Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,867, for Joseph Rawlings, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Rawlings Joseph. Rawlins Rowlings.
S. 36.867
CONTENTS

17,259R
Memor.
Joseph Rawlings of Wiscasset in the state of Maine , who was a Sergeant in the regiment commanded by Colonel Glover of the Mass  ———— line, for the term of one year  ———— .
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine  ———— at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9th of May 1818 ————
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 of May 1820 and sent to Josiah Stebbins Esq Auburn, Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1820 — 176-25 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep 1820 " 48-
22 m. 8 1/20
$ 224-25
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Stearns
Joseph Rawlings of Wiscasset, Maine Sergeant of the Maine Line for the term of one year commencing on the 9th of May 1818

105 Joseph Rawlins
Brigade
17.259
Sept 1820
C
Nathan Clarke Junr
Wiscapet
July 22. 1820
Clarke

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER , Judges of said Court.
ON this eleventh day of July in the year 1820, personally appeared in open court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Joseph Rawlins aged Sixty five years, resident in Wiscasset in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. Bonds in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Glover in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the fourth day of May A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 17.259 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day 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 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 and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, 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, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Joseph Rawlins
Sworn to and declared, on the 11 th day of July A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Josiah Stebbins
{ One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate - none. Personal estate. One house. 4 sheep, 4 lambs, a few articles of necessary household furniture. I owe not less than one hundred dollars. I have nothing due me that can be collected. I have no other income but my pension & rely upon that for support.
Joseph Rawlins
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joseph Rawlins who, by occupation am a Farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of age & infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Patty my wife 61. unable from infirmity to do any kind of work and for three years past nearly helpless   Elephalet son 28 an idiot from his birth.   Pamela grandchild 19 common capacity   Attest Nat. Coffin Clerk Joseph Rawlins  
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Nothing — dollars and
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Nat Coffin { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Joseph Rawlings.
Mass line —
(H o Glovers Regmt
1776 — 1777-1781
Proof of service wanted. The testimo- ny of 2 disinterested credible witnesses. for the Certificate of an officer of the reg t auth- enticating & authenticating
Admitted
30. May 1820

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that Joseph Rawlings , a citizen of the United States, now resident in Wiscasset , in the said County of Lincoln , in the District of Maine, on the fourth day of May , A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed March 18, A. D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed, this fourth day of May , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, ss.
I THE Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS , Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand:—Dated at Wiscasset, in said County of Lincoln, this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
For Clerk, certificate see Case of James Robinson

I Joseph Robbins  Rawlings , ofiscapet in the County of Lincoln and District of Maine, aged sixty three years, a resident citizen of the United States, desiring to obtain the provision made by the law 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," and to be placed on the pension list for the District of Maine, do on oath testify and declare: That about the first of May, in the year 1775, at Nobleborough in said District, I enlisted as a private soldier for eight months, in the company of Capt. Bowne, in Col. Bond's regiment, in the Massachusetts troops or line, on the continental establishment, in the war of the revolution, and faithfully served out the said term, at the close of which I re- turned my gun and cartridge box, as is certi- fied under the Colonel's hand. About the end of January, 1776, at Cambridge in Massachusetts I enlisted as a sergeant for a year in Capt. Matthew Bond's company, Col. Glon's regiment, in the same service, and on the same —————

Soon after I received enlisting orders, recruited eight or nine men, in Bradford and vicinity in Massachusetts, and at Beverly in Massachusetts joined the company of Capt. Nathaniel Bond in Col. Glover's regiment in the same line on the same establishment and served out a year as a serjeant in the same company. on the third of January 1777 When I received an honorable discharge, which, with the certificate aforesaid, is hereto annexed. I was in the battle of Bennington under General Stark, in which I received two musket balls through my thigh, which is callous from the wound, and has given me great inconvenience though I have never received a pension. I was also at the capture of Burgoyne as a volunteer, though lame. I am, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from my country for support. Joseph Norbridge.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lincoln ss. On the fourth day of May A.D. 1818, before me Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Second East-

tern Circuit, personally appeared Joseph Rawlings aforesaid, and made oath to the truth of the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed.
Josiah Stebbins.

May 4.
Alma, Me. Feb. 9. 1820. I return the case of Joseph Rawlings (the name being spelled Rollins & Rollings in the different papers herewith, but referring to the same family-name, and person.) The distance of the witnesses, Rawlings's ignorance of their residence, & his extreme indigence have till this time prevented his obtaining their evidence. It is earnestly hoped that this case may be made payable in March next. The honory of the application renders this very desirable.
Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C. P. 2 d . E. Cincin.

I, John Low of Beverly in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath testify and declare that on or about the first of May A D 1776 I enlisted as a Seargeant in Capt Bonell's Company of foot in the 11 th Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Colonel Glover; that I served in said Company from the time of my enlistment until the first of January A D 1777. soon after the capture of the Hessians at the Battle of Trenton, which occurred on Christmas day of the year of 1776. that at the time of my enlistment as seargeant aforesaid, I was the last seargeant to make up the compliment for our company - Joseph Rollins now of Wiscasset, then of Bradford in said State of Massachusetts was an acting seargeant in our company, when I enlisted; was at the capture of the Hessians and served with me until we were all discharged honorably, on the first January. A D 1777. -
John Low
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Beverly January 31 st 1820 Then the above named Deacon John Low, one of the persons of the said town of Beverly, and personally known to me as a credible and disinterested witness, personally came, subscribed and made oath to the truth of the facts by him stated in the above affidavit.
Before me, Not Stephen J. Just. Pacis.

I John Greenough of Bradford in the County of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby testify and declare that Joseph Mollins, Then of Said Bradford, Enlisted with me for Twelve months, in the Continental Service in 1776-7 under Capt Bond in Col n Glovers Regiment, that he did duty as a Sergeant, in 1 st Company that in March when I did and was discharged when I was discharged and he gave the Information and by the same Service I obtained a certificate to draw my pension.
Bradford. Aug 6 1819 Attest Silas Handy W m Greenough
John Greenough
Essex ss Aug. 6 1819 Then the Above named John Greenough made Oath to the above certificate before me,
William Greenough Justice Peace

I William Greenough do say that the within named John Greenough, is an aged man, but his oath or declaration may be relied on and I have good reason to believe the within affidavit is true. I know Joseph Mottins myself he lived in this town when I was about 11 years old he was among the soldiers but when he started or how long he was gone I cannot say
William Greenough
W. Greenough W. Greenough

I, William R. Lee, of Salem in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, Esquire, on oath declare and testify, that I was a Major in the Fourteenth Regiment of Foot in the Massachusetts Line, commanded by Colonel John Glover, during the whole of the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, and that, to the best of my recollection and belief, Joseph Rollins, now of Wiscasset in the District of Maine, enlisted into said Regiment, some time in the month of March seventeen hundred and seventy six, and continued to serve therein without interruption until the first day of January seventeen hundred and seventy seven, and that said Regiment was during the whole of said time serving on the Continental establishment, in the war of the Revolution.
Wm R Lee
Essex ss. January 31. 1820 - Then William R. Lee, Collector of the Port of Salem, and personally known to me as a credible and disinterested witness, personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed, before me -
Theodore Eames Justice of the Peace
[Handwritten signature of Theodore Eames]

Essex ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
To all people to whom these presents shall come I, Ichabod Fuller, clerk of the Supreme Judi- cial Court of said Commonwealth, within and for the County of Essex, do certify, that Theodore Eames Esq., Thomas Stephens Jr. Esq. and William Greenough Esq. are each of them Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Essex, that I am well acquainted with their several hand writing, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, their several signatures to the certificates hereto annexed, are their proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Salem, in said County of Essex this first day of February Anno Domini 1820.
Ichabod Fuller, Clerk.

36 867 Rev INVALID.
File No. 86,867
Joseph Rawlings Clerg Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 884
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sept 24 '96 Board of Directors at B. Solomon RSP Office Washington IWA (See I 28655)

General Sergeant Robert Woodson to pass to New England Newton Jan 8 th 1862. Nathl Bond Esq.

Prospect Camp. Jan y 2 d 1776. — Joseph Rolings has Returned a gun valued at 48/ Blankridge Box 4/ — which he drew out of the Colony Store — Said Rolings belonged to Capt. Bowne's Company —
Wm Bond Cdt