Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30161, for Moses Thomson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Thomson, Moses a Thompson
S. 30161
B.L.W.F. 9427-160-55
CONTENTS

No. 683
Massachusetts
Nasew Thompson of Middlebury in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Perkins of the Regt. commanded by Col. Gannett in the Mass line for 18 months 12 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of - 61 - Dollars - 33 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of April 1833 and Act 7. 96 Loud & Lynn on the road
Arrears to the 10th of March 1833 $122.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 6. 31.67
30.67 8153.53
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by A. M. Wilson Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 29 Page 83

559 Act mar 3
55
Apr 183
Moses Thompson
Priv.
Private
Wesson
Enlisted June } Lois. }
Rev' war
Rev Pensioner
Mass - June 32 - 10683
Joynlon
ad. 16 Dec 6/55
Worcester
[Signature]
S. S. B. A. Loyer
S. Abington Mass.
Vol I. page 58,

Moses Thompson
7786

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this eighth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting at Middleborough within and for said County of Plymouth. Moses Thompson a resident of Middleborough in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy 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 relinquish- es 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.
I enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt. Calvin Partridge & to serve in Rhode Island in the year 1775 - I enlisted in the town of Halifax in said County where I then lived, & we were commanded by Lieuten- ant Thomas Dyer until we arrived at Rhode Island & joined Capt. Partridge's Company - The enlistment was for six weeks only - we continued on the Island off Rhode Island until Gen. Sullivan's retreat & then the remainder of the term & served at Providence & was discharged, but had not a discharge in writ- ing - It was in the summer, when I enlisted.
I further say that I think in the last part of the same year 1775 I enlisted & go to Boston for two months, & was ordered to join Capt. Abraham Wash-

burn's company, Nathanial Goadwin, Maf. Commandant, which I did, & I served till the beginning of the year 1779 & then marched to Providence with prisoners & was there discharged - I served the full term of my enlistment.
In June 1779 I enlisted again the Continental Army for the term of nine months & mustered at Springfield & joined the army at West Point, joined Capt. Cogswell's company, Col. Tuckers Regiment, & Leonard's Brigade & served that time and received a written discharge, which discharge I left at Boston to draw my pay after my return.
In the summer of 1780 I enlisted for six months into the same company & regiment as I served in in 1779 & served in said company part of the time & was then detached to join the light infantry, Watrous or Watkins company, & Gurnett's Regiment, & afterward's returned to West Point, & had a written discharge as I have before mentioned, I left it in Boston to get my wages.
I further state that I am the same person to whom a pension certificate was granted July 15, 1839 by virtue of the law of Congress of March 18th, 1818 - which certificate is number 12411 - & I was stricken from the list in consequence of being thought to have too much property -
I further say that I was born July 1, 1762 on the town of Halifax, from which place I removed to Middleborough about thirty years ago & am well known to Sebastian Dyer now of said Halifax & Joshua Eddy of said Middleborough -
Moses Thompson
Sworn to and subscribed this day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We  the undersigned  clergyman, residing in the town of  and  hereby certify that we are well ac- quainted 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 we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
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 who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of and that  who has also signed the same, is a resident in the  and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court, Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Thompson for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two !
Jacob H. Lord

7786
Moses Thompson
7 Wks 18 Mo & 12 days
July 19
was on the Paxton scale, see his Cost. no 12.411 dated 15 July 1819. & dropped on most of property.
a long but not deemed necessary in this case - ok
J. H. Lord Weymouth Mass

BRIEF in the case of Moses Thompson  of Middleborough  in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy Years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted In 1778 Summer 6 weeks As a Gen. Capt. Partridge, Ld. Row.   1779 June 2 Capt. Washburn, Mass. Goodwin's Co.   1780 Summer 9 Capt. Cogswell, Col. ... & Leonard's Brig.   6 same   Capt. Wallis, Col. Green's   18 12  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Halifax  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Refers to Capt. No 12.411. granted 15 Feb 1819 for a pension under act of 1818 - dropped from the rolls on acct of property. - Believes Sampson primary 2 info. with Capt. Washburn - & Shubel Sampson primary 6 info. same.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Rich Examining Clerk.

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth
On this eighth day of March A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty five , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Moses Humpson aged ninetythree years, a resident of Middleboro in the State of Mass who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Moses Humpson who was a lieut colon a in the company commanded by Certificate of Pension was issued on the in the 19th day of April 1839, for Sixtyone dollars commanded by and thirtythree cents per annum in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States on the 18th day of June, A. D. 1812; that he frayable at the Pension Agency in Boston, Mass, and signed on or about the by J L Edwards Com day of Pension, A. D. 181 , for the term of and continued in actual service in said war for the term of and was honorably discharged with said company at on or about the day of A. D. 181 , as will appear by the roll of said company.
That he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war for more than fourteen days - and for part of his service the Commission is referred to the evidence on file with He also declares that he has not applied for, nor has he received any bounty land under any Act of Congress, except a  _____ acre land warrant, No. _____ which was issued under the Act of Sept. 28th, 1850.
Application for a pension
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the additional bounty land to which he may be entitled under the Act of Congress passed March 3 d 1855; and he prays that a certificate thereof may be sent for him to E. D. & C. A. DYER, South Abington, Mass.
Attest Consider Fuller Charles T Fuller  Moses Humpson Trustee
Subscribed and sworn to before me, the day and year first above mentioned. and I certify that I have no interest in this claim Ebenezer Dyer Justice of the Peace.

State of Massachusetts County of Plymouth
Personally appeared Conner Fuller and Charles T Fuller , residents of Medfield in the State of Mass
persons whom I certify are respectable and entitled to credit, and who being sworn according to law, say that they were present and saw Moses Thompson make his mark sign his name to the within declaration, and they further swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the applicant, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and that the deponents do reside in the aforesaid Town and State,
Conner Fuller
Charles T Fuller
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this eighth day of March A. D. 185 5 and I certify that the claimant is the identical person he represents himself to be and that I have no interest in his claim
Cyrus A Dyer Justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, April 13. 1855.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the attestations hereunto annexed,
Cyrus A Dyer was a Justice of the peace for the County of Plymouth
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 Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Teles Wright Secretary of the Commonwealth.

30161 Ray INVALID.
File No. 30161
Moses Thompson
Pris Rev Me
Act: June 7 n 82 n
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 418
[Arrangement of 1870.]

12,411
4
Massachusetts
Abner Thompson
of Plymouth , in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Wesson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 months .
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 22 of May 1819 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of July 1819 and sent to Abraham Mitchell, Esq. East Bridgewater Mass.
Arrears to 4th of
Semi-annual account ending 4 Sept 1819  $27.64 3m 10/31 11/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

✓ 9427
9 Nov 1911

No. 77 & 5-9
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr. 18 th , 1855.
Moses Thompson. Prin- Col. Wesson Maps Line Rev. War.
9427-160-56-
C. D. & C. A. Dyer. S. Abington D. Hall-

I Gideon Sampson formerly of Plymouth Now of Halifax in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts aged 73 years testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and was at Boston in the year 1779 and near as can be recollect For Six Months Campain which I served under Capt Abram Washburn Major Nathaniel Goodwin had the Command I further testify and declare that Mrs. Thompson formerly of Halifax Now of Middleborough served in said Campain two months to the end of said Campain & two odd days. She now resides in said Town as does Samson and has resided in Halifax and Middleborough ever since that time Gideon Sampson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss.
July 25 th 1832 Then Personally appeared the within named Elias Sampson before the Subscriber and Made oath that the within Deposition by him Subscribed is true I testify and say I believe him to be a Man of truth
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace

To whom it may concern. I Studley Sampson of Duxbury Mass certify that M c Neil Thompson formerly of Halifax Mass. now resident in Middleborough Mass. was a soldier on Rhode Island in the summer of 1778 & served on the island until the Army commanded by Gen l Sullivan retreated off the island & that he served in the same company with myself in Col o Patten's Battery our term of service was six weeks against which my hand the 1 st day of August 1832.
Studley Sampson
State of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. —
I swear to & subscribed the day a year above written before me J. H. Sprague Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth Jr. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth the Probate Court being a Court of Record do here by certify that Seth Sprague Jr & Jonathan Parker Esqr. are Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that the certificates upon the within & annexed Deposition are subscribed in their own handwriting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this eighth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, May 27, 1819
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That it appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that Moses Thompson served as a Soldier in Capt. Cogswell's Company, and Col. Wesson's Regiment, (being one of the Regiments in the Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from July 24 th 1779 to April 24 th 1780, being nine  years and months; the time for which he en listed
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Moses Thompson Middleborough
Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, in Boston
at the Branch Bank of the United States.
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Moses Thompson 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 com- mence on the twentysecond day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

Moses Thomson
Middleborough
Ms
mass line
Col Wilson
2 August 1779
24 April 1780
gms
Correct by me

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Plymouth ss. 1819 On this 22 d day of May A.D. 1819, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Moses Tomson of Middleborough aged fifty seventy seven years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed, 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."
I Moses Tomson of Middleboro', formerly of Halifax Mr. depose set forth and declare, that I enlisted in the be- ginning of 1779, I believe June, into Capt. Coggeshall's Company and Col. Wesson's Reg t and Massachusetts' line in the revolutionary war and continued to serve therein nine months being the term for which I enlisted, and was honorably discharged at Westpoint and had a writ ten discharge, but it is lost - that from my reduced circumstances and bodily in- firmities I stand in need of the assistance

of my country for support - I served a another term of six months, in the same Company & Regiment but not 9 months at any other time. My service of nine months first above mentioned was con- sidered continental service.
Moses Thompson
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Moses Thompson did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. And I the said judge am also satisfied that the said Thompson needs the assistance of his country for support.
Nahum Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
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