Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9134, James Campbell, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Campbell, James
S9134
CONTENTS
Carded

10.757. New Hampshire
James Campbell
of Hillsboro in the State of N H who was a Sergeant in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Foye in the N H ★ time for 2 Mos Serge 6 Do P - ★
Mass. Line. Dec. 6/04.
Records corrected.
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 30 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Apr 1833 and sent to P. K. ★ Amherst N H
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $60 — Semi-ant. allowance ending 11 Febr " 15 — $75 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Blair Clerk, Book R. Vol. 1. Page 76
Two men of this name on the N. H. roll of Pa. act 32
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17 James Campbell Murrinack -
1870
Please send to Col. Parker Amherst Mass.
1. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom did you serve? Answer: 2. Where were you when called into service, where did you live, since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live, Answer: 3. Have you any record of your service, and what is it? Answer: 4. Where and in what year were you born? Answer: 5. Did you serve in the War of 1812, and if so, in what capacity, and for how long? Answer: 6. Did you receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and upon what grounds? Answer: 7. Did you receive a pension from the State or from the General Government, and if so, for what services? Answer: 8. What was your occupation during your life, and where did you follow it? Answer: 9. Were you ever married, and if so, how many times, and to whom? Answer: 10. How many children do you have, and what are their names and where do they live? Answer: 11. What is your present residence, and how long have you lived there? Answer: 12. What is your present occupation? Answer: 13. Have you any property, and if so, what kind and how much? Answer: 14. What is your present age? Answer: 15. Where were you on the day of the battle of Bunker Hill, and what did you do? Answer: 16. Were you present at the siege of Boston, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 17. Were you present at the battle of Saratoga, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 18. Were you present at the battle of Ticonderoga, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 19. Were you present at the battle of Bennington, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 20. Were you present at the battle of Stillwater, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 21. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 22. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 23. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 24. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 25. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 26. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 27. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 28. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 29. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 30. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 31. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 32. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 33. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 34. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 35. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 36. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 37. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 38. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 39. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 40. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 41. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 42. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 43. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 44. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 45. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 46. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 47. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 48. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 49. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer: 50. Were you present at the battle of Red Bank, and if so, in what capacity? Answer:
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
ss.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
On this XXXXXX — 27 th day of August A.D. 1832
James Campbell personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate, now sitting a within and for the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid,
Merrimack in said county — James Campbell of aged 78 — years
Who being 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. That is to say,
that about the first of May in the year 1775 he went to Cambridge and enlisted in Capt. John Davis' company in Col. James Fages regiment of Massachusetts Troops to serve eight months . — Brackett of Doverhill was Lieut. Col. of the regiment, and Nathaniel Herrick, Lieut. of the company. Was stationed at Cambridge College — was in the battle of Bunker Hill and wounded. He served until January 4 th 1776. and was then discharged having served his time out. He served as Sergeant in said company during a part of said time.
That he was born in Weathers in said State of New Hampshire in 1754 — has a record of his age in a Bible, and his birth is recorded on the records of Weathers. — That he lived in Weathers when he enlisted — Since the war he resided in Bedford in said county. about forty years — for the last three years he has resided in Merrimack. That he had no written discharge —

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
County of Hillsborough
On this day personally appeared James Campbell before the Court of Probate, now sitting in open Court at the County of Hillsborough, in the State aforesaid. Who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the person described in and who executed the foregoing application for a pension, and that the facts stated in said application are true to the best of his knowledge, information and belief.
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll, of the agency of any State, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Sworn to
James Campbell Solomon Parker. Judge of Probate.
We Thomas Savage a Clergyman residing in the town of Bedford in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Phinehas Aiken residing in Bedford aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with James Campbell who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be 78 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Thomas Savage
Phinehas Aiken Solomon Parker. Judge of Probate.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 it appears to them, that Thomas Savage who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Bedford and that Phinehas Aiken who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Bedford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Solomon Parker. } Judge of Probate for said } County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register of the court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of James Campbell for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court, this twenty seventh day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton
Register of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, SS.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were propounded to the said James Campbell and the following answers given, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, I was born in Wunhann in the 1754
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, I have a record of my age in my Bible and one in the Town records of Wunhann
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer, I lived in Wunhann when I enlisted. After the war I came to Bedford where I lived about forty years - for the last three years I have lived in Merrimack -
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom?
Answer, I enlisted -
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I have stated their names in my Declarative
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?
Answer, I never had a discharge
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Rev. Thomas Savage - Phinehas Asken, John French -
Certified by
C. H. Atherton
Register.

18704
James Campbell
Sergt 2 Month Paid \frac{8}{8}
Alb
$30-
E. Parker Amherst N H

BRIEF in the case of James Campbell County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire (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? 70 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.     May In 1795 8 Private First a part of the time 2 M o Colt Davis Colt Fry  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Waltham  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? or in a customary way  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Catts Examining Clerk.

Rev War
9134
INVALID.
File No. 9134
James Campbell Sergt Recv. War
Act: June 7 th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 101 , Page 59
[Arrangement of 1870.]

James Campbell Recd.
James Campbell, Mass. S. File 9.134.

This may Certifi that James Campbell was a Sargent in my Company and in Conn: James Fry's Regiment and was Shot Through the knee in the Battle of Bunker hill on the Sevententh of June 1779 and the Com d of S d Regiment being Dead cannot sign this Certificate
Methuen Sep r 4 th 1808
John Davis Capt
Attest John Sargent } Sargents in Simson Tyler } S d Company

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept. 28 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 that on the muster roll of Capt. John Davis Company in Col. Frys regiment, made up for seven days from April 19. 17 75 the for name of James Campbell is borne as a private - said roll contains no discharges, and it does not appear that any other roll of said company is on file in this office.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

I James Campbell of Merrimack, county of Hillsborough New Hampshire - in addition to my declaration before the Probate Court for said county on the 27 th day of August A.D. 1832 - testify and say - that the time I served as a Sergeant in said Capt. John Davis' company in Col. Fries Regiment, in 1775, was two months , as near as I can recollect. I took the place of one of the Sergeants who was made orderly sergeant. - I was wounded in the battle of Bunker Hill, and in the year 1808 I attempted to get concluded to try to get on to the Invalid Pension list, on ac- count of my wounds in that battle. I went to Methuen, where Capt. John Davis, John Sargent and Simeon Tyler, two of the Sergeants of said com- pany then lived. They gave me the certificate which is hereto annexed. It was written by John Sargent, and signed by Capt. Davis, and witnessed by Sargent & Tyler. Since the passing of the Pension law of June last I have been to Methuen to get the testimony of those men, and they are all dead.
James Campbell
State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ss - On this twenty third day of October in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. James Campbell above named personally came and signed the fore- going affidavit, and made oath, in due form of law that the same is true.
Before me - Edmund Parker, Justice of the Peace