Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 11372, for Samuel Shepard, New Hampshire

SERVICE
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N.H.
Shepard, Samuel
S. 111372
Carded
CONTENTS

21058 New Hampshire
Daniel Shepard of Milford in the State of New Hampshire who was a Sergeant in the Company commanded by Captain Clements of the 1st Regiment by Colonel Gileman in the New Hampshire line for 6 months
Dec 29 Jan 11 1835 (a. B)
Inserted on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of $X - Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1834,
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Aug 1833 and Lieut General Parker Amherst New Hampshire
Arrears to the 14th of March 1833 $60 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 15 00 $75 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. Woodson Clerk, Book E Vol. 1st Page 118

Samuel Shiphard N. Hampshire
Sept 6 weeks
13 06
May 1 / 1832
P 367
22 / 33
E. Parker Amherst. A.H.

BRIEF in the case of  Samuel Shepard  60 of Hillsborough in the State of N.H.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 83. 
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, As a Gen.     March In 1796 enlisted 4 9 2 Sergeant Capt Clements Col. Gilman,   a Roll man  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Amherst,  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional  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.
George Ayres
Examining Clerk.

Samuel Shepard.
22133
Please send to Chas. Parker Amherst, Mass.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Hillsborough, ss. At a Court of Probate held at Amherst
within and for said County, on the 15 th day of October Anno Domini, 1832, Before EDMUND PARKER, Esq. Judge of Probate. Personally appears Samuel Shepard , before the said judge judge - Samuel Shepard
of Amherst in said county, aged eighty three years, who by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to appear in open court and Who being 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 7th, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say, that in the fore part of the month of March in the year 1776 at Amherst aforesaid he enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. Timothy Clements in Col. Nathaniel Gilman's Regiment of New Hampshire militia, or State troops, to serve for nine months as Second Sergeant. — Fifield was Lieut. of the company, and Ebenezer Perry Ensign — The company marched to Portsmouth, and was stationed at Newcastle Island for the defence of Portsmouth. Though enlisted for nine months the company were dismissed sooner, but he does not remember the time, but it in the fall, and he is confident he served more than six months.
He was born in that part of Amherst which is now Milford, and lived there until 1777 when he came to live in that part of Amherst where he has ever since lived.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
At the time  time aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were pro- posed Samuel Shepard and the following answers given, on oath, to wit
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in that part of Anherst which is now Milford in the year 1749
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have no record of my age, that I know of.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I lived in Anherst, in that part which is now Milford when I enlisted, and came to live in this part of Anherst in 1777 where I have since lived.
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, I enlisted
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 service?
Answer, I have stated the company officers and the Colonel in my declaration - Benjamin Mooney Major - Adjutant M c Cluer -
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer, I never received a written discharge -
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?
Answer, Rev. Silas Hiken. Jacob Sanpeth. John Maish. Joseph Fletcher. Charles H. Atherton. Benjamin - David W g Means Esq. - Benjamin Parker. Judge of Probate
Attest,
Register and Clerk.

He 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,
Samuel Shepard
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Belmond Parker Judge of Probate
We Silas Siken a Clergyman residing in the town of Amherst in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Nathan Kendall residing in Amherst aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Shepard who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 83 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Silas Siken Nathan Kendall
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
January 1. 1833. —
Belmond Parker. Judge of Probate —
And the said Judge do hereby declare his opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Judge further certifies that it appears to him , that Rev. Silas Siken who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Amherst — and that Nathan Kendall Esq. who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Amherst — and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the said Judge further certifies that the said Samuel Shepard by reason of bodily infirmity is unable to attend in open Court.
Belmond Parker
Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register and Clerk 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 Samuel Shepard for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of Probate for said county, at Amherst in said county, this first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two  three .
C. H. Atherton
Register and Clerk of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

I Zephaniah Kittredge of Manchester in the County of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged seventy five years, being sworn, testify and say, that about the first of March 1776 at said Manchester I enlisted in Capt. Timothy Clements Company in Col. Nathaniel Gilman's Regiment of New Hampshire State Troops, to serve nine months as stated in my declaration to obtain a Pension. I was well acquainted with Samuel Shepard then and now of Manchester. I understood that said Shepard was to go as Lieutenant of said Company, and this made me more anxious to go. On account of some difficulty said Shepard did not receive the appointment, though he had enlisted, I think, seventeen men. He served as Sergeant . We marched to Portsmouth and to New Castle Island where I served until the last of June, when I went with the troops to Ticonderoga. Said Shepard served in said Company while I was in it, and I left him in the service when I marched to the West. Zephaniah Kittredge
State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ss. On this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared Zephaniah Kittredge above named and signed the foregoing affidavit, and made oath in due form of law that the same is true.
Before me Edmund Parker, Justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above named Zephaniah Kittredge is a credible person and his statement entitled to full credit - Edmund Parker, Justice of the Peace -

I Nathan Fendall of Antrim in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire aged seventy seven years, being sworn, testify and say, that some time in the month of June 1776, but the day of the month I cannot remember, I was sent for to go to Portsmouth to take the place of William Barker as piper in capt. Timothy Clements company of New Hampshire militia in Col. Nathaniel Gilmans Regiment. I was well acquainted with said Barker, who was of the same town of Antrim. I was also well acquainted with Samuel Shepard of the same Antrim, who, I knew, had enlisted in the same company. I went to Portsmouth, and took said Barkers place, as piper. He was sick, and I continued in said company, until it was dismissed in the fall, but the exact time I cannot remember. I found said Shepard in the company doing the duty of a sergeant, and he remained in said company while I was in it, and when I was in it I was in it three months or more, according to the best of my recollection. Nathan Fendall
State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ss. On this fourth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, personally appeared the above named Nathan Fendall and signed the affidavit aforesaid, & made oath in due form of law that the same is true. Before me Colman Parker, justice of the Peace.
I certify that the above named Nathan Fendall is a credible person and his statement entitled to credit - Colman Parker, justice of the Peace -

I Andrew Wallace, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, certify that Edmund Parker is a Justice of the Peace for said County as before mentioned, and that the foregoing signatures, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of Office, and subscribed my name, this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord 1833.
A. Wallace Clerk

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File No. 11372
Sammel Sheppard Sergt New York
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 359
[Arrangement of 1870.]

22133
Samuel Shepard
E Parker Esq. Muhert N H

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Shepard which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
QUERE XVI.  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 paper 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
Some direct proof of the claimants service is absolutely necessary