Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33235, Timothy Wales, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Wales, Timothy
S. 33235
B.L.W. 923-100
CONTENTS

17.898.
Massachusetts
Timothy Wales
of Dorchester in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Van Courtlandt of the New York line, for the term of 3 years. War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 17 of July 20
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 of Oct 20 and sent to Lewis Brane Esq. Judge of Wrentham, Mass:
Arrears to 4th of 1 mo \frac{15}{31}  \frac{4}{30} Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1820. 12.93
$ 12.93
died Dec. 13, 1833
see 29 enu. book
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
+ V. May 1820-

Copy Schedule No 2 of Timothy Wales
Con
On Roll of 2nd N York Reg t . Admitted under acts 18 Mar '13 8 May 1820

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.—CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL SESSION, JULY 17, 1820.
On this fourteenth day of July , 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction un- limited in point of amount, keeping a Record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Timothy Wales , aged sixty one years, resident in Dorchester in said County, Essex who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: I enlisted
in the year 1780 into the service during the war as a private in Capt. Patten's Company in Col. Van Cottlandt's Regiment, and continued faith- fully to serve my country till the close of the war when it was honorably discharged as set forth more fully in my former declaration made before the Hon. John Davis, Judge of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and forwarded to the War Department in April last according to my recollection.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th 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.
Timothy Wales
Sworn to and declared, on the A. D. 1820, before
17th day of July
James Ware Judge of C.C.P. New Bedford Circuit.
Horatio Townsend Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of 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
and Twenty six cents.
Sixty five dollars
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fourteenth day of July 1820
Horatio Townsend Clerk.

Timothy Wales of Dorchester in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1 st 1820, testify and say that I am a labouring man, have no family, and wholly destitute of property except my necessary cloathing and necessity for the sum of sixty five dollars and seventy nine cents. I have maintained myself hitherto  heretofore by my labour but have within a short time had the severe fity of sickness and find myself unable to labor as formerly. Timothy Wales

(923)
Timothy Wales private 2nd Regt New York lines
Warrant issued July 9th 1820
R. H. Magruder
Attest 923
A. West line
Timothy Wales 2nd Regt

6058026
State of Massachusetts } County of Norfolk }
I, Timothy Wales aged sixty one years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty I enlisted in the army of the revolution, against the common enemy of my country, for the term of "during the war," and served in the company commanded by Capt. Samuel Pille — and in the regiment No. two under command of Colonel Van Courtland of the New York line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, in seventeen hundred and eighty three, when I was regularly discharged from the Second regiment, commanded by Colonel Van Courtland aforesaid .
My discharge is now lost or mislaid, so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement. I further declare that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assign- ed or transferred my claim to that gratuity in any manner whatsoever: therefore, Know all men by these presents that I, Timothy Wales aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Jonathan Leaver of the county of  District of Columbia and state of  City of Washington 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, or of such other person as is duly authorized to issue and deliver the same; a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid, and to sign a receipt or acquittance therefor; 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.
Attest, James Davenport Timothy Wales
I, James Davenport aged sixty years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with Timothy Wales who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know that he did perform the mi- litary service therein stated, in the New York line as above stated, but do not know the length of time. He was a school mate & townsman with me & I was also in the service during said war; often saw him in the New York line, but did not belong to it myself.
Attest, James Davenport
Before me, Samuel P. Lord Timothy Wales personally appeared the above named subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared James Davenport who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this fourteenth day of April 18 20 Sam P. Lord Justice of the Peace.
Norfolk ss In testimony that the abovewritten Samuel P. Lord was a magistrate authorised to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the County of Norfolk 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 Dedham this eighteenth day of April AD 18 20 Horatio Townsend C. Clerk, &c.

Washington City May 28 th 1820.
Whereas all persons by their respective Wills or Codicils or other instruments in writing in their several handwriting and signature Peter McManus do hereby constitute and appoint Jonathan Seaver my attorney in my stead for the purposes herein mentioned.
Jonathan Seaver
I Jonathan Seaver, do hereby constitute and appoint Peter McManus my attorney in my stead for the purposes herein expressed.
Washington City May 28: 1820.
Jonathan Seaver
May 28: 1820 Jonathan Seaver appeared before the subscribed a Justice of the peace for the County of Washington, District of Columbia, and acknowledged the above to be his signature for the purposes mentioned.
E. J. Macdonald J. P. James M. Varnum J. Pine

33 235 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33 933
Timothy Wales
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 339
[Arrangement of 1870.]