Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 22439, for Francis Phelps, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Phelps, Francis
S. 22439
CONTENTS

N o 3433 Vermont
Francis Phelps
of Windham Co, in the State of Vermont who was a Corporal in the Company commanded by Captain Noyes of the Reg t commanded by Col. Wigglesworth in the Massachusetts line for 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 88 Dollars Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Dec r . 1832 and sent to J. Elliott Brattleboro' Vt.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 132.00 Pemi-anl. allowance ending 4. March 1833 44.00 $176.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Book D.
Vol. 4
Clerk
Page 79

44. Windham Francis Phelps - Dec r for Pensions August 1832.
note No 2619: Adm. Corporal 3 years $88
J. Elliot Brattleborough Vt

County of Windham ss.
STATE OF VERMONT.
Probate District of Marlborough
At the Probate Court, for said District, being a Court of Record.
On this first day of August A. D. 1832—Personally appeared in open Court, — At Brattleborough in said District, —
Present Marshall Miller , Esquire Judge.
Before the said Probate Court, within and for said District — now sitting — Francis Phelps a resident of Halifax in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, 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 provision made by the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832—That he entered into the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. Enlisted in Paiston, Mass. the 7th of Feb y 1777, under Capt. Haynes in Col. Wigginsworth's Regiment (13th Massachusetts line) for three years and served that period as a Corporal and was regularly discharged, and his discharge has been sent to and is at the War Office. He has been on the Pension List and dropped therefrom on account of his property and his old certificate is herewith transmitted — Lived in Halifax  aforesaid when his former application was made and when he was placed on the pension list.
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. To the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, he answers, upon his said oath, as follows:
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It is deemed unnecessary to answer these interrogatories, as his discharge is at the War Office.
2.
Francis Phelps
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Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Marshall Miller Lodge of Probate
We X a clergyman, residing in the town of X in said X and X who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be X 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.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
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  who has signed the preceding certificate, is a  clergyman, resident in the said town of  and that  who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of  in said county, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I James Elliot, Register of the District of Marlborough Court in the matter of the application of Francis Phelps
of the Probate Court, within and for aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this first day of August , A. D. 1832.
James Elliot, Prob. Register.

Rev. & 1812 War Section
W.S.
January 7, 1927
Mrs. Ella Houghton 224 Canal St. Brattleboro, Vt.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22439, it appears that FRANCIS PHELPS enlisted at Paxton, Massachusetts, in February, 1777, served as a corporal in Captains Aaron Haynes' and Daniel Pillsbury's Companies and Colonels Wigglesworth's and Calvin Smith's Massachusetts Regiments; he was at the surrender of Burgoyne and was in the battle of Monmouth and was discharged February 7, 1780.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 3, 1819, at which time he was a resident of Halifax, Windham County, Vermont.
In 1832 he was seventy-five years of age and was living in Marlborough, Windham County, Vermont.
There are no data on file relative to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

Camp Highlands Feb. 7 1780
Liminius Phelps Corp d 13 th Mass s Reg t has served three years from the date of his enlistment like a good & faithful Soldier & has returned in his arms & Accoutrements
Therefore S r Phelps is Discharged
The Service of David [illegible] Capt. Cont.
To Whom it may concern [Signature] B. B. Reg t

Resolutions
22 4 39 INVALID.
File No. 22, 4 89
Francis Phelps Corp Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 39
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1909 Apr. 21 Hist. Socy. H. A. Smith, V.P. M. 1927 Jan. 1. List of Mrs. Ella Houghton's W.P.A.
1928-M. Li. 1- Family data only for Mrs. C. J. Reed requested by Cong. Daniel A. Reed. Her letter returned See her letter in Reuben Hall S. 2591 aug

14.970 Vermont
Francis Phelps. of Mendon in the state of Vermont who was a Corporal in the regiment commanded by Colonel Muggleton of the Hass line, for the term of 3 Years .
Inscribed on the roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 3 of March 1819 .
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 of Sept 1819 and sent to M rs Roberts Brattleboro Vt.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 . 48.58 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 Mar 20 48 29/31/30  $96.58
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
[Handwritten signature]

Payable semi-annually. The first payment on this Certificate will be made on the 4th of March next, in
Burlington, by Hemen Allen Esq. Agent to the
Recorded

War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818,
Francis Phelps late a Corporal in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Washington Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd day of March one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United
States, this 27 th day of
September one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

14.979

Francis Phelps, Corporal, Windham Co: Verm.
3 years in col. Wigglesworth's reg. Massach'tts line.
3 d March, 1819.
No claim of this kind will be admitted, unless the Judge Advocate of War - certifies to the applicant's need circumstances.
7 Feb. 77 7 " 80 Corp. & Duty
John Roberts, Judge, Wilmingdon, Vt.
Will John P. Batham Washington C.A.

State of Vermont } on this third of March Windham County ss } In 1819 before me the Subscribers one of the Judges of the County within and for this County of Windham Personally appeared Francis Phelps aged sixty one years resident in Halifax in the County of Windham and State of Vermont who being by me first duly sworn, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions made of the late act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the revolutionary war" That he the said Francis Phelps enlisted in the month of February 1777 at Boston in Massachusetts in the company commanded by Captain Aaron Hays in the 13 th Regiment commanded by Colonel Wigglesworth in the Massachusetts line which Regt was afterwards commanded by Colonel Calvin Smith that he enlisted as aforesaid for three years that he continued to serve as a Corporal in the regiment and company aforesaid until the 7 th day of February 1780 at which time he was discharged by Daniel Pillsbury who then was Capt Command of said 13 th Regt that he was in the battle of Bunker Hill in same skirmishes at the surrender of Burgoyne that he possesses in his own right a small piece of land of about fifty seven acres of land without any buildings on the same worth about ten dollars per acre.

which is all his real estate except some leased land for which he has to pay an annual rent that he is indebted to the amount of more than five hundred dollars for both little person and property that he is in reduced circum- stances and in need of the assistance of his country for support - that he knows of no other need in of his service now in his power except his discharge here with trans- = matter
Francis Phelps
Sworn to subscribed and declared this third day of March 1819 before me
John Roberts Ass't Judge of Windham Co Court -
State of Vermont
Windham ss I hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the applicant above named did in the continental establishment in the war of the revolution for the term of three years full then transmit the testimony taken and the proceedings had thereon -
John Roberts Ass't Judge of Windham Co Vermont
State of Vermont.
Windham County Court Clerk's Office, Brattleborough, March 3 d A.D. 1819.
I certify that the Hon. John Roberts, Esquire, is one of the Assistant Judges of the County Court aforesaid, duly commissioned under the au- thority of this State, and that his name and office, as subscribed to the preceding certificate, is his own proper signature.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court James Elliot Clerk.

State of Vermont
Windsor (Woottonham September 18/89 County Vt) I certify that I am satisfied from indisputable testimony that Francis Phelps is in reduced circumstances and in need of assistance for support
John Roberts Assistant of Windsor Co. Vermont.
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Chicago Ill.
March 28th 1909
Pension Bureau. Washington D.C.
Kindly give me the Service (In American Revolution) of Private & Corporal Francis Phelps . of Windham Co. Vermont - When & where did he enter the Army - He received a Pension in Vt. - d. Dec. 16. 1833 - aged 77 - Did his widow survive - what was her name - I find one Francis Phelps - served in Mass. Is this the same man who went to Windham Co. Vermont .

and received pension there. Kindly give full Service if so,
Also the Service of one negatived Revs. Soldier - John Wilder of Windham Co Vt. also a Pensioner - Wilders full name called for from Putney, we think or near there, Thanking You sincerely -
Mrs. Mon. A. Smith. 688 North Park Ave. Chicago Ill.

224 Canal St. Brattleboro, Vt.
Bureau of Pensions Washington. D. C.
Can you tell me if FRANCIS PHELPS received a pension for service in the Rev. war. He was born at Groton, Mass. 1757 died at Halifax Vt. 5 July 1842. His widow Eleanor (Fisher) Fessenden Phelps did not die until Feb. 5, 1847 at Halifax, Vt. History states that he served 7 years-He was a resident of Groton, Mass. also in the State of New Hampshire after his Fathers premature death (I think Hollis N. H.) after the war he married his first wife and may have lived for a time at Marlboro, Vt.
Service never supposed to be given in Massachusetts.
Very truly (Mrs) Ella Houghton.

This recd of this letter in Reuben Hall S 25-91-2 Sarah Smith W 502
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 22439, it appears that Francis Phelps stated in 1832 that he was seventy-five years of age and at that time he was living in Marlborough, Windham County, Vermont. The date and place of his birth are not given.
There are no data as to family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of the above Revolutionary War pensioner, Francis Phelps, S. 22439, you should apply to the Records Section, General Accounting Office, Washington, D. C., citing all of the following data-
Francis Phelps, Certificate No. 3433, issued December 21, 1832, rate $88.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Vermont Agency.
This letter addressed to Mrs. C. Phelps requested by Cong. Daniel Root. She stated in letter to him, only family data as she had in service.
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. Francis Phelps Ser. file 22439
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Feb. 1777 Feb. 1780 Corpl Isaac Haynes Daniel Pillsbury Mugglesworth Isaac Smith Mass.  
Battles engaged in, Monmouth. Surrender of Burgoyne Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enlisted at Pardon Mass. Date of application for pension, Feb. 3 1819. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Halifax, Windham Co. Vt. Age at date of application, 61 yrs. Date of death not stated. Remarks: No family data.