Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33077, for Archibald Mc Intosh, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
McIntosh, Archibald McIntosh
S 33077
CONTENTS

In life interest dated October 25 1820 to Abrahams Dugdon, Cambridge, Mass.
4,142
Massachusetts
Archibald McIntosh
Private Capt Maxwell
4
Massachusetts line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of Nov. 1818 and sent to the care of Edw d  Bangs Esq r Westminster Worcester,  W. B., Massachusetts,
32. 40 2. 40 34. 40 14. —
Arrears to 4th of Apr. 1818 4. 30 $ 34.40
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th Mar. 1819 $ 48. —
$ 82.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
One Year
Lancaster Worcester Co.

I Abner Witchell of Shirley in the County of Middlesex of Lawfull age testify & say that I was knowing to Archibald McIntosh being the continental service in 1776 with in the company of capt Hugh Maxwell in Col o W m Fletchers Regiment
his Abner + Witchell
mark
Middlesex ss Shirley April 22 d 1810 Personally appeared Abner Witchell and made solemn oath to the above statement by him subscribed to contain the truth
before Wallis Little Justice of Peace

Archibald M c Intosh
Edward Bangs, Esq; Judge
Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Archibald M c Intosh, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary Claim.
Not found on the Mass s rolls. —
See endorsement in the case of Benjamin Nichols.
Admitted

State of Massachusetts
I Archibald M c Intosh — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Lancaster — in the County of Worcester — in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the first of January 1776
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to about the first of January 1777, or in other words — about twelve months.
as a Soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Hugh Maxwell's Regiment, Company and Col: Archibald William Prescott's Regiment. That in July 1777 I engaged in Captain Goss's Company & Col. Prescott's Regiment, for two months, marched to Barnington, fought in the Battle of Red Bank, joined Genl. Gates' Army, & there served out the time of my engagement & was discharged at a place called Barnes's Heights and that I left the service on or about the first of January 1777. from Col: Prescott's Regiment
and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of about sixty two years.
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
att: Edu. D. Bangs. (the said M c Intosh is obliged to make his mark being totally blind)
his Archibald M c Intosh mark
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 25 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 18 pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me.
Judge C. C. Cummings Western Circuit
the abovenamed Archibald M c Intosh and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
with the Seal of said Court
Edu d Bangs
He, M c Intosh is totally blind.

April 15. 1818. We the subscribers, a majority of the last Men of Inverness, hereby certify that in our opinion all the within mentioned declarations of Archibald McIntosh are true
James Pitcairn James Murray
Archibald McIntosh Edward Bangs, Esq; Judge Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Archibald McIntosh, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary Claim.
Not found on the Mass. rolls. —
See endorsement in the case of Benjamin Nichols.
Admitted

124. Archibald M c Intosh
Residence
4192
Nov 5 1818
On

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 182 0
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Archibald Mc Intosh resident in Shirley in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 4.142 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Archibald Mc Intosh late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty fifth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifth day of November one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Real estate - none Personal estate viz.
  1 hand saw .75  drawing knife .50  hatchet .15  1.40    pot .75  kettle .17  spider .50  crockery & earthen ware 2.62    2 wheels 1.20  2 old chains .75  chest 1.00  2.95    Bread trough .50  seive .33   .83     $7.81  
In presence of Caleb Butler.
Archibald Mc Intosh's mark X
And the said Archibald Mc Intosh having been first duly sworn according to law does on his oath declare that he served as a private in the Revolutionary war about two years - the whole of the year 1776 in Capt Hugh Maxwell's company in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Pres-

cott, Massachusetts line and otherwise as is more particularly set forth in his original declaration in the war office dated April 25, 1818. was in the battles at White Plains and at Bennington. that he is sixty three years of age and has wholly lost the sight of both eyes, is a carpenter by occupation and unable to labour by reason of said loss of sight. has no family and was supported by the town of Lancaster previous to obtaining a pension.
Archibald McIntosh's mark \text{X}
In presence of Caleb Buttes. } Sworn & declared to before me
S. Dana Judge.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana — a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
7 I, Archibald McIntosh do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Archibald McIntosh's mark X
In presence of Caleb Butler
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Archibald McIntosh took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Samuel Dana,
Judge of said Court. 7
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW , Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 sevendollars & sixty one
cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820 .
Attr.
Abraham Biglow
3

33077 By INVALID.
File No. 33,077
Archibald McIntosh
Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 2 Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Archibald McIntosh
Leicester
U

I Amos Blood do testify and say that on or about the first day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty six I enlisted into the service of the united States in the Continental establishment in Capt Hugh Maxwell's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Prescott in the Massachusetts line - I also testify and say that Archibald McIntosh enlisted in the same Company about the same time for one year and continued in service for the space of one year and was honorably discharged the first day of January A.D. 1877 at a place called Pickett's Hill in the State of New York Amos his X Blood Mark
State of Massachusetts Worcester ss. September 23. 1818 Personally appeared Amos Blood who is a citizen of the united States and a credible witness, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester, certify, that Jacob Fisher Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits have been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this thirtieth day of September,
A. D. 1818.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk
Application of Archibald McIntosh of Lancaster.

I Amos Blood do testify and say that on or about the first day of January in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six I enlisted into the service of the united States in the Continental establish- ment in Capt Hugh Manswell's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Prescott in the Massachusetts line - I also testify and say that Archibald McIntosh enlisted in the same Company about the same time for one year and continued in service for the space of one year and was honorably discharged the first day of January A.D. 1877 at a place called Pickett's Hill in the State of New York Amos his  X Blood Mark
State of Massachusetts Worcester ss. September 23. 1878 Personally appeared Amos Blood who is a citizen of the united States and a credible witness, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me Jacob Fisher Justice of the Peace I hereby certify that Archibald McIntosh is a citizen of the united States resident in the Town of Lancaster, in the County of Worcester, & State of Massachusetts Jacob Fisher Justice of the Peace

I Josiah Davis do testify and say that on or about the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six I enlisted into the Service of the United States in the Continental establishment in Capt. John Cutting's company in the Regiment commanded by Col. William Prescott in the Massachusetts line - I also testify and say that Archibald M c Intosh enlisted at the same time for one year, and continued in service in the  Capt. Hugh Mangrell's company during one year - and was honorably discharged the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and twenty seven at a place called Potterskill in the State of New York Josiah Davis
State of Massachusetts Worcester ss September 23 rd 1848
Personally appeared Josiah Davis who is a citizen of the United States and a credible Witness and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing Affidavit by him subscribed
before me Jacob Fisher Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Archibald M c Intosh is a citizen of the United States Resident in the Town of Lancaster, County of Worcester & State of Massachusetts
Jacob Fisher Justice of the Peace