Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21,581, for Samuel Lindsey, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Lindsey, Samuel { Parmelia
W. 21.581
CONTENTS

3883
Rhode Island
Parmelia Lindsey widow of Samuel who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Feb 1849 and sent to
Franklin Greene Rovideuce Rel.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 13 Vol. 3 ,
Reported Feb 15/1849

3387
18180
Parmelia Lindsey
$80 per am
Nathan Bullock Bristol, R.I.

I, Parmelia Lindsey of Bristol, in the County of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in order to procure the benefit of an act, entitled, "An act granting a pension to certain revolutionary soldiers," approved March 3 rd 1843, do, on solemn oath depose and say, that I am the same identical person to whom a pension was extended, for five years, under the act of Congress, entitled, "An act granting halfpay and pensions to certain widows," approved July 7 th 1838, and that I still remain the widow of Samuel Lindsey, on account of whose services in the revolutionary war, said five years pension was granted. Parmelia Lindsey
Bristol fr - Bristol July 5 th 1843 - Parmelia Lindsey personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit - Before me N. Bullock Jus Peace
I, William Lindsey of Bristol, in the County of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, &c, on solemn oath depose and say that I am the son of Parmelia Lindsey of said Bristol, to whom, a pension was granted for five years, under an act of Congress, as the widow of my late father Samuel Lindsey, and I further depose and swear that my said mother is still living and remains the widow of my said father, Samuel Lindsey - William Lindsey
Bristol fr - At Bristol this July 5 th 1843 - Personally came William Lindsey, the above subscribing deponent and made oath to the truth of his foregoing deposition before me - and I also certify that I am well acquainted with said deponent and that he is a man of truth and veracity
N. Bullock Jus Peace

The State of Rhode Island &c
Providence
Clerks Office. Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol July 6. 1843 - J. Messadue T. Bennett - Clerk of said Court do hereby certify that Nathaniel Bullock before whom the affidavit of Pamela Lindsey and the foregoing deposition of William Lindsey purport to have been taken is a justice of the Peace within the said County and as such qualified to take depositions In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court.
Messadue T. Bennett Clerk

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, of the 7 th of July, 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows,"
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations County of Bristol ss -
1363 On this first Monday of September A.D. 1838, personally appeared, before the Court of Probate, now in session at Bristol, in said County, Parmelia Lindsey, a resident of said Bristol, in said County aged sixty four years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision, made by the act of Congress, passed, July 7 th , 1838, entitled, "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of Samuel Lindsey, late of said Bristol, deceased, who was a private soldier, by enlistment for one year, in Captain Pease's Company of State Troops from the beginning of the year 1776 to the beginning of the year 1777, that one Hammet was Lieutenant of said Company, which was stationed a part of this years service at Bristol, a part of the time at Bristol Ferry and a part of the time on Rhode Island, That in the January of 1778, the said Samuel Lindsey enlisted into Captain Pitman's Company of Artillery in Colonel Elliott's Regiment of Artillery, for or fifteen twelve months and served therein she confidently believes  both of said periods of enlistment, during both of said periods of enlistment, during the latter of which he was in the Battle on Rhode Island in August of the last mentioned year; and performed other military services in the years 1778 and 1779 but and which need not be stated for the present purpose - She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Lindsey on the thirty first day of December seventeen hundred and ninety three; that her husband the aforesaid, Samuel Lindsey died on the fifteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and twenty one; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first day of January

in the year & seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz: at the time before stated. Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year first before written
Pamela Lindsey
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the said Court of Probate.
Attest, W m Shrop Esq r
I W m Shrop, Clerk of the Court of Probate, in and for the aforesaid Town of Bristol, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Pamela Lindsey, for a pension, for the services of her late Husband deceased, Samuel, Lindsey, for his services in the war of the Revolution.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day and year heretofore written
W m Shrop Prob. Esq r

I William Diman of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, aged eighty one years, on solemn oath depose and say, that Samuel Lindsey enlisted into Capt. Pitman's company of Artillery belonging to Col. Elliot's regiment in January 1778 and served therein for fifteen months. We moved together & occupied most of that time the same tent. We were stationed at first at Fort Hill in said Bristol. We were in Sullivan's expedition together & marched through Swanzey to Sackett's Ferry, crossed the River there & marched down to Bowland's Ferry where we marched over to the Island, where we were stationed until the American troops left the Island. At Sullivan's retreat we crossed Bristol Ferry & marched through Bristol & Watan to Providence, and encamped upon a hill a little out of town until the weather became too cold, when we were quartered at different places in Providence where we served out fifteen months and were discharged, I think, early in April 1779.
Said Lindsey & I and five others in Capt. Pitman's company, belonged to Bristol, all of whom, I believe, but myself are now dead.
Said Lindsey married Parmelia Chase some years after the war. He died nearly twenty years since. She still remains his widow
William Diman
Bristol to Bristol August 15th 1838. Then personally came William Diman and gave, subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition. Before me. And I also certify that I am personally acquainted with said Deponent & that he is a man of truth & veracity -
Jos. M. Blake Just. Peace

I Stephen Talbee of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, aged nearly eighty two years on solemn oath depose & say, Early in the year 1776 one Capt. Pierce, I think his name was Rob Pierce, came to Bristol to make up a company of men for the service & quartered at Joshua Ingraham's, near where the Charles Wolf wharf now is, and enlisted there a number of men and among others, Samuel Lindsey the husband of the present widow Parnula Lindsey. I cannot tell how long he enlisted for but the company was raised for a year & I presume & believe that the said Lindsey enlisted for a year. His company remained at the same place where he opened his enlistment, for several months and worked on a breast-work at Ware House point, so called, where they mounted an eighteen or twenty four pounder. Lieutenant Hammett of East Greenwich was the second officer of the same company & I think he afterwards had the command of the company. This company also helped build the forts at the Ferry. After remaining about Bristol they were marched over to Rhode Island & there stationed awhile. In the latter part of 1776 when the enemy took possession of Newport this company left the Island & came back to Bristol. Said Lindsey was one of the first that enlisted into this company, I remember, after the rendezvous was opened in said Bristol and continued with it while they remained in Bristol, went with it to & returned with it from the Island, & I presume he served the whole year. I then lived in said Bristol & belonged to the Bristol Militia company.
At a later period of the war, said Lindsey enlisted in the Artillery, of which there was a regiment under the command of Col. Elliott and was in this service a year or more. I well recollect of his belonging to the artillery & where he was stationed, in May 1778 when the enemy burnt a part of this town.
Stephen Talbee

Bristol fc At Bristol August 16. 1838
Then personally Edward Stephen Talbot and gave & subscribed the aforewritten deposition and made oath to the truth of the same before me. And I also certify that I am person- ally acquainted with said Deponent & that he is a man of truth & veracity
Jos M. Blake Just. Peace

I Bristol Smith of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, aged seventy six years on oath depose, That I was brought up in the family of Stephen Smith Esq., and worked for him with Samuel Lendrey both before and since the Revolution at the Rope Making business. Soon after the commencement of that war, that business was abandoned for a number of years and said Lendrey went into the Army. He enlisted into one Capt. Pierce's company soon after Wallace fired upon the town. He enlisted for a year. That company was stationed in Bristol the first part of the period of his enlistment. I remember where he used to stand sentry often on Pump Lane. The company's place of rendezvous was down town at Joshua Ingraham's. They were stationed a part of the time at the Ferry when they threw up a Fort and they were stationed a part of the year on Rhode Island. I know that he served out his year and remember when he came home. After the expiration of this service, said Lendrey again entered the service as I well remember, and continued therein more than a year I should think, but I cannot recollect distinctly in what company or regiment or any of the particulars of his said latter service. I well recollect, however, that he was in this last service, when the British landed & burnt part of the town in May 1778, a memorable day with us all. The said Stephen Smith's house was burnt with others.
Bristol Smith
Bristol sc Bristol Aug 22. 1838
Then personally came Bristol Smith and subscribed and made oath to the truth of the aforewritten deposition, before me. And I also certify that I am personally acquainted with sd deponent & that he is a man of truth & veracity.
Josh Blake, Just. Peace

I William Throop of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island on solemn oath depose and say; that I am at present the Town Clerk of said Town of Bristol, and as such have the custody of the Records of Marriages Recorded in said town and I further testify that the following is a true copy from the record of said Marriages, with the exception of the date, which is expressed in fair legible figures on said Record. to wit.
Samuel Lindsey and Parmelia Chase were lawfully joined together in marriage on the thirtyfirst day of December A. D. Seventeen hundred and ninety three, by — Henry Wight Clerk
And I further testify that the following is an exact copy of said Record in the words and figures thereof. to wit.
Samuel Lindsey and Pamela Chase were lawfully joined together in Marriage, on the 31st day of December A. D. 1793.
by Henry Wight Clerk
Wm Throop Town Clerk
Bristol sc At Bristol August 18th 1838. Then personally came William Throop and gave & subscribed the aforewritten disposition & made oath to the truth of the same, before me. And I also certify that I am personally ac- quainted with said deponent & that he is a man of truth & veracity
Jos. M. Blake Just. Peace

I Thomas Shepard of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island on solemn oath depose and say, that I am at present the Clergy man settled over the Catholic Congregational Church and Society in said Bristol, and as such have the custody of the records of marriages solemnized between persons of said church and society. And have the record of marriages solemnized by the late Henry Wright formerly pastor of said Church & Society. And I further testify that the following is a true copy of a record of marriage between Samuel Lindsey & Parmelia  Elizabeth Chase. to wit, This certifies that Samuel the son of Mr. William Lindsey and Elizabeth his wife; also Parmelia the daughter of Mr. Abraham Chase and Elizabeth his wife, were legally joined together in marriage on the 31st day of December 1793 by me Henry Wright, Clerk"
And farther the deponent saith not.
Thomas Shepard
Bristol ss At Bristol this 18th day of August A.D. 1838
Then personally came Thomas Shepard and gave, subscribed and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition before me. And I also certify that I am personally acquainted with said deponent and that he is a man of truth & veracity.
Jos. M. Blake
State of Rhode Island & Bristol County. {Se-
Just. Peace
Clerk's Office Court of Common Pleas in & for the County aforesaid.
I hereby certify that Joseph M. Blake, whose sig-
nature is affixed to the taking of the foregoing Depositions of Wm. D. on, Stephen Talbe, Bristol Smith, Wm. Shrop. & Thomas Shepard, is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, legally commissioned under the seal of said State, and engaged thereon according to Law - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 18th day of August  this 4th day of September A. D.
1838-
Wm. Shrop Clerk.

WIDOW, &c.
File No. 21,581
Parmelia Lindsey widow of Samuel Lindsey Dis. Rev War
Act Feb 2 nd 48 Index: Vol 84 Page 437
[Arrangement of 1870.]

2345
Rhode Island
Tarmelia Sindsey, widow of Samuel Sindsey, decd:
who was a pensioner under the Act of _____ and who died on the in 1821 - at Bristol in the State of Rhode Island who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt: - commanded by Col: Elliott - in the Rhode Island for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 80 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of April 1839 and sent to Bullock, Bristol - Rhode Island
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839 - $240.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 14 Sept: 39 - $40 - $280.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by M c Keyes Clerk, Book A - Vol. 2 - Page 13 -

2586
Rhode Island
Parmelia Lindsey widow of Samuel Lindsey who was a Private in the R.I. line
for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3rd day of Nov 1843 and sent to Nath Bullock Bristol R.I.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book . 8 Vol. / Page 91
Relative to Act of June 17 1844 See Let. to A. Bullock July 9. 1844
Sept Nov 3

V(1383)
Samuel Lindsey widow of Samuel R. J. a
Marr'd 31 Oct 93. died 1871
act 7 July '38
See N. Bullock, vol 23.
'38 - Allan 2nd p 80 the army.
N. Bullock Bristol R. 19

Providence Sept 19. 1848
Sir
I herewith transmit the declarations of Parmelia Lindsey widow Samuel Lindsey Elisabeth Smith " Nathaniel Smith Ruth Waldron " Thomas Waldron who were pensioners on the Rhode Island Roll, under the Act of June 19. 1844. and who now claim the benefit of the act of July 2. 1848.
Please transmit their pension Certificates, when prepared, to my address.
very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Franklin Greene
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

State of Rhode Island &c
County of Bristol Sc
On this first day of July A.D. 1844 personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the peace in and for said County, Pamela Lindsey, a resident of Bristol in said County, with whom I am personally well acquainted, who being first duly sworn, doth on her oath, declare, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision, made by the act of Congress, passed on the 17 th day of June A.D. 1844 entitled, "An act to continue the pensions to certain widows,"— That she is the widow of Samuel Lindsey, who was a private soldier, in the war of the Revolution, and that she has received a pension for five years under the act of July 7 th A.D. 1838, which was renewed to her, for one year, under the act of March 3 rd A.D. 1843, and she further declares that she is still the widow of said Samuel Lindsey
Sworn and subscribed to the day and year first above written
Pamela Lindsey
N o Bullock Jus Peace
I, Sarah Harding of Bristol, in said County on, solemn oath, depose and say that I am acquainted with Pamela Lindsey of the aforesaid Bristol, and that she is still the widow of her late husband Samuel Lindsey Sworn and subscribed to the day and year first above written
Sarah Harding
Before me N o Bullock Jus Peace

I, Samuel C. Richmond of Bristol, in the County of Bristol, on solemn oath, depose and say that I am acquainted with Pamela Lindsey of the aforesaid Bristol, the widow of Samuel Lindsey late of the same Bristol, and I further testify that said Pamela Lindsey is still the widow of her said husband
S. C. Richmond
Bristol ss Bristol, July first, AD. 1844 personally came before me, the above named Samuel C. Richmond and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. And I further certify that said Richmond is a man of truth and veracity
N. Bullock Jr. Peace
State of Rhode Island &c. County of Bristol } ss.
Before me, Nathaniel Bullock, Clerk of the Supreme Court in and for the County and State aforesaid July 3, 1844.
I hereby certify that Nathaniel Bullock, whose signature is affixed in his own proper hand writing, to the foregoing affidavits of Pamela Lindsey, Sarah Harding, and Samuel C. Richmond is a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County duly commissioned, under the seal of the State, and engaged thereon according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, the day and year last above written.
Wm. Shrop Clerk

State of Rhode Island &c. In General Assembly October Session 1775.
An Act for embodying, supplying and paying a Regiment, consisting of Five hundred Men, for the defence of the United Colonies in general, and of this colony in particular.
Be it enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That Five hundred Men, Field and commissioned officers included, be enlisted, raised and embodied, with all expedition and dispatch, and be formed into one Regiment, under the command of one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, and one Major; That there be one Adjutant and one Quarter Master, and that each Field Officer's company be commanded under such Field Officer, by one Captain Lieutenant, one Lieutenant and one Ensign, and each of the other companies by one Captain, one Lieutenant and one Ensign, and that said Regiment consist of eight companies.
And be it further enacted by the authority thereof That Esq. Hopkins Esq. be and he is hereby appointed commander in Chief of said Regiment, and the regiments of Militia in the County of Newport, with the title and rank of Brigadier General. That he be empowered to fill up all vacancies of commissioned officers, till further order of the General Assembly, and that he be allowed the sum of Twenty Pounds per month.
And be it further enacted, That said Regiment be embodied for twelve months from the rising of the General Assembly, unless sooner disbanded. True copy of parts of said act - Witness Henry Bowen Sery.
Both Houses being resolved into a Grand Committee, chose the following Officers, to wit,
Officers for the Regiment ordered to be raised the present Session.
William Richmond Esq. Colonel.
Gideon Horrie Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel.
Benjamin Tallman Esq. Major.
Calib Gardner Captain, Benjamin Fry Lieutenant and Jonathan Wallen Ensign of the First company
Peter Church Captain, Caleb Barr Lieutenant, and Pyley Heath Ensign of the Second company.

1 Lt. Prince Captain, Malachi Hammet Lieutenant and Benjamin Burlingham Ensign of the Third Company.
True copy - witness - Henry Bowen Seery.
It is voted and resolved, That the Regiment now to be raised under the Command of General Hopkins, have the same Allowances, and be supplied in the same manner, as our troops under the command of General Washington.
True copy - witness - Henry Bowen Seery -
March Session 1776.
Whereas the committee appointed to take into consideration the state of this Colony, and the measures necessary for the defence thereof, and to consider in what places it will be best to station the troops now in the service of the Colony made the following report to this Assembly,
The subscribers, being appointed as a committee to take into consideration the state of this Colony, and the measures necessary for the defence thereof, and to consider at what places it will be best to station the troops now in the service of the Colony, and in conjunction with the Commander-in-Chief of the Colony's Brigade, cause fortifications to be erected on Rhode Island and at Bristol, sufficient to command and keep open a communication at Bristol Ferry, as soon as possible; having taken into consideration the above matter, do advise, that one Company be placed at Point Judith, one Com- pany at Boston Neck, between Narrows River & the South Ferry, one Company at Quanset Point, in North King- stown, one Company at Pojack Point in North Kingstown and Potowomut Neck in Warwick, one Company at Warwick Neck, Half a company at Pawtucket, in Cran- ston, one Company at Barrington, Two Companies at Bristol, one Company at Bristol Ferry, on Rhode Island side, . . . . .
And we also advise that Bristol Ferry be fortified by erecting such works as the commanding officer shall

think proper upon those places upon Rhode Island side, and upon that place upon Bristol side, advised to by Col. Putnam; and we refer the commanding officer to his Honor the Deputy Governor, who was with Col. Putnam when he viewed the ground, for the particular spots of ground; and we further advise that the same be executed as soon as may be, and the best manner he is able, with the forces that he can spare for that service. . . . .
Which said report being duly examined, It is voted and resolved, That the same be and hereby is accepted, and that the forces be stationed agreeable thereto, with the following alterations, That is to say, that the company ordered to be stationed at Tiverton and Little Compton, near Fogland Ferry, be stationed in the said towns in such divisions and places as Colonel Thomas Church, and Lieutenant Colonel John Cook shall think proper; That the company ordered to be stationed at Sunset be stationed at Wickford, that the company stationed at the South Ferry in South Kingstown be so distributed as to guard as far as the North end of Boston Neck; and that Capt. Job Parris's company's station be in Bristol, any thing in the foregoing Report contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
True copy of parts of the foregoing report - Witness Henry Bowen Ferry
February Session 1776.
It is voted and resolved, That one of the Eighteen Pound Cannon in the Battery at Providence, with the carriage and stores belonging to it, be sent to Bristol for the defence of that place; and that the same be carried in one of the Row Gallies.
June Session 1776
An account charged by Mr Joshua Ingraham against the Colony, for the rent of his house, warehouse, and two stores in Bristol, which were improved by the Colony's troops, being laid before and duly ex-
True copy - Witness H. Bowen Ferry

amin'd by this Assembly; It is voted & resolved, that the same be and is hereby allowed, and that Five Pounds lawful money, being the amount thereof, be paid the said Josh- ua Ingraham, out of the General Treasury.
True copy - witness Henry Bowen Searcy.

Bristol, R. I. Sept. 7 th 1838
Sir,
I inclose herewith several applications for pensions, under the act of 7 th July last, and three, for renewal of pensions, under same act. As respects those for renewal, it is presumed evidence of service, de novo , will not be required, as the Department is already in possession of evidence to have warranted the issue of pensions to the husbands of the present applicants. I have, however, forwarded new evidence in each of the applications for renewal.
Mary Bicknell, Lucy Peck and Mary Young, widows of John Bicknell, Joel Peck and William Young claim a renewal of pensions, on account of the services of their respective husbands, to whom pensions were granted, under the act of June 7 th 1832. To the two former, Dec 10 th 1832, and to the latter, Dec 26 th 1832. As evidence in the cases of M rs Bicknell and M rs Peck, I inclose two ancient Rolls of the company, in which their husbands performed, a part of their service, and in behalf of M rs Young, I attach an old receipt of wages, as a soldier. In each of these cases, I presume, new pensions will be granted, for the same sums, respectively, as heretofore was granted, to their respective husbands.
I would also refer to the above mentioned Rolls, as evidence, in the case of M rs Humphrey, the name of whose husband will be found there, as a corporal, in 1777, also to his receipt for wages, in 1779, to which he puts his signature, as sergeant. I have marked, with red ink, the names of Bicknell, Peck & Humphrey, to facilitate your examination. As Humphrey served in both the capacities of corporal & sergeant, and for more than two years, I trust, no difficulty will be found in awarding to his widow, a full pension, calculated upon the presumption, that he served equal portions of time in each office.
As Parmelia Lindsey, the widow of Samuel Lindsey, appears not to have been married, till Dec 31 st 1793, the last day that would have entitled her to a pension, I have taken care to have her marriage certified.

both from the Church and town records, to exclude apprehensions of mistake in a point, so essential - Mr. Lindsey will be found to be entitled to a full pension, as the evidence shews he served more than two years, under enlistments - As respects Pease's company, full proof was given in the case of Polly Brown, once the wife of Mr. Ingraham, last Autumn, of the raising of that company, and where, the General Assembly ordered it stationed, a part of the year's service.
From the evidence submitted in behalf of Mr. Waldo and Mr. Siscornb, there can be no doubt, I believe, of their having enlisted and serving together, six months in 1780, and having again enlisted, or having been drafted, and having served, both one month in 1781, which two periods of service, together with 18 months each in the Bristol militia, on guard service, will authorize a claim to a full pension for each.
Mr. Fales and Mr. Tiffany have both, it is believed, furnished sufficient proof that their respective husbands were employed, as soldiers, in the guard service for 18 months, and Mr. Fales also served 80 days, on a draft, or as a substitute for another, whereby the former claims for nearly 21 months' service and the latter for 18 months -
That this guard service was actually performed, and embraced every able bodied man, enrolled in the Bristol and Barrington militia, who had not enlisted into the State or Continental service, and who did not skulk back into the interior, when our shores were blockaded, our farms plundered, and our village burnt; has been incontestably proved, by too many witnesses, who are personally acquainted with the fact, to admit of doubt. No transaction of the whole Revolutionary war can be more fully attested. War was the whole business of the community. Such is the location of Bristol and Barrington, both projecting into the Bay, that they had nearly twenty miles of coast, washed by navigable waters to protect. Guard posts were established, upon the whole

of this line of shore, temporary forts and breastworks thrown up, and in several places, cannon mounted, and these stations maintained, with the exception of that, at Bristol Ferry, entirely by the militia, from the last of December 1776, to sometime in October 1779. and by the militia serving in rotation, each half the time - during which period, the same militia performed two expeditions, one under Spencer in 1777, and the other under Sullivan in 1778. That this militia were considered as soldiers, for this portion of time, they were in the guard service, is evident from the fact, so often proved, that they drew their subsistence from the public stores, and if they were considered as soldiers, in the day of contest, surely they should be so considered, in the day of remuneration. I make these suggestions, with the utmost deference and respect, however, under the impression, that the guard service of our militia officers has not been so fully appreciated, in the awarding of pensions, as its merits seem justly to claim, under the circumstances of the case and the weight of evidence submitted. But my opinion may be influenced, by local feelings, and the story of the labours, perils and hardships encountered by our militia, on these shores, during the investment of R. Island, by the British, of which tradition is so full.
I am very Respectfully, your obdt. Servt.
N. Bullock
J. L. Edwards, Esquire Commissioner of Pensions.

Bristol, R. I. Dec 11 th 1838
Sir,
By yours of 23 rd October last you inform me, 'In the case of Pamela Lindsey, widow of Samuel Lindsey deceased, the proof of the marriage and of the service in Col Elliott's Regiment, is satisfactory, but the alleged service of 12 months in 76, should be established by the certificate of the Secretary.' I therefore forward his Certificate to shew that Job Pearce was appointed Capt of one of the companies raised by act of the Assembly, at their October Session, 1775, for one year, in Col Richmond's Regiment, and to shew, also, that it was stationed, as testified to by the witnesses who prove the enlistment and service of said S. Lindsey during the year 1776.
The same evidence of the appointment and station of Capt. Job Pearce, and for the same period of the war, will be found certified by the Secretary, in the case of Polly Brown of Bristol.
I am your obdt. Servt.
N. Bullock
J. L. Edwards, Esquire, Com Pensions

State of Rhode Island, } ss. COUNTY of Bristol } ss.
On this sixteenth day of September A.D. 1848,
personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Bristol
a resident of Bristol  Pamela Lindsey in the county of Bristol aged Seventy Three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d of February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war:—That she is the Widow of Samuel Lindsey who was a Private in the war of the Revolution, and that she received a pension of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the act of 17th of June, 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn and subscribed on the day and } ss. year above written, before me,
Wm Throop
Justice of the Peace.
Pamela
he X Lindsey mark
I certify that the above named affiant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual who drew a pension as stated by her in the foregoing affidavit.
Wm Throop
Justice of the Peace.
State of Rhode Island, } ss. COUNTY of Bristol } ss.
I Michael F. Bennett Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. in the county aforesaid, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify, that William Throop is a Justice of the Peace in the county aforesaid, and is fully authorized to act in said capacity, and that his signatures above written are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at Bristol — on this Sixteenth day of September 1848,,
M. F. Bennett, Clerk.