Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 12628, for Simeon Place, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
Red
Place, Simeon Sarah
N. 12628
CONTENTS

2205
Rhode Island
Symeon Place
of Gloucester in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the regt commanded by Col. Fitchcock in the R.I. time for 15 May 5 days
Entered on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 50 - Dollars 55 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Nov 1832 and sent S to Atwell Gloucester R.I.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $ 75.82 Semi-annual allowance ending 2 Sept 1832 25.27 $101.09
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. M c Blain Clerk, Book D. Vol. 57 Page 129.

Application L. B. { for Simson Place } pension
No 1620.
L. B. S.
1000
1000
1000

Seal of the Court.
Attest. W. W. Watson Clerk of Court of Com. Pleas County of Providence
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
COUNTY OF PROVIDENCE Ss.
On this Seventh day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, being a special Court of Common Pleas within and for said County, now in session Dimeon Place a resident of Gloucester in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island, aged 79 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, viz.
I was born in Smithfield in said County on the 16 th October 1752 - I have a record of my age at home in a family bible. I lived in Gloucester in said County when first called into service & have lived in said Gloucester ever since. I first enlisted in Capt. Nath. Blackman's Company Col. Witchcock's regiment R.I. Troops on the first day of May 1775 for eight months. We mustered in Providence R.I. & were sent to Jamaica Plain near Roxbury Mass. & joined the troops station there. There were 3 regiments of R.I. troops under the command. Genl. Greene Stationed there. Col. Witchcock, Church & Varnum commanded them. We were there when the battle of Bunker Hill was fought on the 17 th of June 1775. Afterwards we were marched to Prospect Hill, near Cambridge, Mass. & remained there until I was discharged on the last day of December 1775 having served 8 months. Genl. Washington arrived at Cambridge in July, Genl. Lee & Gates were with him. Genl. Putnam Genl. Greene Genl. Sullivan were officers at that time. Col. Israel Angell was our Lieut. Col. & Israel Angell in Major. After returning home in March 1776 I was drafted in Capt. John Celsey's Company Col. Chad Brown's regiment R.I. Militia & was stationed in Providence 15 days. In August, same year I was drafted in the same Company & stationed at Providence 20 days. In July 1777 I was drafted in the same Company & stationed at Warwick R.I. one month. In December 1777 I was drafted in the same Company & stationed at Bristol R.I. one month. In August 1778 I was drafted in the same Comp y & regiment & joined the troops under Genl. Sullivan. We marched to Rhode Island & arrived there a few days before the battle on the 29 th of August & on that day I was stationed on Goat Island & employed in entrenching & mounting 2. 12 pounders. The night after the battle we joined the troops at Butts Hill then retreated across Wanton's Ferry to Tiverton R.I. where we remained until I was dismissed - I served about one month. Genl.

Sullivan Gen d Council, Col Christopher Greene with his Black regiment were in this expedition. I served one month as an enlisted Soldier in Capt Thomas Wood, Comp y of Artillery Col Chas Brown regim t R.I. militia & was stationed at Bristol R.I. & on Rhode Island. The particular time I do not recollect. I served as a drafted Soldier in said Capt John Eldredg, Company Several other times of duty the particular periods of which I do not distinctly remember, some times at Providence under Capt Thomas Collins. It is impossible for me at this late day to state times & dates with any certainty but I have no doubt that I have served at least 3 months over & above the times before especially enumerated. I received a discharge from Witchcraft regim t . I do not remember who signed it & I have lost it. I never received any other. The testimony of such Surviving witnesses as I know of is herunto annexed. Lyve, Burlingame, Jeremiah Smith, Benjamin White, William Arnold are persons who resided in my neighborhood & who can testify as to my character for veracity & their beliefs of my services as a Soldier of the revolution

I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Testify to the mark of Simon Place W. R. Watson
Simon Place Mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest. W. R. Watson Clerk
We, David Richmond & James Bowen
residing in Said Gloucester hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Simon Place who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 79 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
David Richmond James Bowen
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. in Open Court
Attest. W. R. Watson Clerk
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 David Richmond & James Bowen who have signed the preceding certificate, resident in
Said Gloucester and that their statement is entitled to credit. & that there is no clergyman residing in the vicinity of said applicant
I, WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Simon Place for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Seventh day of August 1832
W. R. Watson

I David Kelly of Gloucester in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island do on oath do testify & say that I was a soldier in Capt North Blackman's Comp y Col. Dyer's Witchcraft Regiment R.I. Troops from the 1 st of May, 1775 to the 1 st of January 1776. I was stationed at Jamaica Plain & at Prospect Hill near Boston Mass. The particulars of which service will appear by reference to my application for a pension under the act of June 7 th 1832. I further say that I do know Simon Dyer of said Gloucester. He was a soldier with me in the same Company during the aforesaid period of 8 months. I further say that I knew him as a soldier in Capt. Thomas Wood's Comp y artillery R.I. Militia, in June 1778 he was stationed at Bristol R.I. I was then in Capt. Wager's Company.
His David T. Kelly mark
Sealed & delivered in the presence of us State of Rhode Island & Providence Co.
In Gloucester this 31 st day of July 1832 before me personally appeared David Kelly who being duly sworn on oath says that the above

deposition by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts & I do further certify that the said David Kelley is known to me, that he is a credible person & that his  their statement is entitled to credit
Attest
Isaac P. Evans Justice C. C. May

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that Lea P Evans _____ is a Judge of the court of Common Pleas aforesaid, which court is a Court of Record; that the signature to the annexed document purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of the said Evans _____ ; and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said Evans
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Providence this seventh day of August _____ in the year of our Lord 1832 -
W. R. Watson

Reported.
Rhode Island 3802
Sarah Place,
widow of
Jerimiah Place, dec d
who died on the 29 January, 1842
Providence in the State of R. Island
who was a Private in the Company commanded
by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded
by Col. Hitchcock in the R. Island
line for 15 months, 5 days.
Inscribed on the Roll of R. Island,
at the rate of 50 Dollars 55 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 1st day of March, 1834. 30th of January 1842
at his death.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Nov r
1842 and sent to James
G. Cook Esqr. Foster, R.I.
Arrears to the 14th of Sep '42 33.77
Semi-annual allowance ending 14 Nov '43 25.27
4 59.04
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not July 4, 1836, } { Section the }
Recorded by Thos. S. Wood Clerk, Book 69. Vol. 3 Page 99.

5.699. ✓
Sarah Place
R. I.
act 4 July 36.
m 73. d 42.
adm d
17th Dec 1842
$50 \frac{55}{100}
to commence on 30 th Jan y 1842 the day after her hus- bands death —
Jas G. Cooke Esq.
Foster
R. I.

State of Rhode Island } County of Providence } S.B. B.
On this Twenty Eighth day of October in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty two,
Personally appeared before me Darius Howard one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, Sarah Place a resident in the Town of Gloucester in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island, aged Ninety Years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions of the Act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, That she is the Widow of Simon Place who
That she is the Widow of Simson Place who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, that the said Simson Place obtained a pension for his revolutionary services under the Act of Congress passed June 7-1832, and received his regular semiannual payments up to the 4 th day of September 1841, and that she received the balance of pension to his death. She further declares that she was married to the said Simson Place on the twentieth day of April in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy three, That her husband the aforesaid Simson Place died on the twenty ninth day of January in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty two, and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed, that she has no documentary evidence in support of her claim, otherwise than above stated, and for the proof of the services of her said husband she refers to the evidence in the War department wherein her said husband obtained his pension, she therefore requests that the same pension which was granted to her aforesaid husband Simson Place may be continued to her — Witness James S. Cooke Sarah her Place mark

State of Rhode Island County of Providence ss. At Gloucester in said County On this 28 th day of October 1842.
Then Sarah Place within named subscribed by making her cross the foregoing declaration, and at the same time made oath to the truth of the same before me And I further certify that the said Sarah Place from old age and bodily infirmity is unable to appear in Court -
Daniel Howard Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, County of Providence
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence ss. I, John W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Providence & State aforesaid, being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that Daniel Howard Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit was made, is one of the Justices of said Court of Common Pleas; & is by law duly authorized & qualified to administer oaths & take depositions; & that his signature above written is genuine.
In attestation whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of said Court, at the City of Providence this Seventh day of November A 1842.
John W. Smith Clk

I hereby certify that Simon Place of Gloucester son of George Place and Sarah Andrews were lawfully joined together in marriage on the twentyth day of April in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & seventy three.
by me Edward Mitchell Eld. of Baptist Church
June the 5 th 1777 - recorded by R.S. Tiblek.
Town Clerks Office Gloucester October 12. 1842 I Olois W. Brown Town Clerk of said Town of Gloucester in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island do hereby certify that the above marriage certificate is a true copy from the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows - 20 th day of April A.D. 1773"
Olois W. Brown Town Clerk.
I Olois W. Brown above named, depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the County, Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Town with the exception above named as certified by me
Olois W. Brown Town Clerk.
Sworn before me
Horatio N. Cooke Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Providence Je. I certify that Horatio N. Cooke Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within & for the Town of Gloucester in the County of Providence & State aforesaid; that by law he is duly authorized & qualified to administer oaths & take depositions; & that his signature on the other side of this sheet written is genuine.
In attestation whereof I hereunto set my hand & affix the seal of our Court of Common Pleas within & for said County of Providence, being a Court of Record, this seventh day of November A D 1842.
John W. Smith Clerk

1020 Simeon Place
A. S.
No. 8
papers not properly authenticated &c
15 Mar & 5 days
a month
$50.55-
J. G. Atwell Gloucester R.I.

1620
BRIEF in the case of Simon Place  Gloucester, Prov. ly in the State of R. Island (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a court  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  How old is he? 79  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.     1 May 1775 - last day Dec 75 — 8 — Private Capt. N. Blackman - Col. Hitchcock   March 76 — — 15 " Capt. Eddy - Col. Chad. Morris   Augst 76 — — 20 " do do   July 77 — — — " do do   Sept 77 — — — " do do   Augst 78 about — — " do do   He can't recollect the date of 3 other terms of service — about 3 — " do do  
 In what battles was he engaged? 
None mentioned
 Where did he reside when he entered the service? 
Gloucester
 Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 
one living witness — Tradition —
 Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
The ribbon does not pass under the Seal, and the clerk does not certify on the paper certifying the declaration
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Ans Am
June 30, 1937
Charles R. Hale 33 Capitol Ave Hartford, Conn
Sir:
I have to advise you that the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau fail to afford any information in regard to a soldier named Simon Place.
You are herewith furnished the following data as to Simeon Place, War of the Revolution.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 12628, it appears that Simeon Place was born October 16, 1752 at Smithfield, Rhode Island.
While residing at Gloucester, Rhode Island, he served in the Rhode Island Troops, as follows-
He enlisted May 1, 1775 and served eight months in Captain Nathaniel Blackmar's Company, Colonel Daniel Hitchcock's Regiment; and from March 1776, he served at various times under Captains John Eddy, Thomas Wood, Thomas Collins, and Colonel Chad Brown, amounting to about eight months.
He was allowed pension on his application ex-

outed August 7, 1832, while a resident of Gloucester,
Rhode Island. He died January 29, 1842.
Tombstone Data only - I can't see because it was the right date of death -
A careful search of the records of this Bureau fails to show a claim for pension on file on account of the services of Joseph Mathews or Matthews, who is reported as a pensioner of Thompson, Connecticut, aged eighty-nine years, on the Census of Pensioners of 1840.
As said volume was compiled from the returns of the marshalls of the several judicial districts, under the Act for taking the sixth census, and without reference to the records of this Bureau, it is not always possible to verify the data contained therein.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
Could not find a Joseph Mathews or Matthews of Thompson Conn - nor one who died March 17-1842

R.S.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 12628
Sarah Place
Wid" of Simson Place
Brn Penn. War
Act: July 4 th  1836.
Index:—Vol. M , Page 183
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1927 June 30 Simson Place to Chas R. Hall . See letter in John Day W-18694 aut.

11. Nov 1840
Leah Place 3 Cts 4 July Mdm of Venice Providence Co R.I.
Forrest B.R. Nov. 8 th
James R. Lord Hartford R.I.
5.699.
32 Junior
E. O. Odwards Esq
Free
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
(Q. 6, 1)

South Falls Rd.
November 8 1842
J. L. Edwards Esq
Dear Sir I herewith transmit to you the papers containing the declaration of the Widow Sarah Blue and the affidavits annexed asking for a pension to be extended to her according to the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 all of which is Respectfully submitted for your Decision
Your most Obt. Servt Jas. G. Cook

I John Farrow residing in the Town of Gloucester in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island being Sixty five years of age and duly sworn according to law. do depose and say. that I was personally acquainted with Simion Place late of the said Town of Gloucester deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States in the State of Rhode Island, and am also personally acquainted with Sarah Place, the Widow of the said Simion Place, and that the aforesaid Simion Place died on the twenty ninth day of January in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty two, and that the said Sarah Place has never been married since her said husband Simion Place died, and now remains his Widow — John Farrow
State of Rhode Island } ss. At Gloucester in said County County of Providence } ss. On this 28 th day of October 1842. Personally appeared John Farrow above named before me Darius Howard one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the said County of Providence and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed — I further certify that the said John Farrow is a credible person, and is entitled to full credit as a Witness —
Darius Howard Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, County of Providence.

I Parley Bovell residing in Killingly in the County of Windham and State of Connecticut being Fifty Seven years of age and duly sworn according to law do testify and say that I was personally acquainted with Simon Place late of the Town of Gloucester in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States in the State of Rhode Island, and am also personally acquainted with Sarah Place the Widow of the said Simon Place, and that the aforesaid Simon Place died on the twenty ninth day of January in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty two, and that the said Sarah Place has never been married since her said husband Simon Place died, and now remains his Widow — Parley Bovell
State of Rhode Island } County of Providence } At Gloucester in said County, On the 28 th day of October 1842
Personally appeared before me Darius Howard one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County of Providence, Parley Bovell above named, and made oath to the truth of the above Affidavit by him subscribed. I further certify that the said Parley Bovell is a credible person, and is entitled to full credit as a Witness. Darius Howard Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. County of Providence

Add. Proof 1620
Depo of John Lowen for Simson Place
Application forwarded Aug 15 th 1832 No. 1
Certificate N o 2205
R.S. A.D. 36 - N o 3802
This was found amongst a map of old papers in Additional Proof in Room N o 103 Oct r 21 st 59
Book D

I John Cowen formerly of Gloucester in the County of Providence State of Rhode Island being duly sworn on oath do testify & say, that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War & also in the naval Service during said period for which last Service I now receive a pension in from Government under the Act of March 1818. I further say that in the year 1775 I enlisted as a Soldier in Capt Blackmans Company Col. Hitchcocks regiment R.I. troops for eight months. The regiment was first stationed at Roxbury Mass. afterwards at Prospect Hill near Boston. I further say that I well knew Simon O'Neil of said Gloucester. He was a Soldier with me in said Company & regiment from May as aforesaid until the first of January 1776 when we were both discharged. Gen l Washington Commanded our army & Gen l Nath l Greene Commanded the R.I. troops. The British had possession of Boston
John Cowen
Sworset to Sept 6 th 1832
State of Rhode Island
Providence
In Gloucester this 6 th day of September 1832 before me personally appeared John Cowen who is personally known to me & who being first duly sworn on oath says that the above deposition by him signed

State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations.
PROVIDENCE, SC.
I WILLIAM R. WATSON, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Providence in the State of Rhode-Island, do hereby certify, that
Evans
is a Judge of the court of Common Pleas afore-
said, which court is a Court of Record; that the signature to the annexed document purporting to be his, is in the proper hand writing of the said Evans ;
and that full faith and credit are due to the official attestations of the said Evans
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at Providence this tenth day of September in the year of our
Lord 1832
W. R. Watson

To THE HON. LEWIS CASS
SECRETARY OF WAR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
HUMBLY REPRESENTS
Simeon Place
of Gloster in the County of PROVIDENCE, State of RHODE ISLAND; that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War as will appear by the annexed documents. He therefore requests that a pension may be granted to him in conformity with the provisions of an Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832, entitled "an Act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain Officers and Soldiers of the Revolution"
and in duty bound will ever pray.
Simeon Place by his Atty Samuel G. Stanley
Please endorse me at Gloster R.I.
S. G. Stanley