Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 42,839, for Samuel Lewis, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Moss
Lewis, Samuel
S. 42,839
CONTENTS

New York Massachusetts 1768
Samuel Lewis, of Hampden Co in the state of Mass ts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd , of the Massach ts line, for the term of one year .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 , of July, 1820 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 , of Sept. 1821 and sent to John Ingersoll, ag t Springfield, Massachusetts .
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1820 . $14.74 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 March  48 " 1 mo. 22 } 1821 $62.74 4-4/30 }
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. } and 1 st  May, 2 1820. }

10 Samuel Lewis Hampden Co: Mass: 10. July, 1820.
found on the roll of Col: Shepherd's regt. Massach'tts line, from 5 th July, 1779, to 5 th July, 1780. — 12 months.
Admitted, No property,
Admitted, No property,
John Ingersoll, agent, Springfield, Mass'tts 21 st A.D. 1820
John Ingersoll agent. Springfield Mass.
Recd 26 July 1820

COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY of
 35. 
ON this _____ day of _____ 182_____, personally appeared, in open court, before _____, the same being a Court of Record and so established by a Statute of said Commonwealth, said Court being now in session at _____ within and for said county of _____
first duly sworn, according to law, aged  years, resident in  who being doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
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 other manner, been myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide that no person in trust for me, any property, or securities, or any other thing, shall be subject to the provisions of the Act hereto annexed, and by me subscribed."
SCHEDULE.

Sworn to and declared on the
10th
day of
June
before
me a Notary Public
Wm Lloyd George
I
Wm Lloyd George
Clerk of the said Court
do hereby certify, that
the foregoing 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 to the foregoing schedule said the said  has no  property  property
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, on this
twentieth
day of
July
1820
Wm Lloyd George
Clerk of the Courts for the County of ...

Samuel Lewis's application for Transfer from Massachusetts to New York —
Transferred 20 Sept. 1822
Mar 1822

State of New York Genesee county ss. Samuel Lewis being by me duly Sworn according to law, doth on his oath say that he is the same person described in a pension certificate dated September 20 th 1820. that he was placed on the pension List Roll of the Massachusetts Agency to commence on the tenth day of July 1820. that he has since that date removed to the town of Byron Genesee county State of New York which place he calculates to make his residence and requests to be transferred to the New York Agency from - after the 4 th of September instant. — Sworn and Subscribed the 9 th day of September 1822 Before me — — Samuel Lewis Ralph Coffin Commissioner u.s. the act of 1818
Genesee county ss. Samuel Lake being by me duly sworn, says he is personally acquainted with the above named Samuel Lewis and knows him to be the same person above described and that he is the same person described in the pen- -sion Certificate referred to in the above affidavit. Sworn and Subscribed the Ninth day of September 1822 Sam Lake Before me. — Ralph Coffin Commissioner under the act of 1818

State of New York } Genesee County } ss. I, Channan L. Sheldon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the said County do hereby certify that Ralph Coffin is a Commissioner in & for the County of Genesee duly Commissioned and qualified to take affidavits &c. by the laws of this State and that his signature subscribed to the two within affidavits are in his own proper hand writing
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & affixed the Seal of S d Court at Batavia the 9 th of September 1822
C. L. Sheldon Clk

42839 INVALID.
Rev Y
File No. 12, 539
Samuel Lewis
His Ser. Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8, Page 292
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Amasa King, of Menson, in the County of Hamilton of lawful age testify & say, that I personally know Samuel Lewis of said Menson, that he is in reduced circumstances in life & I verily believe him to need assistance from his country. I further saith not
Amasa King
Hampden ss. April 4. 1820. Then personally appeared the above named Amasa King & in my presence subscribed & made oath to the foregoing affidavit & I personally know him to be a man of veracity.
Before me Oliver Morris Justice of the Peace
I, Humphrey Gardner, of South Brimfield in the County of Hampden, yeoman, of lawful age testify & say that I personally know Samuel Lewis - that he is in reduced circumstances in life & I verily believe him to need assistance from his country & further saith not - Humphrey Gardner
Hampden ss. April 4. 1820. Then personally appeared the above named Humphrey Gardner & in my presence subscribed & made oath to the foregoing affidavit & I personally know him to be a man of veracity.
Oliver Morris Justice of the Peace
I, Joshua Wallbridge, of Wilbraham in the County of Hampden, of lawful age testify & say that I am personally knowing to the fact that the Samuel Lewis, an applicant for a pension, & a resident in Menson, was in the service of the Continent during the year 1776 & that he served faithfully in the same Company with me for that time - it being Capt. Amos Wallbridge's Company in the Massachusetts line & further saith not
Joshua Wallbridge
Hampden ss. April 4. 1820
Then personally appeared the above named Joshua Wallbridge & in my presence subscribed & made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit -
Before me Oliver Morris Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Hampden ss.
I John Ingersoll Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within & for the County of Hampden do certify that Oliver B. Morris Esq r is now & was at the time of taking the within affidavits a Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Hampden duly appointed & qualified agreeable to the Laws of this Commonwealth unto that full faith & credit is and ought to be given to all acts done by him in said capacity. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Circuit Court of Common- pleas this twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred & twenty
John Ingersoll Clerk

Porter Wallbridge of Stafford in the county of Tolland and State of Connecticut gentleman deposeth and says that Samuel Lewis of Mansfield in the county of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts was a common soldier in the united States army in the Massachusetts line of troops that he belonged to Capt. Amos Walbridge's company in the thirteenth Regiment of foot commanded by Joseph Reed Colonel of which company I was a fifer and that he said Samuel Lewis was out and served one year at one time of service in said company company which said year's service ended in December A.D. one thousand eight hundred seventy-five.
South Berrienfield March 15 th 1820 Porter Wallbridge
Hampden ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
South Berrienfield March 15 th 1820 Then personally appearing Porter Wallbridge subscribed to the above deposition and made oath to the truth of the same Before me
James L. Dales } Justice of the peace in Hampden County
This may certify that above deponent Porter Wallbridge is considered a credible witness and that he had in his possession the at the time of giving the above deposition the old muster book that appeared the one page at the time that the said Lewis was inducted on which contained his service among the others of the said company
South Berrienfield James L. Dales Justice of the peace March 20 1820 in Hampden County

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampden ss
John Ingersoll Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within the County of Hampden do Certify that James L. Wales Esq. is a Justice of the Peace within the County of Hampden duly appointed & qualified agreeable to the laws of this Commonwealth and that all faith & credit is and ought to be given to all acts done by him in his official capacity as such Justice of the Peace in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Court of Common Pleas this twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
John Ingersoll Clerk

Samuel Lewis Applicant
Samuel Lewis
13 June 1920
The Applicant has not stated in his declaration, the date of the year in which he on the date of leaving home enlisted and as the day of war has passed, that no application for pensions on the date of since the passage of the Act of 1 May 1920, in which there has been no reference to the 1st March last, cannot be made in certain cases, even provided that a period of 12 months

Samuel Lewis of Manson in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 71 upon oath makes the following declaration that he enlisted into the United States or continental service on the eighth day of December that he enlisted into Capt. Amos Walbridge's Company in the Thirteenth Regiment of foot commanded by Joseph Reed in the Massachusetts line as a private soldier that he faithfully served in said company I said Captain for & during the term of one year from said time of enlistment & at the end of said term was honorably discharged on the Highlands near Westpoint in writing under the hand of Col. Joseph Reed - That he has not seen his discharge for at least thirty years & verily believes it to be lost - That he is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in need of his country's assistance for support - That he makes this declaration to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed March 18th 1818 entitled 'An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war' & that he hereby relinquishes his right to every other pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States. -
Samuel Lewis
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
On this day personally appeared Samuel Lewis who being first sworn, deposes that the foregoing declaration is true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 12th day of April 1820 John Hooker
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Samuel Lewis of Manson in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged 71 upon oath makes the following declaration that he enlisted into the United States or continental service on the eighth day of December that he enlisted into Capt. Amos Walbridge's Company in the Thirteenth Regiment of foot commanded by Joseph Reed in the Massachusetts line as a private soldier that he faithfully served in said company I said Captain for & during the term of one year from said time of enlistment & at the end of said term was honorably discharged on the Highlands near Westpoint in writing under the hand of Col. Joseph Reed - That he has not seen his discharge for at least thirty years & verily believes it to be lost - That he is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in need of his country's assistance for support - That he makes this declaration to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed March 18th 1818 entitled 'An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war' & that he hereby relinquishes his right to every other pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States. -
John Ingersoll Clerk