Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11046, for James Mc Farland, Massachusetts

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McFarland, James
S, 11046
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4844.
Massachusetts
James McFarlan
Wrentham in the State of (Mass)
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain _____ of the Reg't commanded
by Col. Holman in the (Mass)
for Sept 2 (Mass)
P. 4 "
73 Wrentham
Inscribed on the Roll of (Mass) at the rate of 20 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued on the 29 th day of Jan'y 1833 and Supt (Stur) David H. of Reps
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $30.99
Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 10.33
$41.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. McBlain Clerk Book D. Vol. 2 nd Page 67.

12,091
James M c Farland
76.6
  Cash  2  Mrs    Paul  4  D         6.   
$20.66.
Hn J XX Davis AR

12,091
BRIEF in the case of  James M c Harland  of Worcester Co in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Jany or Feby '76 2 private Gen. Capt Washburn - Col. Holman   fall of '76 2 " Capt Lowell - Col. Denny   July '77 2 Corporal Capt Stone - Col. Cushing   x 2 wagoner at Rockville Hauling timber    x not proven for
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Worcester Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Right 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. C. Easton Examining Clerk.
21 Jany 1883

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this sixth day of Sept in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty five personally appeared in open Court, before Nath Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester now sitting James W. Haskell a resident of Worcester in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I first entered the service for two months in the militia same time in January or the first of February 1776 as nearly as I remember once belonged to a company commanded by Capt. Washburn of Leicester whose platoon officers were Spts Gates & Diermmon. in a regiment commanded by Col. Holman. we were stationed at Dorchester near Boston where I assisted in erecting the works on Dorchester Heights once saw the British evacuate Boston in March I was on the Heights when Dr Dole & two others were killed by the cannonade. I served the above period out and was honorably discharged by a verbal dismission. I next entered the service as a militia man for two months in the fall of 1776 and belonged to a company commanded by Ebenezer Lowell of Worcester whose platoon officers were Spts Wilson of Holden & Harrington of Worcester, in a regiment commanded by Col. Denny of Leicester, whose officers were Lt Col. Tyler and Maj. Clapp, in a corps commanded by Gen. Benja Lincoln - we marched to Tarrytown on the North River where we remained for the term which I faithfully served out and was honorably discharged by a verbal dismission. I remember being at Dobbs Ferry while in this last service. I next entered the service for two months in July 1778 and belonged to a company commanded by Capt. Stone of Worcester whose platoon officers were Lt Harrington of Worcester & Lt Hubbard of Holden and marched to Bennington Vt. where we joined the Regt commanded by Col. Job Cushing. we then marched to a place called Half Moon where we were stationed some time. From thence we marched to Bennington where we arrived the day after the battle and we remained there until my term expired when I was honorably discharged by a verbal dismission. I saw about 600 prisoners there and remember Gen. Lincoln, Gen. Stark and many others - I was also in the wagon service for two months at Potherkill in New York hauling timber for boats. I was born in Worcester the 19th Sept 1758 - I suppose my birth is recorded in the town books. I went into the service from this place as a private militia man & fought in the Expedition to Bennington where I was a corporal, and have lived here ever since. Judge Nott & Governor Lincoln & most of the inhabitants of Worcester know me and I defer to them for my character for truth. I have no proofs except the deposition of Paul Gates, Simon Gates & Wm. Haskell who were out with and are well known to the inhabitants of Worcester.
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nath Paine Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
June 1. 1832

12.091
We, a Clergyman residing in the and residing in hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
James M c Farland
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Simon Gates W m M c Farland Paul 1811 who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the who have made the deposition and that unsworn  who has also signed the same is a resident in the are all residents in the Town and a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. G. Meigs Indp of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Register or, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of James M c Farland for a pension. That Hon John Davis & W m Linsley before whom the annexed affidavits were made are for the sum of the Pensions in the sum of Twenty in full credit & that they signed the same. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this said Probate Court this 4 th day of September in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two
Theoph l Wheeler Reg t of the said Probate Court in Massachusetts

Aug 12 '98
Mrs. Geo Holman
Phoebe Penna
Oak Lane
Dec 5 '98 as above.
Jan'y 28-1902
H.E. McFarland - St. Louis, Mo
Rev. Wm
11046 INVALID.
No. 11,046
James McFarland
Brn. Rev. Wm
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A, Page 247
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Simon Gates of Worcester in the county of Worcester and commonwealth of Massachusetts. Yeoman, aged seventy six years, do on oath depose and say, that I have been well acquainted with James McFarland of Worcester, who was in service in the same company with me during the revolutionary war about two months. On the fourth of July 1777 on the alarm of the taking of Ticonderoga I volunteered as a soldier in a company of Infantry under Capt. Jesse Stone of Ward of which Nathl Harrington of Worcester and Samuel Hubbard of Holden were Lts. The said James McFarland marched with me to Bennington where our company joined the Regiment under Col. Job Cushing. The said James was in service during the whole time from the fourth day of July until the 28th or 29th of August when we were honorably discharged by the verbal dismission and returned to Worcester which I reached on the 2 d day of September 1777. After we arrived at Bennington the said James was elected captain by the company and did duty as such until the company was dismissed. Simon Gates
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On the fifteenth day of August A D 1832 at Worcester, in the county of Worcester personally appeared the above named Simon Gates by whom the above deposition is subscribed and who is known to me as a person of veracity and being duly sworn made oath to the truth of the above deposition. I further testify that in my opinion full credit is to be given to his statement.
William Schick Justice of the Peace for the county of Worcester

12,091 James M c Farland
Mr Davis

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of James M c Farland 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? [Handwritten line] 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?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
No
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?
No
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?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
My
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?
My
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
My
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
My
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.

I William McFarland of Worcester in the County of Worcester aged 74 do oath before me say that in Sept 1776 as nearly as I remember I entered the service as a militia man for two months and belonged to a company commanded by Capt Lovell in Col. Denny's regiment. That we marched to White Plains and thence to New York and remained there the term of my engagement. That at the close I was honorably discharged. That James McFarland of Worcester was a member of said company during all said time and was honorably discharged at the end thereof. That he was well known to me then & has been so ever since.
Wm McFarland
Worcester ss. Augt 13-1832
The person who appeared the above named deponent and made solemn oath to the truth of the above and I certify that he has been long well known to me and is entitled to full credit.
John Q. Adams father of the present

I Paul Gates of Worcester in the county of Wor- cester aged 74 do on oath depose and say that on the first of Feby 1776 I entered the service as a private belonging to the militia, for two months and belonged to a company commanded by Capt Washburn whose officers were the Gates and Liver- more, in a regiment commanded by Col Holman - we were stationed at Dorchester near Boston and labored on the works on Dorchester Heights - that I witnessed the evacuation of Boston by the British and at the close of the two months was honorably discharged. since that James McTear- land of Worcester was a member of said com- pany during all said time and was at the close thereof honorably discharged. he being then and ever since well known to me
Paul Gates
Worcester Jy. Augt 13. 1832
Then personally appeared Paul Gates and made solemn oath to the truth of the above. And certify that he is well known to me and is entitled to full credit.
John Davis Justice of the peace

"GIFFORD'S"
PROVINCETOWN, MASS.
James Gifford, Prop'r.
13 July 1898.
Bureau of Pensions:
Dept. of the Interior.
Will you kindly give me the date of death of James Mr Garland of Hopkinton , who was a soldier in the Revolution and received a patriot pension until his death.
Thanking you in advance for the favor, I am,
Very sincerely yours,
Mary Loving Holman,
Addres
Mrs. George Holman
Oak Lane,
Philadelphia
Penn.

and was discharged Feb. 19th, 1780,, and that said records also show that one James McFarland, Jr., served as a private in said company and regiment between same dates. It is supposed that these McFarlands are the father and son first-mentioned above.
I shall be much obliged for any information as to rank and services of these men that it may be consistent for your office to give.
Yours very truly,
H. E. McFarland.

804 Equitable Building,
St. Louis, Mo., January 12th, 1902.
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to enquire if the Pension records give any information as to the rank and services of one James McFarland who was born Sept. 19th, 1758, and served in the American army in the War of the Revolution. It is supposed that he enlisted from Worcester, Mass., or in that vicinity. A certificate from the judge of the Probate Court of Worcester, dated Dec. 26th, 1835, states that the said James McFarland was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States, that he died in Worcester Dec. 22nd, 1835, and that at the time of his death the following were his surviving children: Sally Harlow, of Shrewsbury, Mass.; Ira McFarland, Elizabeth Blair and Mary Rice McFarland, of Worcester, and Horace McFarland, of Framingham, Mass.; and that he left no widow.
I would also enquire if there is any record of James McFarland, father of the above-mentioned James, who died Apr. 9th, 1783.
I am informed that the records of the War Department show that one James McFarland served as a private in Captain Benjamin Farnum's Company, also designated Captain Stephen Abbot's Company, 15th Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Colonel Benjamin Tupper, and that said McFarland enlisted Feb. 19th, 1777, for three years,

and was discharged Feb. 19th, 1780,, and that said records also show that one James McFarland, Jr., served as a private in said company and regiment between same dates. It is supposed that these McFarlands are the father and son first-mentioned above.
I shall be much obliged for any information as to rank and services of these men that it may be consistent for your office to give.
Yours very truly,
H. E. McFarland.