Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13981, for Thomas Moseley, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Moseley, Thomas
S. 13981
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CONTENTS

3471.
Massachusetts
Thomas Sposley of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a serjt P t in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded by Col Shayer in the Mass line for 3 Mos Service 57 13 D 8 R }
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 33 Dollars 09 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Dec 1832 and sent to S Leland Rosebury Mass Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 50.63 Semi-ant. allowance ending 21 Mar 33 16.52
$66.17
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk, Book D - Page 67

4673 Thomas Spofford Norfolk Co Mass
3 Mo. Supt 5 8 o 13 d. Paul
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$33.09
Re S Leland Roseburg Norfolk Co Mass

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Rosely  of Norfolk City 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? 73 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.     Jn 1779. May — 3 — Sergt Gen. Capt. Genl. Clapp.   80 July — 3 10 privt " privt - Hotten. Col. B. Thayer   96 Jan — 2 3 " not. tall  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dorchester  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence - Rolls  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. H. 1832 Examining Clerk.

Thomas Mourey 4673.
Edwin S. Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss.
On this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Roxbury in and for said County, Thomas Morley a resident of Dorchester in said County, aged seventy three , 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 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Dorchester aforesaid on the first day of June A. D. 1759, and that there is a record of his birth in the Records of Dorchester : that he was in the United States service from the eleventh day of May A. D. 1779, to the eleventh day of August A. D. 1779 as a Sergeant in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at said Dorchester
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Lemuel Clark
: that he marched from _____ to _____, from _____ to _____
: that he served at Dorchester - Hingham - Boston with none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Dorchester
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the twenty second day of July A. D. 1770, to the first day of November A. D. 1770 as a Soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Dorchester aforesaid
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Samuel Holden
& Col. Eben D. Dyer : that he marched from Dorchester to West Point from _____ to _____
where he was discharged : that he served at West Point with none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge.
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the twenty eighth day of January A. D. 1775, to the thirty first day of March A. D. 1775 as a soldier in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Dorchester aforesaid
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Hopstill Hall
Lieutenants Warner & Griggs : that he marched from _____ to _____, from _____ to _____
said Dorchester : that he served at Dorchester - in with said Dorchester with none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge.

I Samuel Withington of Dorchester testify & declare that I served in Capt. Hopes till Hall's company with Mr Thomas Mosely for the space of two months & one or two days from the twenty eighth day of January to the thirtieth or thirty first of March 1775 (as within stated)
Samuel Withington
Norfolk August 15 th 1832 Submitted & sworn to before me Sh. a Judge of I. & W.

He hereby 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. Thomas Mosley Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
We Thaddeus M. Harris, D.D. a clergyman, residing in the said Southtown
and Thomas Leeds residing in Southtown hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas Mosley who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 73 years years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier & sergeant of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid. Thaddeus Mason Harris.
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 appli- cant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Thaddeus M. Harris , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said Southtown and that Thomas Leeds who has also signed the same is a resident in said Southtown and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Thermon Leeds Judge of Probate
I Samuel Havin, Esq. of the Court of Probate aforesaid , do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Mosley , for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Havin 5

Apr. 23/63, Unit. Dist. to Charles B. Moseley, 86 State St. Boston, Mass.
Rev. Amos
13.981 INVALID.
File No. 13.981
Thomas Moseley Sergt. Gen. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: Vol. 1, Page 265
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug 6 13 1832.
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 Thomas Mosley is borne on a Roll of Capt n Lemuel Clap's company * in the public service and is therein stated to have served three months; enlisted May 11 th 1779 disch d Aug 6 11. 1779. Also on a Roll of Capt n Samuel Holden's Comp y time of service three months and ten days, from July 22 d 1780 -
Edward D. Bangs. Secretary
* The service in Capt n Lemuel Clap's Company was in the capacity of Serjeant.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

L. G. BURNHAM & CO.
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Boston, Mass., March 27th, 1895.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
Will you kindly furnish me with whatever particulars there may be on file in your department of the service in the Revolution of Thomas Moseley, of Dorchester, State of Massachusetts, whose pension paper I have dated Dec. 21st, 1832, recorded by J. H. M. Blair, Clerk in Book D, Vol. 2nd, page 67.
Respectfully,
Charles B. Moseley