Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33047, for Oliver Martin, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Martin Oliver
S 33047
CONTENTS

(2239)
Massachusetts
Capt Oliver Martin Stoddart Massachusetts Private Pension 1781. 3 yrs
the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 7th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th of August 1818 and sent to Hon. Stephen Minot, Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
Service rendered
4 mos. & 28/30ths $ 39 04 6
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Revolutionary War Haverhill, Mass.

To the Secretary of the department of War. Sir, please to transmit the Certificate of allowance of my Pension under the late law, to Stephen Minot, Esqr. of Haverhill, Ms. who will forward the same to me.
April 7. 1818.
Yrs, Netherick Emerson
Given his mark Martin

33 047 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33 047
Oliver Martin
Rev Rev. M.D.
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 279
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oliver Martius April 7. 1818 -
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Cambridge
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Hon Stephen Minot, Haverhill Mass.

I, Oliver Martin, of the age of near 55 years, declare and say that I am a resident citizen of the United States; that I reside in and belong to the Town of Haverhill in the County of Essex, in the Middle Circuit, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; that in June 1779 I enlisted as a private soldier, for 9 months into the Army of the Revolutionary War; I entered the service immediately in Capt. Stodard's company, in the 1 st Reg t of the Massachusetts line under Col o Joseph Vose, and served the time out in the same company, & was then discharged at Hopper's Heights near West Point in March 1780 by Gen l Glover, & so left the service:
Again in June 1781 I enlisted for 3 years & entered then in Capt. Sher t Smith's company; in the 6 th Reg t of the Massachusetts line under Col o Smith, & I served in said company until in 1783 those who were enlisted for during the war were discharged, when the Reg t were new-arranged & I was placed in Capt. Alden's company, in the 2 d Massachusetts Reg t under Col o Sprout, in which company I served until March 1784 & was then discharged at West Point by Gen l Knox: — I further say that I have since lost both said discharges out of my power, or knowledge, that I am by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support, and that I never had any pension allowed me by the laws of the United States. Teste, Stephen Minot.
Oliver his Martin mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Essex ss. April 7 th 1818 Then the above named Oliver Martin, made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me,
Stephen Minot.
Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit.
I, Nehemiah Emerson, Depose and say that I am well acquainted with the above named Oliver Martin, that I have long lived near & known him, & have always understood by common report, that he did serve in the revolutionary war as one of the 3 years men, as above statement stated, and I have no doubt he served as he above states. Nehemiah Emerson
Essex ss. April 7 th 1818 Then the above named Nehemiah Emerson made solemn oath that the said declaration by him subscribed is true before me,
Stephen Minot.
Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas etc.

Whereupon it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Oliver Martin did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in his declaration aforesaid against the common enemy, I now certify & transmit the testimony in the case of the proceedings had thereon to the Department of War, circumstances, & in need of assistance for support.
Stephen Minot Judge of the Circuit Court Common Pleas for the Middle District.
I, John Ayer of Haverhill do hereby depose & say I know the within named Oliver Martin & lived near him; & say that he is in indigent & reduced circumstances in life & in need of assistance from his country for support.
John Ayer
Essex ss. July 31 st 1818 Then the above named John Ayer made solemn oath that the said deposition by him subscribed is true before me.
Stephen Minot. Judge etc.

Oliver Martin.
2239
Sept 1818
[Faint, illegible handwriting, likely bleed-through from the reverse side of the page]
Con

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, Oliver Martin
resident in in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 2239 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, Oliver Martin 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 seventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
***** "Given at the War of Office of the United States, this fourteenth day * L. S. * "of August one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ***** 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,
  One yoke of oxen 60.00  2 cows 34.00  Old horse 20.00  4 pigs 8.00  $ 122.00    A very old cart 6.00  2 old ploughs 3.00  Three tons of hay 15.00   24.00    2 iron chains 2.42  An old sleigh & harness 8.00  2 scythes 1.00  2 hoes 50 c  11.92    Rakes 25 c  Axe 50 c  6 chairs 1.80  5 do 1.80  four ft table 3.00 Desk 2.00 8.55    3 ft table 1.50  Old case drawers 50 c  Pewter ware 2.00  Crockery & Potters ware 2.00  6.00    Iron ware, pots & kettles 3.00  2 pr andirons 1.00  Shovel & tongs 50 c  tin ware 25 c  4.75    Empty casks, &c 3.00     3.00    Sundry articles of furniture not worth enumerating, say in all worth  8.00    Debts due me from M. Chase & P. Hale about  18.00     $ 206.22  
From which deduct the sums I owe as follows, viz:    To Nchemiah Emerson of Haverhill a note  53.00     Eph m Colifs 20 9.00  Ward Eaton 6.72  Sam l Noyes 7.82 23.54    Jesse Smith 2.15  M. Morse 7.50  Oliver Emerson about 4.00 13.66    D r Grovesnor 8.67  Doct. Emerson 2.08  sundry small debts 48.67 138.87      $ 67.35  
I reside in Haverhill lot of Essex Massachusetts, am in the 57 th

year of my age, a farmer, working on land of one Nicholas Johnson and owning no real estate, am a good deal troubled with rheumatic complaints and with a difficulty of breathing, and not able to work as I once could - My circumstances are so indigent that I need the assistance of my country for support - My family is a wife, Elizabeth 56 years old, who is quite lame and in indifferent health, and four children, two of whom are under age and dependent on me and their own industry for support -
I served in the Revolutionary war as follows viz: In June 1779 I enlisted into the Army of the Revolution as a private for the term of nine months and entered the Company of Capt. Stoddart in the 1st Regt. of the Mass. Line Col. Vose and having served out my term was discharged near West Point in 1780 by Gen. Glover - In June 1780 I again enlisted for three years and immediately entered the army in Capt. Ebenezer Smith's company in Col. Smith's Regiment 6th Mass. Amsetts Regiment, and served in it till said Regt. was reduced, by the discharge of those who enlisted for during the war, and was then transferred to Capt. Aldens Company in the 2 d Mass. Regt. Col. Sprout, and served till March 1783 when I was discharged at West Point by Gen. Knox
Oliver his Martin mark
Witness James H. Duncan
Essex Jr. July 15. 1820 Then the aforementioned Oliver Martin made oath that the foregoing schedule & statement by him subscribed as true 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, Oliver Martin 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.
Oliver Martin mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Oliver Martin 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
Sixty seven dollars thirty five cents
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 17th day of July A. D.
1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk