Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29942, for Isaac King, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
King, Isaac
S 29942
CONTENTS

5642
Massachusetts
Isaac King
of Bristol in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hall & Snow of the Regt. commanded by Col. Wallcut in the line for 9 Mo. 2 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass. at the rate of 30 Dollars 22 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Feby 1833 and sent to S. L. Hodge, Esq. of Rep.
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $45.33 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 March 15.11
$60.44
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. Blair Clerk Book D - Vol. 2 nd Page 62.

Franc King
9.11.12.
May 2 days Private
Adm d

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } BRISTOL, ss. }
At a COURT of PROBATE holden at Taunton in and for said County on the twenty ninth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, before the Honorable HODIJAH BAYLIES, Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared Isaac Wing a resident of Raynham in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated; to wit: under Capt Noah Hall, Lt Sylvester Jones & Ephraim Crossman in Col. Knowlton's regiment whose first name & whose Lt Col's name I have forgotten the Major's name was Jordan ; again, under Capt John Shaw, can't tell the other officers, not formed into regiments at this time; again, under the same Capt Shaw, again, under Lt Commandant Nathanill Snow; on neither of which occasions the company belonged to any regiment that the other officers are remembered; again, under Capt Samuel Hales, Lt Solomon Snow & Lt Cooper; not to to be known; again under Capt Noah Hall, Lt Abiel Williams, not in any regiment; and the particulars of his services he will state in reply to the fifth interrogatory herein after contained;
and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. That he was born in Raynham in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts , in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty ,
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? The record of my age is on the Book kept by the Town of Raynham for that purpose, a certified copy whereof is hereto annexed.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
I lived in Raynham when called into service; afterwards I resided about three years in the Town of Livermore in the State of Maine but for the last twenty years I have lived in Raynham aforesaid.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
I always either voluntarily enlisted or volunteered.

5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
2 mo.
Under Capt. Hall the first time I entered about the first of February in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six and marched from Taunton to Winter Hill in Cambridge, serv'd there at Dorchester two months in the army besieging Boston, I staid there some time after the British left that place. I cannot remember many other officers, I recollect Capt. Oliver Soper's company that were enlisted for a year. In March the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven I went on an alarm to Kingston in R Island State and served one week guarding the coasts against any landing of the enemy; under the same
1 week
Capt. Shaw  Shaw in August in the same year I went on another alarm to the same place and served one week on the same duty as before; under Lt. Snow. I went on an alarm to New Bedford
1 week
in the fall of the year seventeen hundred and seventy eight when the British had landed & burned it; afterwards I was stationed in Fairhaven on the opposite side of the river, the enemy attacked Fairhaven the next night and were repulsed; my station was at the northern village & the attack was made at the southern village so I did not take part in the skirmish; I served on this alarm one week
1 week
3 mo.
Under Capt. Samuel Pales I served three months from January to April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine; guarding the coasts from any incursion of the enemy from Rhode Island; I was stationed at a place called Gardner's neck in the town of Swansey in this State; again under Capt. Noah Hall I served two weeks
2 weeks
in July & August in the year seventeen hundred and eighty guarding the coasts from an apprehended landing of the British from their ships at Kingston in the State of Rhode Island; for proof of these several services I refer to the affidavits & certificate
6 mo. 1 week
hereto annexed; also I served two weeks at Warren in Rhode Island when the British had landed and burnt a church at Bristol & set fire to some houses in said Warren; for proof of this last service I refer to the annexed affidavit of my brother Silas King, I omitted declaring for this above for
2 weeks
I did not then know such evidence to be admissible; this service was performed in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six in December as I think.
6 mo. 3 weeks

6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if a Soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? I was a soldier and never had any written discharge
7. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
To the Rev? Enoch Sanford & Isaac King Esqrs Godfrey Robinson Esquire.
And the said Isaac King doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
A. Daylies,
Isaac King Judge of Probate.
WE Enoch Sanford a Clergyman residing in Raynham and Godfrey Robinson Esquire residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac King who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy two 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 the opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Enoch Sanford Godfrey Robinson A. Daylies, Judge of Probate.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Enoch Sanford who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Raynham in said County of Bristol, and that Godfrey Robinson who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
A. Daylies, Judge of Probate. Register of Probate.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } BRISTOL, ss. }
I Anselm Basset Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac King of Raynham in said County, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
Anselm Basset

I Joseph Dean of Raynham in the County of Bristol & State of Mass. do testify and say that I am now seventy eight years old & have been ac- quainted with Isaac King of Raynham before & ever since the American Revolution that in the winter of 1776 I enlisted & served as a private Soldier in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Noah Hall of Raynham in Col. Frenche's Regiment at Winter Hill & Dorchester near Boston two months and the above named Isaac King served with me all of that time in the same company as a private Soldier being two months; that in the Fall of 1778 I volunteered & served as a private Soldier in Capt Jonathan Shaw's company of Militia about one week at New Bedford & Fairhaven in the County of Bristol & the above named Isaac King served as a private Soldier at said New Be- dford & Fairhaven in a company of Militia commanded by Lieutenant Nathaniel Snow all of that time being about one week. the above named Isaac King is now in full life & Resides in the Town of Raynham
Joseph Dean
Bristol ss. August 25 th 1832 Then the above named Joseph Dean personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me Godfrey Robinson Justice Bristol ss January 16 th 1833. This may certify I am acquainted with the above named Joseph Dean & according to my best knowledge he is a credible disinterested witness and entitled to belief
Godfrey Robinson Justice Peace

I, Silas King of Raynham in the County of Bristol & State of Mass- ts testify and say that I am now in the State of Rhode Island sixty six years old can well remember the alarm at Warren when the British burnt part of that place; which I believe was in December 1776 I well remember of my Brother Isaac King marching with my Father for Warren and heard my Father say when he returned that Isaac had joined the company at Warren and my my Brother Isaac King was from home about two weeks as near as I can recollect - and understand that he had served as a soldier in the Raynham Company when stationed at said Warren in the State of Rhode Island
Silas King
Bristol ss. August 20 th 1832. Then the above named Silas King personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed
Before me Godfrey Robinson } Justice of Peace
Bristol ss. January 26 th 1833. This may certify I am acquainted with the above named Silas King and according to my best knowledge he is a credible disinterested witness and entitled to belief Godfrey Robinson Justice of Peace

I Ebenezer Robinson now Resident of Taunton in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say, that I am now Seventy four years old, and have been acquainted with Isaac King of Raynham before and ever since the American Revolution. That I was drafted and served as a private Soldier three Months which Service was from December 1778 to the Spring of 1779. in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Samuel Hales of Taunton at a place called Gardner's Neck in the Town of Swansey State of Mass. and the said Isaac King served as a private Soldier in the same company with me all of that time & that in the year 1777. I. served at two different times in a company commanded by Capt. John Shaw of Raynham of one week or more at each time at Liverton in the State of Rhode Island the first time was in the Spring & the last time was in the fall of the year aforesaid. & the said Isaac King served with me in the same company both of the times as aforesaid at said Liverton which was one week at each time. in the Spring & fall of the year 1777. & the said Isaac King is now in full life and is the same Identical person that served with me three months in the year 1778 & 1779. and also one week in the Spring of 1777. and one week in fall of 1777. in the War of the American Revolution.
Ebenezer Robinson
Bristol ss. August 17 th 1832. Then the above named Ebenezer Robinson personally appeared and made oath to the truth of above declaration by him subscribed before me Godfrey Robinson Justice Peace
I Seth Dean of Raynham in the county of Bristol State Mass. do testify and say, that I am now Seventy five years old & have been acquainted with Isaac King of Raynham before & ever since the Revolutionary War, that I volunteered & served as a Soldier in said war in 1780. in July or August of that year two weeks at Liverton State R Island in a company of Militia commanded by Capt. Noah Hall of said Raynham & that said Isaac King served with me as a private Soldier in said Hall company all of that time being two weeks & the said Isaac now resides in said Raynham.
Seth Dean
Bristol ss. August 17 th 1832 Then the above named Seth Dean personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above declaration by him subscribed before me Godfrey Robinson Justice Peace

Bristol ss. January 16 th 1833. This may certify that I am acquainted with the within named Ebenezer Robinson and Seth Dean and according to my best knowledge they are credible disinterested witnesses and entitled to belief Godfrey Robinson Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Wistful fr. Anselm Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in for said County of Bristol do hereby certify That Godfrey Robinson is a Justice of the Peace in for said County of Bristol duly qualified to administer oaths and that the signatures to the foregoing certificates purporting to be his are his genuine signatures — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the seal of said Court this seventeenth day of January Eighteen hundred & thirty Three Anselm Barrett

Isaac King, son of John King & Katharine his wife was born June 7. 1760.-
A true copy of Record. Raynham August 23. 1832.
Wm Snow T. Clerk of Raynham

29942 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 29,942
Johann King Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1897
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 229
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3984. Isaac King
Private
9 Mos & 2 days on Roll & Deela n toptu
ad m a .
$30.22
A. Bassett Esq.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac King Bristol Co - 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?  XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?   Yes — And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? 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? Yes 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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.
14. Amended

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t 14 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Isaac King is borne on a roll of "Captain S. Fales Company in Col J. Dugget's Regiment to serve under General Spencer three months from the first of Jan y . A.D 1778" — and he is therein stated to have served two months and twenty six days. Also on a roll of Capt. Noah Hall's Company in Col. Mitchell's Regiment, on an expedition to Rhode Island, he is therein stated to have served nine days, in August 1780.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy