Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33182, for William Tarbell, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Farbell, William Sarah
S. 33182 B.L. Reg. - 1855
CONTENTS
This woman was pensioned as the former widow of Samuel Nutting, Mass. Mil. 7. 2 378

285.124 Oct Mar 3
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Oct 11 Dec 28/59 years
See 73/136 Feb 3 And m
see 15 57
Sarah Fairbell Widow of William Fairbell Private
Capt. Noah Allen
Revolutionary War
Mass A53-20-1326 Mar 1818
Elijah Clark Esq Brighton Mass.

Massachusetts Roll
1,600
William Tarbell Capt Thos. Private Massachusetts Line '81 - 2 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th of March 1818 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of June 1818 and sent to the Hon. Sam l Dana Boston, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818
5 months 2/31 4/30. $40.67
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued Groom Middlesex Co.
Copies of papers sent to Genl. Dana Sept 10. 1835. Set to C. Bullen Oct 3. 1835.
255124 33836 Acc 100 23-160000 Notification recd October 26. 1820 Abraham Bigelow, Cambridge, Mass.

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S. H. E. C.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., January 2, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- William Tarbell --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     He stated in his declaration for pension that he was mustered at Concord, Mass., by Jonas Heywood, an officer, and by him conducted to West Point, where he was placed in the company commanded by Capt. Thorp, in the 7th Mass. regiment commanded by Col. John Brooks; that in the summer of 1783 he was transferred to the 4th regiment, also commanded by Col. Brooks, and attached to the company commanded by Capt. Allen; that he was honorably discharged on December 31, 1783.  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Groton, Mass. Date of application for pension. March 30, 1818. Residence at date of application, Groton, Mass. Age at date of application, Fifty-four years.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Col. Wm. C. Capell, Adjutant General's Office, Boston, Mass.
Commissioner.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
On this Seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Tarkell aged eighty — years, a resident of Pepperell, in State and County aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declared that she is the widow of William Tarkell, late of Lyndon in said County, deceased, who enlisted into the United States Service from said town of Lyndon, in the late three years service so called that he entered the service, on or near the 1st of March A.D. 1861 was a soldier in Capt. Nash Allen's company, in Major Samuel Drooton's Regiment, the Seventh Massachusetts Regiment, and was honorably discharged after the close of the war. That he returned from the war to Lyndon aforesaid where he resided until his death, and that he rendered more than fourteen days service. She further declared that she has heretofore made application for bounty land under the act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1855, and received a land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres, which she disposed of. She further states that she was married to the said William Tarkell in Lyndon on the seventeenth day of April in the year eighteen hundred and forty, and that the said William Tarkell died in Lyndon on the third day of August in the year eighteen hundred and fifty one and for proof of her marriage and the death of her husband the said William Tarkell, she refers to the evidence on file in the Pension office in the city of

Washington, and for evidence of the service of the said William Tarbell. She refers to the evidence on file by which she received a Pension under the Act of 1818. She further declares that she is in receipt of a pension under the Act of Congress passed February 8. 1858, in consideration of the services of her former husband Samuel Nutting of Townsend in said County, and she makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which she may be entitled under the Act, approved the third day of March 1855. She also declares, that she has never applied for or received under this or any Act of Congress any bounty land Warrant, except the one above named ,
Sarah her Tarbell mark
We Benjamin Nutting and Martha J. Nutting, residents of Pepperell in the State of Massachusetts, upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Sarah Tarbell in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be,
Benjamin Nutting
Martha J. Nutting
The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and year above written and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is known to me to be the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Edward H. North
Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Dec r 14 1857
❧ Hereby Certify , That at the date of the attestation hereunto annexed,
Sam d A. Jewett was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony of which, I have hereunto affixed the SEAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH, the date above written.
Dep y Secy  Chas. V. Jewett Secretary of the Commonwealth.

William Tarbell
Coarsest

Common Wealth of Massachusetts
Be it remembered, that on the thirteenth --- day March in the year of our Lord, One Thousand, Eight hundred, and Eighteen before me Samuel Dana Chief justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit, comprehending the Counties of Essex, and Middlesex within the Commonwealth aforesaid, being a Court of Record by law, instituted, and established, Comes William Tarbell --- of Groton in said County of Middlesex and on Oath declares, that he served in the war of the revolution for the space of two years and nine months --- That he was hired to go go into the service of the United States before the first of April AD 1782, that he was mustered at Concord Mass by Jonas Heywood Esq: he reported himself to an Officer at Boston who conducted him to New Bedford, and he was again mustered and placed in Capt. Thoms Company in the seventh Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. John Brooks in which Regiment he remained until the summer of AD 1783 when he was transferred to the 1st Regiment, which was also commanded by Col. Brooks and he was placed in the Company of Capt. Allen in which he remained until the thirty first day of December AD 1783 when he received an honorable discharge from the service of Genl. Henry Knox and returned to his residence in Groton aforesaid --- He entered the Army at the age of seventeen years, was married about twenty nine years, has always had an extensive family, so that he has never been able to acquire any property, that in his advanced age his power to labor declines fast and
such is his present situation in life by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, that he now stands in need of assistance from his Country for support. ---
William Tarbell
Thus made, taken, subscribed, and sworn to at Groton in said County of Middlesex in the day and year aforesaid ---
Sam. Dana

To the Honorable JOHN C. CALHOUN, Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I, the undersigned Samuel Dana , Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Middle Circuit, (comprehending the Counties of Essex and Middlesex) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being a Court of Record, duly established by Law, Do hereby certify, That on the thirtieth day of March in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Personally appeared William Farwell and made and subscribed the declaration which is hereunto annexed. and at the same time he exhibited to me, the discharge therein described
from which it appears to me, that the said William Farwell did serve in the War of the REVOLUTION against the common Enemy, upwards of nine months. upon continental establishment
Wherefore, in pursuance of the directions of an Act of Congress, made and passed the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," I have transmitted the said Declaration & the discharge aforesaid to you the said Secretary, that such further proceedings may be had in the premises, as the said Act may require.
In testimony of all which, I have caused the Seal of said Court to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand within the said Circuit, the thirtieth day of March — in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen , — —
Sam t Dana

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William Tarbell
1600 June 18 Residence
1600 June 18

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, William Larbelle resident Groton - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1. 800 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“ WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM. ”
“ I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818 , William Larbelle  late a Private in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency , at the rate of eight dollars per month , to commence on the thirtieth day of March  one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  “ Given at the War Office of the United States, this thirtieth day of June  one thousand eight hundred and eighteen   L. S.  J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War, ”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Real Estate - none.
Personal Estate
 One old chest of the value of $0.50  8 old chairs 1.93  1 table .33 old casks 1.00 1.33  1 warming pan .67 Andirons .15 .83  1 shovel & tongs .83 iron ware .84 1.67  1 Brass kettle .75 old pewter .33 1.08  brockery tin ware & brown earthen 1.25  1 axe .75 1 saw .88 1 old hoe .8 1.55  1 old loom 2.00 2 old wheels .50 2.50  4 old reeds 2.00 2.00  $16.15 
William Larbelle.
And the said William Larbelle having been first duly sworn according to law does on his oath de

clare that he served nearly three years as a Private in the Revolutionary war viz. from March 1780 till the close of the war in the 7 th Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. John Brooks all which is particularly set forth in his original declaration on file in the war office dated March 30 th 1818. that he is fifty six years of age - lame in one leg and suffers by a hernia a husbandman by occupation but unable to perform much labour - that his family consists of the following persons only viz. his wife Molly aged 51 years of a very weakly constitution and unable to perform much labour, his daughter Nancy aged 17 years and his daughter Eliza aged 9 years.
William Sarbell.
Sworn & declared to before me.
L. Dana judge.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Dana a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
4 I, William Farbell do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD. William Farbell
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed William Farbell took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me,
Samuel Dana, Judge of said Court.
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and 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
fourteen dollars fifty cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20th day of July 1820 .
Attr.
Abraham Biglow

Proton 444 Oct 29 Oct 29
Free
Am.
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City

Groton Ms. Sept. 29. 1835.
Dear Sir,
I am very sorry to trouble you with so long an epistle, as duty to my clients requires.
The Legislature of Massachusetts passed a resolve the past winter, by which certain officers & soldiers of the Revolution are entitled to a bounty of $50.00. In the latter part of August or beginning of September, Joshua Parker, & William Tarbell of Groton applied to me, to procure for them their bounties. I in a few days after, & before I had taken any step in the business I met my old friend & neighbor, Hon. Sam l Dana, whom I knew to be well acquainted with the business, and asked him several questions relating to the business, and in particular respecting the right of said Parker & Tarbell to the bounty. I very kindly gave me such information, as I wished, and said he knew not , whether they were intitled, without examining their cases. Soon after this I addressed a line to you for copies of their papers, agreeably to the information given me by Judge Dana. Your answer to me, stated, that copies had been forwarded to Judge Dana. It would seem, that he from his conversation with me, or some other cause, fancied that was employed to procure their bounties. They, however, positively affirm to me, that they have not employed him, and will because he charges too much for the service. I again said Judge Dana, after he had received the copies, & before I received your answer, & he then said I might have the copies, on addressing a line to him at Charlestown, if I should not

procure duplicates. It seems, however, he has changed his mind, for on my sending him a respectful request to send me the copies he sent me the enclosed note, marked A, upon the receipt of which I addressed another line to him, stating, that Parker & Farbell had employed me, that they refused to employ him, & that I felt it my duty to proceed. In answer to my last. I this morning I received the enclosed note, marked B. Now I have not the least hostility towards Judge Dana. I am well acquainted with his infirmities ; I doubt not he verily believes Parker & Farbell employed him, and that I have interfered with the business. If so, he is entirely mistaken.
As Attorney, therefore, for Parker & Farbell I have to ask you to send me copies of their discharges, & such other papers, as will enable them to procure their bounties, without troubling Judge Dana in the business.
Very respectfully, Sir, your humble servant
C. Brewster.
Hon. J. L. Edwards
P.S. Please to return the enclosed.

Oct-2. from J. B. D.
Free
Ans Oct. 2. 1835
James L. Edwards Esq Comm: Pensions
City of Washington

Charleston Ms Sept 25 1835
Just Edwards Esq
A short time since, I wrote for & rec d from the Pension Office, certain Copies for Wm Farbell, John Parker & Moses Chase all of Grafton Ms, where I then lived. A long time since, Parker & Farbell desired me to procure for them the then new bounty of 200 Acres of land, after an exam n of their claims, I found they had not served 3 years and could not succeed — Last March the Legislature passed a resolve letting in for the money bounty only those who had served 30 mo — I informed these men of the passage of the resolution & they each desired me to proceed for them and I accordingly wrote for the above Copies — probably being informed by Mr Butler Pleasants, of that place, that he wd. work cheaper than I do, they have proposed to change their Agent & employ him — I have charged such applicants $5. for looking up their evidence, preparing the evidence of their identity, attending at the Land Office, making explanations, & removing objections, causing the Land Agents to be laid before the Gov t & Council, going to the Treas y with a warrant procuring the money & causing it to be paid to the Applicant at his residence — this I consider a reasonable charge, & shall not take any less — But in the case of some destitute Widows & others, I have deemed it — a proper

charity and done their business gratis — After engaging me to prepare and carry thro their claims I deem it improper for them to change their Agent, and have declined to give these Papers to Mr Butler, tho be- fore I began I should have had no desire to do their busi- ness, & this is the first instance, that I have ever had where complaint of the compensation, has been suggested, and probably w d not now have been made but for the interfer- ence of Mr Butler, I am now ready to proceed upon their request clearly and distinctly made to me, & to use the Papers for the purpose for which they were obtained — In upwards of 300 negotiations with the Pension Office, I presume you have not found a solitary instance of a false statement or a suppression of facts which ought to appear. — I have made this communication because Mr Butler has written to me, that he should apply for another set of copies & state that I improperly withheld them already made — If under the circumstances you deem it proper to go thro the labor of making another set of Copies Mr Butler will gain his object, but I can hardly believe that you will conclude to uphold Mr Butler on what appears to me so improper on his part. I am respectfully yr Obedient Servt Sam l Dana
W m Edwards —

29. H. H. STOW Aug 25
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10.900. Mar 25. 1861. 11 June 18. 1861. P. 10-12 30 June 18. 1861. P. 10-12
Free
James L. Edwards Esq. Comm. of Pensions
Washington

Sir
Charleston Mar a Aug t 1835
By a Resolution of the Legislature of Mass a , passed in March last, the time of service to entitle a Soldier to their gratuity is shortened to 30 months. — Thus entitled, Com d Tutell and Joshua Parker who were Pensioners, under the Act of March 18. 1818 to the sum of $30 each if they can prove — 1 st That they enlisted for 3 years, or during the War 2 d that they were inhabitants of Mass a when they enlisted — 3 d That they are inhabitants at the present time — From their applications on file, I presume evidence will be found, to prove their enlistment — And also as to that they actually served 30 mo each — On their behalf, I now request you to send them the evidence to prove the above facts, duly authenticated. — directed to me.
Since the rec d of your letter, I have learned that Phinehas Austin, on whose behalf I addressed you, belonged to Col. John Brooks Reg t near the close of the War — That he was of a party who marched off before he had orders under the direction of some Serjeants, was pursued, taken back from Connecticut to the Army, where it is that he suffered punishment — if this information will afford a clue to his revolutionary services, then I request you, to cause the further search search to be made, which you kindly state, shall be done — I am further desirous Thomas Hazard a Pensioner under the Act of June 1832 to avail himself of the Mass a Bounty — he is supposed to have been a writer to Col. Sproat of the Mass a line. I am respectfully yr. Ober n Ser t Sam l Dana
Mr Edwards. —

Brighton, Mass. December 14. 1857.
Hon. George L. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions.
Dear Sir, I enclose to you herewith the claims of Mrs Sarah Tarkell of Pepperell late widow of William Tarkell for Bounty Land in consideration of his services in the Revolutionary War.
Very Respectfully Yours O. S. H. C. Elijah Clark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Adjutant General's Office.
Boston, November 22, 1895.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington,
D. C.
Sir:-
I have the honor respectfully to request a transcript of the record of William Tarbell , of Pepperell or Groton, Mass., who was a pensioner on account of service in the War of the Revolution .
It would greatly oblige if the matter could be looked up with little delay. I am informed that he was in fact a pensioner up to 1830 or 1840 and was so published in some official list of the pensioners.
Should there be any expense attending this I shall be glad to pay it, and will you be so kind, in case there is no record of the pension, as to refer the matter to the proper officer of the Land Office, to determine if a land warrant was issued in his name.
I am,
Yours Very respectfully,
John C. Chaplin Col + a.d.g.

33 182 Rev INVALID.
File No. 88, 182
William Larkell Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 414
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jany 2, 1896. Mil. history to Col. Wm C. Capell Boston, Mass
John ... 1818 ... Church ...
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33,182
3-068. (Old No. 3-649.)
6-20
Bureau of Pensions.
Wm Farbell
March 30. 1818 - 54 Groton Mass.
Ap 1819 Groton Mass. Capt Sharp Col. In Branks Det. 6 Dec 31, 83
No Bat
Ap 1600 - 18 Les Jan. 30. 1818. Mass

285-124
Hon. George C. Whiting Commissioner of Pensions Washington City, D. C.

BY THE HONOURABLE MAJOR GENERAL KNOX,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
William Parble Soldier _____ in the Fourth Massachusetts _____ Regiment, being enlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York, the Twenty first Day of Decem r
1783
By the General's Command,
Knox
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
Thos H. Conway Adj t Gen l

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Tarbells, David (Turbell) GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 5149 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Mar. 25, 1790
to — not shown —
*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.