Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33,501, for Richard Prince, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass
Prince Richard
S. 33,501
CONTENTS

Massachusetts Roll
Richard Prince
Capt Winship Private 4
Massachusetts line 1777 3 years
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Samuel Putnam, Salem, Mass.
Arrearages to 1 st Sept r 1818
4 months 24/30 $ 38. 40
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Cont'd Rev. War Pensions
Massachusetts Roll 1820 Rev. War Pensions

33 501
Ray INVALID.
File No. 33, 501
Richard Prime
Rev Mr
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 328
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Richard Prince
11 Apr
Correct
DH

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Be it remembered, That Richard Prince of Salem in the County of Essex in the Commonwealth aforesaid, doth make upon oath the following DECLARATION , to wit,
That
on the last of December 1775 or the first of January 1776, he enlisted in Captain Eleazer Winslow's Company, Col. Nixons Regiment, in the Massachusetts Line for one year, and served a private soldier in said Line until the first of January 1777, and at the request of his Officers, he served one month after his term of enlistment expired; that soon after he was discharged, he enlisted again, in the same Com- pany, for three years or during the war, - and served as a soldier, in Colonel Rufus Putnam's Regiment, Genl. Nixons Brigade, in the Massa- chusetts Line, on the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution, until peace took place, when he was honorably discharged. Unfortunately his discharge is lost.
That the Declarant is infirm; that from his reduced circumstances in life he is now in need of assistance from his country for support; and that he hereby relinquishes his claim to every pension heretofore allowed him by the laws of the United States.
Richard Prince

AFFIDAVIT.
I William Oliver of Salem in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, Laborer do on oath depose and testify,
That the whole of the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, I belonged to Captain Winship's Company, and that Richard Prince, belonged to the same Company & did a Soldier's duty from January 1776 to January 1777 & thirty days after his time was out -
And further, - I know that the said Richard Prince, did a noncom- missioned Officer's duty in the same company, for three years after his discharge in 1777 - That this deponent belonged to the same Regiment with said Prince during the War -
William Oliver

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
On this eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally appeared before me Samuel Putnam Esquire one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth -
the aforesaid Richard Prince & William Oliver and in my presence severally subscribed and made solemn oath to the aforesaid Declaration and AFFIDAVIT , by them respectively made as aforesaid:—And it appearing to my satisfaction, that the aforesaid Richard Prince served more than NINE MONTHS, to wit, from the first day of January A. D. 1776 to the first day of January A. D. 1777 at one period of the Revolutionary War, on the Continental Establishment, against the common enemy, I do hereby cer- tify the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the Court a- foresaid, at Salem , this eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
S. Putnam Just. } S. J. Court of Mass ts }
I Ichabod Tucker clerk of all the judicial courts of said State in & for the county of Essex do certify that the Hon Samuel Putnam is a judge of the Supreme Judicial Court that the above signature is his proper hand- writing & that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said court - attes: Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Richard Prince
Salem
Essex Co Mass
Sep 78
age 67 disabled labor?
Sent
Plaintiff to B. Merrill Esq!
Oct 21. 1820 Salem

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss. Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth aforesaid At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit , begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third  fifth tuesday Monday of June  October , A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. Isaac Parker SAMUEL DANA , Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE , Charles Jackson and George Thatcher Hon. STEPHEN MINOT , Samuel Putnam and Samuel D. Wilde , Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Richard Prince resident in Salem in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 633 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Richard Prince late a private "in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate "of eight dollars per month, to commence on the 11th "day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
***** "Given at the War Office of the United States, this 20. day * L. S. * "of May one thousand eight hundred and eighteen *****
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
no estate real or personal and no income
He is 67 years old. a labourer and is very infirm and lame.
He has no wife or family.
Richard Prince

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Samuel Putnam a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Richard Prince do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an 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," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Richard Prince
s. J. C. October
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June , Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Richard Prince took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
J. Putnam , Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is nothing dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this fourth day of November A. D.
Attr. Ichabod Tucker Clerk
A true