Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15512, for John Lumbard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
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Lumbard, John
S. 15512
CONTENTS
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Vermont - N o 28.32
John Lumbard of Windsor in the State of Vermont who was a private in the Coys commanded by Captain Colton of the Regt commanded by Col. Brewer in the Vermont line for 7 months Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of May 1834 and Carlos Coolidge widow of
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Act June 7, 1832. § Recorded by R. Rurdin Clerk Book E . . Vol. 3 . . . Page 55 . . .

Declaration of John Lambard
State of Vermont County of Windsor ss. District of Windsor ss.
On this thirtieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two personally appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, in open court, John Lambard, a resident of Windsor in the County (and District) of Windsor and State of Vermont aged Eighty-one 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 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, with Capt. Isaac Bolton and served in Col. David Bruns Regiment of the Massachusetts line, under the following named officers; — Alexander, Lieutenant in his company. — Putnam, L t Colonel of said Regiment — the other officers he does not recollect.
That he went from Windsor aforesaid, then, ever since, and now, the place of his residence, to Brookfield in the State of Massachusetts, and not far from the 10 th day of May in the year 1775, although he is unable to fix definitely upon the day, enlisted into the Company and Regiment aforesaid, for a term of Eight months — that upon his enlistment, he marched from Brookfield to Worcester in Massachusetts; remained there 3 or 4 days; thence to Watertown in the State aforesaid, where he remained 'til the day of the Bunker Hill battle, on which day he marched

to Roxbury Mating-house, and remained stationed at said Roxbury (Mass) until the 1 st day of January 1776. when his term of enlistment expired, and he was on that day discharged, at Roxbury aforesaid - He did not receive a written discharge, and does not recollect that any discharges in writing were given. He received pay for the full term of eight months, for though enlisted a few days after the 1 st May 1775 he was enlisted as of that day - was promised his pay for the whole term and so received it.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state.
Witness - Carlos Coolidge
John Lumbard
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Proctor Judge
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
Isaac Proctor Judge
I Reuben Washburn, Register of the Probate Court within and for the District of Windsor in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Lumbard for a Pension.

In Testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty, two.
Reuben Washburn. —

Jacob B. Bly Deposition

I Jacob Bliss of Monson in the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being now eighty one years of age testify and say that in 1775 I enlisted into the revo- lutionary service into the Company of Capt. Isaac Colton & Col. David Brewer Regiment that Colton was from Springfield - that I was acquainted with John Lumbard in Colton Company, who served eight months - there was a Lieut. in the Company by the name of Alexander and further saith not -
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Jacob Bliss
Hampden ss March 4 th 1834
Personally appeared Jacob Bliss above named and made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed contains the truth - before
me Jacob Thompson Justice of the peace
We the Subscribers hereby certify that we have been acquainted with Jacob Bliss above named and believe him to be a man of truth and a competent witness
Jacob Thompson Justice of the peace Rufus Flynt Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden ss. I John Ingersoll a Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being about of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Jacob Thompson Esq. and Rufus Flynt Esq. before whom the above deposition was certified are Justices of the Peace for the County of Hampden and that I believe their names thereunto subscribed to be their true and proper signatures
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this seventeenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty four John Ingersoll Clerk

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Carlos Castañeda, Esq.
Wadsworth, Herman

City of Boston June 5, 1833-
Dear Sir,
I send you enclosed a certificate in re- lation to the service of John Lumbard -
There is no evidence in this office of further or longer service than that contained in the Certificate - I was informed by the Clerk, in the Pension Department, that if Lumbard continued longer in the service the evidence will be found at Washington, for the reason that, after the 1st of June 1775, the State Troops were mustered & organized under the Continental System; & the rolls & evidence of service, subsequent to June 1, 1775, are to be found in Washington -
John Lumbard (mind the spelling) name is borne on the muster roll of Capt Joseph Smith's company from the last day of May, to the last day of August 1776 - again John Lumbard's name is borne on a roll of Captain Nathan Smith's company, stationed on the Island of Martha's Vineyard, made up for three months from the 1st day of June 1776 - Lumbard & Lumbard are probably not the same person, yet I thought I would apprise you of these discoveries in order that you may question Lumbard -
I paid $2. for the Certificate & services of the Clerk - ch. in all - I have purchased the work on real estate desired by you & will forward same first opportunity -
Respectfully
W. H. G. W.
W. T. Hamilton

Windsor Vt. April 26. 1834
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions
Sir - I again transmit the papers in the case of John Lumbard. As evidence, I add the affidavit of Jacob Bliss, which I trust will suffice (with the declaration) to entitle the claimant. Although I have applied to very numerous conjectural sources of information, and that too at great expense and with unusual perseverance, I cannot procure the testimony of another witness. If character and reputation should carry weight, Mr. L. can sustain himself by the voices of every man in this place in favor of his integrity -
I send also the certificate of the Secy. of Mass., and ask leave to accompany it by the letter of Mr. Hunter which discloses a reason, why Mr. L.'s services appear in the Mass. records to have been so brief, that is new to me - I can only say that I have no doubt of the fact that the declarant served as he states; he has been known by me from my earliest recollections, and has ever borne the reputation of an honest man
I am, Sir, respectfully
Yr. Obt. Servt.
Carlos Coolidge

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, May 31, 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of John Lumbard is borne on a Muster-Roll of Capt. Isaac Colton's Company, in Col. David Brewer's Regiment, having enlisted June 1, 1775, and serving to August 1, 1775, where he is allowed, for service and travel, two months and four days.
Esda L.
The rolls for this service do not extend beyond August 1, 1775.
Edward D. Dangs Secy

15512 INVALID.
File No. 15372
John Lumbard 89. Nov 22
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 235
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3460
John L. Lusk and
Admiral as private
7 mo. p 2333
Carla Goodidge Esq
Windsor
ans? May 6 th 1834

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
22 April - 1833
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 subjoined 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
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.      
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
Mr John Lumbard

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) 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 days 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 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.
The notes from [a] to [j] 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.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
The applicant should procure a certificate of his service from the rolls in the office of the Secretary of War at the