Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 30069, for Thomas Rose, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass. Privateer
Rose Thomas
NUMBER
830069
CONTENTS

5649. Massachusetts Thomas Rose
Dighton in the State of Massachusetts who was a private Seaman in the Corp. commanded by Captain Pitts — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Walker in the Mass. — time for 14 months private and four months 11 days as Seaman
Inscribed on the Roll of Boston at the rate of 64 — Dollars 12 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of March 1850 sent to J. M. Mayer Present
Arrears to the 4th of Pension allowance ending Deduction former payments at $46.66 per Annum
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Henry Robinson Clerk Book C. Vol. 2 nd Page 74,

Thomas Ross
Private 14th Reg't Can't
Shelb
Basu

BRIEF in the case of  Thomas Rose  of  Dighton  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 Years  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.     Castleton In 1775 " 8 " Private Gen. Capt - Col. Trumbull   76 " 2 " Capt Subb Col. French   March 77 " 1 " Drummer Subh Master Col. Prins   July 78 " 2 " Private Not recollected   76 " 2 " " Capt Karl Col Lane  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dighton  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living Witnesses & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
not provided for by law
LEO ADDISON Examining Clerk.

killed, at 6.3
Thomas Rose
Thomas Rose
N o 3484
—
—

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ) BRISTOL, ss. )
At a COURT OF PROBATE holden at Dighton — in and for said County on the Sixteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, by Adj. before the Honorable HODJAH BAYLIES, Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared Thomas Rose a resident of Dighton in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy four years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration, That he entered the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War and served under the officers named & in the manner stated in his answer to the fifth interrogatory herein after contained, and served in all fifteen months; unless he allowed for the time there as a prisoner as herein after stated, in which case he would be entitled for a much longer service;
and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. That he was born in Dighton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty eight
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? My birth is recorded on the Book kept according to law for that purpose by the said Town, a certificate of which by the present Town Clerk is here to annexed;
3 Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? I have always lived in Dighton
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom? I have always lived in Dighton I always entered the service voluntarily by enlisting, except when on board the Tartar as here after stated, when, tho' I voluntarily entered on board of her, the vessel was compelled into the Public service; all my other services were in the militia or State Troops
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. I first entered the service in the Company commanded by Captain Peter Pills, Lt. Zebedee Reading Ensign Henry Briggs in the regiment of Col. Timothy Walker, Lt. Col. Nathaniel Leonard & Major Mitchell whose first name I do not recollect, it was a militia Company I suppose, it was the first Company raised in this County, I enlisted the last of April in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, marched to Roxbury near Boston & served there till the last of December of that year to wit eight months; we were blockading the British in Boston, I do not recollect any of the officers of other regiments except Col. Trumbull of Connecticut, & Gen. Fellows who I believe commanded our Brigade; the following year in February, having been at home about a month, I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Samuel Gibbs, the other officers I do not remember; the regiment was commanded by Col. Samuel French, we marched to Winter Hill in Cambridge & afterwards to Dorchester near Boston, where I was taken very sick of the pleurisy & remained in the Hospital till after our term of service, which was two months, had expired. I do not know that any of the above named officers are living. I saw Gen. Putnam at Winter Hill. During the time we were at Dorchester the enemy evacuated Boston. In March in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven I shipped in Boston on board the Private armed Ship The Tartar of twenty eight guns, John Grimms Captain, Lt. Fulliker, Brown & Reed; which ship was ordered into the public service for one month in the Fleet Commanded by Captain Manley on some expedition to R... after we got to sea we experienced a heavy gale which separated the fleet; the next morning we saw three ships to the eastward & made sail for them
8 m.
2 m.
1 m.

stated, when, tho' I voluntarily entered on board of her, the vessel was compelled into the Public Service; all my other services were in the militia or State Troops.
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service. I first entered the service in the Company commanded by Captain Peter Pills, Lt. Zebedee Read, Ensign Henry Briggs in the regiment of Col. Timothy Walker, Lt. Col. Nathaniel Leonard & Major Mitchell whose first name I do not recollect, it was a militia Company I suppose, it was the first Company raised in this County, I enlisted the last of April in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy five, marched to Roxbury near Boston & served there till the last of December of that year to wit eight months; we were blockading the British in Boston, I do not recollect any of the officers of other regiments except Col. Trumbull of Connecticut, & Gen. Fellows who I believe commanded our Brigade; the following year in February, having been at home about a month, I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Samuel Tibbs, the other officers I do not remember; the regiment was commanded by Col. Samuel Prentiss, we marched to Winter Hill in Cambridge & afterwards to Dorchester near Boston, where I was taken very sick of the pleurisy & remained in the Hospital till after our term of service, which was two months, had expired. I do not know that any of the above named officers are living. I saw Gen. Putnam at Winter Hill. During the time we were at Dorchester the enemy evacuated Boston. In March in the year Seventeen hundred and seventy seven I shipped in Boston on board the Private armed Ship The Tartar of twenty eight guns, John Grimms Captain, Lt. Fulliker, Brown & Reed; which Ship was ordered into the public service for one month in the Fleet commanded by Captain Manley on some expedition to  Boston , after we got to sea we experienced a heavy gale which separated the fleet, the next morning we saw three ships to the eastward & made sail for them came up with a Brig which the British had captured & took her; then sailed away, but did not fall in with the Fleet again; after some days fell in with her a British vessel for one day & a half, lost two men.
8 m. 2 m.
1 m.
49 m.

killed, and several wounded; our ship was badly hull'd & on our making preparation for boarding, the English ship hauled off & escaped; we stopped our leak & proceeded on our cruise, this engagement was within the month for which We had been taken into the Public service; we afterwards sailed North about into the Baltic & captured & destroyed a number of vessels; but on our return through the Channel we were taken by a British seventy four & carried prisoners first to Newfoundland & then to Halifax, where we were imprisoned, on short allowance & where the small pox being in the prison we were refused all medical aid; in the last of February in the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight we were put on board a transport and ordered for New York under convoy of a frigate; but on the voyage we rose & captured the transport and carried her into Marblehead within State. I afterwards entered into the Company of militia commanded by Captain whose name I have forgotten but I recollect was in the company James Draper St. Archie  St. Archie whose first name I do not remember, nor do I recollect the regiment, in the month of July, I think in the year last aforesaid, and marched to join Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island, after we crossed to the Island I was ordered on boat duty and was employed on the day of the Battle at Quaker Hill in transporting the prisoners & wounded from the Island to the main; and afterwards in transporting the army on its retreat; during the rest of term, which was for two months, our company was stationed at Pawtucket in Rhode Island State, guarding the Coasts against the enemy. I saw Gen: Sullivan who was the last man to leave the Island and I assisted in carrying him & his aid across the ferry; I do not recollect any other officer that I saw on this expedition. I forgot to mention in its order another term of service in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six in the but in what month I cannot recollect, when I enlisted under Captain Earl St. St. Archie Austin, in Col. Lane's regiment, and marched through Providence in Rhode Island State & through the State of Connecticut as far as Norwalks, the British were then in possession of New York, and were employed in watching the enemy, all the time upon the scout; afterwards we went to Proton Bridge where we were dismissed at the end of term of two months for which we had enlisted. For the various services above mentioned I rely, for all except that in Sullivan's expedition upon the annexed affidavits of my fellow soldiers, and for my services in Sullivan's expedition I must rely upon my own declaration and my character for truth, as I cannot find any survivor who recollects my being there; I do not know that one of the company to which I belonged is now alive, though I have made enquiries.
2 m o —
2 m o
15 m o

6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if a Soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? I was a Soldier, and never received a written discharge.
7. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
I refer to the Reverend Abraham Lysle, & John Walker Esquire both of said Dighton, & Uriah Read of Taunton adjoining said Dighton
And the said Thomas Rose doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. or (if any) only on that of the Agency of the State of
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Thomas Rose A. Baylies , Judge of Probate.
WE Abraham Lysle - - - - - residing in Dighton - - - - - - and Uriah Read - - - - - residing in the same  Taunton as aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Rose - - - - - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy four 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. A. Baylies , Judge of Probate.
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 abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abraham Lysle - who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman - resident in the Town of Dighton in said County of Bristol, and that Uriah Read - who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town, and is a credible person, and that their - statement is entitled to credit.
A. Baylies , Judge of Probate. Register of Probate
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } BRISTOL, ss. }
I Anselm Bassett - Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Rose - of Dighton - in said County, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
Anselm Bassett

6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if a Soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? I was a Soldier, and never received a written discharge.
Thomas Rose Son of Thomas Rose by Prudence his Wife born February the 21 st A. 1758
A true copy of record. Attest - Jonathan Jones Jr. Town Clerk of Dighton
d, and who can testify as to John Walker Esquire adjoining said Dighton
he hereby relinquishes every Pension Roll of the Agency
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
James Rose H. Baylies, Judge of Probate.
WE Abraham Luke - - - - - residing in Dighton - - - - - and Uriah Read - - - - - residing in the town  Town as afs d hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Rose - - - - - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy four 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. H. Baylies, Judge of Probate.
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 abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abraham Luke - - - - - who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman - - - - - resident in the Town of Dighton (a Town adjoining to s d Dighton) in said County of Bristol, and that Uriah Read - - - - - who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town, and is a credible person, and that their - - - - - statement is entitled to credit.
H. Baylies, Judge of Probate. Register of Probate
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } BRISTOL, ss. }
I Anselm Bassett - - - - - Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Thomas Rose - - - - - of Dighton - - - - - in said County, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
Anselm Bassett

I Nathaniel Rose of Dighton in the County of Bristol & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy six years, do testify and say, that that I am well acquainted with my brother Thomas Rose of said Dighton; that I know of his having entered the Revolutionary Army in the last of April or beginning of May in a company under Capt. Peter Pills, Lt. Lebedee Redding, Insign. Henry Briggs in the regiment under Col. Timothy Walker, Lt. Col. Nathaniel Leonard Major Mitchell; he marched from Taunton, and when I joined the same company some time in June in that year at Rosebury he was then to serve out the term of eight months; He afterwards entered again in the same year and in the following March hearing he was sick I went to Dorchester near Boston, and saw him there sick in the house; this was after the British evacuated Boston, and he had been left sick behind unable to return home with the Company, afterwards when I was in the army at Croton Bridge in the State of New York, my said brother came there as a soldier in a company which came there to take the place of that to which I belonged, whose term of service was out. Nathaniel Rose
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss. August 16. 1832 Nathaniel Rose made oaths to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed. Before A. Barrett Just. of the Peace
Bristol ss. Dec. 7. 1832 I certify that Nathaniel Rose who signed the above affidavit, is a person of credibility. A. Barrett Just. Peace.

I James Briggs of Dighton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy three years do testify and say that I am well acquainted with Thomas Rose of said Dighton, and that in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six I served with him in the Revolutionary war at Cambridge near Boston on Winter Hill Fort, and afterwards at Dorchester in all two months in a company commanded by Capt. Samuel Tubbs, in a regiment commanded by Col. Samuel French; we served there till after the evacuation of Boston.
James Briggs
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. August 26. 1832 James Briggs made oath to the truth of the foregoing instrument by him signed - Before me A. Barrett Just. of the Peace -
Bristol ss. Dec. 7. 1832 I certify that James Briggs who signed the above affidavit is a person of credibility - A. Barrett Just. Peace -

I, George Pitts, of Dighton in the County of Bristol Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty years do testify & say, that I am well acquainted with Thomas Rose of said Dighton & I know that on the last of April or beginning of May in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five we both enlisted in the Company under Capt. Peter Pitts, Lt. Zebedee Reding, Henry Priggs, Ensign, marched from said Dighton to Roxbury near near Boston, and served there eight months in Col. Timothy Walker's regiment, we were in the army watching the British army in Boston; during the Battle of Bunker Hill the enemy cannonaded and bombarded us so as to prevent our marching round to reinforce the Americans. — Afterwards he & I entered together on board a Private armed vessel called the Tartar at Boston in the year seventeen hundred & seventy seven, Capt. John Wimes; this vessel was compelled into the Public service for one month; to go with a fleet in which were two frigates, Commanded by Capt. Manley & Macnial; we were separated from the fleet in a gale of wind & afterwards cruised for prizes. George Pitts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss. August 16. 1832. George Pitts made oaths to the truths of the above affidavit by him signed — Before me A. Basset Just. of the Peace
Bristol ss. Dec. 7. 1832. I certify that George Pitts who signed the above affidavit is a credible person — A Basset Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol fr. I Anselm Patten Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Bristol, hereby certify that I am a Justice of the Peace within & for the said County of Bristol and that duly qualified to administer oaths. And that the signatures to the foregoing certificates, purporting to be my signatures, are genuine - In testimony whereof I have set my hand & the seal of said Court this seventh day of December eighteen hundred and thirty two - Anselm Patten

Rev. and 1813 War Section. Calif
July 6, 1925
Franklin O. Rose Stanford University, Calif.
Sir:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 30069, it appears that Thomas Rose (son of Thomas and Prudence Rose) was born February 21, 1758 at Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
While residing at said place, he enlisted the last of April 1775 and served eight months as a private in Captain Peter Pitts' Company, Colonel Timothy Walker's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in February 1776 and served two months as private in Captain Samuel Tubbs' Company, Colonel Samuel French's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted later in 1776 and served two months as private in Captain Earl's Company, Colonel Lane's Massachusetts Regiment.
In the spring of 1777, he shipped at Boston on board the privateer "Tartar", Captain John Grimes, they

were ordered in to the public service and in a severe gale at sea were separated from the fleet and cruised for prizes. They retook a brig the British had captured, after some days had an engagement with a British vessel, their ship was badly disabled, but made their escape and sailed north into the Baltic Sea, and captured and destroyed a number of vessels. While cruising in the English Channel, they were captured by the British and sent to Newfoundland, then to Halifax, where held until in February 1778, then sent to New York, enroute there, they captured the transport and carried her to Marbåhhead and soon after he returned to his home.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 16, 1832, while a resident of Dighton, Massachusetts.
It is not stated whether soldier was ever married.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
I did not use the state report as to sea service. as John Gaines service on "Jarret" given in Mass book Page 899 coincides with J. R.'s history -

30 069 Ray INVALID.
File No. 30,069
Thomas Ross
Li Rev me
Act: James 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 326
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1975-july-1-Hist to Inverness Co. Rose Eng.

5629.
Massachusetts
Thomas Rose
of Dighton in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Lt Brumpton in the [blank] line for 14 [blank].
State [blank]
Inscribed on the Roll of [blank] at the rate of 2 6 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Feb y 1833 and sent from [blank] I Lodge St of [blank]
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $69.99 Semizant. allowance ending 4 March 33 23.33 $93.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S H [blank] Clerk, Book [blank] Vol. 2 nd Page 96
Sent to Nathaniel White Apr 8. 1837
Sent to J. M. Thayer Feb 14/50
Partick 75-

I, Thomas Rose of Dighton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, aged ninety one years, do testify and say that during the Revolutionary War I believe in the year seventeen hundred and seventy nine I went to Boston to enter on board the Sloop. Revenge a Privateer, while I was on Long Wharf Capt. John Grimes of the Ship Tartar belonging to the expedition to Penobscot River in Maine, asked me if I would go on board his Ship. I told him I was waiting to go on board the Revenge, he then said come sir go on board my Ship and help haul down into the Roads and at night you may come on shore, I then went on board and helped haul down the Ship, and at night I went to the Boat in order to return and was told I might go in the morning; when the Boat went in the morning I was not permitted to go, I was enquired of where I put up and where my things were, I told, and they were brought on board, and we sailed that afternoon for the Penobscot River, on the next day there was a gale and the night following we parted from the fleet and sailed eastward to the Banks of Newfoundland and there we fell in with an English Frigate and had an engagement with her which lasted one hour and three quarters, we had eighteen men killed and wounded, I was afterwards informed they had thirty six killed & wounded they hulled our Ship below the water and in attempting to board them their Ship escaped. We cruised about for some time and while in the English Channel we fell in

with an English Seventy four and was taken and carried to Halifax. when we were stripped, imprisoned and condemned as pirates, where most of the crew died of Small Pox & fever. there was a Fleet going to New York and I was put on board a Transport with the other prisoners for that place, on the third night out with the help of the crew we took possession of the Transport and got away from the Fleet and worked her up to Marblehead, I was then reduced nearly to a skeleton by the Small Pox and the other hardships which I had endured while a prisoner, but with the help of eight dollars which was sent to me from Boston by government as I supposed while I was a prisoner in Halifax, I got conveyed to Boston where I remained nearly a week, and my brother came from Dighton and carried me home.
According to the best of my recollection when I entered on board Capt. Grimes' Vessel it was the Spring of Seventeen hundred and Seventy nine, and when I landed at Marblehead it was the Spring of Seventeen hundred and eighty. I cannot recollect the precise dates, I believe I was out nearly one year.
Dighton Sept. 5. 1849.
Thomas Rose
State of Massachusetts
County of Bristol } ss. September 5th. 1849.
I the above named Thomas Rose who is a credible witness and personally known to me, made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true.
Before me.
Levi Morse Justice Peace

Washington City D.C. Jan 24 th 1849
Dear J. S. Edwards Esq., of Burs,
Sir, I herewith transmit - the application of Shamore Rose, who is now a pensioner of the Massachu- setts Agency, under act of p th of June 1832, for an increase of his pension for the service set forth in the enclosed affidavit.
Very Respectfully Your obedt. Servt. J. W. Shayer.

Thuma Rose Mass
Oct 7 1832 , hyemised
Adm: 14 mos per Feb. 14
" 4 mo 11 days Jan. 17, 46
$64.12
per annum, deduct former payments at Feb. 14 per annum,
J. A. Thayer Present

Washington City D.C. 18 th March 1830,
Sir,
I enclose the certificate of the Secretary of Mass. in the case of Thomas Rose of Mass. a pensioner under act of 18th of June 1832, showing what service was performed by the said Rose on board ship Santon in the service of that state, of Mass. and have to ask for certificate for an increase of his pension for said service
Very Resp ly J. W. Shayer,
Com. of Pensions

3484
Thos. Rose
Mrs. Daphne [ ] New Bedford Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thomas Rose 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? Yes 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 ?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?
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 ?
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 ?
No
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 ?
Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ?
No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ?
Yes
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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
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.
14 & 16. Corrected

Stanford University, Calif. April 30, 1925.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly send me an abstract of the records relative to the application for pension of Thomas Rose of Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, who was placed on the pension roll February 14, 1833, for service during the Revolutionary War.
I am informed by the secretary of the California Society, Sons of the American Revolution, that I can secure such an abstract which will show not only all of his service but possibly also some family facts in addition. Any information you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Truly yours,
Franklin O. Rose

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
March 8. 1850.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Thomas Row (or Rose) is borne on a pay roll of the ship Tartar, in the service of the State of Massachusetts, John Cateart, Commander, as a Seaman from July 10. 1782, 4 months 11 days.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
J. B. Gallow
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Pension Office, February, 12 th 1880.
Sir,
The application for increase in the case of Thomas Rose has been received and placed on file with his other papers. In the adjustment of his pension Rose was allowed for all the service he claimed to have rendered except that on board Tartar, which was not included as he stated that that vessel was a private armed ship. — Before we can enlarge the pension granted to Rose, he must produce the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, showing the amount of the service found credited to his name on the records of that State, and show also that the Tartar was a public vessel, belonging either to that State or to the Federal Government. — Service on board a private armed vessel affords no grounds for a pension.
Very respectfully, Your Obed t Servant, J S Edwars
J M Thayer, Esq., Present.