Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45079, for David Place, New Hampshire

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental N.H.
Place, David
S 45079
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7730
New Hampshire Roll
David Place
of Rochester in the state of N. Hampshire who was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jas Read of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Eleven Months
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of March 1819 and sent to Richard Daine Esq r Dover N. H.
Arrears to 4th of March 1819 10m \frac{27}{30} 220:58
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th Sept. 1819 120
$ 340:58
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }

Capt: David Place No 15

State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss
On this fourth day of April 1818 before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the court of common pleas for the county of Strafford in the first district in the state of New Hampshire personally appears David Clapp aged Seventy eight years resident in the town of Rochester in the county of Strafford and state of New Hampshire aforesaid, who being by me first duly affirmed according to law doth on his solemn affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, intitled, "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 David Clapp received a Captain's Commission from the Congress of the United States dated January first 1776. and enlisted a company at Winterhill near Boston in the state of Massachusetts where he had for several months commanded a company of Militia in the service of his country. That he marched his company last enlisted from Boston to Montreal in May June & 1776 in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Read. That they retreated back to Ticonderoga &c and continued in said command until the first of December 1776 when he left the service by the consent of the General Officer at Albany. being unwell and unable to perform his duty as a Captain any longer. he further affirms that in May 1776 he lost his pocketbook containing his commission & $15. in cash and other papers, which he never recovered. but on application to General Schuyler he received another which is herewith forwarded. And that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support.
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Richard Dame Judge &c as aforesaid do certify that it appear to my satisfaction that the said David Place did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the common enemy. and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforesaid act of Congress. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the aforesaid David Place. and have known him upwards of forty years, that he early embarked in the cause of his country in the Spring of 1775. and continued to command a company until disabled by bad health he resigned and returned to his family in December 1776. that for eleven years past he has laboured under the affliction of the Numb-palsy. being unable to attend to any business. in which time his interest is wasted and he reduced to want the necessaries of life, and needs the assistance of his country for support.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said court to be affixed to the same this 16 th day of July. A.D. 1818.
Rich d Dame
Attest Dan Waldron Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Stafford

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Feb. 18, 1925.
Russell P. Place, Rooms 607-610, Shawmut Bank Building, 82 Devonshire St. Boston, Mass.
Sir:
I have to advise you, that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 45075 9 , it appears that David Place after commanding a company of militia for several months ( no details of this service given) was commissioned January 1, 1778, Captain of a company of foot, in Colonel James Reed's Second Continental Regiment from New Hampshire and so continued until December 1, 1778, when being unwell, ( nature of disability not stated ) he left the service by consent of the general officer at Albany and returned to his family. Names and relationships of said family are not on record.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 4, 1818, while living at Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire, aged seventy-eight years.

The dates and places of his birth and death are not on record.
For the date of last payment of pension of his pension, name of person paid and date of death of said soldier, you should apply to the Pension Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E. St. N. W., Washington, D. C. citing all of the following data: David Place, Certificate 7730, issued March 17, 1819, rate $30 per month, commencing April 4, 1818, Act of March 18, 1818, New Hampshire Agency.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

DATE Dorr Foxcroft Maine Dec 15. 1922
Dearest of Pensions.
Please give me any information you may have of David Place, who was a Capt of minute men in the Revolutionary War, perhaps from New Hampshire.
and any you may have of Barnabas Palmer French & Indian War who served at the second siege of Louisburg 1748 I think, was one of Gen. Popham's aids, was wounded by a

Splinter from a cannon ball. and give a tract of land in New Hampshire but can't locate it. and information will be appreciated.
Very truly.
Mrs. Duran P. Hutchinson
Foxcroft.
Maine.

1923 Jan. 9 Hist. to Mrs. Susan P. Hutchinson, and. 1925 Feb. 18. Hist. to H. P. Place - aw.
45079 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 45079
David Place
Captain Rev Thos
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: — Vol. 3 , Page 395
[Arrangement of 1870.]

RUSSELL P. PLACE
COUNSELLOR AT LAW
TELEPHONE CONGRESS 0676
ROOMS 607-610 SHAWMUT BANK BUILDING, BOSTON 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET
February 13, 1925.
Hon. Washington Gardner, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: -
Will you kindly send me at your earliest convenience a transcript of the military record of David Place, at one time a captain of infantry in Colonel James Reed's Second Continental Regiment. He lived in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire.
I am seeking this information relative to applying for membership in the Society of the Cincinnati.
Thanking you for your courtesy, I am,
Yours very truly,
Russell P. Place

I John Waldron of Dover in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire do affirm and say that I was well acquainted with Captain David Clapp of Rochester in said County that he commanded a company in the Second New Hampshire Regiment commanded by Colonel James Reed; That he was several months in the service of his country in the Militia and afterwards enlisted I think the last of December 1775 or first of January 1776 for one year as Captain in the Regiment aforesaid. in the year 1776. that he continued in said command nearly or quite one year, the time of his enlistment. and have no doubt that he was honourably released from the service. John Waldron
State of New Hampshire.
Strafford ss. April 6 th 1818
Then personally appeared John Waldron above named and made solemn affirmation that the above Affidavit Affidavit by him subscribed is true before me Rich d Dain Advocate Justice of Court of Common Pleas for said County
Accompanying N o . 15.

I further state that John Waldron within named is a credible witness & entitled to full credit.
Richd. D. D. Judge as aforesaid
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Jan. 15. 18

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the UNITED COLONIES of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, to David Hales Esquire
Fort George May 16 th 1776 It having been represented unto me that Col: David Hales had lost a pocket book containing his Commission and has not been able to recover the same, and that his Commission as Captain was dated on the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and sixty six, I have therefore inserted his Name in this Commission and he is to rank from his former Commission of the above mentioned date Th: Schuyler In general
WE reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct and Fidelity, DO by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a Captain of foot in the regiment commanded by Colonel James Read
in the Army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile Invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of Captain by doing and performing all Manner of Things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under your Command, to be obedient to your Orders as Captain . And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that Purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the Time being of the Army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue in Force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
By Order of the Congress
John Hancock
PRESIDENT.
Asst. Chas. Thomson

No 15
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I Stephen Dustin of Salem in the county of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire do solemnly depose and say that I enlisted at Cambridge in state of Massachusetts in the revolutionary war on first day of January 1776 in the company commanded by Captain David Place in the second New Hampshire Regiment on the continental establishment commanded by Colonel James Reed. and served in said company under the command of said David Place until the first of December 1776. and do know that he the said David Place commanded said company from the first day of January 1776 to the first of December 1776. when he being unwell was discharged at Albany in the state of New York having been to Montreal, Fredericton &c said Captain Place is an inhabitant of Rochester in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire. and I have collected the date of my enlistment from the muster roll of said company dated April 28 th 1776 now in said Place's possession. He the said Place is very Old and superannuated. and appears to have but an imperfect recollection of past transactions. Stephen Dustin Rochester May 16 th 1818.
State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss
The 16 th day of May 1818 Then personally appeared before me Stephen Dustin above named and made solemn affirmation that the above deposition or affidavit by him subscribed is just and true. before me Rich d Dame judge of the Court of common pleas for the county of Strafford first District in New Hampshire
I further certify that Stephen Dustin the above deponent is a man of truth and veracity Rich d Dame judge etc