Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17585, for James Metcalf, Massachusetts

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Metcalf, James
S. 17585
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15437 Massachusetts
James Metcalf
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a P vt B att in the Company commanded by Captain Cutting of the Reg t commanded by Col. Craft in the Mass. line for nine & 20 days service Dorchester & 28 th Bombadier
State of Mass
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 30 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 th day of Feb y 1833 and that to Lillian Napang Mass
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar 33 $60.44 Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 st Jan y 15.17 $75.83
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by John M. Allen Clerk Book { Vol. 2 Page 23
77 Norfolk

17585 INVALID
File No. 17,585
James Metcalf Pr. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 39
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 255
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James Merial Map
Bombadine 5 Mr 28 Aug
Plat No 1. 2
7
19410
E. S. Leland
Roxbury
Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Or of Norfolk
James Mitchell in the State of Mass (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? 75  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.     9 th Nov r In 17 th volunteer 5 23 Bombadier Capt Cushing Col Croft   1 st October 1 2 Capt Fairbank Col How   7  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norfolk Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional and documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payton
Examining Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this nineteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Medway in and for said County, Jerry Metcalf a resident of Franklin in said County, 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, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Wrentham in said County on the thirty first day of August A. D. 1757, and that there is a record of his birth in the town of Wrentham : that he was in the United States service from the ninth day of November A. D. 1776, to the eighth day of May A. D. 1777 5 months 28 days as a bombardier in the Massachusetts Artillery : that he was residing at Wrentham of course when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Ebenezer Dyer of Col. Croft's Regiment  then to Nantucket ; that he marched from Wrentham to Boston from : that he served with other similar  of the regular troops ; and no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received a discharge but not in writing : that he left the service on the 8th day of May 1777 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Franklin
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the first day of October A. D. 1777, to the third day of November A. D. 1777 2 days, 1 month as a private in the Massachusetts militia that he was residing at Franklin when he entered the service ; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Asa Hunkins of Colonel Beman's Housatonic Regiment in Rhode Island : that he marched from Wrentham to Little Compton : that he served with other similar  of the regular troops ; and no regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service on about the 1st of November 1777
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the day of  A. D. 17  , to the  day of  A. D. 17  as a  in the  that he was residing at  when he entered the service ; that he  and served for the period aforesaid under the command of  : that he marched from  : that he served with  of the regular troops ; and regular officers were known to him ; that he was in  battle that at the end of his service he received a discharge  and left the service on 

James Metcalf #77-

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.
James Mitchell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
We Nathan Daniels residing in the said Franklin and Ebenezer Smalley residing in said Franklin hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Mitchell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Nathan Daniels Ebenezer Smalley
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Ebenezer Smalley who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clayman resident in the said Franklin ; and that Nathan Daniels who has also signed the same is a resident in said Franklin and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit. Sherman Lee and Judge of Probate
I Samuel Hawn Register of the court of Probate of said do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of James Mitchell for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid
fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Samuel Hawn

James Metcalf -
19470 ✓
E. S. Leland
450 6 270

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Nov. 24 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of James Metcalf is borne upon the Pay Rolls of Capt Perez Cushing's Company in Col Crafts Reg t & is therein stated to have served in the capacity of Bombadier for the period of three five months & twenty eight days from Nov. ninth 1776 to May eighth 1777
The name of James Metcalf is also borne upon a Pay roll of Capt Asa Fairbanks Company in Col. Benj. Haines Reg t , & is therein stated to have served as a private for the period of one month & two days commencing Sept thirteenth 1777
Edward D. Bangs Secy