Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 2129-100, Lemuel Tucker, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
★ Tucker, Lemuel
NUMBER
B.L.Wt. 2129-100
CONTENTS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. I Sherman Leland, Judge of the Court of Probate for Norfolk Coun- ty, hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been adduced to me to prove, that Bathsheba Baker, Hannah Billings, Charlotte Robbins & Hannah Baker are the are the nieces & only heirs at law of Sam- uel Tucker late a Soldier in the Third Regiment of the Massachusetts line in the Army of the Revolution who died at Roxbury in said County about thirty years ago.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty eighth day of January in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty five
S Leland

Lein. Tucke die.
W. Dec. 17. 1835

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, January 27. 1835.
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 Lemuel Tucker is borne on an Account in the Continental Army Books where he has Credit, By his service as a Private from Roxbury having enlisted for During the War, and served under Capt. Foster in Col o Greatons Regiment from April 4 1777 to Dec r 31. 79. . . . . 32 m 21 d and in Capt n Tisdales Company in Col o Greatons Reg t from Jan y 1 1780 to December 31. 1780 is . . . . . 12 months Total Forty four months Twenty seven days 44. 27 Days
Exe L.
Edward D Bangs. Secy.

I Lemuel Billings of Roxbury in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven years, testify & say that I have lived in Roxbury since the year 1778. - That I was well acquainted with Lemuel Tucker of said Roxbury - When I came to Roxbury in 1778, he was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, & continued to serve in the army until, nearly, or quite, the close of the war. He was the only man, that I can hear of, by the name of Lemuel Tucker that was a soldier in the Revolutionary army from Roxbury. I do not positively know in what Regiment he served; but I have often heard him say, that it was in Col. Weston's. He died in my immediate neighborhood, in Roxbury, about thirty years ago. He never had any children, & has now no widow living. Bathsheba Baker, Hannah Billings, Charlotte Robbins & Hannah Baker are  his  daughters are his nieces, the daughters of his sisters, & his only surviving heirs at law. Lemuel Billings
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss January 28 th 1835 Then personally appeared Lemuel Billings, a credible witness, & made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement by him Subscribed - Before me S. Leland Judge of Probate
I Moses Lyon, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged fifty nine years, testify & say, that I was born in Roxbury in the County of Norfolk, & always lived there until about seven years ago, since which time I have lived in Boston - That I was well acquainted with Lemuel Tucker who of said Roxbury, who died about thirty years ago - That I have often heard him say, that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war - That I have from my youth been well acquainted with the inhabitants of Roxbury & I never heard of any other person in that town by the name of Lemuel Tucker

& that the said Lemuel Tucker had no children but left a widow who died about fourteen years ago Moses Lyon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss January 28 th AD 1835 Then personally appeared Moses Lyon, a credible witness, & made oath to the truth of the fore- going statement by him subscribed
Before me J. Leland Judge of Probate
1. The said Moses Lyon further testifies say that all the broth- ers & sisters of the said Lemuel Tucker are dead - That Bathsheba Baker Hannah Billings & Charlotte Robbins are the daughters of one of his sisters. Hannah Baker of another such  son  daughter  of his & they are his only surviving heirs Moses Lyon
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss January 28 th AD 1835 Then personally appeared the above named Moses Lyon & made oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed
Before me J. Leland Judge of Probate

Samuel Tucker
N o 2129.

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
Regulations for the heirs of Officers and Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army, who were slain by the enemy, or who have died since the war, and have not received land from the United States.
By an Act of Congress of the 16th September, 1776, it is provided, that the Officers and Soldiers who engaged for, and continued to serve during the war, or until discharged by Congress, and the heirs of such Officers and Soldiers as shall be slain by the enemy, shall receive land in proportion to their rank.
N. B. Those who engaged for three years, or for any other period than during the war, or who died of sickness, fatigue, or casualty, are not entitled to land from the United States.
The following declaration (and enclosed blank form of heirship) must be filled up and signed by the proper authorities :
State of Massachusetts } County of Norfolk }
I, Hannah Billings wife of Lemuel Billings heir at law of Lemuel Tucker do, upon oath, testify and declare, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that Lemuel Tucker did enter the service in 1777, for the term of During the war and served as a private in the Regiment No. 3 under the command of Colonel Gneaton, of the Massachusetts line; and that he continued in the service aforesaid until June 1783.
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the bounty land promised to Lemuel Tucker on the part of the United States; nor do I believe that he ever received it, or transferred his claim to it in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
Hannah Billings
Know all men by these presents, that I, Hannah Billings aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Robert E. Vose to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Hannah Billings
Attest,
Oliver Billings
Boston ss. Boston Jan'y 14 1835
Personally appeared the above named Hannah Billings subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and made oath to the same, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be her free act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
Attest,
William Stevenson
Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written William Stevenson was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgements, &c., in the State of Massachusetts at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Boston this Fourteenth day of January A.D. 1835.
Chas. S. Parker Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Suffolk