Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,926, for Joseph Place, Rhode Island

SERVICE
NUMBER
RJ
Place Joseph
S. 21926
CONTENTS

8874 Rhode Island New York
Joseph Place
of Stamford in the State of New York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Whipple of the Regiment commanded by Col. Winton in the R. I. militia time for 11 mos?
Jan. - Cir. Mar. 10. 37 - Transf'd to R. Island for N.Y.R. fr. 4. Sept. 36 - Mar. 15. 37
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 36 Dollars 36 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Apr 1833 and sent to A. Forbes Poughkeepsie
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $73.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. 18. 33
$91.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk Book Vol. 4 Page 70

Dutchess Co. Pleas
At a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court House in the town of Poughkeepsie in and for the County of Dutchess on the twenty sixth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Present
Edmund H. Pendleton
Robert D. Livingston
Albro H. Kim
Stephen Thorne
Joseph D. Jackson
Judges
State of New York
Dutchess County ss: On this day appeared in open court before this court now sitting (the same being a court of record for said county) Joseph Place a resident of the town of Stanford in said county aged 77 Nov 25, 1831, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following statement and declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress Passed June 7, 1832. That in the year 1819 he resided in the town of Stanford in said county and made application for a pension under the act of the 18 th of March 1818 on proof of nine months service in Colonel Tophams regiment of Rhode Island troops: his claim was rejected as he was informed, and as appears from a letter signed J. L. Edwards and dated at the Pension Office now produced, on the ground that said regiment was not on the continental establishment. His papers on said application are now in the Pension Office in the War Department at Washington and the deponent is informed that they contain proof satisfactory to the department of nine months service, and as appears by a like letter signed J. L. Edwards now produced. And this deponent further states and declares that he further served in the Army of the United States in the Rhode Island Militia in the revolutionary war as follows. That he was discharged from his nine months service above mentioned in March 1779. He then resided in the town of Smithfield in the County of Providence in Rhode Island: Soon after being so discharged and in the spring of the same year he entered the service of the United States as a substitute for Elisha Windsor in Captain Benajah Whipple's company in Colonel Stephen Windsor regiment of Rhode Island Militia, he joined and was stationed at Providence, as a guard and in repairing the fortifications, and served one month as a private, when he was dismissed, did not receive any written discharge. In the same

Summer and about a month after he was dismissed from his last service he again entered the service as a substitute for Richard Coomer son of William Coomer in Captain Abraham Winders Company in the same regiment of Rhode Island militia joined and served at Providence as before as a private for one month and was dismissed, did not receive a written discharge. While thus serving at Providence there was not then there any other troops either militia or regulars to his recollection. He was born at Gloucester in Rhode Island Nov 25, 1754. has no record of his age. Since the revolutionary war he has resided in Rhode Island and in Dutchess and Delaware Counties in the state of New York, resided two years in Delaware County and twenty six years in Dutchess County. He names Jonathan Haight and Richard B. Jackson residing in his neighbourhood, to testify to his character, and to his reputation as a soldier of the revolution, And he hereby relinquished 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 in open court Sept. 26 1832. Henry D. Decker Clerk  Joseph his + Place mark
State of New York Dutchess County 3rd: We Jonathan Haight and Richard B. Jackson of the town of Stanford in said County do hereby certify and declare that we are well acquainted with Joseph Place who has subscribed and sworn to the above statement and declaration and have known him about 26 years. that we believe him to be of the age as stated by him; that he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion. And also that his character for truth is good and he is entitled to full credit on oath.  Sworn in open court Sept 26. 1832. Henry D. Decker Clerk  Jonathan Haight Richard B. Jackson

War Department, Pension Office, Octo: 9 th 1819.
Sir,
The claim of Joseph Place has been rejected. Topham's Regiment, in which, it appears, he served, was not on the Continental establishment, during the time he was a soldier in it. Captain Whipple is mistaken in the definition given to the term, Continental establishment, as used in the Act of Congress, under which Mr Place claims a pension.
I am, respectfully,
Your Obt. Servt.
J. L. Edwards.
P. A. Livingston, Esq.; • Rhinebeck, New York.

War Department Pension Office
July 10. 1832
Sir,
In reply to the letter from Mr. Jonathan Haight of Stanford, I have to inform you that there is in this office satisfactory proof of nine months service in the case of Joseph Place. Mr. Place in order to obtain a Pension under the new law must produce an affidavit according to the enclosed printed regulations. That part applicable to this case is marked.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obedt Servt.
J. S. Edwards
Hon. E. H. Pendleton, Hyde Park. Dutchess County. New York.

13.332
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Joseph Place
W. P. ... ... ...
admitted.
11 mo. Private.

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 named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that Jonathan Knight and Richard B. Jackson who have signed and sworn to the above certificate are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Henry L. Boorer Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Dutchess do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Place for a
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court this twenty sixth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Henry L. Boorer Clerk

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence.
On this sixth day of March A.D. 1837 before me the subscriber chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County, personally appeared Joseph Place, now resident in Gloucester in said County, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain William Whipple & in the regiment com- -manded by Col. John Topham, in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of New York, from whence he has lately removed that he now resides

in the State of Rhode Island in said Glouce- ster where he intends to remain & wishes his pension to be there payable in future in that his reasons for removing from the State of New York. (from the Duchess County & Town of Stamford) to said Rhode Island are the following - that he was in destitute circum- stances & he thought he could fare better if he removed to said Gloucester which was his native town, his Joseph X Hare Mark
attest Benjamin Russell President of the Providence March 6 1837
Sworn to & subscribed before me.
Benjamin Russell 6 of 66 Plus

I Simon Smith of Gloucester in the County of Providence being now 54 years of age on oath do testify & say that I am well acquainted with Joseph Place who has subscribed & sworn to the preceding deposition & who is now present before me. I have known said Joseph many years. I knew him before he removed from said Gloucester to New York which was upwards of thirty years ago - and he has recently returned to his native town & is the same per- :son to whom a pension was granted when living in the State of New York Simon Smith Providence
March 6 1837 I swear to & subscribed before me and I further certify said Simon is well known to me & he is a credible witness Raymond Lowell

State of Rhode Island &c
Providence ss, I Dexter Randall. Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within the said County being a Court of Record do hereby certify that Benjamin Durfee Esq. before whom the within affidavit was sworn is a qualified Justice of said Court: That by Law he is duly authorized and empowered to administer oaths and take depositions and that his signature within written is genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Providence this tenth day of March AD 1837.
Dexter Randall Clerk

13.332 Joseph Place
admitted.
11 mo. Private.
Alex. Forbes
Poughkeepsie, N. York

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Place  of Stamford in the State of N. York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 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. As a Gen.     In 17 9 Private Proof of this Service Contained in a letter attached to his present application   Spring of 1779. 1 Substitute Capt. Whipple } R. Island Col. S. Windsor }   " 1 do Capt. A. Windsor " "  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None named  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Smithfield R. Island  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional evidence — Refers to evidence on file in the Pension Office showing 9 mo. Service  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? they are duly authenticated. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Gordon Examining Clerk.

Revolution
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File No. 21,926
Joseph Price dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Ms. A. 1. 1 v. 10 Mr. Burdine.
Edwards E. [Signature] Community of Russians
Washington be

Providence March 6 1835
Sir I herewith enclose the application of Joseph Hale for the removal of his pension from the State of New York to this State for the reasons therein set forth - I am respectfully Yours & Benja Cumell
J. L. Edwards Esq

Joseph Shaw
N. Y. R.
to
R. Island

Mr. Brewster
Jas M. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Mechanics Bank New York 13 th March 1837
Sir
Joseph Mace a Private at $36 66 per Annum under the act of 7 th June 1832, mentioned in your Letter of the 10 th Inst. was last paid at this Agency, to the 11 th of September 1836. viz: on the 6 th of the same month,
I am Very Respectfully Your Obed Servt
W. Fleming Presd. of Agency
James S. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions