Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,403, for Edward Raymond, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Raymond, Edward
S. 29,403
CONTENTS

Massachusetts
Edward Paymence of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Lord, of the Regt. commanded by Col. Hays in the War of the Revolution time for 11 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of Honor at the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 day of Aug. 1833 and sent to J. H. Seward Plymouth
Arrears to the 14th of Mar 31 $ 73.33 Pension allowance ending 16.33 $ 91.66
Revolutionary Claims, Act June 7, 1832. Recorded by T. C. Gilman Clerk Book E. Vol. 2 Page 72
80 Plymouth

Edward Raymond Map
Print 11 Mark
16 06
20 March 1933
C. 316
108.15
S. H. Lord Plymouth Map

BRIEF in the case of  68 of Plymouth
Edward Paymonce  in the State of Minn.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Concours  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 78  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. Gen.     In 1775 16 March 2 Private Capt. Dine   July 1776 August 6 " Capt. Ross Col. Carr   1777 15 9 " Capt. Ross Gen. Sullivan Gen. Sprott  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Middleborough Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary one living witness  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The living witness is not verified as competent 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George L. Dyer
Examining Clerk.

Edward Raymond 10.845

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss
ON this Eight day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate now sitting at Wadsworth within and for said County of Plymouth. Edwara Raymond a resident of Wadsworth in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy Eight 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 7, 1832. He hereby relinquish- es 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in the year 1775 he enlisted as a volunteer in the Company of Capt. Abiel Pierce & was stationed at Dorchester in the state of Massachusetts for the term of two months, when he was discharged. has no documentary evidence & testimony of no person whose testimony he can procure as to this service -
That in the month of July 1776 he enlisted into Capt. Nathaniel Wood's Company marched to New York & was stationed in the vicinity of the City of New York & in the battle of White Plains belonged to Col. Cane's Regiment & Genl. Fellows Brigade & served for the period of six months when he was discharged & returned home That he has the deposition of Nathaniel Cole as to this period of service -
That in the year 1777 he enlisted into the Company of said Nathaniel Wood for the term of three months and was

Stationed at North Kingston in Col Spratt's Regiment for the term of three months when he was discharged that he has no written discharge & no documentary evidence of this period of service & has the testimony of all with him & all who were with him in said service
That he was was born in the Town of Wareham in said County of Plymouth & removed to the Town of Middleborough when was quite young, resided in said Middleborough ever since - & especially that he resided in said Middleborough at the several times he enlisted as aforesaid & has no record of his age
That there is no settled Minister in his vicinity that he knows to Nathan Riter & Joshua Bishop who live in his neighborhood and can testify to his character for veracity & to their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Edward Payson
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

We, Nathan Rider & Joshua Bishop  clergymen , residing in the town of Middleborough and
residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Edward Raymond who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy eight 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 to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Reg.  Nathan Rider Joshua Bishop
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 certifies, that it appears to them that Nathan Rider who has signed the preceding certificate, is the resident in the town of Middleborough and that Joshua Bishop who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and an credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register 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 Edward Raymond for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jacob H. Lord

I Nathaniel Cole of Middleborough in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy two years on oath declare & say that I am well acquainted with Edward Raymond of Middleborough aforesaid, that said Edward Raymond in the month of July 1876 enlisted into the company of Capt. Nathaniel Wood marched to New York & was stationed in the vicinity of New York & was in the vicinity battle of White Plains in Col. Carey's regt. & Genl. Fellows Brigade & there served for the term of six months when he was discharged. That I served in said Company during the same term.
And I further testify & say that said Edward Raymond served three months at North Kingston in the state of Rhode Island in the year 1877 in the company of Capt. Nathaniel Wood in Col. Sproats Regiment & that I served in the same company. Nathaniel Cole
Plymouth Y. August 8. 1882. Sworn to and subscribed in open Probate Court the day & year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord
Register
Plymouth Y. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that it was made to appear to the satisfaction of said Court that said Nathaniel Cole is a credible person.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register

29 403 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,403
Edward Raymond Rev Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 338
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10845
Edward Kay  W  W
J H Lord Esq Plymouth Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edward Brannan which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? produced by the witness XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.