Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33205, for William Tombs, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Tombs, William S. 33205
Mass.
P.L. Wt 5136, 100- Pct. Issued Jan. 26. 1796, to William Sparks. No papers.
CONTENTS

I Joseph Tombs of Framingham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts cordwainer do hereby certify to all to whom the same may concern that I was knowing to William Tombs inlisting in April 1775 for eight months as a private Soldier in Captain James Mellen's Company belonging to Colonel Ward's Regiment and at the expiration of that Term he enlisted as a private Soldier in the same Company and Regiment for one year and at the expiration of the year's Service he enlisted in Captain Nathan Ward's Company belonging to Colonel James Wilson's Regiment for three years and before the expiration of the three years he enlisted as a private Soldier in the same Company during the War I being in the same Company with him the said William Tombs during the three years. And at the expiration of the War he the said William Tombs came home at the time the other during War Men returned with three stripes on his Arm which was stiled a full Badge of Merit duly discharged which Discharge I saw and read
Joseph Tombs
Hopkinton. March 19 th 1819
Middlesex ss. March 19 th 1819 Then the above named Joseph Tombs personally appeared and made solemn oath that the facts stated in the above certificate by him subscribed are true
Before me Fisher. Metcalf Justice of Peace
This may Certify that Joseph Tombs the subscriber to the above certificate is a Man of veracity and that full credit may be given to his Testimony
Fisher Metcalf
Hopkinton. March 19 th 1819
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Middlesex, do certify that Fisher Metcalf is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, & his name set to the above certificates is his own proper signature. — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court this 31 st day of March 1819.
Abraham Biglow

10,087 R Massachusetts.
William Tombs,
Middlesex co 4 , in the state of Massach ts . was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Watson, of the Massach ts . line, for the term of three years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of April 19. and sent to John Davis, dist 1 Judge U. S. Boston, Mass ts .
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. - 85.56
Semi-anl. all ce ending 4. Sept. 2 48 "
10 mo. \frac{17}{30} 1819. } $133.56.
4 \frac{9}{31} }
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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I William Tombs of Hopkinton in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aged sixty three years, do declare testify, & say that I was a Minute man at the commencement of the Revolutionary war, and that I marched on the day of Lexington Battle as a Soldier in a Company commanded by Capt James Millen in Col. James Prescott, and then enlisted with him for the term of eight months, in a Regiment in a Regiment commanded by Col. Ward and before that time was out enlisted with him for one year, and before that time expired enlisted again with Capt William Watson, in a Regiment commanded by Col. James Weston for the term of three years, and before that term expired again enlisted with Capt. Walker in the ninth Massachusetts Regt. during the war, and remained in said Regt. until the reform of the Army in January 1783 when I was transferred into the Regt. commanded by Col. Prescott which I think was the second. Massachusetts Regt. in which I remained until the Army or all the during war men were disbanded & I was discharged at New Windsor in the State of New York with the Honorary Discharge of a Good & Faithfull Soldier for eight years service, that I am now a resident Citizen of the United States and by reason of my reduced circumstances in life am in need of Assistance from my Country — therefore request to be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to an Act of the Congress of the United States passed the 18th day of March 1818 entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War.
William Tombs

Massachusetts District Ct. Boston 14. April 1818
Sworn to before me
J. D. Davis
Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.

Fisher Metcalf of Hopkinton Eng. appointed to take evidence —
Mum: No return on 2 above mentioned Commissions to take evidence from Secretary Bradford certificate being considered sufficient
J Davis D 2

William Tombs
1887 Roxborough April 18
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820.
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
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, William Soule resident in
Hopkinton in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 10.087, 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, William Soule 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 fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .” “Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of April one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .”
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 acre of land with a dwelling house thereon situate in Framingham in said County valued at sixty dollars . . . . . $60.00 A Watch valued at . . . . . 17.00 $77.00”
William Soule Sworn before S d Dana Judge And the said William Soule being first duly sworn on his oath declares, that he served in the Revolutionary Army from the commencement to the end of the war; he was in the Company of James Mellen in Col. Brant's Regt in the Mass a line in the years service, in the three years

service he was in the Company of Capt Nathan Ward and Capt Wm Watson in Col Messon, Regt of the Mass a line during the war he was in the Comp y of Capt in Col Brooks Regt of the Mass a line. He is now sixty six years old by occupation a husband man not able to labor much, he has no wife living & no family, he was in the Battle of Bunker Hill, White Plains, Long Island, Saratoga, Stillwater and at the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
William Jones
Declared & sworn to before S d Dana judge."

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
" I, William South 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.
William South.
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed William South took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
Sam d Dana Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, 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 two dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Tombs, William GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5136 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Jan. 26, 1796 to William Sparker
*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.

33205 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 33205
William Lamb
Rev Rev
Act: 18 a March 18 n
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5130.
William Tombs.
Private.
2 d Reg't Mass. Line.
Deposited by Judge Cook of N. York.
Noted on Bl. 15 th Nov. 1811
Warrant issued. N o 5130 January 26. 1812.
Certif d transmitted to Judge Cook.

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TR 2843
Tombs, William BLWT 5136 S 33205

By His Excellency GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof James Lamb, private in the Second Massachusetts Regiment, having faith- fully served the United States three years and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the tenth day of June 1780.
George Washington
By His Excellency's Command,
John M'Call
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
William D. Lee
Adjutant.
THE above William D. Lee has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Years faithful Service.
W. D. Lee

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
31. March 1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, William Tombs by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
M Duer
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 12 A. D. 18 18
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that William Toombs subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked A together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M Davis
} Judge of the District Court U. S. } Massachusetts District.

I Aaron Butler of Hopkinton in the County of Middle- sex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Yeoman do hereby certify to all to whom the same may concern that William Tombs came home to the House where I lived at the close of the revolutionary War when the other during War Men came home (it being where he was brought up) with three Stripes on his Arm which was called a full Badge of Merit and he showed me his discharge which I read and considered it a full and honorable Discharge from the Army
Aaron Butler
Hopkinton, March 24 th 1819
Middlesex ss. March 24 th 1819 Then the above named Aaron Butler personally appeared and made solemn oath that the facts stated in the above certificate by him subscribed are true
Before me Fisher Metcalf Justice of Peace
This may certify that Aaron Butler the subscriber to the above certificate is a man of veracity and that full credit may be given to his testimony: And this may further certify that William Tombs the applicant is destitute of property and in the opinion of the subscriber is in need of ... assistance from Government for his support Fisher Metcalf
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. I Abraham Biglow Clerk of the Judicial Courts in the County of Middlesex, do certify that Fisher Metcalf is a Justice of the peace acting under the authority of this Com- monwealth, and his name set to the above certificate is his own proper signature. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this thirty first day of March 1819.
Abraham Biglow

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office April 14 th 1818
By this I certify that William Tombs is borne on the books in this Office as a soldier, in Col d Weston's Reg t of the Massachusetts line of the American Revolutionary Army, enlisted for during the War. and actually served three years.
Adm d Bradford
Secy. of State