Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,954, for Joseph Salisbury, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
RD
Salisbury Joseph Lydia
W. 26.954
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107 Rhode Island
Lydia Salisbury of Milford in the State of R.I. who was a Res. in the commanded by Captain of the  commanded by in the time of widow of Joseph Salisbury deceased a private in the War of the Revolution for 7 1/2 mos
Died 28 th August 1837. Order to pay 28 March 1838
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 10 Dollars — 50 Cents per annum, to commence on the 1 th day of March, 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 day of Oct. 1838 and 1 st year Annual Payment R.I.
Arrears to the 1 th of July 1836  $137.50 Semi-annual allowance ending March 37  12.50 $150.00
3 Sept 1836 4 July 1836 { Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 1, 1832. } Recorded by H. H. Woodson Clerk, Book 15 th Vol. 15 th Page 107

Lydia Salubury
No 381
Widow of Joseph Salubury
Admitted Private 7 th Infantry
Buy. Comd't Eng. Providence R.I.

State of Rhode Island Providence } ss.
On this 12 th day of September A.D. 1836 personally appeared Lidian in the Suburban Josiah Westcott one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Providence in the said State of Rhode Island. Lydia Salisbury a Resident in Scituate in the County of Providence and said State of Rhode Island aged Seventy eight years the 26 day of March last who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th A.D. 1836. That she is the widow of Joseph Salisbury who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War the first Service that I recollect the first year of the war he was drafted and did a tour of duty preceding the Siege about one month. She further states and declares that he always dur- ing the continuance of said War turned out on duty on alarm generally from one month and some times more, was in the Battle on the Island of Rhode Island. She believes he was a private in Capt. Joseph Kimball's Company and that he might be same time in Capt. Lame Smith's Company.
She further declares that she was married to the said Joseph Salisbury on the 4 th day of October 1775. and that her husband the aforesaid Joseph Salisbury died at Scituate the 18 th day of June A.D. 1802 and that she lies now as a widow ever since that Period, as will manifestly appear by Reference to the Proofs hereto annexed and she further states that she has no documentary evidence of her said husband's services in said War.
Lydia Salisbury
State of Rhode Island Providence } ss.
I know to and subscribe the foregoing affidavit before me this day personally appeared Lidian in the Suburban Josiah Westcott one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Providence in the said State of Rhode Island. Lydia Salisbury a Resident in Scituate in the County of Providence and said State of Rhode Island aged Seventy eight years the 26 day of March last who being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th A.D. 1836. That she is the widow of Joseph Salisbury who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolutionary War the first Service that I recollect the first year of the war he was drafted and did a tour of duty preceding the Siege about one month. She further states and declares that he always dur- ing the continuance of said War turned out on duty on alarm generally from one month and some times more, was in the Battle on the Island of Rhode Island. She believes he was a private in Capt. Joseph Kimball's Company and that he might be same time in Capt. Lame Smith's Company.

I Philip Salisbury of Scituate in the County of Providence being now 57 years of age on oath do depose & say that Lydia Salisbury who has signed the preceding application is my mother the said Joseph Salisbury was my father. My father died on the 18 th day of June 1882 in said Scituate I was with him when he died and I further declare that my mother has remained unmarried ever since that period and is now my father's widow. Philip Salisbury
Providence
On this day personally appeared Philip Salisbury known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing application and I further certify said Philip is a credible witness
Benjamin Russell Co J. C. Phear

This was to certify that Joseph Salisbury and Lydia Davis both of Scituate was lawfully joined together in Marriage on the 15th day of October 1775. By me Thomas Harris Junr. Pastor Removed April 8th 1777.
P. P. Clerk. Scituate, Town, Clerk
Scituate September 12th A.D. 1836. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy from Scituate Records for the Recording of Marriages &c. Joint Book Page 196. duly Examined.
Josiah Westcott. Town, Clerk, of the Town of Scituate.
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the foregoing and that the same was by me signed by the said Josiah Westcott.
Alfred H. Brayton Just. Peace
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations I, Dexter Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Alfred H. Brayton Esq. before whom the above docu- ment was sworn as a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Scituate in said County; That he is by Law duly authorized & qualified to administer Oaths & take Depositions; and that his signature above written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court, at Providence this fifteenth day of October A.D. 1836.
Dexter Randall Clerk

I Reuben Stearn of Situate County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island aged eighty years and upward being Sworn according to law do on his oath testify & Say that he was on a tour of duty in the War of the Revolution, at Providence in Said State one month in the harvest of Said war either in the year 1775 or 1776. and Joseph Salishung of Said Situate was there with him one month, and in the year 1778. in the Summer I was with Said Salishung on the Island of Rhode Island one month, which is all the duty that I was knowing to Said Salishung doing in Said war. Said Salishung was in Captain Smith's Company Reuben Stearn
State of Rhode Island &c
Providence ss
Personally came before me the Subscribed Reuben Stearn and after being duly examined and sworn according to law. gave the above deposition which was returned to me by me in the form of the deposition. And I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the Said Reuben Stearn who is a credible person and his Statement as evidence is entitled to full credit.
Joseph Westcott Justice of the Court of Common Pleas County of Providence

I Samuel Kimball of Killingly County of Windham State of Connecticut but now in the Town of East Greenwich Providence State of Rhode Island aged Twenty four years and upward being I was according to Lord No. 100 and 101 that I formerly lived in Situated Rhode Island and was well acquainted with Joseph Salisbury of said Situated who is now deceased who was a Soldier in the war of the Revolution and served as a private as I believe I was with him on a tour of duty in the Spring of the year 1777. at Warwick in Rhode Island about two months I think was under Capt Joseph Kimball and Robert Cane was Col. in the latter part of said year I was with him the said Joseph at several times while at Providence Bristol and Howland's Ferry and other places around the coast in said State of Rhode Island in the year 1778. I was with the said Joseph while at Warwick and at other places making occasionally and from one place to another around the Shore of Narragansett Bay we were under Capt Jonathan Knight while at Howland's Ferry in the Spring of 1779. was with said Joseph on a tour of duty on the Island of Rhode Island one month and in the latter part of 1779 was with him two or three tours of a month each at the above said places and am positive that said Joseph did as much as nine months duty while I was with him and I had as many more (so called) and was liable to be called out at any time and was on duty often during the above named years. I am well acquainted with Lydia Salisbury the now Resides in Situated Rhode Island and is now the widow of the said Joseph Salisbury. Second Jas. West Hazard

State of Rhode Island Providence } (Dated October 11, A.D. 1886
Personally came before me the Subscriber, Samuel Kimball and after being duly sworn and sworn according to Said gave the within deposition which was Subscribed in my presence and was returned to nothing but me in the form of the deposition And I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Samuel Kimball who is a credible person and his statement as contained is entitled to full credit. Josiah Westcott Justice of the Court of Common Pleas County of Providence

I Oliver Cornell of Gloucester in the County of Providence and State Rhode Island being of lawful age and being sworn according to law both testify and say that I am well acquainted with Joseph Salisbury of Scituate in the County Providence state of Rhode Island which is now deceased that he served in the Revolutionary War as a Private I believe I served with him one tour of Duty at Warren in the state Rhode Island about four Months I served with him one tour of Duty at Sisseton in the state of Rhode Island about one Month the said Salisbury was a well able bodied man and did duty when called for he might have done more Duty but the above is all I can recollect Oliver Cornell
Providence 2d State October 9th 1936 Personally came the above Deponent before me Carefully cautioned and sworn gave the following Deposition which was reduced to Writing he me in his presence and by him subscribed in my presence I here by certify that I am well acquainted with the said Oliver Cornell and that he is a credible person and his evidence is entitled to full credit Gideon Burgess Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island ss
Providence ss
I, Dexter Prindle Clerk of the court of common Pleas within & for the said County being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Hudson Burgess, Esq. before me the Deponent was sworn as a Justice of the peace for the County of Bristol in said County; that he is by Law duly authorized & empowered to administer Oaths & take Depositions & that his signature within written is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Providence this fifteenth day of October A.D. 1836
Dexter Prindle Clerk

I William Colgrove of Situate County of Providence State of Rhode Island being of lawful age and I now amending to stand as testify and say that I was formerly well acquainted with Joseph Salisbury of Situate who is now dead. I was with said Joseph Salisbury in the Revolutionary war on a tour of duty in the year 1776. at Bristol where our mouth was under Joseph Kimball as Capt. James Williams was Col. and John Colwell Lieut. Col. in the Col. part of said year I was with said Joseph Salisbury at Warwick in said Rhode Island, doing duty one month, in the year 1777. I was with said Salisbury at Trenton one month, and a half, under Gen. Spencer and Col. Colwell and Colwell, I was with said Salisbury in Gen. Sullivan's expedition on the Island of Rhode Island was there in the Great Storm and was in the Battle on said Island with him the said Salisbury we were there on that tour one month and a half. I cannot say which company he was in but think in Capt. Joseph Kimball's company, in Col. Stephen Kimball's Regiment in the year 1779. I was with said Joseph Salisbury on a tour of duty at Warwick one month and in 1780. was on a tour of duty on the Island, one month and the last duty that I was with and knowing to said Salisbury's doing duty in said war, was in the part of the year 1781. one month at Bristol he might have done more duty in said war, as all the Abolition men were often on duty. I am well acquainted with Lydia Salisbury the widow of the said Joseph Salisbury. Deceased and She has received a widow's pension since the death of her said husband
William Colgrove
State of Rhode Island Providence . . . . . ss.
Personally came William Colgrove before me the Subscribed and after being duly sworn and I now amending to stand before the governing department which was returned to me in the possession of the department, and I further certify that I am well acquaint- ed with said William Colgrove who is a credible witness and entitled to full credit. Josiah Westcott Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Providence

State of Rhode Island &c Providence Je ss I, Stephen Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within for said State being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Sarah Westcott Esq before me known to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavits before written were sworn, is a true and correct copy of the original thereof and that she is by law, duly authorized and empowered to take depositions & administer oaths & that her several signatures before written are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Providence this fourteenth day of October A.D. 1836
Stephen Randall Clerk

State of Rhode Island Providence R.I. Dexter Randall Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County. Being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Benjamin Boardman Esq. before whom the aforegoing affidavit was sworn is the true & lawful Judge of said Court; That he is by law duly authorized impartially to administer oaths take Depositions and that his signature before written is genuine. In testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Providence this 27th day of October A.D. 1836
Dexter Randall Clerk

Washington September 5, 1931
War Department Office of the Quartermaster General Memorial Branch Washington, D.C.
RA-J/EHL
Dear Sir:
You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.26954, that Joseph Salisbury enlisted in the beginning of the Revolution, exact date and place not stated, served at various times during the continuance of the war, on short tours of one or two months each, about nine months in all, as a private and minute man under Captains Joseph Kimball, Gomer Smith, and Jonathan Knight, Colonels James Williams, Ezekiel Cornell and Stephen Kimball in the Rhode Island Troops, was in Generals Spencer's and Sullivan's Rhode Island expeditions and in the battle.
He died June 18, 1803, at Scituate, Rhode Island. The date and place of his birth are not given.
The soldier married October 5, 1775, Lydia Davis. Both were then of Scituate, Rhode Island. Lydia was born March 26, 1758.
Soldier's widow, Lydia, was allowed pension on her application executed September 12, 1836, while residing in Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island.
She died August 28, 1837, leaving children. The only name of a child that is given is that of a son Philip, who in 1836, was aged fifty-seven years and resided in Scituate, Rhode Island.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

Reg
WIDOW, &c.
26454
1931-Sept 5- Hist. to Nat Dept. Memorial Branch - 884
File No. 26454
Sylvia Salisbury Widow of Joseph Salisbury Min Rev War
Act: July 4th 1836
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 190
[Arrangement of 1870.]

WAR DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL WASHINGTON
AUG 31 1931 1931
Memorandum for                The Surgeon General, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Treasury Department,  The Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Building, General Accounting Office, F Street, between 4th & 5th, N. W.
1. The attached application has been submitted to this office for Government headstone to be erected at the grave of the decedent named thereon. In order that the proper inscription may be placed on the stone it would be appreciated if your office would verify the name and service on the application, checking and making such corrections in red ink as may be necessary to show the correct spelling of the name and complete designation of the organizations.
2. In addition, please advise State from which decedent came.
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Acade Bank
Providence March 21 st 1838
Sir
The heirs of Lydia Aldrich demand a pension on the Roll of this Agency under the act of 4 th July 1836. have applied for arrears of pension due their late mother. The Vouchers are herewith transmitted for your inspection & or disbursement.
I am Very Respectfuly
Yrs obs Serv t
J. Waterman agt for H. Greene
J. L. Edwards Esq r
Commissioner of Pensions