Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7496, for Shubael Munroe, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. R.I. 2
Munroe, Shubael
R. 7496
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33833
Shubael Munroe
7496
Accts of Laws Sep 11 31
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REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this twelfth - day of August - 1836, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate
now sitting at Scituate within and for said County of Plymouth, Shubael Munroe a resident of Hanover - in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy five 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. He hereby relinquish- es 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
In AD 1777 He enlisted as a private in Captain Amos Dummer Company in Col. Boston Regiment and served not less than two Months the Company was stationed at Riverdale about one Mile from Harland Ferry in Rhode Island Consider Harland as a private in said Company during all said Munroe term of service and is now living in Scituate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts. In AD 1777 He enlisted as a private in Captain John Dummer Company in Col. Brooks Regiment and served five Months from November first to April first AD 1778 when he was discharged he recollects the day of his discharge perfectly well it being his Birth- day during this enlistment he was stationed at Cam- -bridge near Boston to guard Burgoyne's Troops Isaiah Dummer of Hanover in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts now living was a private in said Company during said term. Said Munroe was born in Hanover the record of his Birth is in the Town records of that Town he lived in Hanover when he enlisted in both instances above mentioned

He has usually resided recorded in the an over with a few occasional and temporary absences. He had no written discharge nor has he any documentary evidence to prove his services other than what is herewith annexed. The reason of his not making application for a Pension before is that he always understood until recently that no term of service short of nine Months would entitle him to receive a Pension. He refers to the Settlement of Hanover and to Robert Bell Esq. Postmaster of that Town for further information as to his Character and the reputation of his services.
Shoeburyc 21 st Dec r 1870 1
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Attest Jacob H. Lord
Registrar of Probate

We, Abel G. Duncan a clergyman, residing in the town of Hanover — and Turner Stetson residing in the Town of Hanover aforesaid — hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Shubael Munroe — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Abel G. Duncan
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Turner Stetson Attest Jacob H. Lord Reg. Probate
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Abel G. Duncan who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Hanover and that Turner Stetson who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Wilkes Wood J. Probate
I, Jacob H. Lord Register 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 Shubael Munroe for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office, this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty six .
Jacob H. Lord Register

✓ Shubal Monroe Map.

Shubaal Monroe son of Shubaal Monroe & Mary his wife born according to the town records in Hanover April 1 st 1761
The above is a true copy from the town records of Births in Hanover Plymouth County Massachusetts
Dated at Hanover Augt 25 th 1836
Attest Albert White } Town Clerk of said Hanover
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss. August 25 th 1836
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for said County the above named Albert White and made Oath that the above Certificate by him subscribed is true and that he believes it to be the record of the birth of Shubaal Monroe now living in said reported to have been a soldier of the Revolution. I hereby certify that said Albert White is Town Clerk of Hanover and a person of good reputation for truth
David Oldham Justice Peace

I Consider Harold of Scituate in the County of Plymouth and state of Massachusetts a Revolutionary Pensioner aged Seventy five years testify and say that in the year Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Seven I was stationed at Drierton about one Mile from Harold's Ferry so called in the State of Rhode Island as a private in Captain Amos Farnum's Company of Hanover in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts and in Captain Boston's Regiment of Rhode Island and I served at said Station the term of two Months and Shubael Munroe of Hanover in the County of Plymouth and state of Massachusetts served in the same Company with me as a private the term of two Months aforesaid when said Company was discharged said Company was stationed at Drierton aforesaid for the purpose of guarding said place from the invasion of the British
Consider Howland
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss June 30 th 1836 Then the above named Consider Howland personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the County of said and made solemn oath that the deposition above made and subscribed by him is true I further certify that said Howland is well known to me as a man of good reputation for truth David Oldham Justice Peace

I Isaiah Keen of Hanson in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts a Revolutionary Pensioner aged seventy five years testify and say that in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy seven I served as a private in Capt. John Sumner's Company in Col. Brooks Regiment from November first to April first in the year Seventeen hundred & Seventy eight making five months when I was discharged and Shubael Munroe of Hancaster in the County & State aforesaid served in the same Company with me as a private the term of five Months aforesaid said Company was stationed at Cambridge near Boston to guard Burgoyne's Troops
Isaiah Keen
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss August 27 th 1836 Then the above named Isaiah Keen personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid and made solemn Oath that the disposition above made and subscribed by him is true, I further certify that said Keen is well known to me as a man of good reputation for truth
David Oldham Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that David Oldham Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that the signatures purporting to be his to the three foregoing certificates of Attestation are his true & genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my Hand & the Seal of the Probate Court for said County this thirtieth day of August in the Year One thousand eight hundred & thirty six.
Jacob H. Lord

Oct 8
Ms. A. 1. 1 Shubael Munroe
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions City of Washington D.C.
Report
Ms. A. 1. 1
from Gen. [illegible]
Vol. 1. No. 1. June 1840
Smithsonian Institution

Plymouth Mass y October 1. 1836
Dear Sir
The letter of Geo. W. Crump Esq. addressed to Willis Wood & dated Sept 14. 1836 should have been addressed to me & all communications in relation to Shubael Munroe's application for a pension may be ad- dressed to me hereafter.
As to the subject matter of that letter now before me, the suggestion of Mr. Crump is unintelligible in his reference to the Secy of State of Rhode Island.
Shubael Munroe in his declaration claims for two periods of service
1 st as a private in Capt Amos Turner Company in Col Barton's Reg t 2 months at Tiverton R. I. in 1777. See Vol 6 p 109 Map 114 Vol 3 p 202
2 d . As a private in Capt John Turner Company in Col. Brooks Regiment 5 months from Nov 1777 to April 1778 at Cambridge Mass y near Boston. See Vol 23 p 156. (name not a roll - the term was from Nov 1777 to April 1778)
Mr. Crump says "If Capt John Turner served as alleged in 1777 & 1778 some evidence may be found on the records of the State of Rhode Island. The Secy of State should be applied

to for a Certificate.
Now John Turner was a Massachusetts man himself - the service under John Turner was in Massachusetts at Cambridge near Boston. What or how the records of Rhode Island can contain any thing about this service I am at a loss to conceive. Supposing this reference must have been a mistake I have concluded to ask an explanation. A reference to the List of State of Massachusetts would be of no avail since the military papers are removed to Washington
Very respectfully
Your obb. St.
J. H. Lord

Shubael Munroe
Massachusetts, report to Hon. J. Q. Adams.
The claimant says that he does not know what is wanted in his case. He cannot understand the letter written in the case. He told under Capt. John Turner, he says.
Rejected. let GH Lord Feb 13. 1837

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Shubael Monroe Massachusetts
Act 1832 Right
Papers
J.P.M.

Massachusetts
Shubael Munroe
Suspended rejected
See letter to
Wilkes Wood, Esq.
Hanover, Mass
Repealed. did not seem 6
ms. lib. H. Lond. p. 13. 1837
do. to Hon. J. 2. Adams H. Mass.
1837
Act. 7. June 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
7496 P. O. Shubael Munro
Service: _____
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.