Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21, 658, Isaac Briggs, R. I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
RJ
Briggs, Isaac
S. 21,658
CONTENTS

21.968 Rhode Island Isaac Briggs of Warwick in the State of Rhode Island who was a Private in the Corps commanded by Captain Holden of the Regt commanded by Col. Varnum in the Massachusetts line for Full Term 2/1/81
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Dec: 1833 and Serial No 241. Pears No. of Rep.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep r 33 $ 200 Semi-annual allowance ending Dec 31 40 $240
Revolutionary Claim, per June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. C. Still Clerk Vol. 2. Page 126.

State of Rhode Island &c } ss County of Kent } ss
On this thirteenth day of September A 1832 personal ly appeared before Charles Brayton one of the justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State Isaac Buggs of Warwick in the County of Kent aged Eighty four 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 th 1832
That he was born in said Warwick on the 25 th day of July A 1748 where he has ever since resided that he knows of no record of his age That in the Spring of the year 1775 and he thinks in the month of May he enlisted in a regiment raised by the State commanded by Col Greene Varnum in the company commanded by Capt Thomas Holden and served from that time until the first of January 1776 when he was honorably discharged by parole at Boston whither he marched in June 1775 with the troops & where he served from said June till January following That on his re- turn from Boston he served in the Militia of said town between the month of January 1776 and the month of March 1777 several different times once he was draughted and served at old Warwick under Col Waterman his captain he does not recollect that he served one month That he served one month near Kennebec Point in Warwick under Capt Amos Lock wood in Col John Waterman's regiment That he served one month as a substitute for Stephen Arnold of Warwick who was draughted and served at said old Warwick That in March 1777 he enlisted in a regiment raised by the State of Rhode Island commanded by Col Greene Asaph in the Mahon

Hammet Company for one year and served out said term at Warwick and at Coventry in this state was in Spencer's expedition that he was honorably discharged from said service on the 16 th of March 1778 by parole
That from that time he served in the Militia of said town of Warwick was at all times subject to draughts made thereupon and always served when draughted except about six months in the year 1780 when he was on board the Armed Ship Washington and that he always served when draughted and usually one month at a time
That in August  July & August 1778 he served on Rhode Island in Sullivan's expedition one month as a substitute for the son of Cornelius Cornel. & was hired by said Cornelius & served under Capt. Knight, that immediately afterwards he was draughted & served one month on Rhode Island & at Coventry in said expedition & was in the battle which took place on the retreat from the Island
That beside the services before mentioned he served at Old Warwick one month and quartered at the Stone Garrison also one month at another time and quartered at Thomas Vike's also one month at another time and served in the 2000 guard then stationed under Capt. Gardner of East Greenwich the month or year he cannot now recollect
That he was on duty in the militia of said town at other times the particulars of which he cannot now recollect but that he served as much as half the time during the war of the revolution when not enlisted or on board said ship
And 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
Witness Charles Prayton
Isaac his X Bruggs mark
Subscribed and sworn to before me Charles Prayton I.S.P. Court
I Joseph Arnold S.C. of Warwick in the county of Kent do hereby and say I was an ensign & afterwards a lieutenant in company commanded by Capt Thomas Holden in the regiment commanded by Col James M c Varnum in 1775 that Isaac Bruggs was enlisted into said company about the middle of May of that year and served from that time till the first of January 1776 and I further say that I have been ever since personally ac- quainted with the said Bruggs and that his character for truth and veracity is good
Joseph Arnold (S.C.)
Subscribed and sworn to before me Charles Prayton I.S.P. Court
I Job Priggs of Warwick in the county of Kent do hereby and say that I was enlisted into Capt Thomas Holden's company in Col Varnum's regiment of State troops in May 1775 and served in said company from that time until the first of January 1776 that Isaac Bruggs enlisted into said company about the same time and I think the same day and that he served with me in said company until the first of January following that we marched to Bristol on the 18 th day of June 1775 and there served out the remainder of said time that the said Isaac served with me in the militia of the town of Warwick several different times once at old Warwick one month when we quartered at the Stone Garrison one other time at old Warwick when we quartered at the Melcher Hammett house one month and two other times

at said Old Warwick when we quartered at the said Stone garrison that we served one month at each of said times That said Isaac served with me one month on Rhode Island in Sullivan's expedition under Capt. Squire Miller that he also served with me at a place called Nausawent in Warwick at two several times of one month each when we quartered at Thomas Greene's & I further say that I served in Spencer expedition in Fiverton in 1777 That at that time said Isaac was an enlisted soldier and was then serving as such in Col Popham's regiment but in what company I do not now recollect and I always understood that he served one year in said regiment
Which Charles Mayton
Job
Puggs mark
Subscribed and Sworn to before me Charles Mayton J.P. Clerk
I Ezekiel Doud of Warwick in the County of Kent and State of Rhode Island do hereby depose and say that I am well acquainted with Isaac Puggs the within affidavit that I well remember that the said Isaac was in the service as an enlisted soldier in Malachi Hammet company in Col. Popham's regiment of State troops in 1777 that I was in the same company that when I left said company in December 1777 said Puggs had served therein seven or eight months that I saw said Puggs several times in the militia service at Old Warwick during the revolution ary war
Ezekiel
Doud mark
Subscribed and Sworn to before me Charles Mayton J.P. Clerk

State of Rhode Island &c
West
On this 18 th day of November A 1833 personally appeared before me Charles Mayton one of the justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Rhode Island Isaac Briggs the within declarant and on oath declared that he enlisted into the company commanded by Thomas Fletcher in Col. Varnum Regiment as early as the 20 day of May 1776 that when he served as a substitute for Stephen Arnold he was in Col. Waterman Regiment, but does not recollect the Capt. that when he served on Rhode Island & at Severance in 1778 being himself draughted he served under Capt. Millers in Col. John Watermans Regiment but when he served under Capt. Knight he does not recollect the name of the Col. but he recollects the circumstance that Capt. carried complaints to the Col. of the conduct of his men & related what one of the men had said of the Col. that the Col. replied that he might let them kiss his back for he cared not for them that at the time of his service in the Provost Guard under Capt. Gardner he was draughted & that he was in Col. Watermans Regiment that he served there in Sept 1778 or Oct 1778 according to the present recollection
That as to his services at Old Warwick where he quartered at the House Garrison and at Thomas Miches he was draughted and served under Col. Waterman and in the year 1778 but does not recollect which of the Capt. under whom he served during the war, their commands but that his militia service was principally under Capt. Rice and Capt. Millers and in Col. Watermans Regiment and that he must have served under Capt. Rice or Capt. Millers at said times and that in all these services mentioned in his declaration wherein he has not stated the name of the Capt. he must have served under one or the other of said Captains. That he distinctly recollects all the several terms of service stated in his declaration that during all said service he was not engaged in any civil pursuits but on actual military service as a private
Isaac Briggs his mark

The foregoing was subscribed and sworn to before me by the said Isaac Briggs the 20 th day of November A.D. 1883
Charles Mayton, Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court
I certify that Charles Mayton is Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court & that the above signature is in his proper hand writing
Isaac J. Bangs
NOV. 24 1883
26965 Isaac Briggs

26965 Isaac Mays
506
Private 2 years Adm'l
Whe adn o when Mr P. City
Mark J. Peaco House Rep George Washington Averick R.I.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Nov 4 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Briggs
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officer under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1773 7 or 8 Private Capt Holden 84   1774 1 " Col Varnum   1775 1 " Col Waterman   1776 1 " Capt Lock   1777 1 " Col Waterman   1778 1 " Capt Varnum   1 " not stated   1 " not stated   1 " Capt Gardner   1780 6 { not stated } Ship Washington  
Widow's & King's witnesses
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
 State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers: 
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. (This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.)]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____ A. B.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  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 services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  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. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 that 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

MS C
April 30, 1926
Mrs. Frank R. LaBree 19 Lillian Ave. Providence, R. I.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 21658, it appears that ISAAC BRIGGS was born July 25, 1748, in Warwick, Rhode Island.
While a resident of said place he enlisted and served as private with the Rhode Island Troops at various times from May 20, 1775, until sometime in the latter part of 1778, amounting to two years, three months and ten days in all, under Captains Thomas Holden, Amos Lockwood, Rice, Squire Millard, Malachai Hammett, Knight, and Gardner, and Colonels James M. Varnum, John Waterman, and Topham; and he went on Spencer's Rhode Island expedition and was in the battle of Rhode Island. He also served six months in 1780 on the Letter of Marque, Washington.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 13, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.

For the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person to whom paid, and possibly the date of death of Isaac Briggs, you should apply to the Record Section, Civil Division, General Accounting Office, 1800 E St., N.W., Wash., D.C., citing all of the following data:
Isaac Briggs, Certificate 21968, issued December 9, 1833, rate $80 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Rhode Island Agency.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

Revolution
21658
INVALID.
1926 Apr. 30 test to Mrs Frank R. LaBree well
File No. 21,658
Frank Briggs
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 1821
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 50
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Nantucket Nov 28 1833
J S Edwards Esq
Dear Sir In relation to the claim of Isaac Briggs for a pension for your assistance in the further examination of the claim of Levi Ammered but to a tabular statement of his services as they appear from the papers herewith enclosed. I which I trust will be satisfactory to the department. He found no part of his claim upon his services on board the ship Washington, she not being to his knowledge in the service as a Public Ship but sailing under Letters of Marque. He is satisfied that he performed other land services but as he does not recollect distinctly how long he served at any particular place other than those he has mentioned in his declaration, he does not found his claim upon them. The there is proof of this service in the papers. You will perceive that he is by no means disposed to enlarge his claim beyond what he himself distinctly recollects.
Respectfully your ob. Servt
Geo A. Briggs

Period when in service
of the San Jacinto Officers
1775 May
7
10 private
Capt. Pedeler Col. Veramendi
proved by J. P. Arnold J. P. Priggs
aged 84 Served in Manuel when he entered the service
1776
1
" Rev. Miller Col. Waterman
1
" Capt. Lockwood "
1
" Rev. Miller "
1777 March 1
Capt. Flamant Col. Topham proved by J. P. Priggs
1778 July
1
Capt. Knight Col. proved by S.O. " Miller's Col. Waterman
August
1
Oct
1
Capt. Gaudin " Rev. " Miller's "
1
1

I Esau Roberts of Cranston in the County of Providence and State of Rhode Island on oath depose and say that in June 1777 I enlisted in Capt. Robbins company in Col. John Doham regiment for the term of nine months and served under said enlistment until the 16 th day of March 1778 that I entered the service in Old Havers that I am well acquainted with Isaac Briggs the within applicant that at the time I entered the service as aforesaid the said Isaac Briggs was an enlisted soldier in Capt. Mahachi Harneth's company in the same regiment that he served from that time until the said sixteenth day of March 1778 and that I always understood and believed that he enlisted on the 16 th day of March 1778 for one year and that he served the full period of one year and I do further depose that part of said service was performed in Fiverton and that Hoxworth's expedition took place during said time.
Esau Roberts
Subscribed and sworn to before me Charles Mowat J.P. Court
And We Thomas Manchester now residing in West Greenwich in said County but late a resident in said Warwick and Edmund Burke residing in said Warwick hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Isaac Briggs who has sworn to and subscribed the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty four 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.
Thos Manchester
Subscribed and sworn to before me Charles Mowat J.P. Court
Edmund Burke

And I the said Charles Mayton do hereby declare my fore- word after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories presented by the war department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and I do hereby further certify that there is no clergyman residing in the neighborhood of the said applicant that Thomas Manchester who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy- man resident on West Greenwich in this state that he was lately a resident of said Manchester where he resided for a long time and now has the pastoral care of a church therein that Edmund Burke Joseph Amos H. Sob Briggs and Ezekiel Doud are said who subscribed the preceding certificates are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit and I do further certify that the said Grace Briggs from bodily infirm- ity is unable to attend appear in court
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand at said Warwick this Tenth day of June in the year 1833
Charles Mayton J. S. Heath Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Rhode Island &c
26965- Kent ss State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Clerk's office Supreme Judicial Court
I Silas Weaver Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Kent hereby certify that Charles Mayton is a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the said State of Rhode Island &c that the above is his proper signature in his own hand writing and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to all his acts
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court this fifth day of July in the year 1833
Silas Weaver Clk.

March 15, 1926.
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir, -
Will you kindly send me information regarding Isaac Briggs of Warwick R.I. who served in the Revolutionary War.
How long did he receive a pension and the date of his death.

Yours sincerely
May Briggs La Bee
19 Lillian Ave.
Providence
R. I.
Mrs. Frank R. La Bee
Thank you.

March 15. 1926.
Revolutionary Service
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly send me information regarding Isaac Briggs of Warwick R.I.? When he enlisted, how long service and what commission?
He was born July 29 1748. and had long

service in the Rev. War.
Yours sincerely May Briggs La Bree 19 Lillian Ave Providence R. I.
Mr. Frank R. La Bree
Thank you.