded
CONTENTS

15537
Massachusetts
Roland Turner
Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Male in the Company commanded by Captain Turner of the Regt commanded by Col Baily in the Mass time for 9 months
86 Plymouth
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of June 1833 and Sent Debet R. And Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending April 1 st  15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Woodson Clerk, Book 2 Vol. 20 Page 54

20653 Roland Turner Massachusetts
Ph. 9 Mrs
26 Louis Plymouth Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Roland Turner  County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 85 years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Enlist In 1775. 4 4 — private Gen. Capt. Stockbridge   " " 1776 — 2 — do "   " " 1776 — 3 — do Gen. Turner. Col. Bart  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Scituate Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
M. Claggett Examining Clerk

Roland Finner Declaration
20653

State of Massachusetts Plymouth county ss
On this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Hon. Wilkes Wood Judge of Probate of the County of Plymouth now sitting, at Attleboro in said County, Roland Turner a resident of Scituate in said County in the State of Massachusetts, aged eighty five 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 act of Congress passed June 7-A.D. 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers, and served as herein stated.
In the spring of Seventeen hundred and seventy five enlisted in a company commanded by Samuel Stockbridge and served in Scituate and Marshfield for months as guards upon the sea coast. Again towards the end of the year 1775 enlisted Capt. Sam l Stockbridge's company and marched to Roxbury and served under him two months, in the war of the revolution. Camped in barracks near the Chancery ground, other officers not recollecting.
Again In the early part of 1776 I again enlisted in a company commanded by William Turner whose Lt I think was John Clapp and marched through Hingham, Braintree, Dorchester, to Roxbury and were attached to Col. John Bailey's Regiments and served three months. Camped in barracks near Dea. Davis house were employed upon guard and fatigue duty nothing remarkable occurred except the British fleet leaving Boston while I was there. Served nine months in all, State Militia, also served seven days as per certificate enclosed.
I never received a written discharge, I have no documentary evidence, except what is here to annexed, but the following persons are living to testify to the above described service, and whose certificates I have hereto annexed. I was born in Scituate June 10-A.D. 1747. The Town Clerk's certificate is also annexed in proof. I have always lived in Scituate. I served as a volunteer and was never drafted nor did I serve at any time as a substitute. Served nine months in all .
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state. * Samuel Tolman, Elijah Randall, Noah Randall.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord
Register
Roland T. Turner
We Samuel Deane a clergyman residing in the Town of Scituate and Ebenezer Fogg residing in Scituate hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Roland Turner who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty five years of age; that he is respected and beloved, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Samuel Deane Ebenezer Fogg

Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Allat Jacob H. Lord, Register
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 applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states, and the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel Deane who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, residing in the Town of Scituate, and that Ebenezer F. Fogg who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Scituate and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Allat Jacob H. Lord Register
I Jacob H. Lord Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County of Plymouth do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Melanah Turner, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832.
Jacob H. Lord

Rehman
6272 INVALID.
File No. 6272
Roland Turner
Print BW War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 380
[Arrangement of 1870.]

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Rolando Yurner which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? ys
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? documentary living witnesses
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? ys
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? ys
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? ys
XVI. †Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? no
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
†QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.

Roland Burner

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, August 7 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Roland Turner is borne on a Roll of "Capt. Nathanial Winslow's Company," in Col. Simeon Cary's Regiment in the State Service; & is therein stated to have served seven days from the time of marching. Feb y 12. 1776.—
Edward D Bangs. Secy

Wash Barrels Description for Roland Furner

I Noah Barrell of Situate in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy three years, do testify and say that Roland Furness of Situate in the county of Plymouth, served one Campaign of three to four months in the war of the American Revolution in the year Seven hundred and Seventy five at Situate and Marshfield in a company - commanded by Samuel Stackbridge regarding the sea-board in Col Baileys Regiment, Noah Barrell
Plymouth 16 August 16-1832 Then the above named Noah Barrell made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me. Samuel H. Turner Just: & Peace.
Now I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Noah Barrell for many years, and that he is a credible person. Attest Samuel H. Turner Just: & Peace.

Samuel Tolman Disposition for Roland Turner.

I Samuel Tolman of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy Six years do testify and say that Roland Turner of Scituate in said County of Plymouth served with me one campaign of two months at Roxbury in the winter of the years Seventeen hundred and Seventy five and Six, in the war of the American Revolution in the company commanded I think by Samuel Stackbridge, other officers not recollecting, said Samuel Stackbridge may have served longer, but without my knowledge. Samuel Tolman
Plymouth August 6 - 1832 Then the above named Samuel Tolman made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me.
Samuel H. Turner Just of the Peace
And I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Samuel Tolman for many years and that he is a credible person. Attest Samuel H. Turner Just of the Peace

Charles Furness Deposition for Roland Turner.

13 I Charles Turner late of Scituate in the County of Plymouth, now resident in Chelsea in the County of Suffolk, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged more than Seventy two years, Testify and say that Roland Turner, of said Scituate (an applicant for a Pension on the Act of Congress of the 7 th day of June last past) served in a Company of militia commanded by William Turner in Col o Baileys Regiment, at Roxbury, near Boston in the Winter of 1775 & 1776, That I visited said Company, & saw him then, but the length of the service I do not know, & further saith not
Cha s Turner
Can. 11 th of Massachusetts
Plymouth 1 st August 20 - 1832 Then the above named Charles Turner made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me Samuel O t Turner Just e Peace
And I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Charles Turner for many years and that he is a credible Person.
Attest Samuel O t Turner Just e of the Peace

Elijah Randall. Superior for Roland Linn.

I Elijah Randall of Hanover in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged Twenty five years do testify and say that Roland Turner of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State aforesaid, served with me one Campaign of three months in the war of the American Revolution at Roxbury in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Six, in a Company commanded by William Turner, 1 st Lt John Clapp, 2 nd Lt Joseph House, in Col. John Bailey's Regiment, in State Militia at being in the spring of the year, as I well recollect that the British Fleet left Boston while we were there, and further saith not.
Elijah Randall
Plymouth 1 st August 13-1832 Then the above named Elijah Randall made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me Samuel H. Turner Just. Peace
And I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Elijah Randall for many years, and that he is a credible person. Samuel H. Turner Just. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth 1 st Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Samuel H. Turner Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that I believe his name subscribed above & to the annexed certificates to be true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this twentieth day of December A.D. 1832.
Jacob H. Lord