Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33176, for Samuel Oakman, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
RJ
Oakman, Samuel
S 33176
CONTENTS

11.793
Massachusetts
Sam l Oakeson
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Angus of the Highland men, for the term of 7 years.
Enscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of June 1819 and Simon Putnam Salem Mass o
Arrears to 4th of March 1817 43 semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1818 218 10 31 31  $13 5 23
(Signature)
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
(Faint vertical text on the right page, likely bleed-through from the reverse side)

Saint Oakman
Revolutionary Claim -
April. 7 th A. D. 1818
before Hon. Judge Putnam.
Private
Col Angells Regiment
Rhode Island Line
1776 - 7 years
Hon. Saint Oakman
Admitted
J. Putnam Esqr.
Salus
Maj o .

I Samuel Oakman of Salem, in the County of Essex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on solemn Oath declare, that in the month of February 1776, I enlisted in a Company commanded by Capt Jeremiah Olney, in the second Rhode Island Regiment, commanded by Colonel Angel, in Genl. Washingtons Brigade, and served as a soldier, on the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution, until Peace took place - That I was in the battles on Rhode Island, Long Island, New Bank & Mud Island - also in the battles of Trenton & Princeton - That I went with General Greene to North Carolina and was with him, in the battle near Guilford Court House - That I was discharged in 1783, and had my discharge with me on a voyage at sea, when it got lost & destroyed - That by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance of my Country for support -
And I hereby relinquish every claim to a pension, heretofore allowed by the laws of the United States.
Sam t
his
Oakman
mark
Sworn to & signed before
S. Putnam J.S.J. Court
Apr. 7. 1818.

It appears by the Regimental Book, now in my possession, in which the entries of casualties and occurrences from and after the first day of January 1781 were principally made by me, That Samuel Oakman, by me recollected, served a Private Soldier from the 27 th day of November 1775, that being the day of his enlistment for the War, in the Regiment successively commanded by Colonels Israel Angell, Christopher Greene and Jeremiah Olney, in the Rhode Island Line, on the Continental Establishment, until the fifteenth day of June 1783, when he received a furlough, granted in pursuance of General Orders, which on the ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace became an absolute discharge from said Regiment; and which was accompanied by a certificate of his having had two honorary Badges conferred on him, for six years faithful service. —
Providence April 26 th 1819.
W m Dexter Maj d of said Reg t at the close of the Rev d War.

Providence May 10 1819.
Sir, In the hurry of business the preceding certificate entirely escaped my recollection. Col. Dexter's character and signature are well known at the War office, and do not require the confirmation of any an Oath. Yours &c. Samuel Eddy.
For Moriahy Esq.
The above named Samuel Eddy Esq: is Secretary of the State of Rhode Island, and lately elected a member of Congress.
The Testimony of Col. Dexter was taken on oath and forwarded by mistake to the War Department at Washington, where it now is. Honble Nath: Silsbee, M.C. made inquiry for it there.
It is not in the power of Oakman, by reason of his infirmity, poverty, and ignorance of the residence of his fellow soldiers, to obtain the testimony of any of them.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex. ss.
On this seventh day of April AD 1818, before me Samuel Putnam, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth, Personally appeared Samuel Oakman, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the annexed Declaration by him subscribed. And it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Oakman, served more than Nine months, on the Continental establishment, in the War of the Revolution, against the Common Enemy; and I hereby Certify & transmit the Testimony in the Cause to the Honorable Secretary of the War Department —
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand, and cause the seal of said Court, to be affixed, the day & year above mentioned. —
And I further certify that said Oakman is in indigent circumstances in life and is supported by alms.
S. Putnam Just S.J. Court of Mass t }

Samuel Oakman. 11793.
11793
14 June 1819
Sep 1819
Cor

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
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 Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, 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, Samuel Oakman resident in _____ in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 11,793 - 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, Samuel Oakman 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 seventh day of April - one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .”
***** “Given at the War Office of the United States, this fourteenth day * L. S. * “of June - one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .” *****
(signed) J. L. Edwards, in the absence & on behalf of the 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,
The said Oakman has no property whatever either real or personal - is about sixty six years of age - no mechanick trade, no income but his pension, has no family, and has been a Pauper, and supported by publick charity in the Alms house at Salem for seven years past, and now resides there. He is infirm, rheumatick and wholly incapable of gaining a support for himself.
He first entered the army in 1775, under one Lieut. Ashby, does not recollect whose Regiment, was marched to Prospect Hill, thence to New York, served the southern campaign under General Greene, and belonged to the army during the whole war, and was discharged at Albany at the peace. Then belonging to Col. Olney's Regiment.
S. Oakman.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Samuel Oakman 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.
S. Oakman.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Samuel Oakman took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
W m Wetmore , 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
dollars  nothing
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 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

33176 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33,176
Samuel O'Kman
Dis Rev 1818
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 306
[Arrangement of 1870.]