Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19,018, for Caleb Packard, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass. R.I.
Packard, Caleb Packhard or
S. 19.018
carded
CONTENTS

10103 Massachusetts
Packard! Ozias Packard Resided in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Webber of the Reg. commanded by Col. Pomeroy in the Mass for 9 months & R.D.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of March 1833 and sent to Col. Greenfield Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. " 15.00 $75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. D. Adams Clerk, Book Vol. 2 a Page 63

Caleb Packard
22. 368
P. West
9 Mts
304
E. Alvord Esq. Greenfield Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Caleb Packard  of Ashfield  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In Open court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? Seventy two years  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In Sept r . 1776 2 private Col o Moseley & Capt. Bannister   " Dec r . 1776 3 " Col o Pomeroy & Capt. Webber   " Aug t . 1777 3 " Col o Woodbridge & Capt. Bannister   " March 1781 1 " Capt. Sheldon  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None Named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? in Ashfield  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Five living witnesses and traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? correctly authenticated 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF Franklin  Franklin ss.
ON this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate
now sitting Caleb Puchard a resident of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy five years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I was born in the town of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts on the 10th day of June 1750 I have no record of my age but think it may be found in the records of the town of Bridgewater I lived at Bridgewater until I was about ten years old when my father's family removed to Goshen in the County of Hampshire lived in Goshen until I was about twenty years old then went to Scituate in the State of Rhode Island and lived about two years then returned to Goshen and have resided in Goshen and Ashfield a town adjoining and where I now reside ever since About the middle of September 1775 I volunteered as a private in a Company Commanded by Capt Benj. and a Regiment Commanded by Col. Doolittle for the term of two months we marched from Goshen to Northampton then to New Haven in Conn from thence to Fairfield where we staid about a week then marched to a place called Lower Valentine Hill from thence to White Plains and staid in this vicinity until our term of enlistment expired and we were discharged In the month of December 1776 I volunteered as a private to go to Pictou in the State of New York in a Company Commanded by Capt. Webber and Regiment Commanded by Col. Pomeroy for the term of three months we marched from the County of Hampshire to the State of Connecticut through Litchfield to Danbury staid at Danbury about a week then marched to Pictou staid at Pictou a month or more and were then ordered to Morristown in the State of New Jersey Recd Gen Washington being busy at Morristown we staid at Morristown until the term for which we engaged expired when we were discharged - In the month of August 1777 I again volunteered for the term of three months in a Company Commanded by Capt. Warner and Regiment Commanded by Col. Woodbridge we marched from the County of Hampshire to Pawlet in the State of Vermont through Bennington where we staid a few days from Pawlet we marched to Lake George landing at this place we had a skirmish with the enemy took 480 Prisoners from thence we went to the head of the Lake where we had another skirmish with the enemy and we were compelled to burn our boats and stores and retreated thro the woods to Pawlet from Pawlet we marched to Stillwater where we staid until after the surrender of Gen Burgoyne from thence we marched to White Plains where we staid until our term of service expired when we were discharged What I did at Scituate in the State of Rhode Island in the month of March 1781 I again volunteered for one month to go to Newport in a Company Commanded by Capt. Dutton I recollect nothing of any Regiment or Regimental Officers I recollect of a French army on the island at the time under the Command of Count Rochambeau The day after we arrived at Newport a Guard of seven or eight were wanted at James Town an and I went a few miles from Newport whither I went and remained until my time of service expired - I have no documentary evidence of my service and never received a discharge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Caleb Puchard
12. E. [unintelligible] Judge of Probate

Re Moses Hallock a Clergyman residing in the town of Plainfield county and of Hampshire Mass and Benjamin Gardner residing in said Plainfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Calib  Calib Packard who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy  seventy two years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Franklin ss. August the 24th 1832 then the Moses Hallock  Re Moses Hallock and Benjamin Gardner  Benj. Gardner above named personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above certificate by them subscribed is true before me Henry Bassett Justice of the peace.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Moses Hallock who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Plainfield and that Benjamin Gardner who has also signed the same is a resident in the said town of Plainfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. The court also certifies that Plainfield is a town adjoining said Ashfield and Goshen and in the vicinity of said applicant. It was inconvenient for the said Moses Hallock  Benjamin to attend court for which reason they made to the said certificate before a Justice of the Peace.
R. E. Newman Judge of Probate
I Elijah Alvord Register, Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Calib Packard for a pension. And that the above named Henry Bassett is a Justice of the Peace for said county and his name above subscribed is his genuine signature - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
E. Alvord Reg. Prob
Calib Packard Declaration
Calib Packard Ashfield
22338

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., _____, 19____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of _____ a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1775 1 year Col. W. H. Mifflin Pa.   Jan 1776 2 years W. H. Mifflin Pa.   Aug 1777 3 years W. H. Mifflin W. H. Mifflin Pa.   Nov 1778 1 year Shelburne Pt.  
Battles engaged in, _____
Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____
Date of application for pension, _____
Residence at date of application, _____
Age at date of application, _____
Remarks: _____
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

19018 INVALID.
File No. 14011
Will Packard
Mr. Packard
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 283
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1917 Jan. 8. Heir. to L.H. Packard ans

We Joseph Telford of Goshen having arrived at the age of twenty six years and Ephraim Burnell of Cummington having arrived at the age of twenty two years both of the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts testify and declare that we were personally knowing of Caleb Puffera of Ashfield in the County of Franklin and State of Vermont containing the Petition Service of the State of Massachusetts for the term of three months and a half - That we marched from the County of Hampshire in the Month of August 1777 to Bennington in the State of Vermont from thence to Pownal in said State from thence to Lake George landing there went to Pownal thence from Pownal to Stillwater in the State of New York and thence to Saratoga near the time of the Surrender of Gen Burgoyn from thence we marched to White Plains in New York and remained there until we were discharged not far from the first of December 1777
Cummington August 6 1832
Joseph Telford Ephraim Burnell
Hampshire ss August 6 1832 Personally appeared Joseph Telford and Ephraim Burnell Signers of the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement by them subscribed before me Elizabeth Puffera Justice of the Peace I further certify that the above dispositions are personally true and veracity
Elizabeth Puffera Justice of the Peace

Joseph Dyer in a Esdras Barnell
affidavit for Caleb Packard
Hamblin ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts I, Simon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Court of the Commonwealth for the County of Hamblin do certify that Elizabeth date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County - duly Commissioned and attested under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to her acts & hand writing of the said Elizabeth Packard and believe her sig- nature within to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court at Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
S Stoddard Clerk

Moses Warner Affidavit for Calib. Perkins
Calib Packard Moses Warner's aff

I Moses Warner of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and State of Massachusetts having arrived at the age of twenty two years testify and declare that I was personally knowing to Caleb Packard enlisting and entering into the service of the State of Massachusetts in the Month of September 1776 and marched to the State of New York in the vicinity of White Plains in the Regiment Commanded by Col Mosely of Westfield then in said County of Hampshire and in the Company Commanded by Capt Christopher Boniter that said Packard served two Months and was discharged a few days Subsequent to the Surrender of Fort Washington Cummington August 10 1832 Moses Warner
Hampshire ss August 10 1832 Personally appeared Moses Warner signer of the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement by him subscribed before me Elephatet Packard Justice of the Peace I further certify that the above document is a true copy of Truth and veracity Elephatet Packard Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I Solomon Shattard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Elephatet Packard Esquire whose signature is affixed to the above certificate, was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and alterations done in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Elephatet Packard and believe his signature above to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
J. H. D. Edwards Clerk

Caleb Parkhurst 2/2/84
Gurney & Harwood Affidavit for Caleb Parkhurst

We the undersigned Gurney of Cummington in the County of Hampshire and State of Mass- achusetts having arrived to the age of Seventy three years and Marvella Harwood of Windsor in the County of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts having arrived at the age of Seventy five years - Testify and declare that we were knowing to Caleb Parkhurst marching in Company with us in the service of the State of Massachusetts from the County of Hampshire to Danbury in the State of Connecticut that we tarried at Danbury a few days then Marched to Pitskill in the State of New York tarried at Pitskill a few weeks and then Marched to Morristown in the State of New Jersey and tarried at Morristown until the expiration of the term of our enlistment which was three months in the Regiment commanded by Col. Pomeroy and the Company Commanded by Capt. Webber - Cummington August 10 1832 Marvella Harwood G. Gurney
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss Hampshire ss August 10 1832 Personally appeared Gurney and Marvella Harwood and made solemn oath to the truth of the above statement by them subscribed before me
Eliphalet Parkhurst Justice of the Peace The word and tarried at Morristown understood before signing
I further certify that the above deponents are persons of truth and veracity
Eliphalet Parkhurst Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I, Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Com- monwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Eliphalet Parkhurst figure whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly com- missioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts & attestations done in that capacity - and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Eliphalet Parkhurst and believe his signature above to be genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court at Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this twenty first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
(S) Stoddard Clerk

Lava Falls Iowa. Dec. 15, 1916.
To the Commissioners of Pensions.
Dear Sir. I wish to know, if I can obtain information concerning one Caleb Packard who was a private in the Revolutionary war. My children may wish to become members of the Society of The Daughters of the Revolution. Caleb Packard was my grandfather. I knew him in my boyhood, seventy years ago. I knew that he was a prisoner, that he enlisted from Bridgewater Mass. and later moved to Ashfield Mass. where he died in 1846, when I was ten years old. I have this as a personal knowledge, and read it from a history of Ashfield Mass. I have such general knowledge, sufficient to allow my family to become members of such organization. Information will be thankfully received.
C. H. Packard.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Packard, Daniel GRADE Private LINE Massachusetts
WARRANT NUMBER 4877 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Sept. 10, 1789
to Henry Newman
*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.