Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33835, Joseph Tucker, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Tucker, Joseph
833835
CONTENTS

11.671 R Massachusetts
Joseph Tucker
of Gloucester in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 1 year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of June 1819 and sent to William M c Elmore Esq.
Boston Massachusetts
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 to June 28/31/19 $ 88.49
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819 $ 48..
$136.49
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Application sent July 26th 1820 to Col. Tucker, Mass. line

Col. Tucker
Enlisted May. 1775 served til 1783
3
Admiral " " Muskratpole
Diserted April
1780  Appeal is made to the Records in the War Departmt. which show that Land Warrant No. 5176 dated March 28 th 1790 was issued to and in the name of Joseph Tucker, which could not have been, except he had enlisted for during the war, had actually served to the close thereof and had been honor- ably discharged."
see additional Certif. within

State of Massachusetts
Joseph Tucker a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Gloucester in the County of Essex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the first of May in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred & seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the termination of the Revolutionary war
as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Prescott's Company in Colonel Reed's Regiment for eight months & to Captain Barnard's Company in Colonel Baldwin's Regiment for one year & to Captain Nathan Dix's Company in Colonel James Wilson's Regiment, after transferred to Col Michael Jackson's, the remainder of the term aforesaid and that I left the service on the close of the war being then honorably discharged and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of seventy years. My discharge these lapses of time has been lost & I have no other evidence to offer than what is herewith exhibited.
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed. JOSEPH TUCKER
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscriber one of the Associate Justices of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit & presiding pro tempore
the abovenamed Joseph Tucker and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my name & the seal of said Court the day & year aforesaid
Wm Wetmore
April 30th 1819. I further certify that on further

of said Joseph Tucker the examination. Deponeth at this time had it appeareth that true it is that the s d Tucker did desert on the 8 th month of Aprie or of February in the year 1780 - but was afterwards apprehended returned to the Army tried & punished for his s d desertion & continued to serve in the same regiment from that time faithfully, till the close of the war on the 9 th of June 1783, & was then honourably discharged. Witness my hand & the seal of the s d court as within affixed.
W m Wetmore

I the Subscriber late Colonel of a Regiment of Militia in the State of Massachusetts & a Lieutenant in the Regiments of Colonels Hutchinson & Ropes Putnam & in the Companies of Captains Putnam, Whipple & Gates during the Revolutionary war, now residing at Gloucester in the State aforesaid. Do testify that the within named declarant, served on the Conti- nental establishment in the War & as I verily believe for the term of time stated by him, that he is in reduced circumstances in life, being poor & indigent & needs assistance from his country for support.
John Tucker
Sworn to before me,
W m Wetmore the Judge within named

11.671
Joseph Tucker Jan 1819 Gloucester
11.671
Com
age 66 fishman worth $100
Sept 1819

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Joseph Tucker resident in Gloucester in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 11,671 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Joseph Tucker - - - - - late a Private , in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight - - - dollars per month, to commence on the third day of April - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ."
***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this eighth day * L. S. * "of June - - - - - one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ." ***** J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War."
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, (No real estate.)
Three chairs, table, little crockery, spoons, knives, forks, shovel, tongs, bellows, and just enough to keep house with.
He is sixty six years of age - has been a fisherman but is now too old, and works as a day labourer when he can find any thing to do. He is tormented with Rheumatism.
He has no family but his wife aged 55, who is almost blind.
He served as a year's man all 1776 in Capt. Dodge's Company, Lt. Col. Wilson's Regiment - Col. Baldwin was chief Colonel - and then three years in Capt. Dix's Company in Col. M. Jackson's Regiment all in Massachusetts Line.
his Joseph X Tucker mark

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore , a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Joseph Tucker do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
his Joseph T. Tucker mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Joseph Tucker took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and 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 ten dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clk

33 835 INVALID.
File No. 33 835-
Joseph Tucker Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 124
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Tucker, Joseph GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5176 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.