Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33817, William Torrey, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Torrey, William
S 33817
{ B.L.W. 2151-200-licent. Issued Jan. 29, 1790 No papers.
CONTENTS

14.741
Massachusetts
William Torrey
of Pymblebrook in the state of Mass ts who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bailey of the Mass ts line, for the term of six years
scribed on the roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 d of July 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Sep r 1819 and sent to Nelson Mitchell Esq r East Bridgewater Mass
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819 - 29. 11 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Octbr 1820  120.
1 mo 10/31  4/30  $149. 11
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
SR

William Torrey Pembroke Mass
22 July 1819. Officer 2 Mass. Reg t . from 1777 to the close of the war. —
Correct by Roll
Admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Plymouth
ss.
day of July A.D.
1819,
On this 22 d day of July A.D. 1819, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared William Torrey of Pembroke aged sixty nine years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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," viz.
That he entered the army in the revolutionary war as an officer, in the first of January 1777, and continued to serve as a Lieutenant in the 2 d Regiment of Mass. line till the close of the war in 1783.
/ See his Declaration at large / and his commissions enclosed /

And I the said Judge do certify that the said Torrey is a man of strict veracity and integrity - and from his oaths and other evidence exhibited of his circumstances I am satisfied he needs the assistance of his country for support.
And I, the said Judge, do also certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Torrey did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Nathan Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
1818.
ss.
WHEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

I William Torrey of Pembroke, Massachusetts, hereby testify and declare that I served as a commissioned Officer in the established Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War, so called, from the first of January 1777, to the close of said war, in the year 1783, in the 2 d Regiment of the Massachusetts line of said Army, commanded 'till the close of the year 1780 by Col o John Bailey, from thence to the close of the war, by Lieut + Col o Commandant Ebenezer Sprout. That I acted as Adjutant in said Regiment from the year 1779, 'till the soldiers who engaged for during the war were discharged, by order of the Commander in Chief, in the year 1783, whose discharges I myself filled, signed, and registered in the Regimental book.
The great object I ever had in view, and my principal motive in engaging and continuing in said army, being obtained, viz, the Independence of my beloved country, I retired from service, to participate with my fellow citizens the important Blessings, secured to us by said event. I am now nearly seventy years old, infirm in body, and think I need the pension allowed by Government to the soldiers of the revolutionary Army.
Pembroke July 20 th 1819
William Torrey
Declared on oath and sworn to before me July 22. 1819 - Nathan Mitchell: Judge

Hanover Ms June 20
Dec 18 3
Hon Richard Rush Esq, Secretary of the Treasury. Washington,
Revolutionary Claims. Col.

Act 1828 Settled at Treasury Cons n with Invalid file # 33.817

No of orig Pay 216 -
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
19 July 1828.
William Torrey of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he was as an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war,
at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Second regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted by the resolve of 22 March, 1783; and, further, that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing dollars, paid to him by the agent in the State of
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 22 nd July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to William Torrey, Lieutenant in the Massachusetts line, amounting to Sixteen Hundred dollars.
It further appears that William Torrey is now on the pension list of the agency, and has been since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of per month
John Hagner Aud
18328

I William Torrey of Pembroke in the county of Plymouth in the State, or Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby declare that I was an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period I was a Lieutenant and Adjutant (with the pay of Captain) in the 2 d Regiment of the Massachusetts line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received a certificate (commonly called a commutation certificate) for a sum equal to the amount of five years full pay, which was offered by the resolve of Congress of the 22 d of March 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21 st of October 1780. And I do further declare that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner since the 3 d of March 1826, No money.
William Torrey
Before me Alexander Wood Justice of the peace, in the county of Plymouth, in the State of Massachusetts, personally appeared this day Elijah Barstow and Robert Bell of the said county, who did severally make oath, that William Torrey by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed, and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution in manner as there in stated. — Witness my hand this 16 th day of June in the year 1828.
Alexander Wood.
I W m B Thomas Clerk of the court in the county of Plymouth, in the State of Massachusetts, do hereby certify, that Alexander Wood before whom the foregoing affidavit was sworn, was at the time a justice of the peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court this 17 th day of June in the year of Our Lord 1828.
W m B Thomas

Hanover Mas June 18 th 1828
Hon Richard Rush Esq. Secretary of the Treasury.
Sir, I have endeavoured to conform to your instructions, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of an Act, entitled an act for the relief of certain surviving Officers, and soldiers of the army of the Revolution, approved the 15 of May 1828. — There are now in the War Office, two commissions to me, one as a Lieutenant, the other as brevet Captain, I should be pleased to have those commissions returned to me.
If it should be necessary to make any personal communication to me by mail, I request it may be done, thro' the post office in Hanover Mas as I am near that office. —
I am, Sir, very respectfully yours &c.
William Forrey.
rated

33 817 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,817
William Forrey Capt Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 521
[Arrangement of 1870.]

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
To William Lorry Gint.
Greeting. We, Reposing especial trust
confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you, to
Lieutenant in the second Massachusetts Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the 1 st day
January 1777. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of a
Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things therein belonging. And
we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as
Lieutenant. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions,
from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress
for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of
the United States, or any other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance
of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in force until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Com-
mittee of Congress forementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest. Ben H. St. Germain
Secretary of the Board of War
Witness his Excellency Samuel Huntington, Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 29 th day of September 1779, and in the fourth year of our Independence.
Sam. Huntington President