Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,297, Joseph Bullard, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
U.S. ★ Bullard, Joseph
S. 30,297
CONTENTS

30 297 Ruy INVALID.
File No. 30,297
Joseph Bullard His Rev. dau
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 98
[Arrangement of 1870.]

15022 Massachusetts
Joseph Ballard
of Springfield the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Tilton of the Regt. commanded by Col. Patterson in the Mass line for 6 months Private 8 - " - Drummer
73 Hampden
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 49 - Dollars - 33 - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of May 1833 and sent to J. W. Cooks Springfield Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $98.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 1, 24.67 $123.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by Chas. Gaddis Clerk Book E Vol. 2 a Page 6

10.611 Joseph Bullard
Served in the year 1875 - 8 months 1877 - 3 " 1878 - 3 "
Musick 8 mo. P.W. 6 mo.
$49:33 per ann -
John
22 7.33 29.33
J. W. Brooks & Springfield Mass

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Hampden County } ss.
On this twentyfourth day of August A.D. 1832. Personally appeared in open Court before the Hon. Oliver B. Morris Esquire Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the said County of Hampden, now sitting at Springfield in said County, Joseph Bullard a resident of Springfield in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid aged Seventy one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Deposition in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, & served as herein stated; to wit;
That he enlisted as a musician in the month of April 1775, immediately after the battle at Lexington, for Eight months, at the town of Needham, now in the County of Norfolk & Commonwealth aforesaid, into a Company of the Massachusetts Militia or State Troops, commanded by Capt. - Killborn, his Lieutenant was John Barron & both of said Needham; his Ensign's name was - Powers, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Patterson; that he served as a fifer in said Company; that immediately after his enlistment he marched with his company to Cambridge near Boston where he joined his Regiment; that he continued in the service with his Regiment at said Cambridge & in the immediate vicinity during the term of his enlistment and at the expiration of Eight months he was honorably discharged & returned home to said Needham in the latter part of December of the same year; that he was not in the battle of Bunker Hill, nor was the Regiment to which he belonged, as he verily believes; that the General officers whom he knew during this campaign were the Commander in Chief, Washington, & Genls Sullivan, Green, Gochran, Putnam, Gates & Heath; that these officers were, as he believes, sometimes with the Army at Cambridge & sometimes at Roxbury; that this Deponent does not know that any one who was with him during this campaign is now living, except Samuel Wheeler of Greenfield in the County of Hampshire, whose Deposition is hereto annexed, and that the said Deposition was taken in this town last November, when the said Wheeler was here on a visit; and that the cause of then taking said Deposition was that the evidence of this Deponent's service in the Army of the Revolution might not be lost; and that if the said Wheeler is now living he cannot prove his attendance in Court without great expense & inconvenience to this Deponent.

That the Deponent enlisted again at said Needham in the latter part of the year 1777, for three months, as a private, in the Company of Capt. Morse of Natick, Ms. in the Massachusetts line, and marched to Cambridge aforesaid, where he was stationed as a guard to the British prisoners, which were a part of Genl. Burgoyne's Army; that Genl. Burgoyne & many of his Officers & Soldiers were there, at or near said Cambridge, and as this Deponent believes were kept in a Fort or Garrison, called Number 2.; that he performed guard duty in said Company during the said term of three months, & was then honorably discharged & returned home to said Needham, sometime in the winter following but that he has no means of determining the precise time of his enlistment or discharge; that he well remembers said prisoners were kept there sometime after his time of service expired & that they were afterwards taken to Norwich, Ms. further back in the country; and that he has no means of proving his service last before mentioned.
That he again enlisted at said Needham, as a private, in the fall of the year 1778, for three months under Capt. Howell in the Massachusetts line & marched to Providence R. I. where he joined the Regiment of Col. Tyler; that he remained there a few weeks on duty in his company when they were ordered to the Island, now called Newport, where he remained on duty till he was discharged, having served three months, when he returned home to said Needham; that he went on the Island soon after an engagement with the British & that some of the shipping of the enemy were lying off the Island while he was there; that while on duty upon the Island, he witnessed the execution of several deserters; that he believes Genl. Heath was in Connecticut during this term of service & that he has forgotten the names of his other officers.
This Deponent further says that he never had a written discharge but that after each of the above mentioned terms of service he was discharged by a General or Regimental order, read before his Regiment or Company; that he has no documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can prove who can testify to his service, except the aforesaid Samuel Wheeler whose Deposition has been already referred to & hereto annexed.

This Deponent further states, that he was born in the said town of Needham — the fifth day of January A.D. 1761, and that there is a Record of his birth in the Clerks office of said town, which is the only Record he knows of; that he always resided in said Needham, except when in the service of the United States, till the year 1786, when he removed to Greenwich in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth aforesaid, where he resided two years & removed to Belchertown in the same County; that in the year 1790 he removed from Belchertown to Ludlow in this County where he lived seven years & then removed to said Springfield; that he remained here three years & returned back to said Ludlow & two years after he returned to said Springfield where he has resided for the last thirty years.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State or Territory.
Joseph Bullard
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
We Bezalel Howard a Chrysymon residing in Springfield aforesaid and Mrs. Mary & Chas. Howard residing in the same town of Springfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Bullard who has subscribed & sworn to the above Declaration, that we believe him to be seventy one years of age; that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion.
Bezalel Howard
William Rice
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid. Charles Howard
And the said Court after investigating the matter & after putting the Interrogatories presented by the War Department, do hereby declare their opinion that the abovenamed Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states &

The said Court further certifies that it appears to them that Braleel Howard D.D. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman residing in said Shrewsbury & that William Rice who has also signed said certificate is also a resident in said Shrewsbury & is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Justin Willard Register of said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Bullard for a Pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Justin Willard Register &c

I Samuel Wheeler of Greenwich in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful Age do Certify and Say That I served Eight Months during the Revolutionary War as a private Soldier That I enlisted immediately after the battle of Lexington in the Year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred Seventy five in the Company commanded by Capt Samuel Wilton in the Regiment commanded by Col John Patterson in the Massachusetts line and that Joseph Bullard now resident in Springfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth aforesaid served in the same Company as a fifer during the whole of the aforesaid Eight Months and that said Bullard and myself were discharged at Cambridge Massachusetts the latter part of the Month of December of the same Year I further Certify Testify that I then knew the said Joseph Bullard and that he served faithfully during the aforesaid Eight Months and that he is still living in Springfield Massachusetts and is the same Joseph Bullard who makes application for a Pension from Government as resident in Springfield. Furthermore You deponent saith not. Samuel Wheeler November 23 d 1831
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire County ss November 23 d 1831 Then Samuel Wheeler the signer of the foregoing Deposition personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed contains the truth
Before me Richard D. Morris justice of the Peace I further certify that the aforesaid deponent is reputed to be a man of truth and veracity and a credible Witness Richard D. Morris justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Somerset ss. I John Ingersoll Clerk of the Common Pleas Court being a Court of Record in the County of Hampden do hereby certify that Richard D. Morris Esq. before whom the within deposition was verified is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampden that his name thereto subscribed is his true & genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the said Common Pleas Court at Springfield on this twenty seventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred & thirty two
John Ingersoll Clerk