Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,293, for Moses Parkhurst, Massachusetts

SERVICE
Mass.
Parkhurst, Moses
NUMBER
S. 38293 B.L. Wt. 140-100
CONTENTS
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Notification sent to David C. Wolles Esq 25 Oct 1820 Windham Cont.
5392 Connecticut
Moses Parkhurst private Capt Daniel
Massachusetts line in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Connecticut at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 of January 1819 and sent to John Clarke Esq Windham Conn.
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1818 $ 37.86 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 March 1819 48.
$ 85.86
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued, War
Thompson

To Jabez Clark Esq. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Windham in the District of Connecticut the Petition of Moses Parkhurst of Thompson in said Wind- ham and District of Connecticut sheweth that he Enlisted in the Year 1779 - in Capt Japheth Daniels Company in the Sixth Massachusetts Reg- iment commanded by Col. Nixon for the term of nine Months - and before the expiration of said Time I Enlisted to serve during the War. in Capt John Holden, Company Company Company in the same regiment on the Continental Establishment and joined the said Company in March 1780 and served faithfully in said Regiment during the continuance of the War with Great Britain I was honorably discharged in the month of July 1783 - at New Windsor and had a Written discharge signed by General Washington Which said discharge was was by your Petitioner delivered to Fisher Esq. and to obtain the Bounty land, to which your Petitioner was enti- tled and has never since been paid by you Moses Parkhurst Petitioner -

State of Connecticut - County of Windham ss. Thompson April 13 th 1818 Then personally came before me Iabez Clark Esq Judge of said County in the District of Con- necticut Moses Parkhurst the person the foregoing petition and in my presence subscribed the following affidavit and made oath to the same viz. "I Moses Parkhurst of the town of Thompson I resident therein in the County of Windham & District of Connecti- cut Do Swear - That in the month of July 1779. I En listed into the 6 th Mass a- chusett Regiment commanded by Col. Mica- iah the Company commanded by Capt. Japheth Daniels for the term of nine months and before the expiration of said term I En listed into the company now commanded by Capt. John Holden in the same Regiment to serve during in the name of the United States in the Massachusetts line the War in the Continental establishment and joined the said Company and Regiment in the month of March 1780 and faithfully served therein against the common Enemy and During the continuance of the War with Great Britain and was honorably discharged in the month of July 1783

at or near New Windsor and Received a written discharge which was signed by General Washington - which said discharge was afterwards delivered over to obtain the said State Bounty Lands and never since been in my possession and I know not that it is in existence and that I am poor and by reason of my reduced cir- cumstances in life I stand in need of the assistance of my country for support the Moses Parkhurst Sworn April 13. 1818 - Before me Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham
I Joseph Watson of Thompson in Windham County Do swear that Moses Parkhurst the person of in the above Affidavit - Resides in the neighborhood of your respondent and hath no visible prop- erty to the amount of Twenty Dollars and is considered a poor man  and has for the support of his family by his daily Labour
Joseph Watson
Sworn April 13. A.D. 1818
Before me Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham
In Testimony of the matters aforesaid I have caused the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas, for Windham County to be hereunto Affixed Attest Jabez Clarke Judge of the Court

Union Depot New
I Jabez Clarke Judge of the County Common Pleas within & for the County of Windham in the State of Connecticut Do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Moses Parkhurst did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration & affidavit against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings & testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the provisions of the above mentioned Act of Congress.
Attest Jabez Clarke J. Samuel Gray Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Windham & State of Connecticut. Do certify that Jabez Clarke Esq. a Judge of said Court, that the foregoing Signatures are his own hands, and that the Seal Annexed is the Seal of said Court. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name In Windham this 6 Day of May A.D. 1812 Sam Gray
Moses Parkhurst admitted to be correct
I Jabez Clarke Do now further certify, that I am fully satisfied that Moses Parkhurst, the applicant is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support.
And I do certify that I am acquainted with George Larned and Simon Davis Esqrs. the Deponants in this case, and that full Faith and credit ought to be given to their Testimony Windham Oct. 10 th 1813
Attest Jabez Clarke
[Faded signature]

Moses Parkhurst.
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5.392
March 10/19
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District of Connecticut, ss.
At a Court of Common Pleas, holden at Brooklyn — within and for the County of Windham, in said district—
ON this Sixteenth day of August A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record for the County aforesaid, [Having the power of fine and imprisonment,] Moses Parkhurst of Killingly in the County of Windham & State of Connecticut —
aged Fifty eight years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz : That he enlisted for the term of During the War on the or about the 1 st day of July — in the year 1779 — in the State of New York at the high lands in the company commanded by Captain John Holden — in the regiment commanded by Colonel Nixon — in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment : that he continued to serve in the said corps until the end of the War .
when he was discharged from the said service in a place called New Windsor in the State of New York . That on the 13 th day of April 1818. he applied for a pension under the act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818. & received a certificate from the War Department numbered. 5392 . — That his family consists of a wife & two children One named William aged 84 years & named Moses aged 4 months Who are in health. — The Applicant is not in good health being constantly afflicted with a jaundice & dropsical complaint, which renders him unfit for labor. — his occupation a common labourer —
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen ; 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, 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.
Moses Parkhurst.
Schedule of the Whole estate & income of Moses Parkhurst made out & signed by him this 16 th day of August 1820 — viz 1 Cow. worth 15.00 Dolls. 1 Shoat worth 3.00 Dolls. 3 Cows worth 50 cts one pot 50 cts 1 Dish kettle 30 cts 1 Small Skillet 12 cts 1 Iron boiler 10 cts 6 Knives & Forks 30 cts 6 Wooden & two earthen plates 25 cts 4 cups & saucers 10 cts 1 broken tea Kettle 25 cts 1 hoe 17 cts — 1 Shovel 25 cts — 1 pail 10 cts Old casks 17 cts . $21. 11
Moses Parkhurst.

Sworn to and declared on the sixteenth day of August . A. D. 1820, before the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Windham, in the district of Connecticut.
Attest.
David G. Bolles
Clerk.
I, David G. Bolles — Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Windham, in the State of Connecticut, do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration & oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records 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 Twentyone — Dollar and 11 Cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and the Seal of the said Court, on this, 28 th day of Septem r .
A.
David G. Bolles
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Windham County.

N o 140 Moses Parkhurst Prov. Mps Property of Schuyler Fisher
D o to M c Cartigate.
Warrant issued N o 148 I D o to Mich d . Noesen

27 Letter of Attorney Schuyler Fisher to Meadors Fisher

I know all Men by these presents.
That I Schuyler Fisher of Newport in the state of Connecticut do hereby constitute and appoint the Hon. Theodore Foster of Providence of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations my Lawful Attorney to ask demand collect and obtain in my name from the United States of America a grant or grants patent or patents for all the land which Moses Packhurst of Franklin in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts is entitled to from the Congress of the United States of America for his services as a Soldier in the Army of the United States of America during the War with Great Britain
hereby ratifying and confirming the same my said Attorney do resp
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixteenth Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and signed sealed & Delivered in the presence of us
Schuyler Fisher
Darius Fisher David Goodell
Providence R.I. In Providence Dec. 17 th 1800 Personally appeared Schuyler Fisher above named and acknowledged the above Instrument to be his free act and deed hand & Seal
Before me J. B. Arnold J. Peace

38 293 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 38 293
Moses Packhurst
Dr Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: — Vol. 2 , Page 508
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Major Rodgers.
Sir
Be pleased to deliver the Warrant within mentioned to Michael O'Nourne
Joseph Nourse
City of Washington
26 August 1806.
Mr. Smith is requested to inform the Register whether this power will enable him to draw the Warrant to draw the present therein
mentioned —
Register's Office
20 Aug. 1806.
The authority is considered sufficient to deliver the war- rant to the Register. J.S.

I know all Men by these presents that I Schuyler Fisher of Pomfret in the State of Connecticut Hatter, do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph Nourse Esq r of Washington City and Register of the Treasury of the United States of America - my lawful Attorney, to ask, demand, solicit, and obtain in my name, from the United States of America, a grant or grants, Patents or Patents for all the Land which Moses Parkhurst of Franklin in the County of Norfolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts is entitled to from the Congress of the United States of America for his services as a Soldier in the Army of the United States, for and during the war with Great Britain, hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever my said Attor- ney may do respecting the same. And I hereby revoke all power of this kind heretofore given
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my my hand and Seal this thirteenth Day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Six. Schuyler Fisher Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of us Samuel Chandler
Percygrine Gilbert
State of Connecticut. Windham ss. Pomfret August 13 th AD 1806 personally appeared Mr. Schuyler Fisher Signer & Sealer of above foregoing instrument & acknowledged the same before his friend & notary Mr. Samuel Grosvenor Justice of the Peace

I, Gershom Nelson of Lawfull age do testify & say that I have long been acquainted with Moses Parkhurst the signer of the within written And that while he lived in Milford in the county of Worcester, he enlisted a soldier in the late Cont- -nental Army for three years, and after that term he enlisted during the revolutionary war, at the time of his first enlistment he was a youth I believe of sixteen or seventeen years of age an inhabitant of said Town of Milford and was then inlisted for the first three years by this Deponent companion to whom the company in which he was a soldier & further says that after the close of the war the said Parkhurst returned to said Milford & is since married & now lives in Franklin in the county of Norfolk & his occupation is husbandry
Gershom Nelson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk ss. Franklin August 18 th 1799 Then the above named Gershom Nelson Gen l personally appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Jabez Fisher Justice of Peace And further certify that the above witness Mr. Nelson is an inhabitant in the Town of Milford and a gentleman of reputation and for some time personally known to me Jabez Fisher

To all Persons to whom these Presents shall come,
KNOW YE, That I Moses Parkhurst of Rutland in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman
in the Service of the United States of America, for and in Consideration of the Sum of Twenty Dollars
to me in Hand paid, at and before the Ensealing and Delivery of these Presents, by Lemuel Sade of Rutland in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman
have sold, remised, released, quit-claimed, transferred, and assigned, and by these Presents do sell, remise, release, quit-claim, transfer, and assign to the said Lemuel Sade his Heirs and Assigns forever, all the Right, Title, Interest, Claim, and Demand, which I now have, and all Right, Title, Interest, Claim, and Demand, which I, my Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, at any Time hereafter may have to all the Land which I am entitled to, and to all the Land which I, or either of them, may at any Time hereafter be entitled to, from the Congress of the United States of America, for my Services as Soldier in the Army of the United States of America, for and during the War with Great-Britain, and to every Part and Parcel thereof: As I the said Moses Parkhurst do, for myself, my Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, hereby covenant and agree to and with the said Lemuel Sade his Heirs and Assigns, that I the said Moses Parkhurst my Heirs, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, shall and will, at any Time or Times hereafter, at the Request, Cost and Charges of the said Lemuel Sade his Heirs or Assigns, do, make, seal and execute, or cause or procure to be done, made, sealed and executed, all and every such reasonable Act and Acts, Thing and Things, Conveyance and Conveyances, Assurance and Assurances in the Law whatsoever, for the perfect granting, conveying, remising, releasing, transferring and assigning all and singular the Right, Title, Claim and Demand, which I the said Moses Parkhurst have, or which I the said Moses Parkhurst my Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, may, at any Time hereafter, have, of, in, and to the Land aforesaid; and of, in, and to every Part and Parcel thereof, unto the said Lemuel Sade his Heirs and Assigns, to the only proper Use and Behoof of the said Lemuel Sade his Heirs and Assigns forever, as by his or their Counsel, learned in the Law, shall be reasonably advised or devised or required. And I the said Moses Parkhurst do hereby appoint the said Lemuel Sade my true and lawful Attorney irrevocably, to ask, demand, solicit, and obtain in my Name, or otherwise, but for the sole Use and Behoof of the said Lemuel Sade his Heirs, and Assigns, forever, from the United States, a Grant or Grants, Patent or Patents, for the Land aforesaid; hereby ratifying and confirming all and whatsoever my said Attorney may do respecting the same. And I the said Moses Parkhurst for myself, my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, do covenant, promise and grant to and with the said Lemuel Sade his Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, that I will not revoke or annul the Power of Authority herein contained, or do any Act which shall impede the said Lemuel Sade in soliciting or obtaining a Grant or Grants, Patent or Patents, for the Land aforesaid.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this Sixth Day of January in the Year of our LORD One thousand seven hundred and ninety seven
Signed, sealed and delivered in the Presence of us,
Moses Parkhurst
Abraham Baker Manly Scott
Worcester ss. STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS March 8, 1798
Personally appeared the above-mentioned Moses Parkhurst and made Oath, that he had never before sold, or otherwise disposed of his Military Bounty Lands; and further, that he acknowledged the above to be his free Act and Deed, and desired that it might be received as such,
Before me, Job Fisher Justice of the peace

Evidence on oath of a Respectable Witness (who must be known to the Magistrate) or a certificate from a Justice of the Peace, that the person signing is the identical Soldier, is necessary. The Clerk of the Court must certify to the signature of the Magistrate.
June 1798.
Worcesters. Com. Mass. Sept. 27 th 1798.
Then Gershorn Nelson (formerly Capt. of the Company in Milford in the late War) personally appeared and made oath that Moses Parkhurst, the signer of the within Deed, was a Soldier in the late revolutionary War. That he served during the war, that he formerly resided in that Part of Mendon now called Milford for which Town he served in said War - and that he now resides in Frampton in said Commonwealth.
Before Jeremiah Frost Justice of the Peace

Shrewsbury January 4 - 1798 Recd forty Dollars. in Hands of Lemuel Fisher of Shrewsbury County Worcester matter for and in consideration of which I sell Release and bargain in the same manner as I recd by the within Deed all that bargain described in the within Deed from S de Parkhurst to me
In witness of the Above I sign in Present Philip Crosby B Harrington
Lemuel Fisher
acknowledged to S de Deed

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof Moses Parkhurst Soldier in the Sixth (Massachusetts) Regiment , having faithful- ly served the United States Three Years, & Nine Months and being enlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
Ninth day of June 1783

and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the
10th day of June 1783.
G. Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY's
Command,
John Bullen Esq.
REGISTERED in the Books
of the Regiment,
C. Hupper
Adjutant.
THE above Nathan Parkhurst has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT for Three Years faithful Service.
Wm M. Dool.

HEAD-QUARTERS, June 9 B - 1783.
THE within CERTIFICATE shall not avail the Bearer as a Discharge, until the Ratification of the definitive Treaty of Peace; previous to which Time, and until Proclamation thereof shall be made, He is to be considered as being on Furlough.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Moses Parkhurst Colonel
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment
THE above has been honored with the Honor of Major Years faithful Service
Moses Parkhurst Mass. B.X.Wt 140

and I do moreover certify that the said Moses Parkhurst has for several years been personally known to me, that he lives in the same Town, viz, Franklin in the County of Norfolk that he owns a small real estate and his occupation is Husbandry, and further I have reason to believe that he is the identical person that he represents himself to be. Jabez Fisher Justice of Peace

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Boston ss: I Samuel Cooper Notary Pub- lic, by legal Authority admitted & Sworn, and dwelling in Boston aforesaid, do hereby Certify to all whom it may concern, that Sabez Fisher Esq. of Franklin in the County of Norfolk, is a Justice of the Peace, within & for said County, as was, on the sixth day of January, One thousand Seven hundred & Ninety seven —
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my Notarial Seal this Twenty sixth day of April in the year of our Lord, One thousand Seven hundred & Ninety eight —
Sam l Cooper Not. Sub.

Worcester April 27 th 1818
This may certify that it appears from the account Book of Benj a Heywood paymaster to the 6 th Mass. Reg t that Moses Parkhurst was a soldier that he rec d five public certificates amounting in all to three Hundred and fourteen dollars eleven cents.
Also that Samuel Wilfson was a soldier & rec d three public certificates amounting to One Hundred Sixty four dollars & nine cents
Benj a F. Heywood (adm r ) for the estate of (Benj a Heywood dec d )

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. I the subscriber Clerk of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace within the County of Norfolk certify that Jabez Fisher of Franklin in said County is a Justice of the Peace within the same County and that full faith & credit are & ought to be given to all his acts in that capacity In witness whereof I now hereunto affix my hand & seal this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety nine
Nathaniel Ames

We the Subscribers Do Depose and say that we are well acquainted with Moses Packhurst, an applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of the 18 th day of March 1818. and know that he is very poor reduced in his circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support — Windham Dec r 9. 1818
George Larned Simon Davis
Windham County ss. Windham Dec r 9 th 1818 — Then George Larned Esq r and Simon Davis Esq r came personally before Salub Clarke Esq r Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Windham and made solemn Oath to the truth of the facts stated in the above Deposition by them submitted — and I do further certify that the Deponants are both known to me, to be Gentlemen of good moral characters, and full Faith and Credit ought to be given to their Testimony —
Attest Salub Clarke
I G. Gray Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Windham & State of Connecticut do certify that Salub Clarke Esq r before whom the foregoing Certificate has been made is duly enrolled as one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Windham and full faith and credit ought to be given to his acts & deeds in such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court at Windham this 10 th day of Decem r . A.D. 1818
Gamaliel