Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30537, for Josiah Lawrence, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Lawrence, Josiah
S. 30537
CONTENTS

No 431 — Massachusetts Josiah Lawrence of Pittsfield in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Walker of the Reg t commanded by Col M. Jackson in the Massachusetts line for Three years
Let W. H. Thayer 13 Oct 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 — Dollars — Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Sept 1832 and sent to the Union ex, Pittsfield Mass
  Arrears to 4th of  Sept 1832  120 —    Semi-ant. allowance ending  6 Mar, 33  40      $160  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by
Book D Vol. 2 Page 64 Clerk, R. E. [Signature]

Josiah Lawrence act 7 th June 1832
Mass claim for increase

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire County, —
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been adduced before me Daniel N. Dewey Judge of Probate in & for said County held at Lenox on this seventh day of October 1851. to show that Josiah Lawrence late of Pittsfield in said County a Revolutionary pensioner, died on the twenty fifth day of April 1844. that his widow (Mary Lawrence) died on the twenty fifth day of October 1844. that he left the following children surviving him. viz. Silas Ellis, Electa Cogswell, Thomas Lawrence, Sarah M. Lawrence, Horatio G. Lawrence, Josiah Lawrence & Experience Moody, and these are the only children who survived him and are still surviving him. And I further certify that Thomas Lawrence has been duly appointed Administrator of the Estate of the aforesaid Josiah Lawrence commissioned and qualified and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such —
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand at the seat of the Court this 7 th day of October 1851.
Daniel N. Dewey,
Judge of Probate.

Claim of Josiah Lawrence Act of 7 th June 1832
STATE OF Massachusetts COUNTY OF Berkshire } ss:
Be it known, that on this Twenty fourth day of October — A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty One , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas Lawrence — a resident of Pittsfield in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the Administrator of the Estate of Josiah Lawrence deced
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the Act of the 7 th June 1832
at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum; that he has been for the services of said Lawrence as Forage Master informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence and arguments as his Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. before me, R. Cogswell J. Peace.
I, Richard B. Cogswell Justice of the Peace, do hereby certify that Thomas Lawrence — who has executed the foregoing affidavit before me, is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
R. Cogswell J. Peace.
I, _____ Clerk of the _____ Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that _____ before whom the foregoing affidavit was executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and his name thereunto sub- scribed, appears to me to be his usual signatures.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the County Seal, this day of _____ A. D. 185 _____
[COUNTY SEAL.]
Clerk.

POWER OF ATTORNEY:—Revolutionary Pension Claim.
Know all Men by these Presents, that I, Thomas Lawrence above named
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, October 28 th 1851
S  By  Certify. That at the date of the annexed attestation Richard C. Cagswell was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Berkshire,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; 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 Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Marcus Walker Secretary of the Commonwealth.

POWER OF ATTORNEY:—Revolutionary Pension Claim.
Know all Men by these Presents, that I, Thomas Lawrence above named
do hereby constitute and appoint John M. Thayer to be my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of the above mentioned Josiah Lawrence
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents of every description, in relation to said claim, that may be on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file any additional evidence or arguments that can be obtained; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to my order only at Boston Mass
and to substitute under him for the purpose herein expressed; and to do all things that might or could I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 24 th day of October A. D., 1851.
Thomas Lawrence
Signed and Sealed in the presence of R. C. Cogswell
STATE OF Massachusetts } COUNTY OF Berkshire } ss:
On this Twenty fourth day of October A. D. 1851, before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Thomas Lawrence — and acknowledged the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year aforesaid.
R. C. Cogswell . Peace. [SEAL.]
1832 Boston Mass

Berks. Mass. s Josiah Larume's application for a Pension Aug. 1832

I Josiah Lawrence of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do depose and say, that I made an application for a Pension for my revolutionary services as a private soldier in the Army of the United States of America, under the act of the Congress of the U. S. of the 18 th March 1818 and in consequence thereof, I duly received a Pension certificate dated the 8 th day of October 1818 signed by J. C. Calhoun the then Secretary of War, and have been dropped or struck from the Pension roll, on account of property — the evidence of my services is now in the departments as I conclude, as I have never withdrawn it — my present place of residence is Pittsfield aforesaid — and the Deponent now desires that he may avail himself of the benefit of the act of the said Congress of the June 7. 1832 intitled "an act supplementary to "an act for the relief of the surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution" by being re-enrolled on the Pension list of the U. S.
Josiah Lawrence
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. Pittsfield August 10. 1832. Then Josiah Lawrence the signer of the above deposition personally appeared, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same
Before me John B. Root, Justice of the Peace

I Josiah Laurence of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire & State of Massachusetts in addition to my declaration before John B. Root Esq m do depose & say that I have resided in said Pittsfield thirty five years that I am seventy eight years of age that I am the person mentioned in the annexed pension certificate - that immediately after the battle of Lexington in 1775 I volunteered as a soldier & served in Capt. Nathan Watkins Company Col. John Pattersons Regiment of Infantry until Jan y 1776 when I was discharged that in Jan y 1777 I enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army at Windsor or Dalton in said County of Berkshire under Capt. Ephraim Cleveland that I served in Capt. Cleveland's Company Col. Michael Jackson Regiment of Infantry in the Mass ts line on the Continental Establishment until December 1779 when I was discharged at West Point by Col. Jackson as stated in a former declaration of mine  his made before the Court of Common Pleas in Berkshire on the 26 th day of Feb y A D 1829 a copy of which declaration is in the War Office at Washington - but under which I obtained no pension - - that I am not on the Pension Roll & have not been since 1820. -
Josiah Laurence
Berkshire Ss. Aug ts 18. 1832. Then personally appeared the above named Josiah Laurence & made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed. & I certify that I have been acquainted with said Laurence for twenty years. that he is a respectable credible man & the same person mentioned in the annexed pension certificate numbered 3363. Before me J. S. Sleeper Just. Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss.
I Charles Sedgwick a clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for the said County of Berkshire do certify that John B. Root Esq. & Joseph Tucker Esq. before whom the foregoing declarations were made are Justices of the Peace for said County of Berkshire & that the foregoing signatures purporting to be their respective are genuine —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this eighteenth day of August A D 1832 Cha. Sedgwick Clerk

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
M.E.C.
Washington, D. C., March 23, 1895.
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Josiah Lawrence --- 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.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. May 1776 1 yr. Pvt. Nathan Watkins John Patterson Mass. Jan. 1777 3 yrs. Pvt. Ephriam Cleveland M. Jackson Mass. On Dec. 9, 1778, he was appointed by Col. Michael Jackson to temporarily perform the duty of Forage Master to Gen. Learned's Brigade. What service, if any, was rendered under this appointment is not known.
Battles engaged in, Ticonderoga, Stillwater, and Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dalton, Mass.
Date of application for pension, April 24, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Pittsfield, Mass.
Age at date of application, Sixty-two years.
Remarks:
Very respectfully, R. F. Cogswell, Esq., N. Y., N. H. & Hartford R. R. Co., Bridgeport, Conn.
Commissioner.

Pitts - Josiah Lawrence
24 April
Concord

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Pittsfield ss.
On this twentyfourth day of April one thousand eight hundred & eighteen, before me the subscriber first judge of the circuit court in the western circuit of this Commonwealth personally appears Josiah Lawrence aged sixty two years, resident in the town of Pittsfield in the said western circuit who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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." That the said Josiah Lawrence enlisted into Capt. Ephraim Cleveland's Comp. in Col. Michael Jackson's Regiment, January 15. 1777, at which time he resided in the town of Dalton in this Commonwealth. He remained in said Regiment three years and was regularly discharged in Jan'y. 1780 on West Point in the state of New York; that he was in the Battles of Saratoga, Stillwater & Monmouth, and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his services, excepting "a paper now in my hands purporting to be an appointment of him, as Forage Master by Col. Michael Jackson Col. Com. dated Camp. Fishkill Dec. 9. 1778."  Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.  I John Hooker, Judge as aforesaid, do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Josiah Lawrence did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.  Pittsfield 24 th April 1818. JOHN HOOKER

I Joseph Woodbridge Clerk of Court in the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that said John Booker who was Clerk of Court & that the within is his true copy of the seal of the said Court so hereunto affixed
J. Woodbridge C.M.

B. m. El.
30537 Rev INVALID.
March 2 nd 1853 Mil. Dist. to R. Cogswell, Bridgeport, Conn.
File No. 30537
Josiah Lawrence Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 286
[Arrangement of 1870.]

NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN &amp; HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY.
Bridgeport Ct STATION, Feb'y 20, 1895
William Lockhrew
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
L &amp; P
Dear Sir
Will you kindly furnish the record of pension application for Revolutionary service of.
Josiah Lawrence of Pittsfield or Dalton Mass and of
Samuel Patches of Balston N.Y. Lieut of New York State Militia. (Prisoner 1781 to 1782)
I shall be pleased to remit for fees incurred. Your compliance at convenience will oblige
Yrs truly R B Cogswell
This is personal.
These men were among my ancestors

To the Secy of War. —
Herewith is forwarded the application of M c Donal Lamene for a Pension — If the papers are in any respect informal or insufficient will you have the goodness to return them to directed to "M c Donal Lamene Pittsfield Mass s " If they are sufficient to restore him to the Pension list an answer is requested directed in like manner. —
I am Sir,
Respectfully
Yours obedt.
Ch s Sedgwick
Lebanon Aug. 18. 1832.

Department of the Interior.
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS.
Penalty for private use, $300.
Is Important March 26. 93

3363.
Massachusetts.
Jonah Lawrence, Lt
private 1080 Massachusetts Line
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 24 th of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Oct 1818 and sent to John Hooker, Esq Springfield, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818. and 1/3. 34.93 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Mar 1819. 48.00
$82.93
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 Years
Discontinued Pittsfield, Berkshire
See letter to Mrs. Mayhew Esq. John Hooker sent to Charles Sedgwick Esq. June 9 April 1829.

Josiah Lawrence's Application for a Pension Berkshire Mass ts Feb. 1829.
1 May 1820. M c p.

District of Massachusetts S:
On this 26. day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twenty nine, personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas begun & held at Tene within & for the County of Berkshire on the fourth Monday of February A.D. 1829. the same being a Court of Record for said County 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 & imprisonment. Joseph Lawrence of Pittsfield in the County aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare. That immediately after the battle of Saratoga in 1777 he volunteered as a Soldier & served in Capt. Nathan Walker's Company Col. John Pattersons Regt. of Infantry until Jan'y 1778 when he was discharged that in Jan'y 1779. he enlisted as a Soldier in the Revolutionary Army at Windsor or Dalton in said County of Berkshire under Capt. Ephraim Cleveland that he served in Captain Cleveland's Company Col. Michael Jacksons Regt. of Infantry in the Massachusetts line on the Continental establishment until December A.D. 1779. when he was discharged at Westpoint by Col. Jackson, that during the time of his service he was appointed a forage master & that this appointment together with his discharge was forwarded to the Sec'y of War with his former application for a Pension, That he was placed on the Pension Roll of the Massachusetts Agency at the rate of Eight Dollars per month to commence on the twenty fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred eighteen that his original certificate was dated October 8. 1818 & was numbered (3363) & I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States of America on the 18 th day of March 1818. & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner 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 & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18. day of March 1818 & that I have not nor has any person for me in trust 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 & by me subscribed, containing a list of all my real estate excepted to wit:
  18 acres of Wood land at $20 per acre $ 300 -   7 3/4 acres tillage at $45 do 348. 75   2 Cows at $19. each 38 -   1 p m 2 year old steers 31 -   1 Calf 4. 25   One half of a 2 year old colt 19. 00   $ 741. 00 
That I am by occupation a husbandman & am too infirm to labour, That I am of the age of seventy four years of age & reside with my Son Thomas Lawrence upon whom I am dependent for assistance & support, That my family consists of myself & wife aged sixty nine -
Sign d Josiah Lawrence
E. D. Feb 26. 1829 Sworn to, & declared before David Cummings Esq y Presiding Judge of said Court
Sign d Chas Sedgwick Elk
I Chas Sedgwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County do certify that it appears to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Josiah Lawrence did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement in the Continental establishment. I also certify that the foregoing oath & Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of said Court - And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the value of said Lawrence's property does not exceed the sum of Seven hundred & forty one Dollars & that the yearly income of said Lawrence's property at ten per cent does not exceed

the sum of Seventy four Dollars & ten cents & that the real income of s d property does not exceed the sum of Thirty four Dollars & forty six cents.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Court this eleventh day of March AD 1829.
Chas. Sedgwick
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the Co. of Dukes.

Josiah Lawrence
Payable on the 4 th of March 1 st of Sept. in each year at the Branch Bank N.W.
Boston, Mass.
Recorded.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Rev d Claim
I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Law of the UNITED STATES, of the 18 th of March, 1818,
Josiah Lawrence, 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 cents per month, to commence on the twentyfourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.