Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 6,577, for William Macomber, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Nash.
Macomber, William
NUMBER _____
R 6.5 77
CONTENTS

6577
P. O.
William Macomber
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
REJECTED
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized.
_____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

19606 William Macomber Macomber
Rejected See letter to the Hon: Mr Seymour 9 April 1825
65-77
Hon Mr Seymour

State of Vermont On this 11 th day of February 1828, personally District of Addison ss , appeared before the Probate Court for said District being expressly made a Court of record by the laws of this State, in open Court, William Macomber, aged 65 years, resident in Bristol in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818, and the 1 st of May 1820, that he the said William Macomber enlisted for the term of three years, about the 8 th day of April 1777 in Dannton in the State of Massachusetts, under Debedea Castle, a recruiting sergeant, that under him he marched to Westpoint in the State of New York, where he was put into the company commanded by Capt James Brown, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson, in the line of the State of Massachusetts, on the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps until the 11 th day of April 1779, when he was discharged from said service at said Westpoint; that in the first part of September 1777, he was attacked by the dysentery, or camp-distemper, as it was called, and continued sick of that disorder until the 6 th day of December of that year, when, in consequence of a cold, his disorder settled in his leg, and he continued lame and unable to perform much duty until the said 11 th day of April 1779, when the surgeon advised that he, this declarant, would never be able to perform any active service, which was the occasion of his being discharged; that he had a written discharge, but after the war was over, he sup- posed it to be of no use, and, in some way, not now within his recollection, it was lost: And that he has no other evidence of his said service, except the accompanying affidavits. —

And in pursuance of the act of the first of May 1820, I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th 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 & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18 th 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 & by me subscribed
  1 Cow & Calf 20.00 1 Dinner pot 2.00   1 pig 3.00 1 Dish kettle .75   1 Old horn, for which I gave 3 Old kitchen chairs .50   25.00 in wooden dishes 3.00 1 Keg .50   Old wagon & harness, for which 3 Earthen plates .17   I gave $10. in wooden dishes 6.00 4 Tea cups & saucers .25   1 Old five-gallon kettle - cracked .50 2 Brown Earthen bowls .25   A few old tools for making 1 Old pair tongs .34   wooden dishes 2.50 1 Old pine table .50   37.00 1 Old meat board .34   4.60 
William Macomber.
And the said declarant on his oath aforesaid further says that he follows the trade of making wooden dishes - not being able to perform any hard labour - that in consequence of the disorder contracted in the service, I have occasionally ever since been troubled with the same lameness - that since I have grown old the lameness has increased upon me, so that much of the time I am unable to labour at all: that I have in my family only a wife, aged

fifty five years, so feeble & worn out with hard work, as not to be able to labour much.
Sworn to & declared on the 11 th day of February 1825.
Before the Court aforesaid,
Sam d Swift, Judge of Probate.
I, John Simmons Register of the Probate Court for the District of Addison in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly a copy from the records 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 Forty one dollars and Sixty Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this 12 th day of February 1825.
John Simmons

I Josiah Scott of Bristol in the county of Caledonian and state of Vermont of Lawful Age do Testify and say that as nigh as I can Recollect in the year A D 1778 or 1779 in Halifax in the county of Winceham & state of Massachusetts I saw & read a Discharge of William Macomber which said Discharge was signed by George Washington - Commander in Chief of Armies of the united States, said Discharge was in the hands of the said William, said Discharge certified that said William had been a Soldier of the Continental army & Massachusetts line - & Discharged the said William therefrom as having been a Good Soldier said Discharge was as near as I can Recollect dated in April - in 1778 or 1779 - I further state that William Macomber of Bristol aforesaid is the same William that was discharged - as aforesaid
Given under my hand at Bristol this 22 nd day of January A D 1825 - Josiah Scott
State of Vermont & Bristol January 22 nd 1825 Then Caledonian county ss Personally appearing before me the above named Josiah Scott & made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed contains the truth & nothing but the truth M rs M rs Horatio Willson Justice Peace

State of Vermont } Bennington January 22 d 1825 Addison County } I hereby certify that I am Well acquainted with the within named Joseph Steele & I know him to be a man who sustains a good moral character & that he is a man of truth & veracity - Certified Horatio Needham Justice Peace
State of Vermont Addison County } Samuel Swift Clerk of the County Court for said County of Addison do hereby certify that Horatio Needham, whose name is subscribed to the within & above certificate is a Justice of the peace for said County of Addison, this name written above & within is his own signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Middlebury this 12 th day of February 1825.
Samuel Swift Clerk.

County of Franklin ss. on this fifth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and twelve, before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said County of Franklin, personally appeared Uriah Weeks of Northfield in said County, who on his his oath declares, that he was a soldier in the eighth regiment of Massachusetts continental troops, and that in June of the year 1777 he became acquainted with William Macomber at Westpoint, a soldier in the company commanded by Captain James Brown, in the said eighth Regiment commanded by Colonel Michael Jackson, and that he continued in the service in said company and Regiment until the winter of the year 1778, and that William Macomber the present applicant is the same person, with whom I was acquainted as aforesaid
his Uriah Weeks mark
Sworn and subscribed to, the day and year aforesaid
before me William Whitaker Justice of the Peace
Franklin ss. October 5 th 1832 I hereby certify that Uriah Weeks the subscriber to the foregoing deposition, according to the best of my knowledge, sustains a good character for truth
William Whitaker Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss.
I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden at Greenfield within and for the County of Franklin do hereby certify that the within named William Whitaker Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Franklin duly commissioned and qualified as such and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth; And I do further certify that the certificate to the caption of the within affidavit is made under his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said County the four- teenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty three
E. Alvord Clerk