Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 7750, Retire Trask, Mass. Privateer

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass. Privateer
Trash, Retire
S 77 50
Carded
CONTENTS

* 26.291.
Willoughby Agency
Frank
Frank Co in the State of Ohio who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col [blank] - in the [blank] time for
9 c M [blank] 30.00 Massa Privateer
Mass. [blank] Record corrected [blank]
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio [blank] at the rate of 30 Dollars [blank] Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the [blank] day of [blank] and [blank] 1832 Hon E Whittier H
Arrears to the 4th of [blank] 00.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending [blank] 15.00 $ 105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by [blank] Clerk; Book [blank] Vol. [blank] Page 129
at the Treasury under of the 6 th April 1833 from Sept 1839 to 4 March 1840 Agt Notified 29. April 1841
let: 31 st January 1842 Hon. J. R. Giddings. 2 Pen agt
let: 23 May 1842 Hon. J. R. Giddings Same Rec. 31.
let same mar 17 43
Paid as above from 4. Sep 1841 to 4. March 1842. Agt notified 6. [blank]
Date of death not on A B

Hon. J. R. Giddings H. M.

State of Ohio } ss Whitcomb Co } ss
On the 26 th day of November 1841 personally appeared before me Sampson Wright a Native of the State in and for the County of Whitcomb, Native Frank a resident of Denmark in the County of Whitcomb and State of Ohio aged eighty six years, who being duly sworn, in acting to law with on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions by the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers in the militia of the State of Massachusetts under Colonel Francis Capt Dodge and served at Pocumtuck neck 3 months and the 2 nd time I was under Capt Ray of Beverly and marched directly to the State of New Jersey and served near New Brunswick and had a small skirmish with the garrison of Fort Independence this was when Major (Rogers who left the American service and went to the British) had the command of the Fort and were repulsed by the Garrison the three militia men were under Capt Dodge Lieut Chapman and Ensign Woodbury we served at Winterhill 3 months to 9000 Burgoyne's troops all the above services I was discharged from the Beverly Militia in the Co of Essex and State of Massachusetts Also from the same place Beverly I enlisted in the Continental Army for six months and marched directly to West Point and spent the Campaign in the summer of 1780 at and

near that place was absent on drill at a block house fifteen or twenty miles from West Point at the time Arnold's transaction with the British officers in selling the post to the British returned immediately after was pres- ent at and saw the execution of Andre the the Spy, and soon after was discharged from the army and returned home I was (during the above six months) under the immediate supervision of General Patterson, Col. Saffell and Capt. G am not positive but I think it was Francis Arnold was the highest in command of that post there was a Capt. Clark the other officers names I have forgotten.
I made two cruises aboard privateers the first time went aboard the Viper Capt. Chapman master cruised off the eastern shore no engagement spent about six weeks
the second time aboard the brig Defiance Capt. John Sammons sailed to Knob Scot spent about six weeks took the lower battery of that place - afterwards were defeated by the British. Destroyed our own shipping and returned home by land
what other vessels was at that place. the ship Pilgrim brig Skyrocket of Boston ship Hunter ship Black embury Prince and several other vessels whose names I cannot remember have you any surviving witness - as to my whereabouts In what regiments did you serve cannot remember
Where and in what year was you born In Massachusetts county of Essex and

town of Beverly in the year 1755. Have you any record of your age Not any
Where were you living when called into service
In Beverly Massachusetts and there since in Beverly until about 1780 from thence to Ashworth State of Redhamshire from thence to Thompson Ohio Geauga Co about the year 1870 have resided there until last March and from thence to Denmark Ohio P.L.C where I now reside
Did you ever receive a Discharge from the service. Yes one and I threw it away By whom I have forgotten
We here by relinquishes all claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state only that of the State of Ohio Peter Trask
Sworn to and subscribed day and year aforesaid before me Samson Wright Justice of the Peace
I do hereby declare my opinion after the investigations 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 I do certify that that the following named persons who have signed the following certificate are entitled to credit by their standing in the Church and Society
We do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Retired Trask who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be 80 years of age that he is respected and believed in his neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that

we concur in that belief
Aaron Jacobs Archibald Gould
Signed and subscribed the day and year above written.
before me Sampson Wright Justice of the peace
I wish you to attend to the above business at once as a day as possible or at least as soon as convenient and remit to me the result and the prospect of obtaining the above claimed annuity this from your ob st servant.
Pierpont Oct 26. 1841
Aaron Jacobs agent for the above Retire Prash
As the best you can for the old gentleman for he is nearly the thirty Dollars he now owns is all he has to support him in this world and for the rest of his living is depend- ent on the cold charity of the world which you know is poor living. he lost every dollar of his property by false friends
Aaron Jacobs

June 18, 1931
Mrs. Vera E. Lockwood P. O. Box 49 Buchanan, New York
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF:MLB
Dear Madam:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 7750, that Retire Trask was born in 1755, at Beverly, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Beverly, he enlisted and served with the Massachusetts troops, as follows:- in the fall of 1776, three months in Captain Joseph Ray's company; in the summer of 1777, three months in Captain Robert Dodge's company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' regiment; in the fall of 1777, three months in Captain Proctor's company; from the spring of 1780, six months in Captains Clark's and Francis Arnold's companies, Colonel Tupper's regiment.
as Preamble date not given omit He also served six weeks on board the "Viper", commanded by Captain Chapman; and in 1779, six weeks on board the "Defense", commanded by Captain John Edmunds, and was in the Penobscot Expedition.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832, at which time he was living in Thompson Township, Geauga County, Ohio.
In 1841 he was living in Denmark, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
There are no data as to family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

17.1.2.
Washington D. C. May 10, 1923.
Hon Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
917 F St NE
Sir:
Will you kindly inform me whether Retire Trask and Ichabod Pomeroy both of whom died in Guadalupe Co. Ohio, both of them reputed to have been soldiers in the Revolutionary War Pomeroy in Mass and Trask either in Mass. or Penna., were ever pensioners and if a certified copy of Certificates can be obtained, and oblige
answered
Very Respectfully Lester Bartlett

Mrs Bertha Dlocum Morse
c/o Lester Bartlett
917 7th NE
City.
personal inquiry of
May 19, 1923 —
wants record of Retire Trask 87750

ANNA FINCH ANDERSON 1125 MAIN STREET PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK
Mr. E. W. Morgan Acting Commissioner Bureau of Pensions Washington, D. C. Dear Sir,
On September 21, 1928 you advised me that Peter Trask was allowed a pension on his application executed Sept. 14, 1832 while living in Thompson, Ohio.
That in 1841 he was living in Denmark, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
I have tried very hard to obtain the date of his death thro' family and county records but have been unsuccessful.
Have you any record that would show this date or date when pension ceased?
I should be very grateful for your assist-

and I assure you .
Respectfully
Anna J. Anderson

Anne
MILA FINCH ANDERSON
1125 MAIN STREET
PEEKSKILL, N. Y.
Jan. 6, 1928
Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Can you inform me whether a pension was granted for Revolutionary service to BETIRE TRASK of Town of Thompson, Geauga County, Ohio at time of application (if any)? He is buried in this township.
He enlisted, however, from Beverley, Mass.
Any facts regarding this man or his family would be appreciated.
Respectfully
Anne F. Anderson

939 Liberty St. Pekskill, N.Y. May 18, 1928
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I am writing you to learn if possible the name of Retire Trask wife? When they each died and when married if it is possible to get it.
"Retire Trask enlisted town of Beverley, Mass.
July 19, 1780 - discharged Jan. 21, 1781."
Whether he married in Beverley or Ohio, we have not found out, but the records as we learn are-
"Retire Trask granted pension Apr. 28, 1832 - age 75 yrs. Geauga Co. Ohio - (Penn. pension) per P.M."
He moved into Geauga Co. with 9 children, and he and wife are buried on the Ora Bartlett farm there, but there is no grave marker at wifes grave.
I shall appreciate it very much if you can help me.
Very truly yours
H. S. Gorlow

P.O. Box 49 - Buchanan, Westchester Co., N.Y.
May 8, 1931
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen =
Retire Trask - soldier of the war of American Revolution - applied for a pension while living in western Pennsylvania, and also received same while living in Geauga Co., Ohio, the place of his death. What I am particularly anxious to learn is the name of his wife.
If you cannot furnish this perhaps you will be willing to suggest where you think I might obtain this information?
Very truly yours
Mrs Vera E. Lockwood

Rushmore, N.Y. July 29, 1931
Bureau of Pensions-Rev. Sec.
P.O. Box 49
Mr E. H. Morgan, acting Com.
Miss Ford
Dear sir =
I appreciate very much your kindness in sending the data of Retire Irack , the soldier of the Am. Revolution, but is there not some way of learning when his pension ceased ? this would undoubtedly have occurred soon after the place and time of his death had been made known, and might disclose the name of his wife.
I have written to the clerk of Denmark township, Ohio, and he said many years ago there was a family by the name living there, but they were all gone now.
I have written also to several presumed descendants but received no replies.
Can you offer any suggestions?
Thanking you, I am
Very truly
Mrs W. P. Horton

7750
INVALID.
Verhann
File No. 7750
Retire. Frank
Prv. Rev. War
Act: June 28th 1832
Index: Vol. 1, Page 378
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1923 June 14 - H. ret. sent Letter Bartlett for Mrs. Bertha Slocum Morse. AWS.  1923 June 28 - Photos mailed to Lester Bartlett. AWS. See receipt in Ichabod Pomeroy S. 3722.  1928 Sept. 21 - H. ret. to Mrs. Anna F. Anderson AWS.  1929 Feb. 8 - W.P. Horton advised re: fam. data AWS.  1929 Apr. 25, Anna F. Anderson advised him to find date of death M.E.E.  1931 June 18 - H. ret. to Mrs. Vera E. Lockwood AWS.  1931 Aug 11 - Mrs. W.P. Horton adv. ask date on last pay. rec. etc AWS.

ms 2/169. B45

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
August 18 th 1843.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Retire Trask , a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1841, to the 4 th March 1842,  Respectfully, yours,
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Washington City
Aug 27. 1842
Sir I humbly transmit the papers in law of the tract asking for a Patent
Very respectfully
Your obedt Servt
Whipple
S. H. Edwards Esq

Washington City
Dec 27, 1842
Sir The enclosed papers have been sent with a request that I would call at your office, and examine. The old gentleman and his friends appear confident that there is some error as the old man says he served &c. I would respectfully ask you to examine in order that they may be satisfied
With great respect
Yours Obediently W. H. Ward
J. L. Edwards Esq

Washington City May 18, 1842
Sir I have with me a letter from Mr Clapper in regard to the pension of Mrs Fush together with your letter of a former date to me. perhaps you may gather something from it that will aid you
Very respectfully
Your obedt
Whidbey
J. L. Edward Esq } Last Pension }

Washington March 12 th 1834
Sir
I shall send to you the papers of Peter Frash- for a pension under the act of 1832. It was my intention to have called at the office as I was requested to do by the applicant; but I find it difficult to be absent the time necessary to go there, during your office hours - and I am sure it would be unnecessary for me to examine the rolls, as I do not doubt, you will require them, to be ex- = amined with care. Mr Phelps supposes there is no difficulty as to nine months service -
Yours very Respectfully
G Whittier
J L Edwards Esq.

Retire Track
wants witness
Clergyman calls
wanted
Adm. 9 Months
Private —
H. E. Whittier

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of before spark which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? yy 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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? Confused by two Citizens 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? yes 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? 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? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? 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.

Saffron Ohio
March 17. 1845
Sir
I was called on yesterday by one of the friends of Retire French here called on me to inquire the situation of his Pension. Will you be so kind as to forward the information at your earliest convenience.
With great respect Yours Obedient Servant
J L Edwards Esq

Pension Office
May 23, 1842
Sir,
I herewith return the letter of N. C. Chaffee, Esq r . in the case of Retire Trask, and have to state that the name of Tupper should have been written in my letter to you of the 31 st of January last, which is also herewith returned, instead of Trispher. The name of Retire Trask is not found on the records in this Office, of those who served in Col. Tupper's regiment. The records of the Massachusetts militia of those companies in which he also alleges to have served, do not show that he served six months. The further payment of his pension will therefore remain suspended.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your obed. Servt.
J. L. Edwards
Hon. J. R. Giddings House of Representatives

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
April 2 th 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Betsey Wash a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Thirty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 , has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of Sept. 1839 , to the 1 st March 1840 .
Respectfully yours,
Edward E. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Geo Kament Rays Company Josiah Wallace Kath Wallace Dean Samuel Woodbury Thomas Cole Gideon Cole H. Morgan Jacob Redwood Hamster M Burnham Doct John Jones Locha
Douge Co Piper Aaron Blanchard M Douge 4th m sergeant Bg Brash Jos Swarts Joseph  6 months Miller Brash Swarts 2 Peabody

Pension Office.
Jan'y 31. 1842.
Sir
The amended declaration of Peter Frask, for the purpose of obtaining an increase of pension, has been examined and filed. He claims an increase for alleged service in 1780 as an enlisted soldier of the Massachusetts troops under Col. Tripp for six months. He claimed for said service in his original declaration, but it was not allowed because the records of those who belonged to that regiment did not afford any evidence of the alleged service. Said records have again been carefully examined, and although there are several thereon of the name of Frask, there is none named Peter Frask. The service for which he was allowed a pension was alleged to have been for three months in Capt. Ray's company of Mass' militia in the fall of 1776, for three months in Capt. Robert Dodge's company in the summer of 1777, and in Capt. Jonathan Proctor's company in the latter part of 1777 for three months. Since his claim was allowed, the rolls of the Mass. militia have been received at this Office. The rolls of Capt. Ray's company for the period of the alleged service in 1776 contain two of the name of Frask, but

neither of them are of the claimant's Christian name. His name is not found on Capt Dodge's company for service in 1777; on an examination of the roll of Cap. Tains Procter's company the name of Retio Frask is found thereon, as having served two months and twenty one days. The records are correct. Under these circumstances the Dept. is constrained to dis continue the further payment of the pension heretofore allowed.
I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Obed. Serv. J L Edwars
Hon: J. W. Giddings House of Representatives

Re. and War Section MEE/ee1
April 25, 1929
Anna Finch Anderson 1125 Main Street Peebleskill, New York
Madam:
I advise you that in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War soldier, Retire Trask, S.7750, you should apply to the General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Retire Trask, Certificate No.26291, issued on April, 28, 1834, rate $30.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Pittsburgh Agency.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.

v. 1 Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Ans
February 8, 1929
W. P. Horton 939 Liberty Street Peekekill, N. Y.
Sir:
I advise you that there are no family data found in the papers in the Revolutionary War pension application of Retire Trask (S. 7750), who was pensioned in 1832 while a resident of Geauga County, Ohio.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

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AWJ. S 7750
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 192
In reply to your request of _____, for the history of Retire Irask _____, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's _____ claim for pension.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Fall 1776 3 mos. Pvt. Joseph Ray ✓ Mass   Summer 1777 3 mos. Robert Dodge Ebenezer Francis   Fall 1777 3 mos. Proctor ✓   6 weeks Chapman on board "Viper" Bucks   1779 6 weeks John Edmonds on " " Defense " "   ✓ Spring 1780 6 mos. Francis Arnold Jupper Mass.  
Battles engaged in, in the Penobscot Expedition.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Beverly, Essex Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 14, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Thompson Twp. Geauga Co. Ohio.
Age at date of application, Born in Beverly, Mass. 1755.
Remarks: No data on file as to family. 1841 - res. Denmark. Ashtabula Co. Ohio.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

September 21, 1928.
Mrs. Anna F. Anderson, 1125 Main Street, Peebleskill, New York.
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 7750, it appears that Retire Trask was born in 1755 at Beverly, Massachusetts.
While residing at said Beverly, he enlisted and served with the Massachusetts Troops, as follows:
In the fall of 1776, three months in Captain Joseph Ray's Company; in the summer of 1777, three months in Captain Robert Dodge's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis' Regiment; in the fall of 1777, three months in Captain Proctor's Company; from the spring of 1780, six months in Captain Clark's and Francis Arnold's Companies, Colonel Tupper's Regiment.
He also served six weeks on board the "Viper", Captain Chapman; and in 1779 1778 six weeks on board the "Defense", Captain John Edmunds, and was in the Penobscot Expedition.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 14, 1832, at which time he was living in Thompson

Township, Geauga County, Ohio.
In 1841, he was living in Denmark, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
There are no data as to family.
Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.
COPIED BY ADY

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August 11, 1931
Rev.& 1812 Wars Section AWF
Mrs. W. P. Horton Buchanan, P.O.Box 49 New York.
Dear Madam:
You are advised that in order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Retire Trask, S. 7750, you should apply to the General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
Retire Trask Certificate number 26291 Issued April 28, 1834 Rate $30.00 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act of June 7, 1832 Pittsburgh, Ohio Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

Leester Bartlett 917 F St. NE City
$1,85 $1,00 J W
wants photostat copies certified 5 pages from Retire Trask S. 7750 Mass.
Rev war section

(MF 42)
Date June 26- '23
Name Retire Trash No. 7750
Rev. War
Photographic copies wanted of 1 pieces, consisting of 5 pages.
Remarks: Exr. Antod  Chief  SECTION v.
Serial _____ Low Clerk. No. _____
PHOTOGRAPH OLD FILE JUN 28 1923

ANNA F. ANDERSON 1125 MAIN STREET PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK
Nov. 15, 1927
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C. Rev. & 1812 War Section Secretary, Dear Sir,
Can you give me any information from your records (Rev. of 1812) of Retire Trask of Beverly Mass.? He marched to camp July 19, 1780 under Capt. Clark.
If he has a record for 1812 he enlisted possibly from New Hampshire or Ohio.
Another entry in Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in Rev. War gives a Retire Trask from Beverly in Capt. John Gay's Company, Col. Ebenezer Francis's regiment.
I shall be very grateful for your service.
Sincerely
Anna F. Anderson

Ans. 9/21/28
1125 Main Street Peekekill, N.Y. Feb. 19, 1928
United States Pension Bureau Washington, D.C. Dear Sir,
Will you be so kind as to send me copy of any record your Bureau may have for Retire Track of Geauga County, Ohio., probably born of Thompson?
I feel sure that he received a pension but would like what you may have for U.G.R. credentials. He enlisted from Beverly, Mass.
I shall be very grateful.
Sincerely
Anna F. Anderson

Wm J B Graham Washington D.C.

Jefferson May the 10. 1842
Friend
Enclosed with this you have the letter of the Commission of Pensions to yourself on the application of Retired Trask of Reersport in this County for an increase of his pension. It appears that he had once drawn half pay, but recently they have taken from him his "half loaf". There appears to have been an error in the name of a Col. of the Massachusetts under whom the old man served. It is written Trappier but should be Trapper Tupper. The old man says when he enlisted & performed service in the army his name was Retired Trask junior. It is now thought probably that if with these corrections an Examination should again be made that the old man would receive a certificate allowing him full pay as a Revolutionary Pensioner. I write this for the old man who requests your personal attention to the matter.
Yours S.C. J. Millhaffel
Hon. R. Jennings } Neshannock S.C. }
P.S. The old man has written on the back of the Commission the names of a number of his officers who served with him in the army. J. Millhaffel

J. L. Edwards Esq. Washington D. C.

Thompson Geauga Co Ohio April 1st 1834
J. L. Edwards Esqr
Com te of Pensioners
Sir since you returned my application on account of not finding my name on the Roll for the last six months of my service which was in the continental line as stated in my declaration I have endeavored to procure proof of my service but I am so infirm and have been so long and so far removed from those who served with me I cannot find any of my companions in arms by whom it can be proved — If you cannot be satisfied from my declaration and cannot find my name on the Roll I must content myself with receiving a pension for the first nine months service which I suppose is sufficiently proved Our Representative Hon. E. Whittlesey will present this with my papers
Very Respectfully Your Ob t Serv t
Retier Trask

vol. 36 page 212 Capt. Joseph Rice, served in 1776, not on roll
vol. 18 page 146 Capt. Rice Dodge's services in summer of 1777, not on roll, nor on any of the rolls of Capt. Dodge's Co.
vol. 21, page 187 Capt. Jonathan Procter Co. served ending 3 Feb. 1778, on roll for 2 mo. 21 days.
Col. Tappan - 1780, not on roll.
Quesit

The State of Ohio Geauga County
On this fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred & thirty two, personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, at & for said County of Geauga, now sitting - Retire Trask a resident of Thompson Township in the County of Geauga & State of Ohio aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his said oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served as herein stated:
That in the year 1776, he resided at Beverly in the State of Massachusetts, and in the fall of that year, sometime as he thinks in the month of November, a December he was drafted to serve a tour of Three months in the American Army - in the company commanded by Captain Joseph Ray of Massachusetts Militia soon after went to Lynn, where he joined his company, and marched with said company from thence to Bound Brook near Brunswick New Jersey - whilst there was employed on several scouting parties against the Refugees - He remained stationed there, or in that vicinity until his three months tour of service expired when he together with the Company to which he belonged, was discharged. He returned to Beverly in the fore-part of February or March 1777 - In the summer of 1777, he again entered the service in the Company commanded by Captain Robert Dodge of Ipswich, in a Regiment of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Colonel Ebenezer Francis - marched to Dorchester where he joined the Regiment - They were there stationed to man the works - whilst there was employed at one time in repairing Boston Castle, which had been blown up, & received a wound in his hand from a Pick-axe - in consequence of which he obtained a furlough, & went home where he remained about a fortnight when he returned & went to duty - And continued stationed at

Dorchester until his term of service, which was three months, expired, when he was discharged & returned home late in September - Soon after - & late in the fall of the same year, he again entered the service on a tour of three months, in a Company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Captain Proctor - Isaac Chapman being the first Lieutenant, & Curtis Woodbury the second - and marched with the Company to Winter Hill, near Boston, where he was employed in guarding British prisoners of war taken with Burgoyne, and remained there until the expiration of his term of service, when he was discharged & returned to Beverly -
In the Spring of 1780 - he enlisted for six months into the Company commanded by Captain Clark in the Regiment commanded by Col. Tappan of the Massachusetts line of Continental Troops - The Regiment rendezvoused at West Springfield - And he marched with the Regiment from thence to West Point - He was attached to the Brigade of General Patterson - and remained stationed at, or near West Point until his term of service expired; that during the time he remained there - he was detached with about forty men & stationed in a Block House a short distance below West Point on the River - At the time he went there - a British Man of War Vessel lay off in the River nearly opposite the Block House - It was said to have been the Vessel from which Andre was landed, & on board of which Arnold went after the arrest of Andre - He remained here about a fortnight, during which time he attended the execution of Maj. Andre - which took place a short distance above said Block House - He was gone but a few hours, when he returned to the Block House - He thinks the name of the place was Crangstown - Soon after the execution of Andre - he returned to West Point - was discharged, & returned home to Beverly - having served at this time six months, that he continued to reside at Beverly after his return from West Point about two three years when he moved to Ackworth in the

State of New Hampshire - where he resided until he removed to Thompson aforesaid, in 1810 or 11 - where he has ever since resided - That he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person whom testifying he can procure, who can testify to his service,
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 & subscribed the day & year aforesaid, in open Court } Peter Trask before me
D. Aiken, Clerk
We Seth Hulbert and Richard Sprague residing in the township of Thompson in the County of Grafton aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Peter Trask, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seven- ty three years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neigh- bourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn to, & subscribed the day & } Seth Hulbert year aforesaid, in open Court } Richard Sprague before me
D. Aiken, Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interroga- tories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, & served as he states - And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Seth Hulbert & Richard Sprague who have signed the pre- ceding certificate, are credible persons, and that their state- ment is entitled to credit. -

The State of Ohio Trumbull County ss
J. D. Aiken, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the appli- cation of Retire Trask, for a pension.
In Testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand & seal of Office this fourteenth day of September A.D. 1832
J. D. Aiken, Clerk.
Retire Trask.
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The State of Ohio Geauga County ss. I, Orange Lyman a clergyman residing in the town of Thompson in said County & State, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Retire Frase, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration, that I believe him to be near seventy four years of age, that he is reputed & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that I concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed this 3 rd Orange Lyman day of April              AD 1834 before me —————      Seth Hurlbert Justice Peace
The State of Ohio Geauga County ss. I, J. Aiken Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County do hereby certify that Seth Hurlbert who has subscribed his name above as Justice of the Peace was on the said third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four and still is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and sworn and that the above signature purporting to be his is true and genuine And further that it appears upon the records of this Court that the above named Orange Lyman is a clergyman of good and regular standing In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this fifth day of April A.D. 1834 J. D. Aiken, Clerk