Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,668, for Elijah Randall, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Randall, Elijah
S. 30,668
CONTENTS

10.224,
Massachusetts
Elijah Randall
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain Turner of the ship commanded by Capt Bailey in the year one for 7 Years, 15 Days.
Capt. W. M.
75- Alpine
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 21 Dollars 99 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 rd day of March 1833 and sent to Dear Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $49.98 Semi-ant. allowance ending 2 Sept " 12.49 $62.47
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H C B Blair Clerk, Book 8, Vol. 24 Page 71,

This may certify, that it doth appear on the publick Records of the Town of Scituate, (Book 4. folio 5.) that "Elijah Randall, Son of Samuel Randall and Sarah his wife, was born December 21 st A. 1758"~
Ebenezer Bailey, Town Clerk of Scituate, (Mass.) Augt. 17 th 1832.~

Elijah Randall Map
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BRIEF in the case of  Geo. of Plymouth
Elijah Randall  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? 74  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. As a Gen.     In 1796 enlistment 3 Private Capt Turner Col. Dailly   " " 2 " Capt Atkinson   1799 " 2 15 " Capt Pierce   7 15  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none Mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hanover Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional two living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Elijah Mandle Declaration
13. 366

Plymouth County ss
State of Massachusetts
On this twenty second day of august eight- ten hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court, before the Hon William Wood Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Plymouth, now sitting at Hanover - in said County Elijah - Randall a resident of Hanover in the County of Plymouth and - State of Massachusetts, aged seventy four years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, in his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7-1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
Early in the year 1776. I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt. William Turner, whose 1st Lt was John Clapp, I think, 2nd Joseph House, and marched through Scituate, Weymouth, Braintree, Quincy, Dorchester, to Roxbury and were attached to Col. John - Bailly's Regiment and served three months as a private soldier in the war of the American Revolution, we camped in Barrackswood Col. Davis' house, were employed upon fatigue and guard duty, nothing remarkable occurred except the British fleet leaving Boston harbor while I was there.
Again in 1776, I enlisted in Capt. Joseph Hemen's company, and marched through the several towns above enumerated to Boston - and was stationed at Wheeler Point so called, and served two months, duty standing guard, other officers not recollected, nothing remarkable occurred.
In 1777, I again enlisted in a company commanded by Hayward Pierce, and marched through Hanover, Bridgewater, Taunton &c to Bristol, Rhode Island, and there served with said Pierce as a private soldier for the space of two and a half months, was then discharged by Capt. Pierce and - returned home to Scituate, which was before the Saratoga expedition as it was called.
I never received a written discharge, and have no documentary evidence, but the following persons viz. Roland Turner, William Studley, whose depositions are hereto annexed have testified to the service above described. I was born in Scituate December 21-1758, and in proof the Town clerks certificate is hereto annexed, and lived in my native town until about the 1796, since which, I have lived in the Town of Hanover adjoining; I served as a volunteer, was never drafted, nor did I ever serve as a substitute for any one.
I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or an- nuity except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Elijah Randall Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We Calvin Wolcott a clergyman residing in the Town of Hanover and Ebenezer T. Fogg residing in the Town of Scituate hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Elijah Randall - 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 that we concur in that opinion. . .
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. . . Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
Calvin Wolcott Ebenezer T. Fogg
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 applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that - Calvin Wolcott who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the Town of Hanover , and that Ebenezer T. Fogg who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Scituate and is a credible person, and that their Statement is entitled to credit. By the Court fitted
Jacob H. Lord Register
I Jacob H. Lord Clerk of the Court of Probate, in the County of Plymouth, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Elijah Randall, for a pension. . .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty second day of August A.D. 1832. . .
Jacob H. Lord

30 668 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 30,668
Elifiah Randall Dis Rev War
Act: June 1 st 39 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 333
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Roland Turner Dedication for Elijah Marshall

I William Studley of Situate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged eighty years do testify and say, that Elijah Randall of Hanover in the County of Plymouth and State aforesaid served with me one Campaign with me in the war of the American Revolution at Rhode Island in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Seven in a Company Commanded by Hayward Pierce, in Col. John Cushing's Regiment but the length of time he served I do not recollect.
William Studley
Plymouth 18 th August 1832 Then the above named William Studley made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true, before me Samuel H. Turner Just: Dean
And I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named William Studley for many years and that he is a credible person.
Attest Samuel H. Turner Just: Dean

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Samuel A. Palmer Esq is a Justice of the Peace & that I believe his name subscribed to this & the annexed certificate are true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord
William H. Sleeper Deputy Clerk Essex Mansfield

I Roland Turner of Situate in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged eighty five years do testify and say that - Elijah Randall of Hanover in the County of Plymouth and State aforesaid served with me one Campaign of three months in the war of the American Revolution at Roxbury in the year Seven hundred and Seventy six. in a company commanded by William Turner, 1 st Lt John Clapp, 2 d Joseph Hovey, in Col. John Baileys Regiment, States Militia, it being in spring of the year, as I well recollect that the British Fleet left Boston while we were there and further saith not. -
Roland Turner
Plymouth 1 st August 13-1832 then the above named Roland Turner made oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me Samuel A t Turner Just Peace
And I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Roland Turner of many years, and that he is a credible person. -
Attest Samuel A t Turner Just Peace

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of  Elijah Randall  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy 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? yy 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? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy 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? yy

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? yes 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? 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? yes 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? yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes 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? yes 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? yes
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.