Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11799, Isaiah Wing, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Wing, Isaiah
S 11799
CONTENTS
carded

21. 739. Massachusetts Isaiah Wing— of Franklin in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Com d commanded by Captain Taylor of the Regt. commanded by Col. Dike in the Mass line for 6 months and 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass s at the rate of 21 Dollars 54 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Oct. 1833 and due to E. Alvord Greenfield
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 33 $ 53.85 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. 12. 33 10.77 $ 64.62
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. G. C. Stiles
Recorded by G. C. Stiles Clerk Book E, Vol. 2, Page 94.

No 22281
Isaac Wing Franklin County Massachusetts
Parish 6 mo 14 days
14 06 July 3 1833
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E Alvord Greenfield Mass.

BRIEF in the case of  Isaiah Wing  County of Franklin  in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 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.     Enlisted In 1776 - - 3 - private Gen. Colp Saint. Taylor Col M. Dicks   Enlisted - 1777 - About - 13 - 14 private Colp Aba Dinsmore, Col Puggle Woodbridge  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Saratoga  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Franklin County Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living Witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Witness not certified to be credible - 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richd H. Vatti Examining Clerk.

Isaiah Wing Conway
22281

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY ss.
ON THIS fifteenth — day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, Isaiah Wing a resident of Conway in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an 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.
Isaiah Wing of Conway county of Franklin Commonwealth of Massachusetts enlisted into the United States service about the middle of August in 1776 and served three months at Roxbury and Dorchester heights under command of Capt Sam d Taylor Lieut s Jeremiah Ballard and Moses Wilder En rs Joseph State Col d Nicolas Dikins Regiment of militia — that in 1777 enlisted into the militia under Capt Abel Dinsmore Lieut s Aaron Fuller Sam d Houghton Sam d Wells in Col d Pruggles Woodbridge Regiment and served from the seventeenth day of August until the last day of November I marched to Bennington thence to Patten thence to Whitehall Did duty there say about two weeks thence to Stillwater thence to Saratoga was at taking Burgoyne thence to Albany and there having shot a horse Pliny & four men took a pass to come home and return when called for — Remember many of the officers say Gen l Gates Lincoln Arnold Colo Whitmore Capt Slannah etc Saw the wounded brought into the Dove yard of the Old Redhouse which still said is standing now —
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.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
WE,
Isaiah Wing
residing in
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood
believe him to be
where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaiah Wing for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord Clerk.

Rev. War
11.799 INVALID.
File No. 11.799
Isaiah Wing Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 411
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 22251
Isaiah Wing Franklin County Mo (Conway)
E. Alward Esq Greenfield Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Isaac Wing 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? yes

 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? He clergyman's certificate  Yes  XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No  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? Witness  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? no Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  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? Yes  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes 
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.

Isaiah Wing Conway James Wing Aff.

I James Wing of Hinsdale in the County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts - depose and say that in 1777 I resided in Conway then in the County of Hamp- shire and Commonwealth aforesaid and that in the Month of August of said year I was drafted for a tour of duty to the Northward in the Revolutionary service and was put under the command of Capt. Abel Pownmore of said Company and was annexed to Col o . Ruggles Woodbridge - his Regim- ent - and was soon under marching orders & proceeding to Be- ning State of Vermont & from thence to White Hall State of New York - and was stationed there for two or three weeks - was then ordered with others to take charge of some prisoners to be sent to Boston - I marched with them as far as Brock- field Massachusetts - then left them and marched back to Albany N.Y. - and there joined my company & Regiment and were sent down North River and landed at Tarrytown and thence to White Plains - where we tarried till our term of service of three months expired - we were then dismissed - was well acquainted with Isaiah Wing of said Conway who enlisted into the said Capt. Abel Pownmore Company we marched together to S d White Hall - he continued in the said Company Service until we arrived at Albany and was dismissed at the same time as the subscriber was - James Wing
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Franklin ss - July 18 th 1832 - Personally appeared James Wing Hearg the subscriber of the above instrument and made solemn oath that the facts therein stated are true - John Williams Justice of the Peace
I the above named Justice of the Peace, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and sworn to, do hereby certify that James Wing the above named deponent is a credible witness. John Williams Justice of the Peace

James Wing - his deposition sworn to July 18 th - 1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of the Court of Commonwealth aforesaid for the county of Frank- lin do hereby certify that John Williams Esq: before whom the within affidavit was made and sworn to, and Joseph Griswold before whom the annexed affidavit was made and sworn to are Justices of the Peace for the said county; and that the signatures to the said affidavits purporting to be theirs, respectively, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832 E. Alvord Clerk
I the above named clerk of the said court do certify that the certificate of Joseph Griswold Esq appended to the deposition of Samuel Taylor and the certificate of John Williams Esq appended to the deposition of James Wing by which the said two deponents are certified to be credible witnesses were and subscribed by the said Justices of the Peace respectively in their true and proper hand writing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court the twelfth day of September A.D. 1833 E. Alvord Clerk
See

I hereby certify that Isaiah Wing of Conway served in a company of Militia under my command with Lieut. Jeremiah Ballard and Moses Wilder and Ensign Joseph Slate — and Nicholas Dike colonel of the Regiment at Roxbury and Dorchester the terms term of three months from about the middle of August in 1776 —
Sam e Taylor
Buckland July 16 1832 Personally appeared Samuel Taylor Esq r and made solemn oath that the above certificate is true Before me Joseph Grimald Justice of the Peace
I the above named Justice of the Peace before whom the foregoing affidavit was made and sworn to, do hereby certify that the above named Samuel Taylor, the above named deponent is known to me to be a credible witness.
Joseph Grimald Justice of the Peace

Capt. Saml. Taylor's certificate sworn to July 16 th 1832 —
Isaiah M c W Sam Taylor's off