Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32980, for Marsh Lewis, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Deurs, or March
D. 32980
CONTENTS

32980 Pay INVALID.
File No. 82,980
March Lewis
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 u
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 241
[Arrangement of 1879.]

Marsh Lewis
9 000 Sept 1879
M

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
County of Plymouth ss.
On this 11th day of August 1820, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, having a power also of fine and imprisonment, and keeping a record of their proceedings, personally appeared in open Court, being a court of record for the said County Marsh Lewis aged Seventy one years, resident in Hingham in said County, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. for the term of the 2d Massachusetts Regiment and that he has received a pension certificate dated 5th April 1819 and numbered 9,000 in pursuance of his original Declaration made 16th April 1818 and also takes and subscribes the following oath, viz.
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 manner, 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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. viz
1 chest plank - 4 old chairs iron workbench & earthen ware 4 old knives & forks 2 pails spades 1 spinning wheel 1 table 1 water pail shovel & tongs dogs 14 wool cards My family consists of myself & wife 67 years of age her health is as good as women of her age generally are My business is that of a labourer in very small & I have been assisted for several years previous to receiving my pension by private charity but for the bounty of the Government must hereafter
Sworn to, and declared, on the 11th day of August, 1820 before Nohum Mitchell C. Just. ss Court. depend principally on public or private charity B Marsh Lewis
I, John B Thomas clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath declaration 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 in the aforesaid schedule is Six dollars and 00 cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the court, on this twenty ninth day of December 1820
J. B. Thomas Clerk of the Court for the County of Plymouth

Middlesex ss. On the 14 th day of April A.D. 1818 Personally appeared before me Calvin Sanger one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Middlesex. William Clark of Sherburne in said County who being duly sworn according to Law, did depose and say that he was personally knowing that Benjamin Horton enlisted for said town of Sherburne to serve as a Soldier in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and America, that he was with him in the Army the principal part of the time for three years and that he has no doubt that the said Horton served the full term of three years for said town of Sherburne — William Clark
Middlesex ss. on the fourteenth day of April A.D. 1818 The aforesaid deponent was examined cautioned and sworn before me Calvin Sanger one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County agreeably to Law to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the request of said Benjamin Horton and to be used to substantiate his claim to a pension under the Law of the United States passed March 1818 Calvin Sanger
Sherburne April 14 th 1818. We the subscribers Selectmen of the town of Sherburne hereby certify that Benjamin Horton served as a Soldier for said town of Sherburne in the Army of the United States in the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and America for the term of three years. We further certify that said Horton is so much reduced in his circumstances as to stand in need of the assistance of his country for support having been a state pauper for nineteen years John Bullard Daniel Leland

9,000 Massachusetts.
March Lewis
Hingham in the state of Massach ts . who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Bayley of the Massachus 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 5. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5. of April 19, and sent to John Davis, judge Boston, Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. .. $ 85.03 semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. } 48 " 10 mo.  15 } 1819. } $ 133.03  30 }  4 }  31 }
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Whitcomb - sent May 4 th 1821 - P.M. B. Thomas Esq. Plymouth May 1821

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

No 451
Marsh Lewis private Payley Mass Aug th 11 April 1818
Payley Mass Aug th 11 1818 Marsh Lewis private Payley Mass Aug th 11 1818
Correct by R. C. Jan y 77 to Jan y 80

I, Marsh Lewis, of Hingham, in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, do hereby testify and declare, that in the revolutionary war, I enlisted in the public service, for the term of three years, under Lieut. Amos Shaw of Hingham, in Capt. Doughty's Company in Colonel Bailey's Regiment; that I was at Saratoga, when General Burgoyne surrendered with his army; afterward I think, we marched to White Plains; that I continued, in the public service, the regiment aforesaid, until I had served the full term of three years, for which I enlisted.  NOTE. The words, "in Capt. Doughty's Company" were inserted before signing.  Marsh Lewis Attest Amos Lincoln.
Plymouth ss. March 31st 1818. Then personally appeared the above named, Marsh Lewis & made oath that the above declaration, by him subscribed is true in all its parts, according to his best recollection & belief before me.
Amos Lincoln Just. of Peace
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the above named Marsh Lewis, in consequence of his age & bodily infirmities, & indigent circumstances, greatly needs the aid of his country, as an old soldier, for the support of himself & his wife.
Thomas Sprague } Selectmen Caleb Gill } Hingham
Amos Lincoln Martin Lincoln Edward Thaxter Thos. Loring Asa Davis Daniel F. Webb Sam. Norton John Norton Stephen Cushing David Andrews

I, Seth Thaxter, of Hingham, do hereby certify, that I was at Saratoga, when General Burgoyne surrendered, and frequently saw the within named Mark Lewis and am confident that he was in Colonel John Bailey's Regiment. Hingham April 11th 1818. -
Seth Thaxter.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
Boston June 13 A. D. 1818
Mark Lewis
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Mark Lewis 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 document 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, Marsh Lewis of Hingham in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, do hereby testify and declare, that, in the revolutionary war, I enlisted in the public service for the term of three years, under Lieut. Amos Shaw of Abington, in Capt. Jacob Allen's Company of Bridgewater, in Colonel John Bailey's Regiment, in the Massachusetts Line, on the Continental establishment. That I was at Saratoga, when General Burgoyne surrendered with his army; afterward, I think, we marched to White Plains; that I continued in the public service, in the Regiment aforesaid, until I had served the full term of three years, for which, I enlisted; that such are now my age, bodily infirmities & indigent circumstances, that I stand greatly in need of my Country's assistance for support. Marsh Lewis
Massachusetts District } Boston 16. April A.D. 1818 }
Learn to before me
M c Wane's Dist. Judge Mass. Dist.