Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16943, for Samuel Marsh, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Mass Vermont
Marsh, Samuel
S. 16943
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April 18 & 19 history Prin
19.128 Indiana
Samuel Marsh of Dearborn Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Low - of the Regt - commanded by Col ____ in the Ind  Ind  Inf  Inf  Regt  Regt time for 9 months & 25 days from 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 32, Dollars 77 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Aug 1833 - and sent to Edin G. Pratt Esq. Lawrenceburg. Ind.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $65.54 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. 16.38 $81.92
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by M. A. Nelson Clerk Book C Vol. 7 Page 120

State of Indiana
DeKalb County } ss
On this fifteenth day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the DeKalb Probate Court now sitting Samuel Merliss a Resident of Langhley State & County aforesaid aged seventy one years born in Thompson and Windham County & State of Connecticut, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress passed June 1832. That he entered the service of the United States as a volunteer for two months in the Spring 1777 under Capt Low at Cheshire Berkshire County Massachusetts and marched to Otter Creek, Vermont. Then returned home. But Simon in the fall of 1777, at Brattleboro Vermont he enlisted under Capt Warren of the Militia for six months as a Minute man and was kept in duty a great share of the time, - in the year 1780 order came from Gen Clinton to enlist a company of volunteers in Windham County that I enlisted for three months as a volunteer & over stayed my time. then says Capt Samuel Blake who was Commander of our Regiment, marched to Fishkill & joined a or brigade Regiment under the command of Brigadier Gen Malcolm Malcolm. Col s Graham and Dubois there to West Point the next day after a spy was hung I think by the name of Carpenter next day ordered by Arnold to move cannon to the River. Three miles to Dobbs Ferry where we lay when Arnold was detected, from there we marched back to West Point, then to Albany, then to Fort Stanwix, & finally discharged at Fort Schuyler. That afterwards at Brattleboro he volunteered as a Minute Militia man for one year & continued ready for service and was frequently called out to repel invasions and as a scout and at the end of the year was discharged that he has lost all documentary evidence has no record of his age, has lived since the Revolution mostly in New York till 1816. then two years in Kentucky since that in Langhley DeKalb County Indiana

Cannot state the names of any of the Regular Officers with me Major Whittaker commanded a party of Rangers with whom he was acquainted that he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state Given to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid James M c lellan
General M c lellan
I John Test residing in Lawrenceburg Indiana do hereby certify that and I know that  James M c lellan of the county of Lawrence in the state of Indiana hereby certify that I am we are well acquainted with Samuel Marsh who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy one 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 Sworn & subscribed the day & year Year aforesaid
John Test
Samuel Ripperger
I Joseph Holmes
I Alva Churchill a clergyman residing in the township of Langhorne Delaware County hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Samuel Marsh who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that I believe him to be seventy one 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 I concur in that opinion Sworn & subscribed 15 th august 1832 in cross court James M c lellan
Alva Churchill

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 above named Samuel Marsh was a Revolutionary soldier & served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Alvah Churchill who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident of Langhorne in the County of Delaware and that Samuel Richardson and John Test who have also signed a certificate are } Salem Leininger } Probate Judge Residents of Delaware Co & credible persons & entitled to credit — —
I James Dill Clerk of the Delaware Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Marsh for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this
15 day of August 1832.
James Dill Clerk of the Probate Court of Delaware County

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
April 22, 1927.
Honorable James E. Watson, United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In response to your letter of the twenty-first instant, I have the honor to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 16943, it appears that Samuel Marsh who was born at Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut, date not stated, served from the Spring of 1777, for two months as a private in Captain Low's Company of Massachusetts Troops. From the Fall of 1777, for three months as a minute-man in Captain Warner's Vermont Company. During 1780, for three months and ten days as a private in Captain James Blakeslee's Vermont Company and afterwards stood as a minute-man in the Vermont Militia and was called into service for one and a half months, dates and officers not stated.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, while living in Laughery Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, aged seventy-one years. The date and place of his death are not on record and there is no data on file as to his family.
Very truly yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT, Commissioner.

Samuel North
Indiana,
Feb-1777 pmts 9
mths. 25 days,
$32.77 J. L. Edward
Washington
30 22 55 277
Edwin G. Pratt Lawrenceburg. Ind.

Law Dept. May 27 th 1858.
Dr Sir
I send you Wm Smith's warrant for amendment
also Samuel Marsh as amended
I wish you to send me out as to John Elliot.
in haste
Yours E. M. S. Pratt

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
April 28, 1927
Mrs. Walter Kerr Aurora Ind
Madam:
I have to advise you that you were furnished (through Honorable Harry C. Ganfield) September 28, 1926, the full history of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Samuel Marsh S. 16943.
Owing to a lack of clerical force available for such purpose, it is not the practice of the Bureau, to send the same history twice to the same person.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Samuel Marsh S. 16943 16943 , you should apply to the Records Division, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
Samuel Marsh, Certificate No. 19128, issued

August 2, 1833, rate $32.77 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1833, Indiana Agency.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
September 28, 1926.
Honorable Harry C. Canfield, House of Representatives.
Sir:
In response to your letter of the twenty-seventh instant and the enclosed letter of Mrs. Walter Kerr, of Aurora, Indiana, I have the honor to advise you, that from the papers in the pension claim, S. 16943, it appears that Samuel Marsh, who was born in Thompson, Windham Co. Conn. date not stated served from the Spring of 1777, for two months, as a private in Captain Low's Company of Massachusetts Troops. From the Fall of 1777, for three months as a minute-man in Captain Warner's Vermont Company. During 1780, for three months and ten days, as a private in Captain James Blakeslee's Vermont Company, and afterwards stood as a minute-man in the Vermont Militia and was called into service for one and a half months, dates and officers not named.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832, while living in Laughery Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, aged seventy-one years.

The dates and place of his birth and death are not on record and there is no data on file as to his family.
During this summer, the Pension Bureau has been moved to the Interior Department Building. Owing to the delay caused by this move, the great pressure of current work, the large number of similar inquiries and the lack of a clerical force available for such a purpose, it has not been possible to make immediate replies to inquiries in regard to soldiers of the Revolution, which replies are furnished by the Government, by courtesy and without fee.
The name Samuel Marsh appears several times on the records of Revolutionary War pensioners, and unless some data is given with the request, it is not possible to ascertain, which soldier is the subject of the inquiry. In Mrs. Kerr's enclosed letter she indicated that he was a resident of Dearborn County, Indiana.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner.
The Archibald Lochry Chapter see correspondence locked up in the regard to this
These last two clauses were put in because Mrs Kerr wrote an indignant letter that she had written 3 times, that one letter had been returned asking for information & that formerly the Bureau had replied and why not make now the public records available (she is regent of the D.A.R. Chapter which has been trying to make this Bureau burnish records of all Dearborn Co. Inda pensioners

Ex. 1st _____ Div. Res. 1862 Sec. 1.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept 2, 1926
The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
First name of widow No. of claim, _____
Name of soldier, Samuel Koch
P. O. address of claimant, soldier at enlistment & after service
Company _____
Regiment _____
✓ State where enlisted _____
Date of birth enlistment _____
Date of death discharge _____
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Return attached letter with reply.
Winfield Scott WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
IBALD LOCHRY CHAPTER the American Revolution
TREASURER MRS. MARGARET DIETRICH LAWRENCEBURG
REGISTRAR MISS LAURA B. LUDLOW

IBALD LOCHRY CHAPTER the American Revolution
LAWRENCEBURG
RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. JAMES D. HILL AURORA
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. EDNA CRAIG HUNTER LAWRENCEBURG
TREASURER MRS. MARGARET DIETRICH LAWRENCEBURG
REGISTRAR MISS LAURA B. LUDLOW LAWRENCEBURG
HISTORIAN MISS ALMA OSBORNE AURORA
Aurora Indiana Aug 28/26
Pension Department
Several weeks ago I wrote asking for data concerning Samuel Marsh a Revolutionary Soldier who drew a pension for services in the Revolution. Would you please look this up for me, 2 as we have located his grave but must verify his service before we can procure a Government Marker.
Very Sincerely
Mrs Walter Carr Regent Lochry Chapter
We know nothing about Samuel Marsh except that an old history gives his name in a list of the Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Dearborn County and that he drew a pension for his services. In another place it says "Samuel Marsh was one of the founders of the Sparta Baptist Church and was appointed a deacon"

HARRY C. CANFIELD
4TH DIST. INDIANA
COMMITTEE: BANKING AND CURRENCY
HOME ADDRESS: BATESVILLE, INDIANA
EVERT W. CROSBY SECRETARY
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
September 27, 1926.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
Enclosed herewith find letter which I have received from Mrs. Walter Kerr of Aurora, Indiana.
This letter is self explanatory setting forth the information that is desired, therefore, will appreciate having you furnish me with this information at your earliest convenience.
Thanking you in advance, I am
Very truly yours,
Harry C. Canfield HARRY C. CANFIELD, M.C.
Enclosure.
HCC:HG
P.S. Kindly return this letter after it has served its purpose.

REGENT MRS. WALTER KERR AURORA
VICE REGENT MISS LELA SCHOOLEY LAWRENCEBURG
RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. JAMES D. HILL AURORA
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. EDNA CRAIG HUNTER LAWRENCEBURG
COL. ARCHIBALD LOCHRY CHAPTER Daughters of the American Revolution
TREASURER MRS. MARGARET DIETRICH LAWRENCEBURG
REGISTRAR MISS LAURA B. LUDLOW LAWRENCEBURG
HISTORIAN MISS ALMA OSBORNE AURORA
Aurora Indiana 3-21-28
Secretary of the Interior Washington DC
Dear Sir, Would you please send the date on record concerning Samuel Warsh a Revolutionary Soldier? Tradition is that he received a pension for his services. He want to get a Government Marker for his unmarked grave and are required to show proof of service.
Sincerely Mrs Walter Kerr Regent Lockry Chapter Aurora, Indiana
bad at

JAMES E. WATSON, IND., CHAIRMAN FRANK R. GOODING, IDAHO ELLISON D. SMITH, S. C. JAMES COUZENS, MICH. OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD, ALA. SIMEON D. FESS, OHIO KEY PITTMAN, NEV. ROBERT B. HOWELL, NEBR. WILLIAM CABELL BRUCE, MD. GUY D. GOFF, W. VA. O. C. DILL, WASH. W. B. PINE, OKLA. BURTON K. WHEELER, MONT. FREDERIC M. SACKETT, KY. EARLE B. MAYFIELD, TEX. JESSE H. METCALF, R. I. HARRY B. HAWES, MO. COLEMAN DU PONT, DEL.
JOHN F. HAYES, CLERK
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE
April 21, 1927.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen: Revolutionary War Section.
Will you kindly furnish me any data in the Bureau of Pensions showing the service in the Revolutionary War of one Samuel Marsh.
Very truly yours,
James E. Watson
He did not specify which one but I sent the one that moved to Indiana as his constituents are of Ind. & it is the only one ever asked for before

REGENT MRS. WALTER KERR AURORA
VICE REGENT MISS LELA SCHOOLEY LAWRENCEBURG
RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. JAMES D. HILL AURORA
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. EDNA CRAIG HUNTER LAWRENCEBURG
COL. ARCHIBALD LOCHRY CHAPTER Daughters of the American Revolution
TREASURER MRS. MARGARET DIETRICH LAWRENCEBURG
REGISTRAR MISS LAURA B. LUDLOW LAWRENCEBURG
HISTORIAN MISS ALMA OSBORNE AURORA
Aurora Indiana 3-5-27
Commissioner of Pensions Washington DC
Dear Sir:-
Will you please send us a copy of the Pension Claim of Samuel March, S 16943
We specially want to know the date his pension was last paid.
We want this information in order to procure a gov- ernment marker for his grave.
Thanking you in advance for an early reply
Very Sincerely Mrs Walter Kerr Regent Lochry Chapter
And Bombshell data only

16 943 INVALID.
File No. 16 943
Samuel Marsh
Br Rev Mr
Act: Jan 7 " 82
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 245
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1926. Sept. 28. Hon. H. C. Campfield furnished history for Miss Walter Kern of Aurora Ind. and 1927 Apr. 22. Rev. D. Hon. Jas. E. Watson Au 1927 Apr. 27. Mrs. Walter Kern gives date to St. (in date of death etc. etc.)

State of Indiana
Dearborn county ss. Personally appeared before me the undersigned a justice of the peace & learned that he was being duly sworn. Apathy & faith that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory, he could swear positively as to the length of his services, but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the period mentioned below and in the following grades as a volunteer soldier in 1817, in Capt. Low Company two months. He served under Capt. Warner as a minute man three months that he served three months and ten days under Capt. Blakelee, that he served as a minute man a month & a half for which and for such services I claim a pension.
James McRae
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 th day of May 1833 John Salter clerk a justice of the peace
State of Indiana } set Dearborn county }
I James Dill clerk of the Dearborn circuit court in the state of Indiana; do certify that John Salterman, before whom the foregoing deposition was subscribed and sworn to and subscribed now is and was at the time thereof a justice of peace in and for the said county of Dearborn and full faith and credit are due to all his official acts of this date as such justice of peace
In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of our said court 27 th May 1833
James Dill clerk D. et et.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Marsh, Samuel GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8548 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 16, 1789 to Thomas Coyle, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.