Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,535, for Samuel Marshall, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass. Navy
Marshall, Samuel
S 44,535
CONTENTS

11.023 6
New Hampshire
Samuel Mayhall
of Frances Town in the state of New Hampshire who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Whitecomb of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 months . 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th of May 1819 and sent to J. M. Smith Esq. Judge Amherst New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 $ 89.54 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept 1819 . $ 48 $137.54
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Willsborough County
Notified to the War Dept. by the P.M. Genl. March 31 1820

Sam Marshall Sworn to March 30th Massachusetts Line 2 Wct Private Col Whitecomb's Regiment Massachusetts Line 1776-9 mostly
Not on Roll
Admitted.

I Samuel Marshall now a resident citizen in Framestown in the County of Hillsbo- rough in the State of New Hampshire Seabourer, do solemnly swear, that in the year A D 1775 sometime in the month of April of said year, I enlisted in the conti- nental service of our Revolutionary war with Great Britain for the term of eight months in Capt. John Fords Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Eben. Bridge in the Massachusetts line where I faithfully served out my time, & then in the camp without quitting the service or duty of a soldier enlisted again for the term of one year in the Company command- ed by W m H Ballard in the Regiment then commanded by Col. Whitecomb in the Massa- chusetts line where I served my country till the October following when I was taken sick & was removed from Scenderoga to the hospital in fort George where the hospital surgeon order- my discharge as being unable to do duty before my time of service would expire. So soon as I was able I returned home where I remained about three months when I again entered as a marine soldier in the frigate Hancock rated at 36 guns, commanded by John Manley where I served about six months from the tenth of Februa- ry A D 1777 when we were taken by the British ship Rainbow & carried a prisoner to Halifax & remained remained there a prisoner about six months when an exchange of prisoners took place

I returned home which declaration is just & true according to the best of my recollection
March 30th 1810
Sworn to Before me J. H. Smith
Samuel Marshall
Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
I Samuel Marshall aforesaid do further swear that I am in reduced circumstances & stand in need of Assistance from my County for my support
Samuel Marshall
Sworn July 30th 1810
Before me
J. H. Smith Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. ?
On the 30th day of March A.D. 1810 Before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough personally appear- -ed Samuel Marshall resident in Framingham in said County aged about sixty years And being duly cautioned made solemn oath agreeably to Law in order to obtain a Pension under the late act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" That he enlisted at the end of the eight months service. (about the first of January 1776) for the term of one year in the Company commanded by William H Ballard in the Regiment then commanded by Colonel

Whitcomb in the Massachusetts Line and continued to serve in said Corps or the service of the United States until the month of October when he was discharged at Fort George on account of sickness by the order of the hospital Surgeon as being unfit to do duty before the time of his enlistment ex- pired - That on the 14th of Feb y . 1780 he enlisted as a Marine soldier in the Frigate Hancock rated 36 guns Commanded by John Manley where he served about twelve months on board said vessel as a prisoner in Halifax being taken by the British Ship Rainbow. And on the 30th day of July made oath that he is reduced in his circumstances & stands in need of assistance from his country for support From all which & other evidence some given I certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Marshall did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common ene- my in the Continental establishment more than nine months months And I further certify that the said Samuel Marshall from my own knowledge, is reduced in his circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support And I now transmit the proceedings & the testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the directions of the above mentioned act of Congress
Y. H. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court } of Common Pleas
This certifies that the signature of Y. H. Smith on this sheet is in his own hand writing & that he is one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Hillsborough In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of said Court.
Mrs. Estlin Clerk

Copy
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Samuel Marshall
N o 11023
✓ Continued
Samuel Marshall
24 May '19

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
HILLSBOROUGH, SS.
At a Court of Common Pleas for the first district, holden at Anhurst in said county of Hillsborough, on this fourth day of July, 1820, being a court of record; having power of fine and imprisonment, and unlimited Jurisdiction in point of amount.
PRESENT
The Hon. {
JOSHUA DARLING, JEDIDIAH K. SMITH,
} Justices.
Personally appeared, in open court, Samuel Marshall aged 68 years, resident in Frankstown 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, to wit: — that he enlisted in January 1776 in Capt William Ballard's Company in Colonel Whittcomb's Regiment in the Massachusetts line & served ten months more and in the year 1777 he served with Commodore Stanley on board the Hancock Frigate about one year
the date of my original declaration was on the thirtieth day of March Anno Domini, 1818 I have received a pension, the certificate of which is numbered 11,023 on the back thereof
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 the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land or 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 following schedule, by me subscribed,
Not one article of property

My occupation a Labour and am not able to pursue it from ill health residence with consists of myself and wife
Samuel Marshall
Sworn to and declared in open court, on the Anno Domini, 1820.
fifth
day of July
M. Eastman Clerk
I MOSES EASTMAN, Clerk of the above named Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing declaration and 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 foregoing schedule, is none
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, on this
day of July, 1820.
fifth
Eastman
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough.

1. 19

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
April 27, 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 28, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
the children of Sam'l. Marshall, dec'd,
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and — Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 March 1818 have been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1832 to the 28 th July 1833.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Breahad Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS, Present.

Sept 3/50
Sam Marshall M.H. Kern
Whole land over Paper

Washington Sept 8 1850
Sir
I desire to inspect for the benefit of the heirs, the papers in the case of Samuel Marshall a regular soldier of the Revolution who was pensioned under the act of 1818 on the New Hampshire roll, and died in January 1820
I am very Resp d P. H. Washington
James L Edwards Esqr Commissioner of Pensions

I Samuel Quilis of Amherst in the county of Hillsborough, State of New Hampshire, do testify, and say, that about the 20 th day of March 1777, (at which time I entered on board the continental Frigate, Hancock, commanded by John Manley Esq., as Surgeon) Samuel Marshall was then on board said Frigate in capacity of a Marine; how long before, he had enlisted I do not know; That he sailed with the rest of the ship's crew, from the harbour of Boston, on a cruise, and when the ship was captured, by Sir George Collier, said Marshall, with the rest of the crew were carried to Halifax, where he suffered imprisonment till January 1778, and then he returned home with me and others about the latter end of said January. he is in extreme indigent circumstances, and needs the assistance of his Country for support.
Sworn to July 30 th 1780 before me J. H. Smith Deputy Clerk of the Court at Amherst
Sam l Quilis

This certifies that Samuel Courtis whose affidavit I have taken on the other side of this paper is a credible witness in Courts of Law J. H. Smith Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
This certifies that the signature of J. H. Smith on this paper is in his own hand writing & that he is one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of said Court
Moses Eastman Clerk

I Benjamin Dyer testify to day that Samuel Marshall of Frenestown in the County of Hillsborough State of New Hampshire enlisted in Col. John Fords Comp y and Colo Ebenezer Bridges Regt. in the month of April 1775. and served the term of his enlistment which was eight months as a faithful & brave soldier. I was a witness to his bravery in the Battle of Bunker Hill. the said Marshall, at the expiration of eight months, enlisted as a corporal in Captain William Ballards Comp y . and Col. M c Kittrick Regt. for the term of one year. and late in the fall of 1776. (at Ticonderoga he was violently attacked with the bayonet, and was shot by an officer to Fort George Hospital, and did not join the Regt. again until we were discharged which was something like two months after he was sent to Fort George. B. Dyer
Wittsburgh 2 d April 1818
sworn to before me
This certifies that the signature of John Burnam, Jus Peace of this paper is in his own hand writing & that he is one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of said Court
M c Cartman Clerk

This certifies that Benjamin Pierce who gave the within affidavit is a Creditable witness in courts of Law and that John Barnam who made the certificate of said Pierce's Oath is an acting Justice of the Peace in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire and that his acts as such are intitled to Credit by the Laws of said State.
J. H. Smith } Associate Justice of the Court of Pleas
ROSE PORT Rising Shore

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File No. 44.5-35-
Samuel Marshall Pris. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 308
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Marshall, Samuel GRADE Private LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10,092 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 7, 1794 to Christian Hubbard, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.