Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,031, Samuel Bisbee, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Mass.) Bisbee, Samuel
S. 34,031
CONTENTS

11. 1810 Q
Massachusetts
Samuel Bisbee
Easton in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Serjeant of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Two Years Continental
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th of May 1819 and sent to Nahum Mitchell Esq r East Bridgewater Mass ts
  Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 80. 25   Semi-ann. all'ce endings Sep 1819 48. 00   9 Mo. 5/1 $128. 25 
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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The foregoing declaration was made & sworn to the day and year aforesaid by the said Samuel Bisbee —
William Snow a credible witness made oath before me that the said Bisbee served one year with him in Capt. Dyer's Company as the said Bisbee has stated —
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Samuel Bisbee did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, and that the said Bisbee is poor and needs the assistance of his country for support. —
Nathan Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

Samuel Bisbee Easton Private
1776 Sargiant's Mass. Regiment as to pay due 11 th May 1818
Admitted

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Plymouth ss.
On this fourth day of May 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Southern Circuit, personally appeared Samuel Bisbee of Easton Co. of Bristol aged sixty years, resident in the said Circuit, who being by me first duly cautioned according to law, on his oath made the following declaration, by him signed , in order to obtain the provision made by the late 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." viz. That he enlisted into the continental service in November 1775 at Cambridge Ms in Capt. Frederick Poper's Com- pany and Col. Paul Dudley Sergeant's Regi- ment in the Massachusetts line, and continued to serve in said Regiment one year and until the first of January 1777 and was then honorably discharged at Stamford, near N.Y. and had a written discharge but has lost it - William Snow of Easton and Benjamin King man of Sheron Ms served in the same company with him during said year - That he was in the retreat of Genl. Washington from New York - That he has no further evidence of his services in his power - and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his Country for support. —

The foregoing declaration was made & sworn to the day and year aforesaid by the said Samuel Bisbee —
William Snow a credible witness made oath before me that the said Bisbee served one year with him in Capt. Dyer's Company as the said Bisbee has stated —
And I, the said Judge, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Samuel Bisbee did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the com- mon enemy, for the term of nine months, on the continental establishment; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress, and that the said Bisbee is poor and needs the assistance of his country for support. —
Nathan Mitchell
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
ss.
1818.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That is one of the Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit, consisting of the Counties of Plymouth, Norfolk, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in said Commonwealth—that the same Circuit Court of Common Pleas is a Court of record—that the signature to the above cer- tificate is the true signature of the said Judge, and that the seal thereunto affixed is the seal of the said Court.
} Clerk of the Judicial Court for the County of

Samuel Barker
1711. 140
May 1814
Call. Sept 15
1820
EW
1817

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Taunton July 17th. 1820.
A SCHEDULE of the property of Samuel Biber of Easton in the County of Bristol.
VIZ. One old Chest with drawers $4.00 1 Table - 0..50. 1 Shoed & bench 1..00. 1 Pot 80 1 Kettle 70 1..50. 1 Box 1.00 1 Hoe 50 1..50. 5 old Chairs 3.00 1 Scythe 1.00 4..00. 1 Rake 35 1 Pail 25 0..55. a few old Cups & Saucers & a pot 0..75. 1 Tea-kettle 0..50. Cash on hand 0..18 $14.48.
My Family consists of myself, aged sixty three; my wife Hannah, aged sixty eight; One Daughter, Nancy Biber, aged twenty five. My daughter is unable to labour, being in a decline; My life past labour with old age. I am very well the most part of my time, for a man of my age... I am a labourer by profession. Samuel Biber.

SCHEDULE.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
BRISTOL ss. Sixteenth Court of Common Pleas.
On this seventeenth day of July 1820, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said county,
Samuel Bisbee,
aged sixty three years, resident in Easton, in said county, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
I served in Col. Sargent's Regiment, in Capt. Phipps Company in the Massachussetts line. The date of my original declaration was under May 4th. 1818 before the Hon. Judge A. Mitchell. The No. of my pension Certificate is 11,140.
Property valued at $14.48.
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.
Samuel Bisbee
Sworn to, and declared, on the seventeenth day of July A.D. 1820. before
James Spratt Clk. of Court, Bristol Co.
I, James Spratt clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the schedule 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 fourteen dollars and forty eight cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this twenty eighth day of July 1820.
J. Spratt
Clerk of the Court for the County of Bristol.

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Curr
P. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
M.F.C.
Washington, D. C., March 11, 1895.
Miss:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Samuel Bisbee --- 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.     Nov. 1775 1 yr. Pvt. Frederick Pope Sargent Mass.  
Battles engaged in, None mentioned. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Town not stated. Date of application for pension, May 4, 1818. Residence at date of application, Easton, Mass. Age at date of application, Sixty years.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Miss Louisa E. Tenney,
Commissioner.
190444m 41 High St.,
Portland, Maine.

34031 Rev INVALID.
Mol. 1/25 Mil Dist. to Miss, Louisa E. Kenny. 41 High St. Portland Me. M. C. L.
File No. 34031
Samuel Bisbee
Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Benjamin Groswell of lawful age to give evidence do testify and say that I was a soldier in the war of the revolution on the continental establishment and well know Samuel Brisbee of Easton, and that he en- listed in the beginning of 1776 into for one year into Capt. Pope's company & and Col. Sargeant's Regiment and Mass:ts line, and faithfully served out the year and was honorably discharged at the close of the year. I served with him during the whole time in the same company.
Benjamin Groswell
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth 3d March 1. 1819.
Personally appeared the above named Benjamin Groswell, who is a credible Witness, and made so- lemn oath to the truth of the above Deposition, by him subscribed in my presence. —
Before me. Nahum Mitchell: Judge etc.
PS. This Deposition, with that of William Snow, certified in my certificate of his, (Brisbee's) Declaration, I suppose to be sufficient to prove the service.
N. Mitchell

B
41 High St Portland Maine
Feb 3, 1895
To the Pension Bureau
Will you please send me the record of Samuel Bisbee who was a pensioner having been in the Revolutionary war - during the entire war. He was born in Bridge water Mass in 1757. I should like his record as I wish to join the daughters of the revolution. please answer soon Respectfully
Luisa E. Tenney.