Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15677, Moses Town, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Town, Moses.
8.15677
Carded.
CONTENTS

5916 New Hampshire
Moses Brown
of Peninsular the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg t commanded by Col. Mansfield in the Battle line for 14 days Mass.
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Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Feby 1833 and sent from G. H. Franke Sec y of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $69.99 Penzant. allowance ending 2 June 33 23.33
$93.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by G. H. Blair Clerk Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 188.

W. Townsend
Mono Town
N. H.
Private 14 Months
6th
$4666
Ha. J. M. Harper
12.
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DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. County of Merrimack - }
On this 29 th day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the Court of Probate for said County , now sitting, Moses Town a resident of Allenstown in the County of Merrimack and State of N. H. aged 78 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated— That he enlisted in Andover Mass a few days after the Lexington Battle in April 1775 for eight months under Archibald Porterfield , a recruiting Officer and marched to Danvers Mass. as there Mustered and joined the company commanded by Capt Prince Lt Wilkins and Enr Batchelder the person under whom he entered. Then to Watertown same day and remained there until the day of Bunkerhill Battle, when we were called on to go to Bunker Hill and marched as far as Charlestown neck (so called) remained there till after the Battle. Then marched to Winter Hill and there remained until the expiration of the eight months, and discharged had no written discharge during this service he was in the Regt commanded by Col o Mansfield in Mass Line. called the eight months service That he entered at Andover Mass in December 1776 for three months marched to Rhode Island. thence to Dobbs Ferry, thence to Kings Ferry bridge White Plains, to Peekskill. to Morristown New Jersey, thence to Bownook. Then served until the expiration of the three months, and discharged had no written discharge — during this service was a company commanded by Capt Gage. Lt Marble, Col o Pickering Regt Mass Line. That he volunteered at Andover in Mass in Sept 1777 and marched to Winter Hill & there served three months in guarding Burgoyne's troops & discharged. he cannot remember the Com d Officers, the Adjutant, & name was Adams. Col o Healy was there He has no documentary evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service except the Affidavit annexed that he was born in Andover Mass in the year 1754, that he has no record of his age That during the War, was he has lived in Pembroke, Hoots te & New Boston N.H. & now lives in Allenstown N.H. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. Moses Town.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day first above mentioned
We, Abner Hogg residing in New Boston and Moses Town now residing in Hoots te hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Town , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 78 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 29 th day of Aug. A.D. 1832 Abner Hogg  Moses Town
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 certifies, that it appears to them that Abner Hogg who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Rev. Mass resident in the Town of New Boston and that Moses Town , who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Hoots te N.H. and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. Boswell Stevens Judge of Probate
I, H. B. Chase , Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Merrimack , do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Moses Town for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 29 th day of August A.D. 1832.
H. B. Chase , Register of Probate.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
815677
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Moses Town a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apl. 1775 8 mos. Pvt. Prince Mansfield Mass   Dec. 1776 3 mos. Gage Pickering   Dec. 1777 3 mos. Officers not remembered  
Battles engaged in, Norfolk Residence of soldier at enlistment, Andover, Mass. Date of application for pension, Aug. 29, 1822 - ad. Residence at date of application, Allenstown, Merrimack Co., N.H. Age at date of application, 78 yrs. Remarks: No fam data
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

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923. Feb. 14 hist. to Mrs. P. M. Shaffer - Ev.
File No. 15677
Moses Town
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 377
[Arrangement of 1870.]

509 Ash Ave, Ames, Iowa, Jan. 22, 1923.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir;
Have you anything in your records to show that Jacob Brown and his son, Robert Brown, from Chester or Hooksett, N. H. or near by there, might

have fought in the Revolution. It is barely possible Robert might have been registered from Peacham Vt.
Also have you a record of Barakiah Scott and Benjamin Scott from Sturbridge, Mass. of any revolutionary service.
Also, Phineas Hardy of West- borough, Mass.
Also Moses Town of Topsfield, Mass.
Joseph Abbott of Dun- stable, N. H.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. P. M. Shaffer

Mon. June
Hon. J. M. Harper 1 Bule

We the undersigned selectmen of Allenstown Testify & say that we are acquainted with Moses Town of this place & from the uniform & rational story which he has allways told & now tells of his services in the Revolutionary war of the United States against Great Britain we have no doubt of the correctness of his statement relative to said services in his declaration for the purpose of obtaining a pension. There can be no doubt of his being seventy eight years of age. Mr Town has been in this town but a few years. We therefore have no knowledge of his services & cannot state any thing more than that we have full confidence in his statements under oath & we believe him well deserving a pension
John Perkins } Selectmen John Tennant } Allenstown
State of New Hampshire Merrimack County ss
Allenstown December 19 th 1832
Then the above named John Tennant & John Perkins whom I well know to be selectmen of Allenstown as above & who are credible witnesses personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace in and throughout the State of New Hampshire & made solemn oath that the above affidavit by them signed is true Hall Burgin Justice of the peace in & throughout said State of New Hampshire.

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office December 16. 1832
The within named Hall Burgess is a Justice of the Peace throughout said State, duly constituted and sworn and his signature as such genuine. In testimony thereof I have hereunto set the Seal of State.
Ralph Metcalf Secretary.

I Joseph Runnels of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, being now in the seventy fifth year of my age, do depose and say that in the month of December, 1778, I enlisted, as a soldier in the army of the Revolutionary war, for the term of three months, and was mustered in the Company commanded by Captain Gage, in Col. Pickering's Regiment, of the Massachusetts line - And, on the 21st of said December, we left Andover Massachusetts, and marched for Providence Rhode Island - From Providence we marched to Danbury Connecticut - from thence to Dobbs Ferry - then to Kings bridge, then back to Dobbs Ferry - and then, making short stops at several places on our way, we were marched to Bound Brook in New Jersey, where we encamped and remained till the term for which the Company had enlisted had expired, and we were discharged.
I further depose and say that Moses Town, then of Andover Massachusetts was a soldier with me, in Capt. Gage's company - That he was mustered with the company at Andover, and served in it till we were discharged as I have before stated - And I also further say that I saw the said Moses Town, about three months since and that he then told me that he resided in Allenstown - Concord, January 26th. 1833.
Joseph Runnels
Merrimack ss. Jan'y 26, 1833.
Subscribed and sworn to before me - J. A. Kimball Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above deponent is a disinterested witness in the above case, and that he sustains the reputation of a man of truth and veracity - J. A. Kimball, Jus. Peace -

Merrimack ss.
The State of New Hampshire I Moses Eastman Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for said County, do hereby certify that Samuel A. Trimbull who has subscribed his name to the within Certificate was at the time of executing the same a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, and I believe the same to be his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribed the same with my own hand this Twenty sixth day of January A D 1833.
Moses Eastman.

I Moses Town of Allenstown in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, being the same Person named in the application for a Pension herunto annexed, made before the Court of Probate held at Concord in the County aforesaid on the 29 th day of August A.D. 1832, do on oath de- clare that the reason of my not producing the certificate of a buggymen as to his belief of my age and service as stated in the declaration above mentioned, is that I have lived for many years past in different places & have not become acquainted with any buggymen & that there is no regular buggymen in Allenstown where I now reside
Moses Town
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack ss
Be it known that on the twentieth day of December A.D. 1832 before me Joseph Law Notary Public in & for said State personally appeared Moses Town & subscribed the foregoing affidavit and thereupon made solemn oath that the same is just and true
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Notarial Seal at Concord in the State & County aforesaid on the day & year above written
Joseph Law Notary Public