Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18465, for John Ingraham, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Ingraham, John
S. 18465
Carded
CONTENTS

21. 185
Massachusetts
John Ingraham
of Berkshire in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Comp commanded by Captain Perry of the Reg commanded by Col Waller on the Mass line for the 1807
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 24 Dollars 44 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 day of Aug. 1832 and unto H. W. Bishop Survivor
Arrears to the 4th Mo. 7 $48.86 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 7 12.21 $61.07
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. A. Atty Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 95
81 Berkshire

139. B John Ingraham Mass
Paid 7 Mr - 10 days
5 14. 16 06
May 21 1833
P. 4.08 \frac{2311}{2447}
H. M. Bishop Esq Lenox Mass

BRIEF in the case of  John Ingraham  60 of Berkshire  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge out of court  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  How old is he? 79  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. As a Gen.     April In 1775 volun. about X Private Gen. G. Perry.   June " substitute 6. " Gen. " Col. Walker   March 1779 drafted - about 10 " Gen. Willworth Gen. G. C. G. C.   volunteered 1 " Gen. Wells  
 In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Rehoboth  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional and one living witness  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? the papers are not properly attested neither witness nor magistrate are certified 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Sayon
Examining Clerk.

I. Simeon Goff of Savoy in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachu- setts. aged Seventy eight years do testify & say. that I am well acquainted with John Ingraham of said Savoy formerly resident of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol in said Commonwealth. That in the month of April 1775 the said Ingraham volunteered as a minute man and was attached to the Company commanded by Capt. John Perry and marched with said Company to Roxbury Mass. I was in the same Regiment with said Ingraham. The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Timothy Walker. In this tour the said Ingraham was out one week. I was with him during the whole of said time. In June 1775 he was attached to said Perry's Company as a substitute for his brother William Ingraham. Said Company was attached to the Regiment commanded by Col. Walker above named, I was in the same Regiment and remained with him the same, till the month of October, and during the whole of this period the said John Ingraham served as a soldier. I was discharged in October & left the said John in service & know that he did not return till some time in the month of December

In the Spring of the year of 1779. the said John Ingraham was attached, as a soldier to the Company commanded by Capt. Joseph Willmarts in the Regiment Brigade Commanded by Genl. Ezekiel Comwall that he marched with said Company to Howland's Ferry in Rhode Island. as I suppose. as the Company to which he belonged. marched away ostensibly for that place. The time he was absent I do not know. I resided at that time in the neighborhood with him, - Simeon Goff.
Beekshiep. September 26 th 1832.
Subscribed & sworn to before me
W. P. Walker Judge of Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. County of Berkshire
On this twenty sixth Day of September 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. William S. Walker Judge of Probate for the County of Berkshire John Ingraham a resident of Savoy in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy Nine years, who being first duly Sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, Make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832.
On the 22 d of April 1775 I volunteered as a Minute man in Capt. John Perys Company and Marched to Roxbury where I Stayed about a week and then was dismissed. Some time in June 1775 I Joined the army as a Substitute for William Ingraham in Capt. John Perys Company Col. Timothy Walker Regt. at Roxbury, where I Served as Cook for the officers Six months, and was dismissed about the last of December.
Some time in the month of March 1779 I was drafted for and Joined Capt. Joseph Willnasthe Company in Gen Ezekiel Gurnalls Brigade and Marched to Howlands Ferry to guard Rhode Island where I Stayed about ten days and then I hired Nathan Ide as a Substitute for four months.
I volunteered in Capt. James Skills Company and March to Fall River where I Served one month to guard Rhode Island and then was dismissed. I am well known to the Rev d Nathaniel McCulloch William Ingraham Esq. Liberty Broker Esq. & Samson Bliss who reside in my neighborhood and who can testify to my character for veracity & the value of my services as a soldier of the revolution.
I was Born in Rehobath March 30 th 1753 where I lived till September 1797 when I moved to Savoy in the County of Berkshire Mass. where I have resided till now.
I have no documentary evidence except the deposition of Simon Goff my next of kin. My name is Recorded in the town Book of Rehobath. I never recd a written discharge from service.

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
S.
John Ingraham
Sworn to, and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
W. P. Walker J. Probst
We Nathaniel M c Cullock a Clergyman residing in the Town of Savoy and William Ingraham Esq r residing in said Savoy hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Ingraham who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be Seventy nine years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Nathaniel M c Cullock
S.
William Ingraham
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year aforesaid
W. P. Walker J. Probst
And the said Judge do hereby certify declare his 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 said Judge further certifies, that it appears to him that Nathaniel M c Cullock who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Savoy and that William Ingraham who has also signed the same is a resident in said Savoy and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said Judge further certifies that the applicant cannot from bodily infirmity attend the court, and that said Applicant submitted to the Examination & was subscribed & sworn to the foregoing declaration.

13918 John Ingraham Savoy, Ill. Application for Pension Sept 26 1832

at his dwelling house in Savoy aforesaid.
William P. Walker Judge of Probate
I Henry W Bishop. Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Judge of said Court in the matter of John Ingraham's application for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of office of the Court of Probate. This twenty sixth day of September A.D. 1832. Henry W Bishop Register of Probate.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County, ss.
On this eleventh day of July A.D. 1833 personally appeared before the Honorable William P. Walker Judge of the Court of Probate for the said County of Berkshire John Ingraham a resident of Savoy in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following in addition to his former declaration which is hereto attached, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he always served as a private. That he knows of no living witness by whom he can prove his services except except Simeon Goff whose deposition is hereto attached. That in the year 1775. he served the period of six months & seven days. That in 1779. he served in person ten days, and then hired Nathaniel Ide who served as his substitute for four months. That by reason of old age & the consequent loss of memory he can not positively swear as to the year in which he served at Fall River but recollects distinctly, his having served there for one month, it being the period during which he served under Capt James Hils and the only time that he went out under that officer. He has endeavoured to recollect the year & period of the war at which this last-mentioned service was performed, and can find no witness who knows any thing in regard to said last mentioned service. John Ingraham

Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
W. P. Walker J. Probate
And the said Judge certifies that the applicant can not from bodily infirmity attend court & that the said applicant submitted to Examination & made subscribed & sworn to the foregoing additional declaration, at his dwelling house in Savoy aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I Henry M. Bishop - Register of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original supplementary or additional proceedings of the Judge of said Court in the matter of the application of John Ingraham for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of said Court of Probate this Eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty three. Henry M. Bishop - Register Probate

18918 John Ingraham
H. W. Bishop Esq Leroy Mep

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 John Ingraham 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? ? 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? no 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? yes
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?
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? yes
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? no
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.

18 465 INVALID.
File No. 18 465
John Ingraham Pr. Rev W. J.
Act: June 7" 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 189
[Arrangement of 1870.]