Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 28984, Noah Bates, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Bates, Noah
NUMBER
S. 28984
CONTENTS

15736
Massachusetts Worth Dates
of Worcester Co in the State of Massachusetts who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain D. Stearns of the Regt. commanded by Col Woodbridge in the Mass. En- line for 1st Enns { Sept. - 5 " - {
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 57 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of May 1833 and sent to Hon M c Davis Worcester
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $103.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept. - 25.83
$129.15
{ Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams Clerk, Book _____ Vol. 2 Page 6

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this 16 th day of Oct r in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of Probate Court now sitting at Worcester a resident of Phillipston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged twenty six 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 7th, 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. I enlisted & entered as a private Soldier in the Army of the Revolution on or about the twentieth of April 1775 for the term of eight months in the company commanded by Capt. Ichabod Dester of Athol in the county of Worcester State of Massachusetts in the regiment commanded by Col. Woodbridge - we marched directly to Cambridge near Boston - I remained in Cambridge & vicinity cooperating with the Army during said term. I was in the Battle on Bunker Hill at the close of the term at the close of the term I was verbally discharged & immediately returned to Athol from whence I marched - I do not know of any one who was in the Army with whom I was intimately acquainted (now living) except William Raymond of Royalston. Soon after my return in June or July I again entered the service for the five months in the Company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Gates of Barry in said County at Worcester in Col. Holmans Regiment and Gen. Fells Brigade - I marched directly to New York (moving a part of the way by water) we were stationed in the city & vicinity during said five months cooperating with the Army in its various movements, I was in the Battle on York Island during which my right hand man Caleb Perry by name was shot by a musket ball through the body I carried him to the camp & remained with him till he expired which was in a few hours. I assisted in extracting the ball from his body & at his request put the ball in my pocket book to carry it to his wife but lost it before I got home at the close of the term I was honorably discharged & returned to Athol - I now have a distinct recollection of Gen. Washington & the most of the principal officers in the Army. I have no other account to give of my officers than the above. I have no documents or written evidence except the annexed deposition. I was born in Hingham Mass. Oct r 6 1763. I have a record of my age in my great bible which I took from the record of my fathers family. When I was a young man I lived in Hingham many years after which I lived in Athol until I moved to Phillipston where it is probable that from my father I learned as a tradition that Israel had a record of his character. 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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before Nathaniel Paine J. Bol for the county of Worcester
Isaac Bates

We Joseph Chickering a Clergyman residing in the Town of Phillipston and Oliver Poyner residing in the Town of Phillipston hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Noah Bates who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy nine 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 and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. Deane Nathan James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
Joseph Chickering Oliver Poyner
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that Joseph Chickering who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the Town of Phillipston and that Oliver Poyner who has also signed the same is a resident in the same Town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathan James Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Theophilus Wheeler Reg d or, Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Noah Bates , for a pension. That Oliver Poyner & Franklin Gregory before whom the annexed affidavits were made, are just and true to the best of their knowledge. The signature on Grigory is genuine. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 18 th day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Theophilus Wheeler Reg d of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts.
1804 Oct 18

Noah Bates Map
Sept 5 Months Private 8. —
26.66 25.00 51
15/24
Wm John Davis Worcester Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Noah Bates  66 of Worcester  in the State of  Mass  (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? 79  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.     April In 17/5 volun d 8 Private Capt Desler Col Woodbridge   Again 5 Sergeant Capt Gates Col Hotchkiss  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Battle of Bunker Hill. Battle on York St.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hingham Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional Two Living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The date is not given for the 2 d term 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

28984 Rev INVALID.
File No 28,984
Noah Bates
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1822
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 24
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Noah D. ...
15724

I William Raymond of Royalston in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy four years. Before and say that in the Year 1775 I enlisted as a Soldier from the town of Athol in the War of the Revolution in Capt. Ichabod Dexter's Company which was annexed to Col. Ward's or Woodbridge's Regiment. Said Regiment was stationed in the vicinity of Cambridge near Boston. Noah Bates then of Athol (and now of Phillipston in said County of Worcester) was a Soldier in the same Company with Deponent (and performed the duties of a Soldier during the whole of the time deponent remained in said Capt. Dexter's Company which to the best of his recollection was the principal part of the term of the eight months for which said Soldiers were entitled.
William Raymond
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss. September 6. 1832 }
Came before me the above named William Raymond and made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed. and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with said Deponent and that he is a credible Witness.
Franklin Gregory Justice of the Peace

I Elisha Fuller of Phillipston in the county of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged seventy eight years do on oath depose & say, that about the nineteenth day of April 1775 having privately enlisted as a private minute man I marched to Cambridge under the command of Capt. Timothy Bigelow of Worcester where after remaining a few day I enlisted into the service for eight months during which period said Bigelow was raised to the rank of Major & the company was commanded the residue of the time by Jonas Hubbard of Worcester. I served the eight months in said service & was honourably discharged. I did at that time understand & ever since have understood that Noah Bates of Phillipston (then Athol) was in said service during the whole of said term & at the expiration of it was honourably discharged & I do fully believe & never heard it disputed although not being in the same company I had little or no personal acquaintance with him. & I do further depose that in June or July 1776 I enlisted again for five months & marched from Worcester by the way of Hartford & New Haven (Connecticut) thence by water to the city of New York - that I continued to cooperate with the army in its movements in New York during said five months - I was in the battle at White Plains and one or two other battles & was honourably discharged at a place called Courtlands Manor. - Noah Bates now a resident of Phillipston was in the same service & belonged to the same Regiment with myself the whole of said term & was discharged at the same time & place with myself we belonged to the Regiment commanded by Col. Halman in Gen. Fellows Brigade Elisha Fuller
Worcester ss Phillipston September 13 1832 Personally appeared the above named Elisha Fuller and made oath that this instrument by him subscribed is true
Before me Oliver Porver Justice of Peace
I further certify that I have been acquainted with the above named Elisha Fuller more than thirty years & consider him a man of truth & veracity Oliver Porver Justice of Peace