Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 13,651, for Samuel Lucas, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Nass
Lucas, Samuel femina
NUMBER _____
W 13.651.
CONTENTS

10 305
Massachusetts
Samuel Lucas
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Curtis of the Regt commanded by Col. Jacob in the Mass time for 13 months 29 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $40 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of Apr. 1833 and Levi  1833 Levi  Capt. Field's of Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  $93 12 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept " 23.28 $116.40
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. D. Adams Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2a Page 49

Massachusetts 2554
Jemima Lucas, widow of Samuel Lucas,
who died on the 1 st September 1838 of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a P. in the Company commanded by Captain Curtis of the Regt. commanded by Jacobs in the Mass line for Mass 29 27
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 46 Dollars 56 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1839. 2 nd Sept 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Mar. 39, and sent to Hon. J. L. Adams Pensioned
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. - $ 23. 28 Semi-annual allowance ending 23. 28
$ 46. 56
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk Book A Vol. 2 Page 54

23090 Samuel Lucas
Pirah
13 Mo 29 day
MC
44.66 21.89 66.55
Mr. L. Cap. Jr. Am. S. Adams
John B Thomas Plymouth Massachusetts

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
185
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of
Samuel Lucas Wymantia Co. Miss.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     76 1 15 privat Capt Church Col Mop 80 years Plymouth traditionaly   77 9 " Harlow " Mop evidence   78 3 14 " Cole three living   " Curtis Jacobs Bunker Hill Mop R Island witnesses  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

3995
Lucas
Mass.
ad 4 July 36
Joint resolution
Mr 76 - d 38
1886 25
Nov 1919
adm
43 mo. 29 -
$46.56 - died Sept 38
peru: cem: 2 Sept 38
J. H. Lord,
Plum
Mass
In 2. adany Oct 24.

The following 18 Marriages consummated by the Rev Mr Howland.
Samuel Lucas 3: to Jemima Robbins March twentyfirst one thousand seven hundred and seventy six.
I certify that the above is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows, March 21. 1776.
Lewis Bradford { Town Clerk of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I, Lewis Bradford above named, depose and say; that I hold the Office of Town Clerk of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and that the Town Records of said Town are in my Custody, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town of Plympton, with the exception above named, as certified by me.
Lewis Bradford, Clerk of Plympton as above stated. Plympton, September 26. 1838.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. Sept. 27. 1838. Then personally appeared the above named Lewis Bradford, who is Clerk of the Town of Plympton and made oath, that the above deposition by him submitted is true. I further certify that I believe the above sd. Lewis Bradford to be a man of truth and a credible witness.
Before me, ————— Wm. H. Soule Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that William H Soule & Wm as Cobb Esquires are severally Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that the Signatures to the annexed affidavits purporting to be signed by them are their true & genuine Signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Probate for said County this eighteenth day of October 1838.
Jacob H. Lord

I N tho Cobb of Camer in the County of Plymouth aged eighty six years on Oath do testify & say that I was well acquainted with Samuel Lucas late of said Camer deceased who was a Soldier of the Revolution & a Pensioner of the United States. He died on the fifth day of September instant leaving a Widow whose name is Jemima Lucas. I well knew the said Jemima in early life & she is the same person who was married to said Samuel Lucas in the early part of the Revolutionary War. She is still living.
N tho Cobb
Plymouth J. September 28 th 1838 Personally appeared the above named N tho Cobb and made Oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed Before me & I certify that he is a credible person.
Thomas Cobb Justice of the Peace.

23090
San Lucas
Depositions of John Bisbee Elijah Lucas W Lucas
[Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

We, Plummer Chase a clergyman, residing in the town of Carver and Benjamin Ellis John Shaw residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well ac- quainted with Samuel Lucas who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 80 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
before the Court aforesaid
John Shaw Plummer Chase Benjamin Ellis
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Plummer Chase who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Carver and that Benjamin Ellis John Shaw who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Carver and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By order of the Court
Attest M c M c Moran Clerk
I, M c M c Moran Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Lucas for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
M c M c Moran

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this 14 th day of Augt 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Solomon Dyer Esq. the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Plymouth within and for said County of Plymouth, Samuel Lucas a resident of Carver in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he enlisted into a company, as a private, commanded by Capt James Church, while the enemy held possession of Boston & served therein six weeks at Roxbury - adjoining Boston. In the same year he enlisted at Plymouth in Massachusetts into a company commanded by Capt Luke Harkness. He believes it was in 1776 and served nine months, a private at the fort & garrison on the Governor at the entrance of said Plymouth harbor. In 1777 He enlisted into a company, a private commanded by Lt Joseph Cole, & marched to Bristol & served there 14 days. In 1778 He again enlisted into Captain Calvin Grafton's Regt. company - Col. Jacobs Regt.

- was in the battle at Ducken hill on Rhode Island and served therein as a private for three months
In said 14 days campaign He was present at the attack made by the enemy on Bristol
For character, I refer to the hon. Benjamin Ellis, & Major John Shaw both of said services
For none of these services has he any discharge & knows not whether they were State, or Continental
He was born in Plympton, now from which said service was since set off as a town, & there has always lived, but has no record of his birth. And his name is on no pension roll. He receives no pension at the present
Samuel Lucas
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year aforesaid before the Court of Common Pleas
Abel Root William Allen

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. On this third day of October in the Year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty eight before the Court of Probate for said County personally appeared Jerimiah Lucas a resident of Carver in said County Aged, eighty 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 4. 1836 & the Joint Resolve passed July 7. 1838:
That she is the Widow of Samuel Lucas late of said Carver deceased who was a Soldier of the Revolution & served as is particularly set forth in his Application for a Pension now on the files of the Pension Office at Washington to which she respectfully refers, for which services her said husband was a Pensioner under the Act of June 7. 1832.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Lucas on the twenty first day of March in the Year Seventeen hundred and sixty six. that her husband the aforesaid Samuel Lucas died on the first day of September in the Year Eighteen hundred and thirty eight & that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
Jerimiah Lucas mark
Sworn to & subscribed on the day & year first above written, Before me, Willens Wood J. Probate

Plymouth. I Jacob H Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Hon. Willies Wood is Judge of Probate for said County & that the within is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the Seal of the Court of Probate for said County this eight- eenth day of October 1838 Jacob H. Lord

William Lucas of Kingston, Massachusetts a soldier in the war of the Revolution testify that Samuel Lucas of Carver in said State was associate in the same company with me under Capt James Churchill for six weeks at Roxbury, near Boston, while the British forces held possession of that town, he being the same Samuel Lucas, who is petitioning for a pension for their & other services, & I believe he was duly discharged.
William Lucas
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. July 28 th 1832. Then personally appeared the within named, or above named William Lucas, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Statement by him Subscribed; and I further state and certify, that the said William Lucas is a credible Witness.
John Gray Justice of the Peace for the County of Plymouth

I Abijah Lucas of Barron, Massachusetts a private in the war of the Revolution at Rhode Island, and in Capt Colins Garkis, Col Jacobs' Regt in 1778 testify, that Samuel Lucas was of Barron in said State, was a private in the same company for three months, & was regularly discharged, because I was his substitute
I also testify, that said Lucas was  with in the same company with me a private, at Rhode Island said company was commanded by Lt Joseph Cole & said service was 14 days in the year 1777
I further testify, that said Lucas was a private in the army of the Revolution, at Plymouth Massachusetts, I believe in 1776, but I know not how long.
Abijah Lucas
Plymouth ss. Massachusetts, July 16 1832 Then said Abijah Lucas subscribed & made oath to the truth of this deposition, I believe him a credible witness Lachens Bartlett Justice of peace.

I John Bisbee of Plympton, Massachusetts a soldier in the war of the Revolution in Captain Calvin Burts company, Col. Fr. Colts regt for services testify that Samuel Lucas of Massachusetts was a private for three months at Rhode Island in the same com- pany, and is the same Samuel Lucas who is now petitioning for a pension. This service was in the year 1778, & I believe said Samuel Lucas was regularly discharged
John Bisbee
Ed. July 22 1832
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. July 22 d 1832 Then personally appeared the above named John Bisbee before the subscriber and made oath the above Declaration by him subscribed is true Further certify that the above Deposition is a credible witness Before Me Jonathan Parkes Justice of the Peace

John Beebe's letter for Sam Lucas 3 recd Capt Austin With his petition
Committee of Massachusetts
Witnesseth I Matthews Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that the following Bartlett, John Gray and Jonathan D. Shaw signatures before whom the foregoing deposition were made are further of the Seal for the County of Plymouth And that their names thereto subscribed are
their true & proper signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court at the first day of January A.D. 1883
Matthews

Sam l Lucas. Mass. at 7 June 32 when last p d .
14 March 39
G.M.C.
p d 1 Sep 1838
24
mar 38

Map
Rev  WIDOW, &c.
File No. 13651
Jemima Lucas Widow of Samuel Lucas Rev. Rev. War
Act: July 1 th 1836
Index: Vol. a , Page 421
[Arrangement of 1870.]