Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 30276, John Bisbe, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Bisbe, John. Bisbee or
NUMBER
S 30 276
CONTENTS

10353 Massachusetts
John Fisher
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Stuart of the Regt. commanded by Col. Green in the Mass line for 3 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 day of April 1833 and sent J. B. Thomas Plymouth Mass
Arrears to the 14th of Mar '33 $160.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept., 40.00 $200.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. G. D. San Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 20 Page 4

John Bisbee Plumpton Morpeth
No 6180

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this thirteenth day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Common Pleas — now sitting at Plymouth within and for said County of Plymouth. John Bisbee a resident of Plymouth in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven 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, 1832. He hereby relinquish- es 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
3 Months I Enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. James H. Howland in Colo. Collier's Regiment and served in the Month of February 1776 For the time of Three Months Stationed at Roxbury in the Vicinity of Boston General Thomas had the Command I was Dismissed from said Company and returned in the Month of April 1776
5 Months I Enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. James H. Howland in July 1776 and in Colo. Collier's Regiment and served Five Months Stationed in New York City went from New Haven by water to New York From New York went up the River and was near to Harlem When the Battle was there Proceeded on to the White Plains and was there When the British Light horse came there General Putnam Commander of the Brigade

I Enlisted in the Company commanded by Captain Howden in Colo Moberly's Regiment and Served Six Months From June time in June to December in the year 1777 I Stood at Mobe Ferry and other Places in the State of Rhode Island guarding the Shores at the time the English was on the Island -
6 Months No Person Living that I know of that was in said Company or Regiment Joseph Thomas of Kingston Massachusetts was Ensign in said Company
I Enlisted in the Company commanded by Capt. Colvin Curtis and in Colo Jacobs Regiment and Served Six Months From June time in June to the 1st of December 1778 in the State of Rhode Island I Stood at Tiverton until August then went on the Island - 6 Months and was in the Battle on the Island general Sullivan commanded and was one of the Last that Left the Island when Sullivan retreated off of said Island
I Enlisted and went to Cambridge found Capt. Vergant's Company as guard to guard Major Brown's Team line in the year 1780 and Continued there three Months said Brown was an Englishman 3 Months and was Mustered out
I Enlisted and went to Rhode Island I think same time in Fall of 1780 at the time the French troops was on the Island and found Capt. Ferry 3 Months Westward's Company in Colo Jacobs Regiment and Served three Months
in the above several Enlistments I Served twenty Six Months and Resided in Plymouth Massachusetts where I now live my Birth was in September 15th 1755 and Recorded in Town Records of Plymouth I never Recd any written Discharge I am known to Jonathan Parker Esq. William H. Steele Postmaster in Plymouth Deborah Eddy Countess of Middleborough
John Bice
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We, Elijah Dexter a clergyman, residing in the town of Plympton and Lewis Bradford  James Clarke residing in the Town of Plympton Mass. hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with said John Bishoo who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Elijah Dexter Lewis Bradford
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Wife of Doctor who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Plympton and that Lewis Bradford who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Plympton and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, William H. Dyer of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Bishoo for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Tuesday day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
By a vote of the Court Wm H Dyer

John Bisbee Massachusetts No 6180. Paid 2 years
50 2 160 40 $200
D B Thomas Esq Wymount Mass

BRIEF in the case of  John Bisbee  of Plymouth County in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 77 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.     Feby In 1776 Enlisting " — 3 — " Private Gen. Thomas Fellows & Sullivan   July 1776 " " — 5 — " " Col. Collins Reg't Capt. Harland Co.   June 1777 " " — 6 — " " Col. Cary's Reg't Capt. Howland Co.   1778 " " — 6 — " " Col. Robinson's Reg't   1780 " " — 3 — " " Capt. Sturtevant's Comp.   1780 " " — 3 — " " Capt. Lacey Reg't Capt. Lenz's Co.   3 — " " Capt. Sargent's Comp.   3 — " " Capt. Sturtevant's Comp.   26 months  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Plymouth County Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Three Living witnesses in fact & Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Charles Little Examining Clerk.

30276 Rev INVALID.
Apl-11-1903-Asst Mrs. W.A. Disbee Savannah Ga
File No. 30,276
John Disbee Rev  Rev W.A.
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Joseph Wright of Plympton in the County of Plymouth State of - Massachusetts, of the age of Seventy Six years testify and say I was a Soldier in the war of the American Revolution and was at Rhode Island in the year 1778 Six Months Complain in Capt. Curtis Company Col. Jacobs Regiment. at the time Sullivan retreated from the Island. I Further testify and Declare I knew John Wisbe of Plympton and was in said Curtis Company and continued Six Months which was the time of enlistment and have always known said Biblever since and he has resided in Plympton
Joseph Wright

Plymouth St.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
July 29th 1832 Then Personally appeared the within named Joseph Wright before the Subscriber and Made oath the within Deforeseen by him subscribed is true Said Wright is a man of truth Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace
Joseph Wright vs. John Babbe

I. gideon Simpson of Halifax in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts aged seventy three years testify and say that I was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war in the year 1780 in Capt. Sargent's Company at Cambridge to guard the stores and Major Brown's office under Capt. Sargent. I further testify and say that John Bisbee of Plymouth was a Soldier at the same time in Capt. Sargent's Company and continued there the time of Enlistment which was three months and always have known and loved Bisbee who has resided in Plymouth ever since.
Gideon Simpson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth County ss.
July 23 d 1832 Then Personally appeared the within named Elden Johnson before me the subscriber and made oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true Soed Deposition is a Matter to be believed
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace
John B. Blee Elden Johnson

I Daniel Soule of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth State of Massachusetts of the age Seventy five years lately and now I was a Soldier in the war of the American Revolution three months at Roxbury in Capt James Hosford Company Colo Cotton Regiment in February 1776 February and five months at Red Bank in Capt James Hosford Company Colo. Gery Regiment in the Fall of 1776 and three months at Rhode Island Station at Bats hill and Bristol Ferry in the year 1780 in Capt. Stanton's Company Colo. Jacob's Regiment
I further testify and declare I well knew John Bice of Plymouth and was in the above described Companies and continued the above described Term which was the time of Enlistment and always have known said Bice and has resided in Plymouth ever since
Daniel Soule

Plymouth County ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
July 30 th 1832 Then personally appeared the within sworn Daniel Soule before the Subscriber and Made oath that the within Deposition by him subscribed is true Said Soule is a credible Person and his Statement is entitled to credit
Jonathan Parkes Justice of the Peace
Daniel Soule For John Brube

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss John B Thomas Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas being a Court of Record, in the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker signed before him the three affidavits by one hereunto annexed were sworn to in presence of the Clerk for the County of Plymouth - and that his name thereto subscribed is his true & proper signature. In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this twelfth day of August A.D. 1832.
John B Thomas

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Bisbee , which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes, II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes, III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes, V. * Has he mentioned 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? yes, VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes, VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes, VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes, IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes, X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes,

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Three living witnesses in Part XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? yes Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 the 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.
¶ QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
¶ QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end 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.

309 Lock Easton St. Savannah Ga. Commissioner of Pensions.
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir.
Will you be so kind as to give me the Revolutionary war record of John Bicker and John Edson , of Massachusetts In later years they lived at Bridgewater Mass.

Your early favor will please -
Very truly yours (Mrs.) W. A. Bieber