Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35514, for George Lamb, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass-
Lamb, George
NUMBER
S 35514
CONTENTS

5537 4
Kentucky
George Lamb Private
Capt Pry
Mustering out 1776 6 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 18 of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Jan. 1819 and sent to John M c Sperrd H o . Rep d .
  Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818  28.27    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar 1819  48.00     $76.27  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Cashier

35 514 Rev INVALID.
File No. 35 514
George Lamb
Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 287
[Arrangement of 1870.]

State of Kentucky Nelson County. To wit
George Lamb, aged eighty eight years makes oath that he was enlisted into the army of the Revolutionary war in April 1776 in the state of Massachusetts by Capt. Thomas. Pyle to serve during the war. The Deponent cannot state with certainty that Capt. Pyle at that time belonged to the continental line but believes he did. The said Capt. Pyle continued in the service of the United States till after the capture of Cornwallis at York & the Deponent served under him the whole of that time. The Deponent's memory having greatly failed he cannot now state the number of the Regiment he served in, but it was at first com- manded by Col. Francis who was killed at Hubbards town in the year 1776. The Deponent under his said Capt. Thomas Pyle served in a Regiment commanded by Col. Moses Hazen after the death of Col. Francis till the end of the war or till the month of June in the year 1782 when he received his discharge in the state of New Jersey which was signed by the said Moses Hazen who the Deponent believes was then a brigadier General & it was afterwards signed by Genl. Washington.
The said George Lamb states that during the time of his service as above stated he was in several

engagements between the Americans & British forces towards the end of the War of 1812, at the Battle of the Three Rivers in Canada, two engagements or skirmishes at Saratoga, that at Hubbardston where his Col. was killed and he was at the siege of Concord New York where General was taken, at which last place he received a severe wound in the leg by the bursting of a bomb shell which same shell killed a certain Capt. White who at the deponent believes was from Massachusetts.
The said George Lamb states that he is totally destitute of property or any means of support except an allowance made him for board & clothing by the County of Nelson.
The Deponent states that the Regiment he served in was called the Congress Regiment.
State of Kentucky } to wit; and county of Nelson }
I Benjamin Grayson clerk of the County court of the said county do cer- tify that at a County court held for the said county on the 18 th day of May in the year of our Lord 1818 Upon the motion of George Lamb who claims the benefit of the provisions of the act of Congress approved the 18 th day of March 1818. The state- ment or declaration of the said George Lamb being drawn up in writing was read to him in court to which he made solemn affirmation, which is ordered to be certified. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said county this twenty first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
By order of Court Ben Grayson

We the undersigned having been acquainted with George Lamb for several years past do state that he is a man of great age & very infirm - that he is illiterate & ignorant but as far as we know reported to be honest & we have confidence in the truth of his statement hereto annexed
Thos. Speed Chas. Wickliffe Sam Carpenter

Geo. Lamb a pen- sioner his oath and schedule
Recorded in a book in my office known by the No. 14/10/82 82. 4 Exam
Test Ben Grayson Clerk of Nelson County courts
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SCHEDULE.
State of Kentucky Nelson County District of 88.
On this 15th day of January 1821, personally appeared, in open court, the being a court of record for the said district, circuit, county, or corporation, as the case may be, George Lamb,
aged 93 years, resident in Nelson in said district, circuit, county, or corporation, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: the 1st Massachusetts Regiment in Capt. Thos. Pyle - his original record is dated day of 18 his certificate of Pension is  that  he  was  entitled to his pension upon the same up to 14th Mar 1820
And I do solemnly swear (or affirm as the case may be) 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. That I have no property of any description I am under no do any kind of work George T Lamb mark
Sworn to, and declared, on the 15th day of January 1821. before William Samuels Thomas Duncan Joseph Hill Justices of the peace sitting in court.
I, Benj. Grayson clerk of Nelson County court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) 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 no dollars and no cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twentieth day of January 1821
Ben Grayson Clerk of the Court for the county of Nelson

(a) The whole of the form prescribed in the first section, to verify the amount of property of the applicant, the oath of the party, and the certificate of the clerk excepted, must be done while the court is in session.
(b) All are courts of record, within the contemplation of the act of Congress,
1st. Which are expressly made courts of record by the laws of the state which create them;
2d. Which have been solemnly adjudged, by the tribunals of the several states, to be courts of record;
3d. Which proceed according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings.
4th. Which have the power of fine and imprisonment;
And courts which proceed according to the course of the civil and canon law, having neither of those attributes, are not courts of record, although they may keep a registry of their proceedings, and possess a seal. The court should, in every instance, state, on the face of the proceedings, that it is a court of record, and state why it is such.—[ Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States. ]
(c) Here set forth the regiment, company, and line, or ship, corps, or vessel, and the date of the original declaration; and, if he has received a pension, the number of the pension certificate should be inserted.
(d) Here enumerate each article of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted, and subscribe the same. The declarant must also mention his occupation, his ability to pursue it, the number and names of his family residing with him, their ages, and their capacity to contribute to their support, in order that the department may be enabled to decide whether the applicant is in such indigent circumstances as to be entitled to the pension. It is the opinion of the Attorney General, that the words of the third section of the act of the 1st of May, 1820, "in such indigent circumstances as to be unable to support himself without the assistance of his country," comprehend those only who are incapable of supporting themselves without the aid of the government, except by private or public charity.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Lamb, Gibbs GRADE Private LINE North Carolina
WARRANT NUMBER N 12335 and 13324 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 14, 1792 To Isaac Cole, assignee
*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.