Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,842, for Joseph C Marsh, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Marsh, Joseph C.
S 13842
Carded.
CONTENTS

32 ✓ 26 ✓ 29 ✓ 14 ✓ 101
14138 4765 New York Joseph C. Marsh of Clinton Co in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Whipple of the Regt. commanded by _____ in the Mass. time for Dis.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of May 1831 and sent to J. D. Woodward Plattsburg
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 53.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept.  13.33
$66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 4 Page 67

14.765
J. C. Mearns Elmira N.Y.
admitted.
8 mo. Private
J. C. Woodward
Hattiesburg Miss.

BRIEF in the case of  J. L. Marsh  of Clinton Co. in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 69 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. As a Gen.     10 th April In 1780 8 Private Col. Whipple  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Winton Co. New York  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Testimony  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Michael O'Leary Examining Clerk.

J Clark. Marsh Rev Soldier Ser d . 8 months in Capt Whipple's Co. Leav. Grunds. -
addr s , J D Woodward Plattsburg N.Y.
14705 v.

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.
State of New York
County of Clinton ss On this fourth day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before John Palmer John Warford & Miles Stevenson Esquires Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton now sitting J. Clarke Marsh a resident of the town of Plattsburg in the County of Clinton and State of New York aged Sixty 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. 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born in the town of Thompson Co of in the State of Connecticut September 14. 1763. I have no record of my age and never had any - I resided at Royalton Wooster Co Mass and enlisted at that place April 10 1780 as a volunteer into Capt. Thomas Whipple's Co of Massachusetts guards Sergeants Bowker & Davenport, Timothy Ruggles Lieutenant I marched from Royalton through Athol Templeton Hubbardston to Old Rutland Wooster Co Mass and served there Eight months in guarding Prisoners which were taken at the Capture of Genl Burgoyne. I was discharged at Old Rutland Mass the middle of December 1780. I had no written discharge. I have no documentary evidence and know of no persons whose testimony I can procure who can testify to my services.
after I left the service I continued to reside in Royalton Mass until 1784 when I moved to Croydon Cheshire Co. New Hampshire and resided there until 1789 when I moved to Rochester Vt. & resided there till 1805 when I moved to Clinton County New York where I have ever since resided and where I now reside. There was no regular officers where I served. - The names of persons to whom I am known in my present neighborhood and who can testify to my character for veracity.

and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution are Gordan Goodspeed Stephen Goodspeed Minnie Newcomb Simon Newcomb Daniel Robinson Isaac Marsh, Hose Marsh John Mott, Charles Goodspeed & others.
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.
I sworn and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid in Open Court before me.
Joseph C. Marsh
Geo. M. Beckwith acting Clerk of Clinton Com. Pleas
We Frederick Halsey - a Clergyman, residing in the town of Plattburg in the County of Clinton and State of New York and Joshua Hilyard residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with J. Clark Marsh who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
I sworn and subscribed to before me this fourth day of October 1832 and I Certify that Deponents are credible persons
Joshua Hilyard Fredk Halsey Sw.
Geo. M. Beckwith acting Clerk of Clinton Com. Pleas
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after 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 Frederick Halsey - who has signed

The preceding Certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Plattsburg in the State of New York, and that Joshua Hilyard who has also signed the same is a respectable in the same town and is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit.
Clerk
I George M. Beckwith Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton (the Clerk being dead  unable to attend the hearing ) do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Clark Marsh for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this fourth day of October — 1832. And I further Certify that J Douglas Wood Clerk ward before whom the annexed affidavit of Josiah Wilcox & Daniel Robinson was taken & sworn on the 19 th July 1832 was at the time a Notary Public for said County & that the signature of said Notary to the jurat of said affidavit is genuine. I being well acquainted with his hand writing. — Witness my hand & seal of office the day & year first above written. The word "dead" interlined by me & part of a line erased.
Geo M Beckwith Acting Clerk

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Joseph Clark Marsh a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. F. 13842
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 10, 1780 8 mos. Pvt. Thomas Whipple ✓ Mass.                                     
Battles engaged in, _____ ✓ _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Royalston, Worcester Co., Mass.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 4, 1832. His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Plattsburg, Clinton Co., N. Y.
Age at date of application, B. Sept. 14, 1763, at Thompson, Conn.
Remarks: There is no data relative to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

1917 Apr. 17. History to Mrs. Robert M. Brown. Fr.
Revman
13842.
INVALID.
File No. 13. 872
Joseph C. Marshall
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of New York
County of Clinton ss. We Josiah Wilcox a Clergyman residing in the town of Plattsburg in the said County and Daniel Robinson residing in the same town hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with J. Clark Marsh applicant for a Pension under the act of June 7, 1832. That we believe him to be of age sixty nine years, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion, and the said Daniel Robinson further says that he has been well acquainted with the said Clark Marsh for more than twenty five years during all of which time Deponent has lived near neighbor to said Marsh that during said time Deponent (who was a Teamster in Col. Sheldon's Reg't) has had frequent conversation with said Marsh relative to his services in the revolutionary war and the statement he now makes agrees with those he made to Deponent twenty years ago. Deponent verily believes that said Marsh did serve in the war of the Revolution in the service of the united States for Eight months and further that said Marsh is a man of truth and veracity. — and further saith not —
Daniel Robinson Josiah Wilcox
Sworn and Subscribed to before me this 19 th day of July 1832 and I Certify that the said Josiah Wilcox is a Clergyman and that he and the said Daniel Robinson are both credible persons and witnesses.
J Douglas Woodward Notary Public.

26 March

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Johnathan Clinton G d York which require 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? 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? 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? yes 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? 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.

Brown

U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Pens. Sec. in War Department. Washington, D.C.
My dear Sir:—
I am told my ancestor, Joseph Clark Marsh, was a Revolutionary War Pensioner, living at Chazy, Clinton Co. N.Y. when pension was granted.
I am the daughter of Emily Marsh, who was the daughter of Lyman Marsh, who was the son of Joseph Clark Marsh, born Sept. 14, 1763 died Feb. 4, 1850, according to our family history.

I would like to secure a record of the Revolutionary War services of said Joseph Clark Marsh, as it entitles me to admission in the N. S. D. A. R.
The local Chapter Registrar tells me to apply to you for this information.
If there is any expense in this matter, I will be pleased to meet it, upon notification from you as to the amount.
Very sincerely yours,
Sarah Josephine Brown. (Mrs. Robert M. Brown)
Gouverneur. N. Y.
St. Lawrence Co. R. F. D.
April 5 th 1917