Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36720, for Daniel Packard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Packard, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 36720
CONTENTS

36720 Ray INVALID.
File No. 36,720
Daniel Packard
Rev Rev No
Act: 18 n March 18 n
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 382
[Arrangement of 1870.]

5744. Maine
Daniel Packard
Capt Stetson Private
Massachusetts Line MAR
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d of Jan y 1819 and sent to Albion K. Paris Esq Paris Oxford County Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 mo \frac{22}{30} = 39. 46 semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar 1819 = 48.
$87.46
{ Revolutionary claim. Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the roll under the law of the 1 May 1820. Notification sent to Thos Clark Esq 11 July 1820. Paris Maine

Daniel Packard (Broate)
July 1. 1776. Phoenix Artillery " 1777 Bradford Mass Detach 3 years ————— } " 1780. Massachusetts Mass Regt: War
April 2. 1818
W. H. ...
Daniel Packard.

I Daniel Packard of Buckfield in the County of Oxford Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby declare that in the month of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five I enlisted into the American Army at Roxbury near Boston in a Company commanded by Captain Daniel Lethrop of Bridgewater and in the Regiment commanded by Col. John D. Doolittle of Dedham in the County of Plymouth with for the term of eight months, during which term I continued in said service and after that had expired I enlisted into a Company of Artillery commanded by Captain for Major Pierce in a Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Knox for one year, during which term I continued in said service and was stationed for the greater part of the time on the Grand Battery at New York. After that term had expired I enlisted into said service into a Company commanded by Captain Isaiah Stetson of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth for the term of three years in a Regiment commanded by Col. Gamaliel Bradford of Dixbury in the County of Plymouth during which term of three years I continued in said service constantly and was at the evacuation of Trenton and at the taking of Burgoyne operating in the ranks After this had expired I again enlisted into the army under Captain Abner

Howard I said Bridgewater for the whole time  days of the war  three years and served the whole of said term  time  years , the first part of it in the Regiment, commanded by Col. John Bedloe of Milton from which I was transferred to the eighth Regiment into Capt. Thomas Hartsoughs Company under Col. Michael Jackson of Boston in whose Regiment I belonged when I received my discharge at the end of the war which was on the fifteenth day of June A.D. 1783 — which was signed by General Washington with two bldgs of merit — And I further testify that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country for support —
I Goshua Church of Sumner in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts do testify and say, that I was in the revolution- ary war at the same period that the above named David Packard served his last term above said and that said Packard served during the term of three years when he was honor- ably discharged. I further testify that said Packard by reason of his reduced circumstances in life stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
Daniel Packard
I John Fletcher of Sumner in the County of Oxford & State of Massachusetts do testify & say, that I was in the revolutionary war a part of the term in which the above named Packard has last served to my knowledge as much as two years. I further testify that said Packard by reason of his reduced circum- stances in life stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
John Fletcher
David Packard

This certifies that Daniel Packard a Soldier in the late 14 th Massachusetts Regiment had allowed to him twenty one Dollars & \frac{84}{90} of a Dollar for Cloathing, in the Settlement for the Cloathing of 1 st Reg t which I returned into the Secretaries Office at Boston
Kingston Aug t 25 th 1802
Brooker Sampson Lt. & Agent for the 14 th Mass t Reg t
We the Subscribers Electmen of the town of Buckfield in the County of Oxford and Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby certify that Mr. Daniel Packard of said town is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support —
Samuel P. Brown
Lemuel Swallow Enoch Hall
Buckfield April 13. 1848
ris

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the Seventh day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Daniel Packard the applicant named in the papers hereto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The affidavits of Joshua Churchill and John Fletcher, who served with him in the revolutionary war, made & signed in my presence; and a certificate of arrears of clothing given said applicant by Walker Thompson, Agent of the fourteenth Maine Regiment, and the certificate of Samuel T. Brown & others non-military officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relating to his circumstances in life; all which are hereto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Daniel Packard the applicant, served as a Private Soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parrie
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford ss. At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas begun and holden at Paris within and for the county of Oxford on the second Tuesday of June A.D. 1820 before the Honorable Benjamin Green & Judah Dana Judges of said Court.
On this 16th day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said county of Oxford, Daniel Packard aged seventy years, resident in Buckfield in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Isaiah Stetson (also known as Thomas) in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gann in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment. as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 7th day of April A.D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 5744 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818; 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described below, also subscribed by me.
Daniel Packard
Sworn to and declared, on the 16th day of June A.D. 1820.
BEFORE
Benjamin Green Judah Dana
Judges of said Court.
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:—
no real estate — Personal estate viz — one cow — two spring pigs — four articles of iron ware — 17 articles of earthen & brockery ware — 11 do Pewter — do — 11 do wooden ware — 2 Chests — 14 chairs — 11 knives & forks — 5 table spoons —
Daniel Packard

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Daniel Packard who by occupation am a labourer which I am not able to pursue by reason of rheumatism and the general infirmities of old age —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Elizabeth my wife 66 years  not able to support herself by reason of the asthma —  Daniel Packard   
Oxford ss. I Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford — do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 twenty two dollars and  cents  22.00
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 24 th day of June A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Thomas Clark Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county of Oxford
Daniel Packard
N o 5744
curator
22 July 1841