Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 43,793, for Robert Pain, Massachusetts

SERVICE
SERVICE Mass.
Paim Robert
NUMBER
NUMBER S. 43.793
CONTENTS.

10. 722.
New York
Robert Paine
of Camillus in the State of N. York who was a private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 3 years. -
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 25. of April 1810 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th of Aug t 1822 and sent to John Wilkinson Esq Onondaga, N.Y. -
Arrears to 4th of March 1822 - 419.16 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept: 1822 40.00
vd. 5. fol. 164
$: 467.16
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818, } as 1 st May 1820
Onondaga Co. N.Y.

State of New York Ontario County p. On the twenty third day of April one Thousand Eight hundred & Sixteen
Before me William Rogers one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and State aforesaid - personally appeared Robert Pain aged Seventy Years a President of the town of Palmyra - County and State aforesaid - who being by me first duly sworn according to Law - doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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 - That the said Robert Pain engaged and was mustered by the muster master in the town of Sturbridge in the State of Massachusetts and joined the fourth Massachusetts Regiment at or near West Point in the State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain Pratt. Colonel Jackson after wards had the command of said Regiment. he joined said Regiment in the month of July 1780. Continued to serve in that Corps in the service of the United States until about the month of July in the year 1782 when he was discharged from service at West Point in the State of New York after his Country three years - he was in no material Battles - and that he is in Reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support. and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services
Sworn to declare & subscribed This 23 d day of April 1810.
mark Robert J. Pain his

State of New York Ontario County ss.
I William Rogers one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County and State aforesaid.
do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Robert Paine did serve in the Revolutionary war - against the common enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment - and am confident from my knowledge & good information that he is in reduced circumstances and absolutely stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - and now transmitt the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me as the secretary for the department of war pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
Palmyra April 23 d 1818.
Wm Rogers
State of New York } Ontario County } ss. Clerks Office } fs.
In Testimony that William Rogers whose name is subscribed to the foregoing certificates was on the day of the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Ontario and that the same is his signature. I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said County at Canandaigua this 24 th day of June A.D. 1818
Thos M c Naughton

State of New-York, } ss : Onondaga County }
On the Twenty fourth day of February 1822 personally appeared in open court in the court of common pleas in and for the county of Onondaga, being a court of record proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of their proceedings, Robert Paine aged Twenty three years, resident in Camillus 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:—
That he enlisted into the service of the United States in the year 1780 and in July of said year at West Point in New York he joined a company commanded by Captain Pratt in the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment and continued in the service until the month of July 1783 when he was discharged from at West Point that he was cost 1/ his discharge - Enlistment was for three years
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.
Schedule of property
Beside clothing which is but barely sufficient He has but a knife which cost — — — — — 12 1/2 And a cane worth perhaps — — — — — 25
That he now lives with his son John S Paine in the town of Camillus upon whom he is wholly dependent for support He has no family has lost the sight of one eye entirely and nearly blind of the other - And without charity of a public or private nature is totally unable to support himself - That on the twenty third day of April 1818 he made an application for a pension to William Ragus a Judge of Onondaga County which has been sent to and returned from the War Office
Subscribed and sworn in open court this 27 th day of February 1822
Robert Paine mark
W H Earl Judge of Onon court pleas
Daniel Moseley I, Freeman Adams Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in
and for the county of Onondaga, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the 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 Twenty five dollars and thirty seven cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this Twenty day of February 1822
Daniel Moseley Clerk of the court for the County of Onondaga.

43 793 INVALID.
Rev
File No. 43.793
Robert Rain Rev Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 888
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Stephen Johnson now a resident of the Town of Canajoharie County of Montgomery Personally came before me this day and being duly sworn saith somewhere about the year One thousand seven hundred & eighty he was, and has been ever since Personally acquainted with Robert Paine, and knew that he enlisted under Capt Pratt (as near as this deponent can recollect) in the Town of Shrewsbury & State of Massachusetts, in the United States service and frequently see him return on furlough, and further this deponent saith that he saw his discharge after he left the service, and further this deponent saith not
Stephen Johnson
Sworn 21 st day of Feb y .
1882 Before me
Chas. H. Tolle Commissioner H

William Johnson was a Resident of the Town of Lyons in the County of Onondaga Personally came Before Me this Day and being Duly sworn saith that he was a Soldier in the Revolutionary War and that this Deponent was then and is Now Personally acquainted with Robert Pain and that in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty he the said Robert Pain did Enlist into the Service of the United States as far as this Deponent can remember in the Month of May and that he the Robert was then and there Mustered by a Muster Master and gained to a company commanded by one Capt Pratt and in the Month of July joined a Reg t Comma- nded by Colonel Isaac then called the Fourth Massachusetts Reg t and that he the said Robert Pain did continue in the Service of the said United States as a faithful Soldier until the Month of July in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty three when he the said Robert was Discharged from the said Service at West Point
Sworn this 6 th Day of February 1822
Before Me Henry Lake Com d B
his William X Johnson mark

State of New York
Onondaga County. I do certify that Henry Lake, with whose signature at the bottom of the within affidavit I am well acquainted, was on the day of taking said affidavit a commissioner residing in said County and duly authorized to take affidavits to be used in Courts of Record, in testimony whereof I have set my hand and impressed hereon the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County this 22 day of February 1822.
Daniel Moseley Clerk

State of New York
Onondaga County ss William Johnson now a resident of the Town of Syracuse in the county of Onondaga personally came before me this day and being duly sworn saith that he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war (that this deponent was then and is now personally acquainted) with the Robert Pain and that in the year seventeen hundred and eighty he the said Robert Pain did enlist into the service of the United States as a soldier and that this deponent can recollect in the month of May and that in the said Robert was then and there mustered by a muster master and joined to a company commanded by one Captain Pratt and in the month of July joined a Regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson then called the Fourth Massachusetts Regiment and that he the said Robert Pain did continue in the service of the United States as a faithful soldier until the month of July in the year seventeen hundred and eighty then when he the said Robert was discharged from the said service at West Point
William Johnson mark
Sworn before me this 29 day of June 1822
Otho Bigelow - Commissioner
I certify that I am acquainted with the above William Johnson that he is a credible witness and that it appears to my satisfaction that he is disinterested in the matters set forth in the above affidavit. Dated June 29th 1822
Otho Bigelow Commissioner

State of New York
Onondaga County Clerk's Office
I certify that Otis Bigelow before whom the within affidavit was taken was on the day of the date thereof a commissioner duly authorized to administer oaths to be read in Courts of Record. And I further certify that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that the within is his own - I am witness whereof I have hereunto set the seal of the county of Onondaga and affirmed my name this third day of July in the Year Eighteen hundred and thirty three
D. Moseley Clerk of said County

State of New York Onondaga County ss I, Stephen Thompson now a resident of the Town of Camillus in the county of Onondaga personally came before me this day being duly sworn saith that about the year nineteen hundred and eighty he was and has been in some personal acquaintance with Robert Paine and knew that he enlisted under Captain Pratt (as was as the deponent can recollect) in the Town of Cambridge State of Massachusetts in the United States service and frequently saw him return on furlough and further that according to the best of the knowledge and belief of the deponent he knew the said Robert to have been in the service of the United States for about the space of three years and that he saw his discharge after he left the service - and from the deponent saith not
Given this 28 th day of June 1822 before me
Chas. H. Toll Commissioner
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above Stephen Thompson that he is a credible man and to be believed in what he says and that it appears to my satisfaction that he is not interested in the matters set forth in the above affidavit - Dated 28 th June 1822
Chas. H. Toll Commissioner

State of New York Onondaga County ss Stephen Johnson now a resident of the Town of Camillus in the county of Onondaga personally came before me this day being duly sworn saith that about the year nineteen hundred and eighty he was and has been in some personal acquaintance with Robert Rain and knew that he enlisted under Captain Pratt (as was as the deponent can recollect) in the Town of Cambridge State of Massachusetts in the United States service and frequently saw him return on furlough and further that according to the best of the knowledge and belief of the deponent he knew the said Robert to have been in the service of the United States for about the space of three years and that he saw his discharge after he left the service and from the deponent saith not
Given this 28 th day of June 1822 before me
Chas. H. Goll Commissioner of the "Words 'said & Robert' written in the margin"
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above Stephen Johnson that he is a credible man and to be believed in what he says and that it appears to my satisfaction that he is not interested in the matters set forth in the above affidavit Dated 28 th June 1822
Chas. H. Goll Commissioner of the

State of New York Onondaga County Clerk's Office
I do certify that Charles H. Toll with whose signature subscribed to and before whom the within affidavit was taken I am well acquainted was on the day of the taking of the same a commissioner residing in said County and duly authorized to take affidavits In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the seal of County of Onondaga and my name affixed this third day of July 1822. D. Moseley Clerk of said County
Robt. Paine - Lyons Miss:
Mr. Sparre's Letter to Messrs. Paine & Co.
1700 - for 3 years -
23. April 1800 -
To 2 settlement acct. 206. v. 2. 2.
of deposit -
The testimony of those dis- interested & credible witnesses prove the fairness of the contract & may be taken as the best evidence in regard.
The credibility of disinterested of the witness must be settled by the magistrate.
one of the witnesses has not any length of time of happinefs. Let it shall be 20 May 1802.