Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29688, James Capen, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Capen, James
NUMBER
S. 29688
CONTENTS
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Massachusetts 21.978
James Caper of Spencer in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Hill of the Regt commanded by Col Tupper in the Mass line for 2 years
Caper
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Oct 1833 and sent Hon J. Kings House of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $240.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending March 4th — $240.00 $480.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by R. H. Madison Clerk, Book 8 Vol 2 Page 14
71 Wacera
$696 Aug 17 1818 of 30 May 1818

Cap t James Capens
Declaration

I James Capen of Spencer in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Gentleman of Lawfull age testify and say, that I made application under the act of Congress, past March 18 th 1818 for the benefits of said act and sent to the Department of War, my vouchers to obtain a Pension and was inscribed on the Pension role of the Massachusetts Agency , and have since been struck from the same on the account of Property as was then due. I was a private soldier in the Tenth Massachusetts Regt. Commanded by Col. Tupper Lt. Col. Farnel, and the Maj. I have forgotten, when the Tenth Regt. was broken up, I was transferred to Col. Vose's Regt. (then the first Regt.) Capt. John Miller's Company, of Infantry. I was Born in said Spencer and resided there when I made the former application and still reside there.
Aug. 3 d 1832. He hereby ratifies my claim as to a pension or annuity, except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Army of my State.
James Capen Worcester ss Aug. 3 d 1832
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas, the above named James Capen, (he being from Badely informity unable to attend before the Court) and made oath to the truth of the above Declaration by him subscribed
Solomon Strong Judge C.C.P. Pleas
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said Commonwealth, for the County of Worcester, the same being a Court of Record, do hereby certify that the Honorable Solomon Strong is one of the Justices of said Court, and that his signature to the above certificate is in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court this tenth day of September A.D. 1832. Abijah Bigelow, (his)

29688 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 29,688
James Capen Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Incharge Copied Plant to James Doaper Spencer
(Map.)
Mar 22. 1834

764.
Massachusetts Roll
James Capen, 1 st  4 Private
Mass Line - 1781 - 2 years 8 mos. In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 17 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 th of May 1818 and sent to Hon. Edward Bangs, Worcester, Mass.
Arrears to 4 th of Sept r 1818
Semi-annual ending
4 months 18/30      $36.80
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Spencer Worcester Co

28040 James Leaper Mass.
Was struck from the Roll Mudsack 1818.
Private 2 years armed
Dept
M m Garrison Worcester Mass

Hon. Lewis C. Cols.
Secretary of War.
Sir,
The enclosed case of James Copen was committed to my care within the last few days - I understand that the applicant had his name enrolled on the pension list under the act of 1818 - but did not receive a certificate from your department on account, as he supposed, of his property being so large, at the time of his first application, as to exclude him from the benefit of said act. Since which time he has not made any further attempt to obtain a pension, until the present. The evidence of his service will be found, as he presumes, among the papers connected with his first application; and to that case he now refers, for whatever is necessary to substantiate his present claim. I find that another person of the same name with his, made application for a pension under the former act - That person resided in Fitchburg , in this county -
The present applicant has ever been an inhabitant of Spencer , in this county, as I understand.
You will, therefore, be able to distinguish the two cases, by the different designation of residence, and thereby avoid any misunderstanding on account of the similarity of names.
The present declaration has been made out in a manner satisfactory to the judge, before

whom it was sworn to, as well as to the bond wherein it has been authenticated - and is, therefore, supposed to be sufficiently formal and explicit to answer the purpose intended, when taken in connection with the evidence contained in his first application. Should any insurmountable difficulty come in the way of its allowance, I shall be glad to hear of it as early as convenient, in order to notify the applicant to procure what further may be required.
He is very infirm, and, I believe, does not know of any person living, who can testify as to his actual service - but can procure what would be considered satisfactory evidence, in point of belief and reputation, that he was in the service as he has declared in his statement first sent on to your Department.
Very respectfully,
Your obedt. servt.
William Garrison
Worcester, Mass.
Jan'y 3. 1833.

BY THE HONOURABLE
MAJOR-GENERAL K N O X,
Commanding the AMERICAN FORCES on Hudson's River.
James Capen  Soldier in the first  first  Massachusetts Regiment.
being inlisted for Three Years, is hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the Service of the United States.
Given in the State of New-York,
the seventeenth Day of Decem- ber - 1789
By the General's Command,
Knox
J. D. [unclear] at the Genl. Camp.
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
J. Mills Captain 1st Infantry
AN BR ST

State of Massachusetts I James Capen a citizen of the United States now resident at Spencer in the County of Worcester in the state aforesaid, do on both testify and declare that in the war of the Revolution, in the month of May 1781 for the term of three years I enlisted entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the seventeenth day of December 1783 - as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence, that I belonged to Captain Marshall Company and Col. Fugger's Regiment a part of the time the residue of the time I belonged to Captain John Mills Comp- -any and Col. Dase Regiment in the Massachusetts line and that I left the service December the 17th 1783. and that by reason of my circumstances in life I stand in need of assistance from my country being now of the age of fiftyfive years and I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States if any may be or hath been so allowed -
James Capen
Be it remembered, that on this seventeenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and Navel service of the United in the Revolution- ary war was made and passed on the 18th day of March AD 1818 - Personally appeared before me Edward Dows one of the judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in P. State the above named James Capen
And after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he made the oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribed the same in my presence, and on examina- -tion duly made by me the said judge, it appareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true with the full offi'd Court Edward Dows