Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44,498, for Thomas Laney, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental N.H.
Laney Thomas or Lanery
S. 44,498
CONTENTS

11.082 R. New Hampshire.
Thomas Lacey.
of Pillsborough in the state of N.H. who was a private in the regiment commanded Colonel Stark of the N.H. line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 7 th of April 1818,
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of Nov 1819. and sent to J. K. Merrill Esq, Amherst, N.H.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 $135.40 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar 4 1820 48.00
Thurs 28/22 $183.40
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Notification sent Oct 20 th 1820 to Enoch Dunning Amherst New Hampshire.

949
Thomas Laney Laney
16.082
March 1820
C

To the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Hopkinton within and for the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire here on the first Tuesday of September A.D. 1820
Thomas Lacey aged ninety, resident in Dunstable in said County, in pursuance of an Act of Congress passed on the 1 st day of March 1820 being exhibits to said Court a schedule by him subscribed containing his whole estate and income (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) as follows.
Real Estate — none
Personal property I have as follows viz:
  2 Iron Kettles — — — — — 50   2 Pewter Plates and 1 Basin very old & broken — — " 18   1 Pine Chest 30. 1 pine Table very old 20 — — — " 50   2 Very old Chairs. 12. 1 Old Spinning Wheel 25 — — " 37   a little old crockery. 2 Knives & Forks — — — — 1 00   1 Trammel Iron. 25. 2 Old Pails — — — — — 31   1 Old hoe & one ax. 20. 2 Old Shirts. 40. — — — " 60 
The use of nearly Ten acres of poor pine plain land with an old house on the same scarcely tenable which I hold by right of my wife during her life but part of it only hired the income of which is worth three dollars per year  3.00 $6.46
Thomas his Lacey, mark.
Test. Sam l Foster J. M. Smith
And the said Thomas Lacey in pursuance as aforesaid produceth to said Court the following Oath by him duly taken and subscribed in before J. M. Smith Esquire one of the Judges of said Court — viz:
I Thomas Lacey do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent to bring thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress passed 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 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property of 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
Thomas his Lacey, mark.
Test. Sam l Foster J. M. Smith

And the said Thomas Lacey doth before J. M. Smith Judge as aforesaid further declare on oath that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows viz "To the best of my recollection I enlisted sometime in December 1775 1776, for the term of one year in Capt. Dardelloos Company in Col. John Starks Regt in the New Hampshire line and faithfully served out my year & was honorably discharged at Morristown in New Jersey after having served about six weeks over my year.
The date of his original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the Twelfth day of April A. D. 1818, and the number of his pension Certificate is 160.82 that his occupation is a Farmer - that the number and names of his family residing with him and their ages and capacities to contribute to their support are as follows, viz: My wife Sarah aged 74 years who when in health is barely able to cook and take care of me I am myself unable to labor any and can but go round the house and to the door in good weather and have been in this situation about two years. Wherefore he prays the opinion of the said Court as to the value of the property contained in his said schedule and that the same together with a copy of the premises be duly certified to the Secretary of War.
Sworn and declared before J. M. Smith one of the Judges of said Court on the 18 th day of September August A. D. 1820.
Test. Saul Foster J. M. Smith
Thomas his Lacey mark
Hillsborough fs; Court of Common Pleas Sept r Term anno Domini 1820.
The aforesaid schedule and oath and the above declaration duly subscribed and sworn to by the said Thomas Lacey having been by him exhibited and presented to the Court and the same being seen and considered: It is the opinion of said Court that the value of the property contained in said schedule is Six dollars & forty six cents and no more. Wherefore the Court order that a copy of the prem- ises with the proceedings thereon be duly certified to the Secretary of War -
Attest
E. Darling Clerk
Hillsborough fs. State of New Hampshire
I Enoch Darling Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Hillsborough being a Court of Record do certify that the foregoing

Schedule and oath and the declaration annexed with the proceedings and opinion of the Court therein, are truly copied from the records and files of said Court
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court The twentieth day of September 1820
B Deering Clerk

Tho! Lany P.P
4
Swan to Ap. 9/10 10/10
2 W.B.

Jan 20 - State Ry N H Line One way Provided Capt.
Amount
  16  20/30    8  4    138.46  28/30    7     135.46   

I Thomas Lacey of Dunstable a resident Citizen therein in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire Labourer now in my eighty eighth year of age do solemn- -ly swear that early in the spring of the year A D 1776 at Winterhill in Charlestown Massachusetts where I had been previously serving in the Militia for about six months in defence of my Country against the com- mon enemy I enlisted into Capt. Daniel - Moore's Company in the Regiment Command- ed by Col. John Stark in what was called the Continental troops & to the best of my recollection for nine or ten months but I continued in Constant service until the Spring succeeding and after the capture of the Hessians at Trenton & was in that battle in Washing- ton's Guard so called & was afterwards at an engagement at Princeton & at Elizabethton and was discharged at a place called Morristown without a written discharge but an honorable discharge verbally given by my officers in the spring of the year A D 1777 I was in the New Hampshire line being now old & in- firm I cannot recollect precisely the month of my enlistment or the month of my discharge but am sensibly impressed that I served one year or over. I further declare that I have never been placed on the pension list of

Invalids That I am also wholly reduced in my circumstances and need the assistance of my Country for my support I have sub- sisted in part by charity being unable to do but very little & am indebted for the clothing on my back to the charity of friends Test. to the signature of this Thomas Lacey mark
Israel Hunt William Harris
Sworn to this seventh Day of April A D 1810 Before me J. Smith Special Justice of the Court of Common Pleas
State of New Hampshire Hillborough ss. On the 7th day of April, A D 1810 Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillborough aforesaid personally appeared Thomas Lacey of said Town stable in the eighty eighth year of his age and being duly cautioned made solemn oath agreeably to law in order to obtain a pension under the late Act of Congress en- titled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the U.S. in the Revolu- tionary War," that being now old he cannot precisely recollect the month of his enlistment or the month of his dis- charge but that he enlisted in the Spring of the year A D 1776 at Winter Hill in Charlestown Ms (having previously served his Country in the Militia six months) into Capt. Daniel Moore's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Stark

As to the best of his memory for nine or ten months but continued in the service constantly until the spring of the year 1777 after the battle at Trenton and again in that battle and the battles of Princeton & Elizabeth Town and belongs to what was then called Washington's Life Guard and was discharged at Morristown by a verbal but honorable discharge That he is reduced in his circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his country for his support & is not on the pension list of the U.S. From all which I certify That it appears to my satisfaction that the said Thomas Laney did serve in the Revolutionary war on the Con- tinental Establishment against the common Enemy more than nine months And I further certify from my own know- ledge that he is so far reduced in his circumstances that he greatly stands in need of the assistance of his coun- try for his support And I now transmit the proceed- ings & the testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of War pursuant to the aforementioned Act of Congress of 1741. As also given testimony at the
This certifies that the signature of J. V. Smith on this Paper is in his own hand writing and that he is one of the Judges of the Court of common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough aforesaid in testimony whereof I have here affixed the seal of said Court Moses Eastman Clerk

44 498
Rev
INVALID.
File No. 44 498
Thomas Laney
Rev. Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 284
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Tho. Lamey's Evidence
Free
To the honorable Secretary of war
Washington
Tho. Lamey's Evidence

I Daniel Moore of Pembroke in the county of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire testify & say that in the year 1746 Thomas Lany enlisted into the company which I commanded in the Continental Army of the United States in the Revolutionary war against the common enemy in the Regiment commanded by Col d John Stark in the New Hampshire Line, said Lany served faithfully one year in my company as aforesaid & was honorably discharged Daniel Moor
State of New Hampshire Rockingham ss. Pembroke April 13 th 1819
The above named Daniel Moore personally appearing made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me Hall Burgin } a Judge of the Court of Com. Pleas for said Rockingham
N.B. The above named Daniel Moore is intitled to full Credit & confidence Hall Burgin } Judge as as above

This certifies that Hall Burleigh is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham in the State of New- Hampshire & that his signature on this paper is in his own hand writing J. H. Smith of the Court of P. for Hillsboro' County.
This certifies that the signature of J. H. Smith on this paper is in his own hand writing & that he is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hills- borough in the State of New Hampshire In testimony whereof I have here affixed the seal of said Court
Moses Eastman Clerk

I Theophilus Griffin of Manchester in the County of Rockingham  Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire testify & say that in the (year) 1776 I enlisted into the Company Commanded by Captain Samuel Richards in Col d John Stark's Regiment in the New Hampshire line & I well knew Thomas Saney a Soldier (in Capt. Samuel Moore's Company in said Regiment) was a years man, & after his year was out he enlisted again for six weeks more.
Pembroke April 13 th 1819 Theophilus Griffin
Rockingham ss. State of New Hampshire
Pembroke April 13 th 1819
Personally came before me the subscriber Thomas Griffin & made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Call Burgin } a Judge of the Court of Com. pleas for said Rockingham
N.B. full Credit may safely be given to to the above deponent
Call Burgin } a Judge as above