Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21469, for Caleb Salsbury, Rhode Island

SERVICE
R. J.
★ Salisbury, Caleb Salisbury
NUMBER
S 21469
CONTENTS

2388.
Rhode Island
Caleb Salisbury
of Bristol in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col Stanton in the R.I. time for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Nov 1832 and said John Storrs Bristol R.I.
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $120- Semizant. allowance ending 21 Mar 33 40- $160
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. H. M c Blain Clerk, Book D. Vol. 37 Page 134.

Revolution
21469 INVALID.
File No. 21469
Capt Salisbury
Pre Civil War
Act: June 7 th 82 o
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 352
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5243
Colet Salisbury Pinal R.S.
2 years
W. E. $80-
Return
Order letter 23 Oct 1832
admitted
Recd 17 Augt 1832
Geo Howe Bristol R.S.

BRIEF in the case of  Caleb Salisbury  of Warren or Bristol by  in the State of  Rhode Island  (Act 7 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? —  3. How old is he? 88  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.      In 1777 May — to end of term 1778 April or May — to Says from this last period he served for a month at a time for about 16 months, does not recollect the periods  about 10 — private  Gen. Stanton, Capt. Munroe Genl. Spencer    16 — "  Capt. Thomas Allen & Capt. Wm. Throop —   
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Atchituck
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
no evidence found  Tradition & living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No clergyman's Certificate
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W.C. Easton Examining Clerk.

Questions propounded to Capt Salisbury an applicant for a pension to whose Declaration these interrogatories are annexed.
1. Where & in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age & if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops where you served, such Continental Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service. 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from service & if so by whom was it given & what has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.

We Seth Cole & Joseph Munro both of the County of Bristol depose & say that we well remember Capt Salisbury as a soldier in the same Company & Regiment with ourselves as stated in our Declaration this day made for ten months which time he served in the same manner as We did ourselves; and further that We were knowing to his being engaged as a drafted Militia man while the British troops were on Rhode-Island, and have no reason to doubt but he served as stated in his Declaration. We are knowing to his memory having greatly failed and are confident that he has avowed to state a term of service of three or four years before his enlistment as stated & also a term of service in 1781 of from one to three months.
Seth Cole
Joseph Munro
Sworn to in open Court this 24. day of July AD 1832
Ichabod Davis Clerk
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Seth Cole and Joseph Munro and they are credible and disinterested persons.
Ichabod Davis Clerk

DECLARATION.
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, } COUNTY OF BRISTOL, } ss.
On this twenty-eighth day of July  July 28. 1852 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges or Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Isaac Solomon a resident of Warren in the County of Bristol, and State of Rhode-Island, aged eighty-eight 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 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
Viz. He enlisted in May 1777 for twelve months in a Company commanded by Nathan Wheeler attached to the Regiment of Col. Moulton and served therein about ten months when the Regiment was disbanded & he of course discharged. That he was retained a part of the time near Howland's Ferry and was employed a part of the time about the boats prepared for the invasion of Rhode Island under General Spencer whom he remembers. That soon after his discharge & he thinks in March or April 1778 he was drafted just for twenty days and afterwards for one month at a time repeatedly, serving half his time from the period when he was first drafted as aforesaid for about sixteen months on Rhode Island & at Bristol & Howland's Ferry, but cannot recollect the time of being thus drafted or discharged. That Thomas Allen was Captain of the Company in which he served a part of the time & William Whipple a part of the time. He remembers that he went on to Rhode Island once on the day after the battle there fought in Sullivan's expedition when one of his monthly terms of duty commenced and that he acted as a boat-man although belonging to the militia & liable to duty as such in effecting his retreat. He was born at Rehoboth in Massachusetts in 1744 but has lived most of his life including the period of the revolutionary war & now lives at Warren. He never had a written discharge to his recollection, & knows of no record of his birth but thinks it probable it was recorded either at Rehoboth or Taunton the County-Town. There is no Clergyman in Warren who has long resided there or is acquainted with him, but Joseph Munroe & Seth Cole now applicants before the Court know of his enlistment & service as above stated for ten months having both of them served with him that whole term & he refers to Judge Ishabad Cole & Col. Benjamin Cole of Warren for his character & reputation as to having been a revolutionary soldier -

long resided there or is acquainted with him, last Joseph Munroe & Seth Cole now applicants before the Court know of his enlistment & service as above stated for ten months having both of them served with him the whole time th he refers to Judge Ichabod Cole & Col. Benjamin Cole of Warren for his character & reputation as to having been a revolutionary soldier -
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.
Attest Ichabod Davis Clerk.
Caleb Salisbury
We, Ichabod Cole & Benjamin Cole residing in the town of Warren and County of Bristol residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Caleb Salisbury who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Ichabod Davis Clerk.
Ichabod Cole Benj. Cole
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 applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Ichabod Cole & Benjamin Cole who has signed the preceding certificate, is one  resident in  the  town of Warren & one  and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest Ichabod Davis Clerk.
I Ichabod Davis Clerk of the Court of the Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Caleb Salisbury for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 24 day of July A.D. 1832
Attest Ichabod Davis Clerk.