Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33045, for William Marsh, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Marsh, William
S 33045
CONTENTS

33 045 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88,045
William Marsh
Rev  Rev  Rev
Act: 18 th March 1818 2
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 212
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Massachusetts Roll.
1407
William Marsh, Capt Parsons Private, Massachusetts line
1777 to June 1783 In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 16 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818, and sent to John Hooker, Esq. Worcester, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Semi-annual allowance
4 months 19/30 $ 37.06
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Constance Western, Worcester Co
Application sent July 19 th 1820 for Joseph Appleton Worcester Mass.

St. Louis
Sam c Hitchcock Esq r Post Master Western

I Samuel Sheldon of Hadley in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gentleman of lawful age do certify and say - that in the year one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven, being then a lieutenant in the Continental Army of the United States I instituted one William March of the same Hadley During the War, and that the said William served until the end of the War, and further the deponent saith not Hadley April 10 th 1818
Samuel Sheldon
Hampshire ss April 10 th 1818
Then the above named Samuel Sheldon Appeared before me and Made Solemn Oath to the Truth of the above by him Subscribed Attest Moses Porter Justice of the Peace

William Black
Mr. Black
Bonnet
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State of Massachusetts I William Marsh
a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Western 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 tenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven at Hadley in said State I entered and was engaged in the Military service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the twelfth day of June seventeen hundred & eighty three
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interrup- tion or absence: that I belonged to the company commanded by capt Joshua Benson in the 5th Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry commanded by Col. Dutton and that I left the service on on about the said Twelfth day of June seventeen hundred & eighty three near Newburgh, N.Y. 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 sixty three years - I received an Honorable discharge from the service, which discharge I have lost William Marsh
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. William Marsh
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this 10 th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen 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,
John Booker Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in said State, comprising said counties of Worcester.
the abovenamed
William Marsh
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 du- ly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. The annexed Affidavit being taken before a Magistrate known to me is received as a part of the evidence and I do transmit the above as the evidence of proceedings had before me in an application to the Secretary of the Depart- ment of War.
John Booker

William Marsh. Weston 1807
Lepr 1878

Schedule of the Estate of William Marsh, of Western in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1. 1820.
Money in the hands of Daniel Hitchcock being what remains of the last payment of my pension under the law of 1818 - $18.00 which is all the property I have, necessary bedding & wearing apparel excepted. I have no family, and am unable to labour by reason of my age and bodily infirmities, unless it be to do some light work which can only afford me a partial support.
William Marsh.
provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; 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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twenty first day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, William Marsh aged sixty six years, resident in Western in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: I enlisted in 1777 in Col. Rufus Putnam's Regt. and Capt. Joshua Tenson's company and served the time out for which I enlisted, which was during the War; and was discharged in 1783 - I was at the taking of Genl. Burgoyne and Cornwallis; I served on the Continental establishment. My original application for a pension was on the 13th day of April 1818 - and my certificate is numbered 1407 - and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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.
William Marsh.
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty first day of June 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow Clk.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the 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 eighteen dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.