Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 37313, for Moses Poland, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Poland Moses Poland
S 37313
CONTENTS

Notification sent to John Masey Esq 17 Oct 1820. Portland Maine
(3/8) Dist 3 of Maine
Moses Poland Capt Means Sergeant 4 in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
inscribed on the Roll of Dist 3 of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 th of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th of May 1818 and sent to the Pensioner, care of Timothy Haws, Hartford, Oxford County, District of Maine.
Arrearages to 4 Sep r 1818. $ 41. 58 5 mos 1 day $ 41. 58
{ Revolutionary claims, } { Act 18th March, 1818, }
Seven years Good Continued
Hartford, Oxford Co.,

Moses Poland Affidavit
Case of ... affidavit

Moss Poland Seymour Massachusetts Line Commences 30 Mar. 1815 care of Mr. Howe Hartford, Oxford County Maine
Admitted

United States of America District of Maine ss. Be it remembered that on the thirtieth day of March, A. D. 1818, personally came the within named Moses Poland, and after being cautioned and examined made oath that the within statement by him subscribed is wholly true; and also at the same time came the within named Abiel Turner and Timothy Howe and made oath that the affidavits by them subscribed are true. - And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the within evidence and certify the same as satisfactory to me for the purpose for which it is taken. -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hands and affixed my private seal
Albion H. Parrish, Judge of the United States in and for the Dist. of Maine

I Moses Poland of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Massachusetts aged Seventy five do testify and declare that I enlisted as a soldier in the United States Service in the of the year 1776 and served one year in Capt. Jenkins company 12 th Regt  on the was then removed into Capt. Man's company of the Second Regiment and served as a Sargant in that company till the close of the war - and was regularly discharged at Newburgh Huts in the year 1783 - And I do testify and declare that by reason of reduced circumstances I am actually in need of the assistance of my country for support. Moses Poland
I Abiel Turner do testify and declare that I served almost four years with the Above named Moses Poland in the Second Massachusetts Regiment in the United States Service
Abiel Turner
I Timothy Howe do testify that the above named Moses Poland is actually dependent upon public charity for subsistence Timothy Howe

N 227 Moses Poland
Copy Special Dist. Court
July 13 th 1820
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth . . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the twenty third day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this twenty third 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 Maine District, Moses Poland . . . aged Eighty . . . years, resident in No 1 Plantation in said District, 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 Sergeant in the company commanded by Capt. James Means in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Sprout . . . 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 30 th day of March . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 370 . . . 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 on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Moses Poland
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty third day of June A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
} U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real estate — I have none —
Personal estate — one cow — one swine — a few necessary utensils in part of a small house where I and my wife live — my pension has been my support — previous to my receiving it — I was assisted and supported by the town — I have no income
Moses Poland
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Moses Poland . . . . . who, by occupation am a farmer . . . . . which I am not able to pursue by reason of nor have been for many years; by reason of age and infirmity
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Wife — Sarah 70 has not been out of the house for a year —   A sons family in the other part of the house attend upon us — Moses Poland  
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge

United States of America
District of Maine ss
At a Special District Court begun & holden at Paris within the County of Oxford in said District on the thirteenth day of July A.D. 1820 - before the Hon. Al- bion K. Barris judge of said Court
And now the original declaration & schedules whereof the fore- going are true copies having been here presented in Open Court and duly considered & fully examined. It is here now considered & ad- judged in Court that the total amount in value of the property ex- hibited in said schedule is Twenty three dollars & thirty cents & no more. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of July A.D. 1820.
John Mussey Junr U.S. Dist. Clerk
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, 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 three dollars and thirty cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty third - day of June . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$23.30

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 24, 1929
Hazel M. Marshall Oxford Maine
Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.37313, it appears that Moses Poland or Polland enlisted in the fall of 1776 and served one year in Captain Jenkins' Massachusetts Company, then was transferred to Captain James Mean's Company, Colonel Sprout's Second Massachusetts Regiment in which he served as a sergeant and was discharged in 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 30, 1818, at which time he was living at Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, aged seventy-five years.
In 1820, he referred to his wife, Dorcas, as aged seventy-eight years and to a "son's family", no names are given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

HAZEL M. MARSHALL OXFORD, MAINE
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir, —
Will you please send me the war record and what information you have about Moses Poland who was a Revolutionary War soldier from Oxford County. Thanking you in advance, Hazel Marshall, Oxford, Maine.
April 9, 1928.

37 313 INVALID.
Pay
File No. 37 313
Mrs. Voland Serg Rev. Was
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 398
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1929- Jan. 24- H.22h R. Hazel M. Marshall Aug. 3.