Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33411, for Samuel Osgood, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Osgood, Samuel
S. 33411
CONTENTS

Wilkinson sent the ag. May 10th to Genl. Brown, Esq. Salisbury, Mass.
16.913  Massachusetts  Samuel Osgood  of Amesbury in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Baldwin of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 7 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25 of May 1810
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 of May 1820 and sent to Hon. J. Nelson A. Rep. N. P.
  Arrears to 4th of March 1820 -  170. 83    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1820.  40. 00    21 mos. \frac{11}{31}  $210. 83  
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled - Esq. Col.

Samuel Osgood, private Baldwins Massachusetts Reg d 3
March, 77 January 1998
say, 9 mo s
25 May 1817.
Conesbury - Chap 6 o
Covered by Roll
Admitted off of Baldwin's
Artillery proof of service is required
There were two C o s named Baldwin. It is necessary in this case to know the Chris- tian name of the one under M r Nelson who particular served - 25 May 1820 -

Sam l Osgood
Amherst - Mass.

I Samuel Osgood of Amesbury in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Testify and Declare, that I enlisted as a Soldier in Capt Jacob Lows' company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers, in the Month of March 1777. and served during the campaign of that year, in the late revolutionary War against the common enemy. that I was dismissed verbally, in January 1778. at Albany. And I further Testify and Declare, That I am so reduced in my circumstances, as to stand in need of the assistance of my country for support. —
Samuel Osgood
I Nathaniel Perkins of Ipswich in the County of Essex, Testify and say that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Osgood of Amesbury in said County, and that said Samuel Osgood did serve as a soldier in Captain Jacob Lows' Company of Artificers, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment, during the campaign of the year 1777 in the late revolutionary War, in the same company with myself. — Nathaniel Perkins
Essex ss. May 1. 1818
Personally appeared the above named Nathaniel Perkins and made solemn oath that the above written testimony by him subscribed is true. —
Edward Dorr Just Peace

Amesbury
We the subscribers, Selectmen of the town of Amesbury, in the County of Essex, Hereby Certify, That Samuel Osgood of said Amesbury, by reason of bodily infirmity, is unable to labor, and is otherwise so reduced in his circumstances as to stand in need of the assistance of his Country for his support, and that he is a resident citizen of the United States. —
Samuel Kendrick
Robert Oakes } Selectmen
Amesbury May 6. 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss. I Daniel A. White Judge of the Court of Probate of the said County of Essex, do certify that Sam- uel Osgood of Amesbury in said County personally appeared on the twenty fifth day of May A.D. 1810, and made the declaration aforesaid by him signed un- der oath before me, that the annexed affidavit of Nathaniel Perkins was duly taken & sworn to as thereon cer- tified by a respectable magistrate well known to me as such, and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Osgood served in the revolutionary war & is in reduced circumstances as set forth in his said declaration.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the third day of June in the year aforesaid D. A. White.

Copy of Mary Fowler's Will.

In the name of GOD amen. I Mary Fowler, of Salisbury in the county of Essex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, widow, being in a weak and feeble state of Health, but, through the goodness of GOD, of a sound disposing mind, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, in manner and form following, that is to say: —
I give and bequeath unto my hon d father Samuel Osgood towards his comfortable support the interest or nett proceeds of the sum of one thousand dollars; which sum, it is my will and pleasure, should be placed in the hands or care of Samuel Nye esquire, or, in case of his decease before the death of my father, in the hands or care of his son Samuel Nye jun r . to be made as productive as may be; and the nett proceeds thereof to be paid by them or either of them to my said hon d father or his order in semi-annual payments during his natural life; the first payment to become due and payable at the expiration of six months from the time of my decease.
All the residue and remainder of my property (and the thousand dollars above mentioned after the decease of my father) I hereby give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary-Ann Fowler.
And I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Sowell Bayley, of Amesbury in the said county of Essex, trader, executor of this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third of Decem r . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.
Sig d , seal d , published and declared by the above named Mary Fowler to be her last will and testament, in the presence of us, who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator.
Samuel Nye Aaron Morrill Joseph Nye
Mary Fowler.

To all people, to whom these presents shall come, Daniel H. White esquire, judge of probate for the county of Essex within the commonwealth of Massachusetts, sendeth greeting.
KNOW YE, that at a court of probate holden at Newburyport in and for said county on the twenty sixth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, the instrument aforesaid (purporting to be the last will and testament of Mary Fowler, late of Salisbury in said county, widow, deceased) was presented for probate by Sowell Bagley, the executor therein named, then present Samuel Nye esquire, Aaron Morrill and Joseph Nye, the witnesses thereto subscribed; who made oath, that they saw the said Mary Fowler sign and seal the said instrument, and heard her declare the same to be her last will and testament, and that they all subscribed their names together, as witnesses to the execution thereof, in the said testatrix's presence, and that she was then (to the best of their judgement) of sound and disposing mind.
I do therefore, upon the above written declaration of said subscribing witnesses to said instrument, approve and allow of the same, as the last will and testament of the before named deceased; and, whereas Sowell Bagley, the before named executor, has by a writing under his hand refused to accept of his said trust; administration with the last will and testament an- nexed of all the goods and estate of said deceased is granted to Jacob Brown, of Salisbury aforesaid, esquire; who gives bond, with Samuel Nye esquire and Sowell Bagley as sure- ties, to exhibit an inventory by the twenty sixth day of June next, and to render an account by the twenty sixth day of March, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen.
In testimony whereof, I do hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty sixth day of

of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 3 hundred and sixteen.
Attest. Nath. Lord B. register.
D. A. White.
A true copy of record.
Attest.
Nath. Lord B. register.

Samuel Osgood
16.913.
Sep 20 Don
a copy of that part of the statement in which bequeathing the legacy is required before any decision can be had in this case
not entitled. See special letter of May 29, 1821 to Edward Dorr.  I. L. E.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Samuel Osgood resident in Amesbury in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 10,913 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Samuel Osgood late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the twentyfifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War Office of the United States, this tenth day of May one thousand eight hundred and twenty . J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War."
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Real estate, One Room on the lower floor of the east parish meetinghouse in Amesbury - - - - - $ 20. Personal estate, Fifty dollars a year income by a legacy left him by his daughter - - - - - 50.
$ 70.
Samuel Osgood

And the said Samuel Osgood, aged Seventytwo years, solemnly swear, that he did serve as a private in the revolutionary War, as he hath before, on the twentyfifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen sworn (reference to the said Oath on file in the Office of the Secretary of War).
He also swears, that his occupation is that of a shipwright, and that by reason of bodily infirmity, and by his limbs being crippled by the rheumatism, he is unable to pursue his occupation, or any other labor to support himself; that he has no family, but boards with a daughter whose circumstances render her unable to support him. Samuel Osgood
Essex, ss. Subscribed and sworn to, by the said Samuel Osgood on this tenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Before me, Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot , a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Samuel Osgood do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Samuel Osgood
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Samuel Osgood took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot , Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and 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
Seventy dollars —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clk.

33411 Reog INVALID.
File No. 33,411
Samuel Osgood
Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 307
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I James S. Lakeeman of Ipswich in the county of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Oath testify, and say that I personally know Samuel Osgood of Amesbury in said county of Essex, and that the said Samuel Osgood did serve as a soldier in Captain Jacob Low's Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers, during the campaign of the year 1777, in the late Revolutionary War, in the same company with myself. — James S. Lakeeman
I Elisha Newman of Ipswich in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Oath testify & say that I am personally acquainted with Samuel Osgood of Amesbury in said county of Essex, and that said Osgood did serve as a soldier in Captain Jacob Low's Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers, during the campaign of the year 1777 in the late revolutionary War, in the same company with myself. Elisha Newman Essex ss. March 19, 1819 James S. Lakeeman & Elisha Newman, personally subscribed to the above written testimonies, and made Oath that the same are true, before me Edward Dow, Just Peace. —

Ex. A. March 20. 1819 I hereby certify, That Robert Stalker, James F. Lakeman, and Elisha Newman are credible witnesses. Edward Dorr, Just Peace.

I Robert Stalker of Ipswich in the county of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Oath testify & say that I well know Samuel Bygood of Amesbury in said county of Essex, and that the said Samuel Bygood did serve as a soldier in Captain Jacob Low's Company, Colonel Baldwin's Regiment of Artificers during the Campaign of the year 1777 in the late revolutionary War, in the same Company with myself. —
Robert Stalker
Essex, ss. March 12, 1819 Personally appeared Robert Stalker and subscribed to, and made Oath that the above written testimony is true, before me Edward Dorr, Just Power

Hon. J. C. Calhoun. Secy of War.
Washington City.

Salisbury March 12. 1821
Hon. J. C. Calhoun Dear Sir,
In the month of August last, I rec d a line stating that returns upon my applications for pensions had been rec d and that they were all negatived excepting Samuel Osgood; and that with regard to him, "a copy of that part of the daughter's Will bequeathing the legacy is required before any decision can be had in this case." I immediately forwarded the copy required, to your Office, and have been anxiously waiting the result, until Saturday last, when the accompanying paper was handed me, which I supposed had been all that time in your Office, and accounted to me for the delay.
Will you have the goodness to make up your mind on this case and communicate.
In my letter accompanying the copy above alluded to, I requested Your Honours reattention to the case of William Perkins, he is since dead; but if his distressed widow could receive his pension up to his decease, it would greatly relieve her
I am Sir, with sentiments of high respect,
Your Obedient Servant,
Edward Dorr.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Osgood, Thomas GRADE Private LINE New Hampshire
WARRANT NUMBER 3372 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790 to not shown
*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.