Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21849, for Moses Kinyon, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. I.
Kingon, Moses or Henson
S. 21849
CONTENTS

Letter to J. Ashley 10 May 1850
Rhode Island 30.385
Deed
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6. April 1838 from 4 th Sep 1839 to 6. March 1840. Age notified 253 Sep 1841
Moses Kenyon
of Washington Co. in the State of R. Island who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Mexico of the R.I. commanded by Col. Scott in the R. Island line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of Feb. 1836 and Jan 1836 and Jan 1836 and Jan 1836 and Jan 1836 and Jan 1836
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 35, 180.00 Sem-ant. allowance ending 4th March 36. 20.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832 }
Recorded by J. Brown Clerk, Book 8. Vol. 2 Page 118

State of New York
Washington County
I James Wilson of Whitehall in the County and State of New York do hereby certify that in the Deponent is seventy three years of age that he resided in the Town of Schuylerville, now called Whitehall during the whole of the revolutionary war except the time he was absent in the service of his country as a Soldier that he served eighteen Months in Captain Levi Stockwell's Company of rangers as it was generally called said Stockwell was also called Mother Stockwell that in the Deponent well remembers Mary Kingston a Soldier in said Company who now resides in the State of Rhode Island as he is informed thinks said Kingston joined the said Company after the Deponent did but is quite confident that said Kingston served in said Company more than one year this Deponent is unable to state the year but believes it was about the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine but is not sure as to the time it might have been in twenty eight
James Wilson
Subscribed & sworn this 27th day of February 1833 before me, and I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the said James Wilson and that he is a credible Witness & a man of good Moral Character & respectable in society
M. H. Parker Justice of the Peace

State of New York
Washington County
I, J. S. Leigh, Clerk of the said County Do Certify that William H. Parker before whom the within affidavit purports to have been sworn was at the date of the same one of the Justices of the Peace in & for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and amply believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavit (thus "W H Parker Justice of the Peace") to be his proper hand writing and Signature
Witness my hand and Seal of Office
This twenty eighth day of February 1833
J. S. Leigh Clerk

I Isaiah Burdick of Charlestown in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island aged seventy one years, On oath do Depose & say that from some time in  the the month of March 1877, to the sixteenth day of March 1878, Moses Kenyon then & now of Charlestown aforesaid, enrolled enlisted into Col. Riley Knowles's Company, & served at Linton R. Island in the fifteen months service, there being in Col. Benton's Regt. against the enemy. From then discharged on the 10th of March 1878, after he had served one year.
taken Subscribed and
Isaiah Burdick.
Sworn to in Open Court September 5. 1882
Wm Sams Clerk

I
I Sylvester Bendick of Charles- town in the county of Washing- ton & State of Rhode Island, aged seventy eight years, on oath do depose & say that I have examined the proceed- ing deposition of Isaac Ben- dick, & that I know the said Moses Knyon served in the Revolution, as in the said Isaac Bendick's deposition set forth, I lived at Scituate during the same period. Sylvester Bendick
Subscribed &
Sworn to in Open Court September 5. 1832
Wm. Sargent Holmes Clerk
I Edward Clarke of Charlestown in the county of Washington State of Rhode Island, aged seventy seven years on oath do testify & say, that Moses Knyon of Charles- town himself lived on Rhode Island at during the time of Sullivan's expedition in 1778,

in August or September thirty days. Edward his Clark Mark With Sam Helme Clerk. Sworn to in Open Court September 5. 1832 or Wm Sam Helme Clerk

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington Court Common Pleas August Term 1832
held by adjournment in September 1832
Personally Appeared in Open Court the Aforenamed Three deponents, Isaiah Burdick, Sylvester Burdick and Edward Clarke, and in this Court gave the preceding Depositions by them subscribed, and were there to duly sworn according to Law. And the Court further certify that from their Examination of the said Isaiah Burdick Sylvester Burdick and Edward And After due investigation of the matter they consider them credible Witnesses and that their Testimony is entitled to Credit.
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Aforesaid Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the depositions of Isaiah Burdick, Sylvester Burdick and Edward Clarke. taken before said Court of Common Pleas and the Original proceedings of said Court in the taking thereof.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas this Twenty Seventh day of April A.D. 1833.
Sam t Helme Clk

Capt. Hoxie. Col. Barton
20 470
acnd
12 mofri
40 ff
1 mo. as substitute not duly sustained & 18 mo under Capt Stockwell dis allowed
B. B. B. End present

Aaron Kinyon of Hopkinton in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island aged Sixty five Years On oath deponeth and saith, that he is well acquainted with Moses Kinyon of Charlestown in the aforesaid County. That this Deponent knew the said Moses Kinyon in said Charlestown as long ago as he can Remember any thing, and remembers that the said Moses when this Deponent was But a Boy, and in the Revolutionary war Removed from said Charlestown Charlestown to the Westward & he has been informed, and believes to Saratoga in the State of New York; And this Deponent knows that the said Moses from the time of his Removal aforementioned was absent from said Charlestown for many Years. After which he returned to said Charlestown a number of Years since, and that since his return this Deponent has often, more than twenty Years ago, heard the said Moses talk of his Revolutionary services in the State of New York and particularly that he was wounded there in a Battle with the Indians in defense of his country. But he does not now remember whether or not the said Moses stated the particular length of time he served; this Deponent further says that he this Deponent Resided most of his time in said Charlestown till he was thirty Years of age and that he has always Resided in said County of Washington. Aaron Kinyon

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington ss at Forth the Kings town this 26 th day of April A.D. 1833
Personally appeared the above named Aaron Kinyon Dependant Aaron Kinyon who before me gave and subscribed the preceding deposition and was by me Duly sworn there to according to Law I also further certify that the said Aaron Kinyon is personally well known to me and that he is a credible witness and his testimony is entitled to credit
Matthew Waite Just Peace
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Washington ss Clerk's Office Court common pleas for said County
April 20, 1833 I hereby certify that Matthew Waite Esq. whose signature in his own proper hand and writing is affixed to his foregoing attestation of the preceding Deposition of Aaron Kinyon was at the time of thereof a now is a Justice of the Peace for the  said Town of South Kingstown in the County of Washington duly qualified under the seal of the State and otherwise duly qualified as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court the day & year aforesaid
SAM l GELME Clerk

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. State of Rhode Island, } ss. County of Washington }
On this 23 d day of April A.D. 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the judges or justices of the Supreme Judicial Court now sitting, Moses Kenyon, a resident of Charlestown in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on this oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers & served as herein stated. That is to say. He the said Moses Kenyon in the month of March A.D. 1777, at Charlestown aforesaid enlisted into the fifteen months service, in Capt. Bixbee's company in Col. Barton's Regt. in the State line & with said company was marched northward as far as Warwick, where five were killed a few days thereafter then marched south to Scituate near Howland's Ferry, where he the said Kenyon remained in the service till the sixteenth day of March A.D. 1778, when he was discharged. He returned home to said Charles- town. In the latter part of July 1778, he took the place as a substitute, of Solomon Bousie of Wickford in said County of Washington, in Capt. John Clark's company. Said Bousie hav- ing been drafted for thirty days service therein, and was marched under Capt. Clarke on to the Island of Rhode Island, where he served out said thirty days. He was then in the action, after this term of service was out, but be- fore he was discharged, he was drafted for another term of thirty days. He served most of this term at Scituate, from which place we were marched to Providence & paid off for the

two months service & then discharged late in Septm 1778. He then returned home to Charlestown Soon after his return removed to Saratoga in the State of New York; where in November December 1778 or January 1779, he enlisted for a period of eighteen months into a company of rangers com- manded by Capt. Levi, Stockwell of Sheres- borough, whose Lieut.'s name was Hunsdale. This Company he thinks was attached to Col. Scott's regt. It was commonly denominated Stockwell's Rangers. In this company, from the time he entered into it as he has before stated, till the forepart of the summer 1780 a period of full eighteen months, he the said Henson ser- ved in guarding & protecting the frontier settle- ments in the State of New York against the depredations of the Indians, and for this pur- pose scoured the country from Sheresborough to Lake Ontario almost constantly. Dur- ing this service, he thinks, in Decr. 1779, in an engagement with the Indians near Fort Plank four privates of said company were killed & he the said Henson & several others of the company were wounded. And the said Henson avers that the above said periods of his said services, put together, which he faithfully served in defense of his country in the re- belligerent war to two years & eight months.
And he further declares that he was born in said Charlestown on the third day of September 1753, then that he knows of no record of his age or birth. That he lived in said Charlestown when he was called into the above mentioned services, which he performed in said State of Rhode Island & in said Saratoga which he entered said services, that he performed in said State of New York where he resided except when he was abroad in the service till 1782 or 1783 till 1790, when he removed to said town of Charlestown, where from the adjoining town of Hickland he resided till 1795, when he removed to the town of Warwick

in said State of R.I. where he resided till 1797, when he removed to Mendon in the State of Massachusetts, where he resided till 1800, when he removed to said Charlestown where he yet resides, that he does not remember ever to have received any written discharge from any of his said services services, but that he was verbally discharged therefrom by his commanding officers, that he has no documentary evidence of any of said services, that he is not acquainted with any clergyman in his vicinity or neighborhood, but refers to James Kenyon & Joseph H. Lewis, who are his neighbours & citizens of the town in which he resides, who testify to his character for veracity & their belief that he was a soldier of the Revolution & to the accompanying deposition.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year above in open Court
W. B. G. B. R. S. A. R.
Witness Matthew Wade Clerk
We James Kenyon & Joseph H. Lewis residing in Charlestown in the County of Washington & State of Rhode Island, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Moses Kenyon, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is separated & believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, & that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year of said in open Court -
Witness Matthew Wade Clerk
Joseph H. Lewis James Kenyon
And the court do hereby declare their opinion after the the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that James Kenyon & Joseph H. Lewis who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in said town of Charlestown and are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit.

I Matthew Waite Clerk of Said Supreme Judicial Court do hereby Certify that the foregoing Contain the Original proceedings of the aforesaid Court in the Matter of the application of Moses Kimyon for ex par- tion.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal of office this 27 th day of April 1833
Matthew Waite Clerk

26970
Mrs Kenyon
Doubtful Case
ad
Wm P Russell Esq Sturminster R 9

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov 4 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Moses Kenyon
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1777 1. Part Capt Hoyce's Col Barton 73   1778 1 " Capt Clarke   " 1 " "   1778 1 6 " Capt Stockwell Col Scott M. Genl Rangs  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
— And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
 If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 
Every applicant who claimed a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To 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? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of 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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 each 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 four or five months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Resolutions
21 849 INVALID.
File No. 21,849
Moses Kenyon
Re Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 217
[Arrangement of 1870.]

It is the request of Moses Canyon, the applicant in this case that his certificate be sent to Agent. Widner, Rayston, N. Island
delivered March 11 Mar 55

No 26.970
XXXXXX
Moses H. Bryan
Suspended
Seton Hall Nov 1885
Comd
Rhode Island.

Miss Julia J. Pease
Wm P. Pease, Esq.
Kingston
R. Mand

War Department Pension Office
March 20. 1895.
Sir:
The claim of John Stanton, referred to, in the inclosed letter of Mr. Newell, to you, was acted on, in September last, as appears, by the letter, to the applicant, a copy of which, is herewith inclosed.
Edward Wilson, claims to have served, as orderly Sergeant, in the Rhode Island militia, for eighteen months, at one term, and several other terms, of a duration, which cannot be recognised - It is apparent, that this claimant has confounded, mere readiness to serve, with actual service, in the field or garrison, such as, is provided for by law. He must specify his actual service, and prove it, agreeably to the regulations. The rank stated, cannot be allowed, unless the evidence of it, is satisfactorily accounted for. The papers remain on file.
Perry Brumbly, claims to have served periods of four and five months, in the militia, which cannot have been actual service - The papers, are also placed on file, awaiting explanation, and evidence.
Similar remarks apply, to the claim of Smith Murphy, whose papers, are also placed on file.
Many claimants, have deceived themselves and this Department, by supposing, that a state of vigilant preparation at home, was actual service, within the Act. But it is only service, in embodied corps, called out by proper authority, which

is provided for.
The claim of Sylvester Burdick, will be re-examined, and the result, reported to Mr. Newell, in a few days.
I have the honor to be very Respectfully Your Obedt Servant J. L. Edwards
Hon. Judge J. Pearce. New Port. R. Island.

J Edwards Commr of pension
M m P. Skwell Esq. Kingston P. Island

War Department Pension Office Nov 11 th 1885
Sir
The claim of Moses Kenyon has been again examined & suspended. His first term of alleged service under Capt Hoxie. Col Barton should be supported by the records of Rhode Island, and the service under Capt Serr Stockwell. Col Harper in 1779 and '80 is discredited by the settlement of the service of that company for those years. There was no officer named Hornsdale in that company, nor is claimants name borne on the list by which the accounts of the company were settled.
I am Respectfully Your Ob st Serv t J L Edwards
Wm P. Howell Esq r Kingston R Island.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 10 th 1841.
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," The widow of Moses Kenyon, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Rhode Island Agency, at the rate of Forty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1839, to the 6 th March 1840,
Respectfully yours,
Deborah H. Smith
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Certificate of Barton's appointment on Moses Kenyon's claim
file with Kenyon's papers -

BY HIS EXCELLENCY,
John Brown Francis
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
BE IT KNOWN , that the name " HENRY BOWEN " to the afore-written attestation subscribed, is the proper hand writing of Henry Bowen, Esquire , who, at the time of subscribing the same, was Secretary of the State aforesaid, duly elected and qualified according to law : Wherefore unto his said attestation, full faith and credit are to be rendered.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of said State to be affixed at Provi- dence, this eleventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-Six and of Independence the fifty-Sixtieth
John Brown Francis
BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
Henry Bowen Secy

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations. Secretary's Office Jan y 11 th 1836.
I certify that at the session of the General Assembly of the Colony of Rhode Island, held in May seventeen hundred seventy six William Barton was elected Brigade Major of the Colony's Brigade. That at the June session seventeen hundred seventy seven of the General Assembly of said State, the said Barton was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the first Regiment in the Brigade raising by said State for fifteen months.
That at December session seventeen hundred and seventy seven, the said Wm. Barton was elected Colonel of the Second Battalion of fifteen hundred men ordered to be raised at said session, to serve from the day of enlistment until the sixteenth day of March seventeen hundred & seventy nine.
As appears of record in this office. Witness - Henry Bowen Secy.

May 10
W. Evans
To The Honorable J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

May 10
St. Louis
To The Honorable J. S. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions - Washington D. C.

Providence May 3 rd 1838
Dear Capt. Eddy
Having written a line to you sometime since informing you of the attempts which are about making by one Moses Kenyon (A Pensioner from the State of Rhode Island) who has been residing in this City for sometime past to send on to the War Office for another Certificate for his Pension (for your Information I would state to the situation in which it lies about two years since he came to me in a destitute situation and implored me to let him have something to live upon and he would deposit his Certificate in my hands for security and give me a power of attorney to receive the Pension when it became due knowing him to be very poor and from the entreaties of his children and Wife) I condescended to accommodate him and have continued to advance him even more than the amount of his Pension for which Balance his estate for to be taken out of the next drawing offered to give in several Dollars if they would take the pledge out of my hands but none of his daughters were very much out of health unable to do anything for sometime past their money for medicine and to get wood since since the Pension are a few days previous the authorities of the City of Providence finding more expense than what his Pension money would pay keep an Order to have him and his family removed to the Town of Charlestown where he belonged or was born since which time he has made his Brags that he can't send to your Office any get another and cheat the work of the whole of claim and the Over part of the War

On 1st March of the Town of Christstown has undertaken to support the Pension of the Town for a stipulated Sum and understands that he has been appointed his Guardian and has called on me sent to for you to give up the Certificate I have offered to give them up the Certificate providing they will let me have the amount due on the same until such time as the time he left residence or left off drawing his living of the ————— Dr. David Moses Henry's Certificate was made out on the 18th of February 1836 Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E No 2 and Page 118 by A. Brown
Clerk
As you will please to excuse the error which I have given in this Addressing you Thomas
The said Henry was almost a stranger here at the time I commenced the accom- modation by his daughter's request as one of them possessed a good reputation and had lived in town some time and would have said the amount had not such facts prevented
I shall suffer a loss even at my own inspection as they have overdrawn with much respect your obedient servant &c
Joseph H. H. Lee
The above was written thinking the other letter might have miscarried

Con't Mar 13
In at. Moses Kenyon 30 3 85- R.I. R.R.
John B. Edmiston Commission Merchant No. 100 Water Street New York

Mar 13
Com l
Imat. 3-385- Moses Henson
R.D. 24
W. H. J. Edwards Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.

Providence March 10 th 1838
To the Secretary of War in Commission of Pension Dane Sias having been called upon by the late Stephen who by extreme Poverty was destitute of the Comforts of life and Family Sick and not able to earn. Much requested me to take and hold his Certificate for Collateral Security to enable him to obtain something for his Family before he was therefore wishing to extend to them some Relief have mislaid it since his Certificate and in consequence of Sickness in his family have over advanced the amount due on his said Certificate and having learned that he is the Person to which he belongs are calculating to forward a request for a new Certificate in order to enable me for what I have advanced for their support the last winter when he has nearly one half in paying for Wood Wood and Medicine, to his Family for their support. Should there be made such a request would desire it great favor if you would forward me information of the same as I have furnished his Family with Pensions for almost one half years past and have received nothing beyond a part out of his Pension payments.
This Certificate was given out 9 th May 1836 And recorded in the Pension Office in Book E Vol. 3 Page 118 by A Brown Clerk
You will discover by the above that I would wish to prevent any frauds or misrepresentations should Walker be questioned concerning it. Joseph H. Spedden

for all Kenyon Moses Kenyon papers -

Myhester Bunduk of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island on oath deposes - -The and saith that he is eighty two years of age that he served from some time in the month of March 1777 till some time in March 1779 a period of two years in Capt Ebenezer Darr's Company 1st Rhode Island Regiment of Artillery at Providence Rhode Island on the State Line
That he knows William Barton commanded a regiment at said Providence on the State Line from the time the deponent enlisted in the Spring of 1777 until sometime in the year of 1778 in which Dary Hoxie served as Capt and Moses Hoxie of said Charlestown during the same time served as a private under the said Hoxie. This deponent also recollects that at first in the Spring of 1777 it was talked that the said Barton was but a Major though he then acted as Col of the regiment and some time in the ensuing summer said Barton was appointed Col of said regiment. This deponent further says he never knew the regiment to be commanded by Col Dufresne until the said Barton ceased to have the command in 1778
Myhester his Bunduk mark
State of Rhode Island Washington 5th January 1836

Personally appeared the above named Sylvester Burdick and on oath gave and subscribed the preceding deposition and further certify that the said Burdick is known to me that he is a credible witness and that his testimony is entitled to credit
Dan King Justice Peace
State of Rhode Island Washington County ss
I George Robinson Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Dan King whose signature is in his own proper hand, is annexed to the preceding Certificate regarding Sylvester Burdick was on the fifth day of January A. D. 1836, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Washington duly commissioned and qualified.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 7 th day of January — 1836.
George Robinson Clk

Moses Kinyon of Charlestown in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, as supplementary to his Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed in June A.D. 1832, by him made the twenty third day of April 1833, and since returned to him by the Commissioner of Pensions for further evidence, being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath further declare, that all his military services, mentioned in his primary declaration, were in the grade of a private soldier; that his two months, or sixty days service, in the summer and fall of 1778, stated in his primary declaration, performed in part on the Island of Rhode Island and in part at Tiverton, was in Colonel Dyer's Regiment; that although he is certain that he served eighteen months under Capt. Stockwell, as stated in his primary declaration, he thinks, upon more mature reflection, that he twice enlisted under the said Stockwell, for periods of service of nine months each, and not for a period of eighteen months at one time; that his first enlistment under Capt. Stockwell was in the Spring of 1779 or 1780, and not in the fall of 1778 or winter of 1779; and that his second tour of service under the said Stockwell, immediately succeeded the termination of his first; and he did think, at the time he made his primary declaration, that the name of the Colonel & the Regiment to which Stockwell's company

was attached, was Scott, and he is still -pressed with the same idea; but although recollection on most points in his De- ation is clear, his memory has greatly failed him & had at the time of he made his primary declaration; and as to some facts, particularly those not originally deeply impressed on his mind, his memory has almost entirely failed him; and this, he ap- prehends, is the case with respect to the Colonel of the Regiment in question; whose name, he thinks, was never quite familiar to his mind; as the service under said Stockwell was a detached service, and where according to his pres- ent recollection, he neither often saw or heard of the field Officers; and therefore he is not sure but he has mistaken the name of the Colonel; but hopes never- theless, that his loss of memory and his inability from decrepitude and poverty to explore for more evidence those remote parts of the country where his services under Stockwell were performed, from which he has been absent more than fifty years, and in which he knows not, nor can he learn, that a single additional witness of the service there remaining, will not deprive him of his pay for this service under the said Stockwell, which he knows he faith- fully performed Ebenezer Skinner

State of Rhode Island, &c. - Washington County, &c. Sept. 10 th 1835
Personally appeared the above or aforesaid Moses Pinyon, who be- fore me made and subscribed the preceding declaration, and was by me thereto duly sworn according to law - I further certify that the said Moses Pinyon is personally known to me, that he is a credible witness, and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Asa Potter Justice of the peace
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Ebenezer Smith of South Kingston in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, on oath deposeth and saith, that he is seventy eight years of age; that he is acquainted with Moses Pinyon of Charlestown in said County and knew the said Pinyon well in the war of the Revolution; and he further says, that he (his deponent) served against the enemy in Capt. Dyer's Company, Topsham's Regt from the Spring of 1777 till into the month of March 1778, at Newport R. Island, and distinctly remembers, that the said Pinyon served there during the same period, in the grade of a private in Capt. Hoxie's Company Col. Barton's, Regt or Col. Haskins - that the above service was in the State line.
State of Rhode Island Washington County } ss. September 14. 1835 Ebenezer his Smith - mark
Personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Smith who before me gave and subscribed the preceding deposition and was by me thereunto duly sworn according to law, and I also further certify, that the said Ebenezer Smith is personally known to me, that he is a credible witness, and that his testimony is entitled to credit.
Asa Diller Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island
Washington County Sc. v. George Robinson Clerk of the Co.  State Supreme Judicial Court in and for the County and, aforesaid do- leably certify that Asa Potter, was on the tenth & fourteenth days of September A.D. 1835. A Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and that those signatures annexed to the preceding certifica- -tis regarding Moses Kinyon and Ebenezer Smith I believe to be the proper hand writing of the said Asa Potter -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said supreme Judicial Court this 17 th day of Sept 1835 -
Geo. Robinson (Clerk)