Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7495, for Andrew Munroe, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Munroe, Andrew
R. 7495
CONTENTS

Andrew Munroe Massachusetts No 63 82.
4 M rs & 24 days per Note of Service
Wathe Lord per En Salem Mass

BRIEF in the case of Andrew Munroe of Essex County in the State of Massachusetts , (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court,  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 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.     June In 17 80 6 " Private Gen. Col Timothy Biglow Reg't Capt Mours Compy Continental Establishment Massachusetts Line,    6 mos
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Woburn Mass,  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? correct 
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Chas Little Examining Clerk.

Andrew Munroe Esq r
N o 6382.
Please send reply to Benj. Merrill Salem

State of Massachusetts Essex County ss: -
On this fourteenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared Andrew Munroe Esquire, a resident at Danvers in Massachusetts, aged 68 years, in open court before the Honorable Daniel A. White Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Salem in the county aforesaid, and said Munroe 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
That in June 1780 he enlisted at Woburn in Massachusetts as a recruit in the Continental Army to serve the term of Six months and marched to Westpoint and was put in Capt Brown's Company in Col Timothy Biglow's Regiment in the Massachusetts Line on the Continental Establishment - marched thence to opposite side of river to Robinson's Farm - thence to Peekskill - to Kingsberry - Haverstraw - Orangetown - English neighborhood Plains - after Arnold turned traitor marched again to Orangetown saw the Execution of Andre - and marched back to Winter Quarters at Westpoint and was honorably discharged at end of 1780: it was 7 months from the time he enlisted before he got home: He was born in Lexington 1754: lived in Woburn in 1780 removed to Danvers about 45 years ago: had a written discharge but lost it: no record of birth he is known to Gen Foster & John W. Proctor Esq 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
Andrew Munroe
Subscribed and sworn to the day & year aforesaid before
Judge of Probate

And the said Court hereby declares its opinion that the abovenamed Andrew Munroe was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
D W W Mire Indared Probate
I Nathaniel Lord Jr Register of the Court of Pro- bate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Andrew Mun- roe for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 14th day of August A. D. 1832.
Nath. Lord Jr

Reported vide Letter 27 Apl 1833 to Mr Lord for En
7495

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7495
P. O. Andrew Munro
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Andrew Munroe 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? 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? yes, 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? no 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 shewn 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.