Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,557, Samuel Willard, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Willard, Samuel
S. 34,557.
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Roll.
(1,559)
Samuel Willard, Capt Barmy Private, 4 Massachusetts line 77 3 yrs ar In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 of June 1818, and sent to the Hon. Jno. Hoxton Springfield, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Remained after paying
4 months 18/30. $36.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
South Springfield Hampshire Co
21st 1820 Verification sent July 31st 1820 Springfield Mass. John Hoxton

1559
June 1818
Sep 1818 Com
St. Birnfrid
X
July 51

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of Hampden ss.
ON this tenth day of July 1829, personally appeared, in open court, before the Assizes Court of Common Pleas the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at Springfield within and for said county of Hampden
first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 19th day of March, 1818; 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th 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.
 SCHEDULE. 
2 cows 1 dung fork 10 sheep & lambs 1 one-eyed horse 1 dog 1 spit fork 1 old horse waggon & tackling 1 plough one iron bar 1 shovel 3 old pots 3 axes 1 grindstone 1 saddle 2 bridles 2 hand shaves 3 old files 1 saw 1 nail hammer 1 fro 1 handle & wedges.
1 hand kettle 1 one tin kettles 1 tea kettle 1 pair hand bellows 1 broken shellfish 2 old wooden pails 1 sake-horn 2 tin do 1. 100 pot 4 glasses 2 old tubs 1 1/2 pints 1 pepper box 1 earthen pot 4 old tin milk pails 2 candlesticks 5 tin dishes 1 set tea cups & saucers 4 iron spoons 4 earthen bowls 4 pewter do. 1 shovel & tongs 2 pewter platters 1 pair hand dogs 4 old basins 1 tin waiter 4 pewter plates 1 old lantern 1 tea pot 1 coffee pot.

And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 28th day of March, 1916; 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th 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.
 SCHEDULE. 
Sworn to and declared on the _____
day of Wed.
before
A
Wrote John Ingersoll
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 One hundred twenty seven Dollars and four Cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this Nineteenth
John Ingersoll
day of _____ 182____ { Clerk of the Courts for the County { of _____.

Sam Willard
Bigelow's Map. vgt.
Correct

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden County ss
On this 17 th day of April 1840 personally came & appeared before John Hooker Esquire Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western District including said County of Hampden, Samuel Willard of South Berwick in said County, a citizen of the United States, who being duly sworn deposes & saith that in the latter part of August or the first part of September in the year 1777. He enlisted into the Army of the United States then called the continental Army into the Company commanded by Capt. Daniel Bams in the Regiment of which Col. Timothy Bigelow was Colonel, in the Massachusetts line as a common soldier, for the term of three years, that he served during the whole of said term & at the expiration of which period he was honorably discharged at Trenton in New Jersey under the order of Col. Andrew Peters - that in the latter part of June or the first part of July 1781. He enlisted  entered again into the same Continental Army into the Company commanded by Capt. Nehemiah Emerson in the Regiment of which one Col. Tupper was commanding officer, it being the 10th. Massachusetts Regiment; as a common soldier, for the term of three years. That he served until sometime in the winter of 1782, when he was honorably discharged by a furlough, conditioned that this Department should return himself or send a man as a substitute in thirty days - the substitute entered the service in his stead as this Department afterwards learned by a certificate from the Captain of said last mentioned Company - And this Department further saith, that in the winter of 1812 & 1813 he committed said discharge first mentioned, said furlough & said certificate together with other papers to the care of Hon. William Ely Esquire then a member of Congress but

Since deceased, in order that said Ely might be enabled to support an application which this deponent at that time made to Congress for relief from his country, that said papers he has never since seen & supposes them to be now in the custody of some officer of the Government. And this Deponent further saith that he is in reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of his country's assistance for support. — Samuel Willard April 17.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden.
SS. B E IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventeenth day of April A. D. 1818, came before me, JOHN HOOKER,
Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, and including the said county of Hampden the above named
Samuel Willard & applied for the benefit of the late laws of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval forces of the United States in the revolutionary war."
made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by him subscribed, and hereto annexed. I do thereupon hereby declare, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said
Samuel Willard the applicant did serve in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for more than nine months, on the continental establishment, as set forth in his affidavit aforesaid, and that he is yet a resident citizen of the United States, is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of assistance from his country for support. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court for the said county of Hampden
to be affixed hereto, this 17th day of April 1818
I do therefore hereby certify the above & annexed as the testimony & proceedings had before me on the application aforesaid, & transmit the same to the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States — John Hooker
Clerk of Court John Hooker
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34 557 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34,557
Samuel Willard
Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 307
[Arrangement of 1870.]