Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,734, for Paul Pindexter, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Pindexter, Paul or Pendexter
S. 36,734
CONTENTS

13, 614
R
Maine
Paul Pindexter,
of Cornish in the District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Supper of the Mass line, for the term of three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 27 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 of July 1821 and Sent to  Judah Dana , Fryeburg Maine
Arrears to 4th of March 1819  82.9
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4/Sept 1819  48
10 4/30 4/31  8  130.9
Died Feb. 25, 1839 (AB)
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
* Pindexter
W.D.M. Feb. 2, 1910.
Continued
Died July 25, 1839. Agency Broke
Application sent to Benj. Greene Esq. 28 Sept 1839. South Berwick Maine

Paul Pinedexter Private Col. Fuglers Regt Map Line 1780 - 3 years dec 27 th 1785
+ Proof of service wanted.
See this in John Tolson's case.
I herewith send two depositions taken by a magistrate whose official character has been attested under the hand & seal of the D. Searle Esq. Clerk of York County - J. Dana
Amitt

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Oxford
On this twenty seventh day of April June A D 1818 before me the subscriber Judge of the Court of Probate in said county & first associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first East- ern Circuit in said Commonwealth - personally appeared Paul Pindexter of Cornish in said Circuit aged fifty five years, who being by me first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the provisions 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 he the said Pindex- ter served in said war as a Private soldier on the Continent- al establishment about three years - that he enlisted in May A D 1781 for three years joined Col o Grannis's party and marched to West Point & joined Capt Taylor's company in Col o Tupper's regiment in M'Nachtan's Line - and served till twenty fifth day of December A D 1783 - and was then was regularly discharged at West Point, by Genl H. Knox & that he had lost his discharge - That he had no pension & that from his reduced circumstances he stood in need of assistance from his country for support - that he has now no other evidence in his power - Sworn to and declared before me the day & year aforesaid JUDAH DANA Judge etc

I Judah Dana Judge as aforesaid do hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Paul Pinder did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy as he has stated in his declaration of service and that he is reduced in his circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support - and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the before mentioned act of Congress. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Tryphibury this twenty ninth day of Sept r
A. 1818 -
Judah Dana Judge
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
By probate
I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate in and for said county do at Tryphibury in said county on this first day of October A. 1818 certify & make known that the Hon. Judah Dana who signed the foregoing certificate &c is Judge of said Court of Probate and is first Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas in the first Barnstable Circuit in said Commonwealth and that said instrument is under the seal of said Court of Probate. Attest John C. Gage Reg t of Probate

I Nathaniel Norton of Limington of lawfull age do testify and say that I was acquainted with Paul Pendexter of Cornish that in the year 1703 ~ was acquainted with him sometime in the summer he joined the 2 nd Regiment in the Massachusetts line commanded by Col Sprout the Regiment he belonged too was previously broken up and I frequently saw him untill late in Decemb or the first of January following. NATHANIEL NORTON
York vs. Cornish February 17 th 1819
I hereby certify that the above subscribe made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me. And I further certify that the said Norton is a man of Credibility Noah Jewett Just of the peace

Paul Pender test.
13614
cow J.L.E.

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Paul Penderter who, by occupation am a farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of bodily infirmity
This may certify, that in my opinion Mr. Paul Penderter of Bornish, is unable to procure the means of subsistence for himself & family by labor, being disordered in his vital organs he has been afflicted with this difficulty several years — His wife is also an invalid, having been, for many years paralytic — One of his daughters is also, indisposed. — Parsonsfield Dec. 25. 1820 — Moses Sweat
Copy of the original — Jere. Bradbury Clerk of the Q.C.C. Pleas — County of York

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Paul Pender who, by occupation am a farmer which I am not able to pursue by reason of bodily infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Hannah Pender 56 — infirm } as by the certificate of   Sarah Pender 26 — infirm } Dr. Moses Sweat witnessed —   William Pender 15 — — — — —   Hannah Pender 13 — — — — —  
Paul Pender
STATE OF MAINE.
I, Jeremiah Bradbury Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of York 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 forty eight dollars and IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty second day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twentyone
Jere. Bradbury { Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of York

STATE OF MAINE.
York ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Orono within and for the County of York on the first Monday being the first day of January  and by adjournment in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable Benjamin Greene, Judah Sams & William Wedge Judges of said Court.
ON this fourth day of January in the year 182 2 , personally appeared before said C.C.C. Pleas
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Paul Pender aged fifty nine years, resident in Cornish in said Circuit, 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. Jay in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Tupper 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 twenty seventh day of April A. D. 181 8 , and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13,014 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 hereunto 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 herein particularly described, also subscribed by me.
Paul Pender
Sworn to and declared, on the fourth day of January A. D. 182 2 .
BEFORE
Benjamin Greene Judah Sams
Judges of the said Court
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
No real estate of any kind Two Cows — one pair of small oxen — Five Sheep — two small swine —
Paul Pender

February 20, 1933
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PAUL PINDEXTER S. 36734 BA-J/MLB
Dr. R. S. Pendexter 1424 K Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter of February 6, in which you request the record of Paul Pendexter, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 36734, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Paul Pindexter or Pendexter, the only soldier of that name found in the Revolutionary War records of this office; the date and place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown in the claim.
Paul Pendexter enlisted in May, 1781, marched in Colonel Crane's party to West Point where he joined and served as a private in Captain Taylor's company, Colonel Tupper's Massachusetts regiment, until that regiment was broken up, when he joined Colonel Sprout's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged December 23, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, aged fifty-five years and a resident of Cornish, York County, Massachusetts (Maine).
In 1821, the soldier was still residing in Cornish, Maine, and referred to his wife, Hannah, aged fifty-six years, and to the following children: Sarah aged twenty-six, William aged fifteen, and Hannah aged thirteen years.
There are no further family data in the claim.

The soldier, Paul Pindexter or Penderter died February 25, 1835.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

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RECORD DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Briefed by W. T. Conboy
Claim No. Jan 26, 1910
Certificate No. _____
Claimant _____
Soldier Paul Pendexter
Service Rev.
Additional Service _____
No _____ claim, State records _____, 190_____
No claim, combination records _____, 190_____
REMARKS:
No claim as above. Try O.W.I.F. 36,734. (Pendexter)

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Paul Penderexter a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. file 36,734
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 81 Pri. March Pender Capt   May 81 Pri. Taylor Pepper 10th Mass.   Summer 83 ✓ Sprout   was disch. Dec. 25, 83 at West Point.  
Battles engaged in, /
Residence of soldier at enlistment, /
Date of application for pension, Apr. 27, 1818. Allowed.
Residence at date of application, Cornish, York Co., Me.
Age at date of application, 55 yrs.; died Feb. 25, 1839 (Agawam, Me.).
Remarks: 1821 - wife Hannah ae 56 yrs. Ch. Sarah 26 yrs. William 15 yrs. & Hannah 13 yrs.

Maine 137.
Recd 30 July 1821.
Rev. J. C. [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear] [unclear]
Recd 30 July 1821

36 734
Recy INVALID.
1910 Feb. 2. Hist. to R. S. Pendexter, p. 32 1933 Feb. 20 - " " R. S. Pendexter, M.D. 32 B.
File No. 86, 734
Paul Pendexter
Rev Rev M.D.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 89
[Arrangement of 1870.]

S 36734 R. S. PENDEXTER, M. D. THE CHAMPLAIN -- APT. 12 1424 K STREET, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C.
Feb. 6/1933 -
To the Commissioners of Pensions Pension Bureau, Wash. D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send a copy of record of Paul Penderster , of the Revolution from Maine who served in Mass. Line & tell me if possible where he was born & oblige,
Yours truly,
R. S. Penderster, M. D., 1424 K St. N.W., Wash. D.C.

Washington, D.C. Jan. 19-1910
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:—
Will you kindly furnish me with military history of Paul Pendexter in the Revolutionary War, from York County, Maine.
In Mass. S. & S. of Rev. War Vol XII pge 113 gives Paul Pendexter—Private Col. Benj. Tupper's (10 th ) Regt.; service from May 10, 1781—19 months, 22 days; also Capt. Nathan Chambers & Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith's (6 th ) Regt. in Mass. Line.
Trusting to receive same in near future, I am,
R. S. Pendexter, Washington, D.C.
415—4 th S.E.
JAN 21 1910

CONGRESSIONAL.
No. _____
NAME OF CLAIMANT:
Revolutionary War Pensioner
P. O. { Resided York Co Maine
NAME OF SOLDIER:
Paul Pindexter
Co. _____, Reg't _____
Kindly give Military History of Soldier as shown in records
For advice through Desk
Walsh
W. L. Jones , U. S. S.
Feb 7 , 1910
These slips are exclusively for the use of Senators in Congress, and when used by any other person will not receive consideration.
Senators will greatly aid the Bureau of Pensions in giving them an early answer, if they will fill and use these slips in making calls in pension cases.
V. Warner Commissioner.

February 8, 1910.
Hon. Wesley L. Jones, United States Senate.
My dear Senator:
In reply to your personal inquiry on the 7" instant for information concerning Paul P indexter of York County, Maine, I have the honor to advise you that Paul Pendexter, Sur. File No. 36,734, was allowed pension on his application executed April 27, 1818, at which time he was a resident of Cornish, York County, Maine, and fifty-five years of age.
He enlisted in May, 1781, as a Private in Captain Taylor's company, Colonel Tupper's regiment Massachusetts Line on the Continental Establishment, and served until said regiment was broken up, after which he served in Colonel Sprout's regiment (in the same Line) and was discharged December 25, 1783, at West Point, New York.
In 1821 soldier referred to his wife Hannah aged fifty-six years, and children; Sarah twenty-six years, William fifteen years and Hannah thirteen years. Soldier died February 25, 1820. There is no further data relative to family.
Very respectfully,
First Deputy Commissioner.

D. Martin's deposition for Paul Pender

I David Martin of Limington of lawfull age do testify that Paul Pendexter of Cornish was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war that he belonged to Col o Tappers Regiment in the Massachusetts line that I was acquainted with him in March in the year 1782 at the winter quarters back of Peekskill, and late in the year 1782 Col o Tappers Regiment was broken up and said Pendexter joined Col o Sprouts Regiment being the 2 nd in the same line and I frequently saw him untill late in the fall of the year 1783
his David X Martin mark
York vs. Cornish February the 19 th 1819
I hereby certify that David Martin made Oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me and I further certify that I have such information as to leave no doubt of his being a man of Credibility
Noah Jewett Justice of the peace

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Pine, John GRADE Private in the artillery LINE Pennsylvania
WARRANT NUMBER 10228 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED February 7, 1792 to - not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.