Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,258, for Hezekiah Tinkham, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Tinkham, Hezekiah
S. 41,258.
B.L.V. 954-100
Name also appears as Tinkham, Tinum and Tincum.
CONTENTS

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Wesleyah Tinkham private
4th Regt. Connecticut line
Warrant issued January 23 rd 1821.
Issued: Saml. C. Crafts

See letter to Sec of War July 28, 1828, — on roll under the act of May 15, 1828.
855.
Vermont Roll
2 Hezekiah 2 Tinkham Shepherd's 2 Regiment Private 4
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of Eights Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 d of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd of June 1818 and sent to Hon. Stephen Pitkin, Montpelier, Vt.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818
Semi-annual all pay ending
5 months 3 / 30  $ 40.80
Massachusetts line 77.6 years { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Montpelier Washington Co.

Hezekiah Tinkham
Massachusetts
2 Apr. 1818
Correct JH

State of Vermont } Daniel Taylor of Berlin in the Washington } County of ser. do testify that I am personally acquainted with Ezekiel Tinkham, who is mentioned & intended in the annexed declaration, and will know of his service in Capt. Pope's Company of Col. Shepard's Regiment, & served in the same Regiment with E. Tinkham for the term of near three years - to wit from the summer of 1777 to 1780 and will know he was a good faithful soldier.
Daniel Taylor
Sworn & subscribed before me this 2 o day of April A.D. 1818 & I further certify that the above Daniel Deponent is among Christians a credible witness. - Stephen Patten Judge of County Court

STATE OF VERMONT,
COUNTY OF Washington ss.
Horzekiah Tinkham of Montpelier in the County of Washington and State of Vermont being
duly sworn, doth declare, depose and say, that, on or about the middle of March - A. D. 177 4 he was duly enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of During the war that he belonged to Captain Isaac Phipps Company, and Colonel William Shepard's Regiment, of the Massachusetts line and that served therein, against the common enemy, for the as a private, corporal & sergeant until hon- orably discharged at New Windsor Huts , on the State of New York , in June 1783 . - which discharge was signed by Col. Henry Jackson , & which has been lost for many years .
He further deposes and says, that he is now, and ever since has been a citi- zen of the United States He further says that by reason of age & infirmity & his reduced circum- stances in life, he is in need of assistance from his Country for support
Horzekiah Tinkham
Declared, sworn, and subscribed, by the above named Horzekiah Tinkham before me at Montpelier in the County aforesaid, this second day of April A. D. 1818.
Stephen Litch Judge of County Court

Mychah Tinkham -

STATE OF VERMONT, } Washington County, to wit. }
Stephen Pitkin Hezekiah Tinkham
One of the Judges of the County Court, within and for the County aforesaid, Do certify , That it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Hezekiah Tinkham did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding Declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress, passed the 18th March, 1818, entitled, "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War."
Given under my hand, at Montpelier this 2 nd day of April A. D. 1818.
Stephen Pitkin
STATE OF VERMONT, } Washington, ss. }
I, GEORGE RICH, Clerk of the County of Washington, aforesaid, Do certify , That the Honorable STEPHEN PITKIN, who made the above Certificate, and before whom the annexed Declaration was taken, was a Judge of the County Court within and for the County aforesaid, at the respective dates thereof, acting under the authority of this State, and duly qualified for that purpose; and that his name subscribed thereto, is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said County, at Montpelier in said County, this Second day of April in the Year One Thousand Eight hundred and Eighteen.
George Rich
Clerk.

Declaration,
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act Entitled "An act for the relief of certain Surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution" approved on the 15 th of May 1828, I Herewith declare that I enlisted in the Continental line of the Army of the Revolution for and during the war , and served six years & two months, and continued in its service untill its termination; at which period I was a Sargeant in Capt. Simon Samses Company in the 4 th Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson of the Massachusetts line. - And I also declare, that I afterwards received a variety of certificates, at one time for my pay & after that a number of certificates, which was termed a final settlement with the United States. but whether I received among these certificates, certificates for a reward of Eighty Dollars, to which I was entitled under a resolve of Congress passed the 15 th of May 1778. I do not recollect; neither do I recollect precisely what the various certificates I received were for - I received, as I suppose, all I was entitled to receive - I was honorably discharged by Genl. Washington with two bodys of honor . - But my discharge is now lost. -
And I further declare that I was placed on the Pension roll on the third of June A.D. 1818 under the Act of 18 th March 1818 and continued on, untill the Act of first May 1820, when I was struck from the list in consequence of my property, as will appear from the records of the war department - To which application

I refer for evidence of my discharge as well as the original records of the Army of the Revolution in that Department —
Witness my hand, this Sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & twenty Eight —
Hezekiah Tinkham
Before me Timothy Merrill Justice of the Peace within & for the County of Washington & State of Vermont personally appeared this day Thomas Reed Inz and Joseph Howes — of the said County of Washington, who did severally make Oath, that Hezekiah Tinkham by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reported and believed to have been a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner therein stated.
Witness my hand at Montpelier in said County this 16 th day of June A. D. 1828. —
Timothy Merrill Justice Peace.
I Joshua Wail Clerk of the County Court of the County of Washington in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Timothy Merrill Esquire before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn was at the time a Justice of the Peace and duly empowered to administer Oaths. —
In testimony whereof I have here set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this Sixteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & twenty Eight. —
Joshua Wail Clerk. —

Hezekiah Tinkum
Vert. roll
Act 18 Mar 1818.
To what time paid To the 4 Mar 1820 — W m Stewart are there not other papers of this man?
JH

Abraham Linkham
Serjeant in Capt Simon Lummi's Co. of Col. Henry Jackson's (4th) Mass. Regt at the close of the war, 1783
p/15489 —
Ms. A.9.2 No 954

State of Vermont, County of Washington ss
I, Hezekiah Tinkum, alias Hezekiah Tinkham, aged 60 years, a citizen of the United States, do upon oath, testify & declare that in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy seven, I enlisted in the army of the Revolution, against the common enemy of my country for the term of during the war , and served in the Company commanded by Captain Isaac Pope and in the Regiment No 4 - under the command of Col o William Shepard of the Massachusetts line, and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war in 1783, when I was regularly discharged from the 4th Regiment commanded by Col o Henry Jackson, June 9, 1783 at New Windsor Huts, in the State of New York. - Capt. Simon Laruel commanded the Company.
My discharge is now lost or mislaid, so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement. - Further declare that I never have received a warrant for the bounty land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim to that gratuity in any manner, whatsoever. Therefore,
Know all men by these presents, that I Hezekiah Tinkum, alias Hezekiah Tinkham aforesaid, do hereby constitute & appoint Samuel C. Crafts of Craftsburg in the County of Orleans & State of Vermont, to be my true & lawful attorney in my name & behalf to receive from the Secretary War, of the United States or of such other person as is authorized to give the same, a warrant for the quantity of land due to me as aforesaid and to sign a receipt for the same & my said attorney is hereby fully authorized & empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes.

Substitutes or attorneys under him for the special purpose herein expressed.
Hezekiah Tinkham
In presence of George Rich
Joseph Hovey
At Montpelier January 8. 1821.
Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Washington & State of Vermont, personally appeared the above named Hezekiah Tinkham, subscriber to the foregoing declaration & in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act & deed.
Joseph Hovey
Justice of the Peace.
Before me on the day & year aforesaid personally appeared the said Hezekiah Tinkham, to me personally known, as a man of respectability & truth & made solemn oath to the truth of the declaration by him made.
Joseph Hovey
Justice of Peace
January 8. 1821.
In testimony that the above written Joseph Hovey was a Magistrate, authorized to administer oaths & take acknowledgments &c in the County & State aforesaid. at the above date & that his name subscribed thereto is his signature by name & quality I have hereto affixed the seal of the Supreme Court & subscribed my name. George Rich Clerk of Sup Court

State of Vermont, } James Mory aged sixty six 68 years a citizen of the Washington } United States, do upon oath declare that I have long been acquainted with Hezekiah Tinkham (or Tinkum) and will know that he is the identical person who belonged to Capt. Isaac Pops' Company of Col. Wm Shepards Regiment of the Continental Army, in the Mass- achusetts line, - and that said Tinkham served to the end of the war in June 1783, & was discharged from Col. Jackson's Regiment of Capt. Simon Hasnells Company. - I further say that said Tinkham was in the (same) Regiments with me, three years. -
James Mory
Sworn to & subscribed by the above named James Mory on this 9 th day of January 1821. - And I further certify that the said Deponent is entitled to belief in my opinion. -
Nathan Kelton, Justice of the Peace
State of Vermont } George Rich Clerk of Washington } the Supreme Court within and for the County of Washington } State of Vermont, do hereby certify that Nathan Kelton Esq. before whom the above affidavit was taken was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid duly quali- -fied acting under the authority of this State. Witness my hand & the seal of the Court January 9 th 1821. - Geo. Rich, Clerk Sup. Court.

Sub. Leased Maf.
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42, 496
Hezekiah Sinkham
Rev New York
Act:
18 th March 18 th
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[Arrangement of 1870.]
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41 258
Hezekiah Sinkham
Rev New York
Act:
18 th March 18 th
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[Arrangement of 1870.]

101 343 Reynolds Finkenzell
Act. 15 May 1828. Sergt Col d Learned Mah
Order to pay given July 5, 1837.

Act 1828
Settled at Treasury
Cons d with Invalid file
# H. 1.258

No of orig Pay 343
Revolutionary Claims.
Under the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved 15th May, 1828.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
24 July 1828.
The annexed paper, relating to the claim of Hezekiah Tinkham under the abovementioned act, is respectfully referred to the Secretary of War, with a request that he will be pleased to cause me to be informed whether a discharge, and, if so, what discharge, was received at the War Department, from the claimant, on an application stated to have been heretofore made by him for a pension.
Richard Rush
The Hon. the SECRETARY OF WAR.
See letter of the Secretary of War of 98 July 1828

Schubert Burges aft.
Tinkham Case

I Ichabod Burges of Rochester in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts being engaged according to Law - Do Testify and say that Melkiah Tinkham of Montpelier in the state of Vermont did serve during the Revolutionary war Between Great Britain and the United States as a Soldier in the 4 th Regiment and first Brigade of Massachusetts during war men, and was discharged the 9 th of June one thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty three - and was at that time an Inhabitant of the Town of Rochester in the County of Plymouth - and further the deponent saith not Ichabod Burges

Plymouth Is - The within affidavit of Schoobell Burgess was sworn to on the third day of October 1818.
Before me
Caleb Briggs Jus. of the Peace
I further certify that the P. Deponent is a cred- -ible witness in my opinion
Caleb Briggs Justice of the Peace.
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I Charles Tinkham of Rochester in the County of Slymauth and state of Massachusetts being engaged according to Law Do Certify and say that Mosekiah Tinkham of Montpelier in the state of Vermont Did enlist into the United state Service for during the Revolutionary war between Great Britain & the United States in which he stayed about six years & his last name was Isaac Tinker & that he came Home once in that time on a furlough and at the close of the war he came home and brought his pay in state notes - all the above I think without a doubt about it. From But I cannot say in which enlist Charles Tinkham

Plymouth ss - The within affidavit of Charles Link- ham, was sworn to on the third day of October 1878.- And I certify that the said Deponent is a credible & disinterested witness.-
Caleb Briggs Justice of the Peace
Charles Linkham ss

FREE
Hon. Richard Rush Secy of Treasury
City of Washington (Revolutionary Claim)
Herbert S. Southworth
206.
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Montpelier June 16. 1828
To the Hon. Richard Rush,
Sir,
I herewith enclose my application, with such Evidence as I have, for a pension to pay under the Act of 15 th May 1828. I procured Evidence of my service when I was placed on the pension roll in 1818 which I apprehend with what Evidence there is in the was Department will be Satisfactory. I can procure Evidence of my discharge by sending to Boston Mass. & not short -
If the Evidence should be sufficient, a draft on Bank of Burlington would be acceptable for pay -
Please send me notice after a decision directed to me Montpelier Vt. care of J. J. Pail.
I am most Respectfully your most Ob t . Serv t -
Joshua Linscomb

No of orig Pay 343 REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
July 19. 1828
Hezekiah Tinkham, of Montpelier, in the County of Washington, in the State of Vermont, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant in captain Simon Larned's company, in the 4th regiment of the Massachusetts line; commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
22 nd July 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Hezekiah Tinkham in the Massachusetts line. It further appears that Hezekiah Tinkham is now on the pension list of the army - - - - - agency, and has been so since the 3 rd March 1826 at the rate of dollars per month.
R. Hagner And
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July 5. MON JUN 29 Frankham Va.
Wm L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D.C.
See 41.258

Montpelier June 29. 1837
Hon d S. I. Edwards
Dear Sir
I forwarded to your office Sometime since a certificate of Identity in favour of Herbert Tinkham a Pensioner who had not drawn his pension for One full year. firstly I made out the papers connecting the certificate of identity with the Power and forwarded to the Agent who instructed me that the certificate of identity, should be forwarded to your office. forwarded to your office. Immediately on the receipt of that information I made out the certificate and forwarded to your office of which I have received no answer. The Agent retain- -ing the papers untill a few days since stating he had received no order to pay the same I now forward the One made out to draw his money due on the fourth of March and Executed on the Seventh for the purpose of having the Agent instructed to pay the Amount due H. Tinkham on proper Vouchers being furnished. I did This Certificate is not what you require you will please give me such information as will be requisite for me to make the proper certificate. The form I took from instructions furnished Mr. Tinkham
I am Sir with due Respect
Yours W. W. Cadwell