Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31462, Moses Warren, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Warren, Moses
S. 31462
CONTENTS

18.224
Maine
Moses Warren
of Jay - in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Washburn of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hiram in the Mass s line for June.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 26 Dollars 87 1/2 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of July 1832 and sent to J. G. Colburn Paris.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1832 $53.38 Semi-annual allowance ending Sept r - 13.33
$66.71
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book E Vol. 1 Page 64
This War was commonly referred to as the War of 1812. It was a conflict between the United States and Great Britain.

16815
Mons Wann
7 May 33 Oly. 10.
8 mos # 26.66
J. G. Cole Paris Maine
3

BRIEF in the case of Moses Warren  of  in the State of Maine  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Mr Gant  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 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.     1775 In 1775 8 Private Gen. Gage Capt. Winthrop Col. Nixon  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Waltham Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary 
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no service in the Col. Seal 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Michael Clatts Examining Clerk.

Moses Warren
10815 1
J. G. Cole, Paris Me.
Oxford County
Probate Office, Paris Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF Oxford ss.
ON this 19 th day of September A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting, Moses Warren a resident of Day in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, aged 73 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 in the month of May A.D. 1775, at Waltham in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts , he enlisted as a private Soldier in Capt. Ebenezer Winship's Company, of which William Warren was Lieutenant and a Mr. Buckminster was Ensign - in Col. John Nixon's Regiment of Massachusetts troops in the War of the Revolution, for the term of Eight months ; that he marched from said Waltham through Watertown , Cambridge , & to Bunker Hill in Charleston thence to Winter Hill , where he served to the end of the period of his enlistment, when he was verbally discharged. He was in " Bunker Hill battle ", - was acquainted with Gen. John Sullivan , Gen. Charles Lee - Gen Israel Putnam - recollects well the address of Gen. Putnam to the Soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill . Has no documentary evidence to prove his service, nor does he know of any person living , by whom he can prove his service. He was born on the twenty fifth day of June A.D. 1759, at Waltham aforesaid; has a record of age in a book at his house, transcribed from his father's family record - lived at said Waltham when he entered the service; resided in Watertown afterwards, until he removed to the town of Day aforesaid, where he now resides & has resided for twenty nine years last past. He entered the service as a volunteer. He refers to the Reverend Joseph Adams , Edmund Richardson , & Ezekiel Richardson , all of Day aforesaid, to prove his reputation both as a Soldier & a man of truth.
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.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Moses Warren mark
Witness S. Emery
Before
Stephen Emery, Judge

We, Joseph Adams a Clergyman residing in Say, aforesaid, & Edward Richardson & Ezekiel Richardson, citizens of said Say, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Warren who has made of sworn to the foregoing declaration, and have been acquainted with him for twenty nine years last past - that we believe him to be Seventy three years of age; that he is reported & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. We further certify, that said Warren sustaining a good reputation for truth & veracity.
Joseph Adams
Ezekiel Richardson
Edward Richardson
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court the day of year aforesaid Stephen Emery, Judge.
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. he adducing the certificates of Joseph Adams, a Clergyman as aforesaid, Edward Richardson & Ezekiel Richardson, persons of truth & veracity well known to the Court, - in corroboration of his said declaration.
Stephen Emery, Judge
I Joseph G. Cole Register Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Warren for a pension.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 19 th day of September A. D. 1832.
CLERK.
Joseph G. Cole Register

31462
Key INVALID.
File No. 31,462
Moses Warren
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 438
[Arrangement of 1870.]

WAR DEPARTMENT—REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
NO. 18224
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th of June, 1832, Abosah Warren of the State of Maine
who was a Private in the Revolutionary  Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Twenty six dollars and Sixty six cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirty first day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
John Robt
Acting
SECRETARY OF WAR.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. S. Edwards Commissary of Pensions

Black warren
done

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Abner Warren
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? No claim No.

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? le
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? le
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? le
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? le
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?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? le
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? le
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.