Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31303, for Josiah Peirce, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Peirce, Josiah or Pierce
NUMBER
S. 31303
CONTENTS
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6398 Massachusetts
Asiah Pierce
Inclaud in the State of Mass who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Mayhew of the Regt. commanded by Col. Prescott in the Mass for 8 months 7 days
Mass
inscribed on the Roll of Mass the rate of 27- Dollars 44 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of March 1833 and sent Hon. Gov. Grenville Halse of Rep's
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1832 $41.16 semi-annual allowance ending 4 Mar '33 13.72 $54.88
not on a.B.
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. H. Addison Clerk, Book D Vol. 2a Page 75
83 Franklin

Josiah Pierce Buckland
19522
✓
8 mos 9 days
Private Admiral
Josiah Pierce
Aug. 3. 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN COUNTY ss.
ON THIS fifteenth day of August A. D. 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas of the said Commonwealth, now sitting at Greenfield within and for the said County of Franklin, Josiah Pierce a resident of Buckland in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of an 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.
according to the best of my recollection I entered the service in the revolutionary war about the 24 th April 1775. immediately on hearing of the battle at Lexington, in a company of Militia or minute men commanded by Capt. Oliver Avery in Col. Israel Williams Regiment, and marched with the company to Waltham in this State where the Regt. was ordered to rendezvous, we then marched to Cambridge; where I enlisted as a Soldier for the term of eight Months in a company commanded by Capt. Hugh Maxwell; in Col. William Prescotts Regt. in the Massachusetts line, I was in the battle of Bunker hill. The Company to which I belonged was afterwards Stationed at fort No. 1. at Sewells point in Brook line . I continued in the service the whole term for which I enlisted and was discharged the last of December of the same year. I had no written discharge & believe there were none given at that time. I then returned to near Charlemont a town in the county of Franklin where I then lived, & continued to reside in near Charlemont till about four years ago I removed to Buckland, a town adjoining Charlemont where I now reside
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. Josiah Pierce Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Attest E. Alvord Clerk
WE, residing in  believe him to be  where he resides, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we  years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood  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
I, ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Josiah Pierce for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
E. Alvord Clerk.

I hereby certify that Josiah Pierce formerly of Marlinton now resident in Buckland in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts was an enlisted soldier in a company commanded by Capt Hugh Maxwell in the Regt commanded by Col William Prescott in the Massachusetts line of the Revolutionary Army from the first day of May one thousand seven hundred and seventy five to the last day of December of the same year inclusive and was honourably discharged
Rowe June 23 rd 1832 William Taylor L ate Capt Revolutionary Army
This day Personally appeared the above signer and made oath to the truth of the above certificate before me Sylvanus Maxwell Justice of the Peace
Rowe June 23 rd 1832
Franklin ss. 12 th Nov. 1832 I hereby certify that William Taylor the signer of the above Deposition is a person with whom I am well acquainted & that he is a man of credit & veracity.
Syl v Maxwell Justice of the Peace

Capt. Gaylord's Certificate to Joseph Jones
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Franklin ss. I Elijah Alvord, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth aforesaid for the county of Franklin do certify that Sylvanus Maxwell before whom the within Affidavit purports to have been verified is a Justice of the Peace for the said county. And I believe his name to the same within subscribed is his proper signature.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hands and affix the seal of said court at Greenfield on the fifteenth day of November A. D. 1832
E. Alvord Clerk

6398 WILLIAM HIRTH LAWYER
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI,
Jan 19
190
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Pension Commission - Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir.- I am anxious to have facts as to the records of Josiah (or Jacob) Pierce, a soldier of the Revolution. He was born near Fitchburg Mass. in 1752. He removed to Jaffrey, New Hampshire & went from there to Boston in time to take part in the battle of Bunker Hill. Can you kindly tell me

WILLIAM HIRTH LAWYER
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, ..... 190.....
to what state he is accredited & what the record is concerning him. I shall be at a very great favor indeed.
Very Respectfully -
Mrs. William Hirth
Columbia Mo.

JOHN GREER HIGH SCHOOL
BYRON FRAME, PRINCIPAL
HOOPESTON, ILL.
Sept. 9 th , 1929.
Pend
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen: - Have you any record of Josiah Pierce of Worcester, Mass. having served in the American Revolution? I should like this information as I am anxious to become a member of the D. A. V. thru the Pierce line.
If you cannot be of service to me, to whom shall I write for the information?
Respectfully
Mrs. Byron Frame.

31303
INVALID.
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Feby. 4, 1905. Hist. to Mrs. M m Hirth Columbia, Mo. 1929 Nov. 8. Hist. to Mrs. Byron Frame, A.N.Y.
File No. 31,303
Josiah Pierce His Rev War
Act: June 1 st 39 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 489
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev.&1812 Wars Section. ADY
November 8, 1929.
Mrs. Byron Frame, 816 East Washington, Hoopston, Illinois.
Dear Madam:.
I advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31303, it appears that Josiah Peirce or Pierce on April 24, 1775 immediately upon hearing of the battle of Lexington, entered the service in Captain Oliver Avery's Company of Minute Men in Colonel Israel Williams' Massachusetts Regiment and marched to Cambridge where he enlisted May 1, 1775, served as private in Captain Hugh Maxwell's Company, Colonel William Prescott's Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battle of Bunker Hill and was discharged December 31, 1775.
After the Revolution he lived in Zoar and Charlemont, Massachusetts until about 1828 when he moved to Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 15, 1832 while a resident of Buckland, Massachusetts, aged eighty-one years.
There are no data as to family.
This is the history of the only soldier named Josiah Peirce found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours,
EARL D. CHURCH, Commissioner.