Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 885-100, for Joseph Sylvester, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Sylvester, Joseph
B.L.W. 885-100
CONTENTS

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The heir of Sir Sylvester Percival 2nd Bt. Massra line
Warrant ipd 27 th March 1820
Hon ble J. Sampson

1st order - End
E Faunce on
Secty-war
Evidence of his wanted
Wrote Feb 16 1820
Clerk of the Court
John H. H. & Co. 1820

To the Hon. Secy of War at Washington Sir Please deliver hon Lab t Thompson the patent of land which may be issued in my favor, as one of the sisters of Joseph Silvester, a deceased soldier of the Revolution war
Plymouth Mass. Mar. 181819
Elizabeth Faunce

Certificate of heirship

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Feb-18.175-
Plymouth County, Probate Department
This certifies, that I have satisfactory evidence, that Elizabeth Laurens, Jesse Sylvester & Charlotte Sylvester, are the legitimate & sole heirs at law of Joseph Sylvester, deceased, said to have been a soldier in the war of the revolution, — And that by the laws of said Commonwealth, the said Elizabeth, Jesse & Charlotte are entitled to all the estate, rights & credits of every description, that appertained to the said Joseph Sylvester, deceased at the time of his death. Given under my hand & seal official this seventeenth day of march in the year of our Lord 1820
Thomas Morris Judge of Probate for the County of Plymouth.

Mr Standish
Depo —
for
for libel

Nathaniel Standish of Middlebor- rough, born in the town of Mendon, Mass. a last three years private in Colo- branes Regt of Artillery in the Revolu- tion - testify, that I fell in company on my way to camp with Joseph Silvester from Plympton, near said Middleborough, then on his march to join the army as a private & that I knew him then & since to have en- listed a during the war man & to the best of my recollections I believe that he was duly discharged at the end of the war I do not feel confident from what Regt but believe from the record.
Nathaniel Standish Hymn of Feb. 25 1820
Then Nathaniel Standish subscribed & made oath to the truth of this deposition, & I certify him to be a credible witness
Zacheus Bartlett Jus. Peace &c

Dep. of Eliz Laurence for Jos Silvester

I Elizabeth Farnace of Plymouth neg. testify, that Joseph Silvester - a private in Col. Bailey's regt - in the revolution war, came into my family at the end of the war, & so continued, till near his death; that I have a clear recollec- tion of his returning from camp in company with Joseph Bostell of said Plymouth, who has rec d a land warrant That I saw said Silvester's discharge as during the war man. & often heard him say, that he had right to land as such; & that when he left my house & the town for the last time, he took his said discharge & put it into his pocket book, saying - he did not know but he should go & take up his farm in the Ohio, before he came back; but that he soon went to sea, & was lost in the West Indies -
Elizabeth Farnace
over

Massachusetts - district Agreement. Feb. 24 1820
Then Elizabeth Fance subscribed & made oath to the truth of this de- position, & I certify her a person of faith. Hachens Bastitt. Hance

Dep't B. Warren for Jos. Silvester

Benj a Warren. of Lawfull age. Testify & says. That Joseph Sylvester was a Soldier in the revolution War in Col. John Bayleys regim t . Serv d as I Believe Untill the Close of the War. & Came home with The Soldiers from Pilyon ? at the Close of the war With an Honorable Discharge & went to Sea. & was lost in a Hurricane & to the best of my Belief. was Enlisted for during y e war. & fulfill d it
Benj a Warren Cap t in y e Mass s Reg t
Plymouth, Mass. March 1. 1822
Then Benjamin Warren the deponent, sub- scribed, & made oath to this deposition, & I certify him a man of truth
Zachary Bartlett of Peace &

Depts W Parsons for Jos Silverton

I William Parsons of Plymouth - Commonwealth of Mass - a private in the second Regt Mass-line in the revolution was a first three years man, as will appear by my discharge, now at Washington for by which I have lately obtained a pension, testify that from a boy I knew Joseph Silvester late of this town, & I well knew him also, as a private in the same company with me in Col. Bailey's Regt at West Point in 1779. In 1780 I left the army. In the winter of 1781 or 1782 I saw him on a furlough at said Plymouth at which time he told me, he had enlisted for during the war, & I saw him the day he set off again to join the army, & he never came to his home again till the war ended. In all my intercourse with him soon after I never had any other im- pression on my mind than that he lived & served to the war's end & friendly be- lieve it to this moment
William Pearson
Plymouth, Mass - over.

Massachusetts - Feb 2. 26 1820 Then William Parsons a Person subscribed, made oath to the truth of this deposition & I certify that he is a man of truth Zachary Bartlett J. Pierce