Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,091, Simeon Bullock, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
R. I.
Bullock, Simeon
S. 21,091
CONTENTS

2385
Rhode Island
Simeon Bullock
of Bristol in the State of R I who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the [blank] commanded by Col Babcock in the R I line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of R I at the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th day of Nov 1832 and suit John Howe Bristol R I
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $120- Semi-ann. allowance ending 2 Mar 33. 20-
$140-
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk Book D Vol. 37 Page 104.

Lincoln Bullock

State of Rhode Island &c.
Bristol ss.
On this 26 th day of June 1820. personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, and the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol in the State aforesaid Simeon Bullock, aged Sixty-five, resident in Bristol in s d County, who being first sworn according to law, doth on his Oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818. and the 1 st May 1820. that the the said Simeon Bullock, enlisted for the term of One Year on the 18 th January 1776. at Bristol in the State afores d . in the Company Commanded by Capt. Loring Peck in the Regiment commanded by Col. Christopher Lippitt. in the line of the State of Rhode Island on the Continental establishment; that he continued to serve in said Corps until January 18 th 1777. when he was discharged from the said Service at the Peeks-hill in the State of New-York, the Regiment being divided on Account of necessary Clothing, that he was at the Battle of White Plains, I also was afterwards in the Battle on Rhode Island under Gen l Sullivan, that his first declaration was dated March 31 st 1818.
And in pursuance of the Act of May 1 st 1820. I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March A.D. 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, Sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." passed on the 18 th of March A.D. 1818. and that I have not, nor any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or Debts due to me; Nor have I any income other than some old furniture & the right in a small lot of land of about one eighth part of an Acre which was leased out for ten Years from 1818. to pay a Mortgage on said premises, that I am a labourer, but unable to do very little Work, my left Arm for this ten Years has been so lame as to do but little with it - My family consists of my Wife aged Sixty eight, who has entirely lost the use of her right hand occasioned by a fall, that I am dependant on the Charity of my neighbors for many of the comforts of life. -
(Signed) Simeon Bullock
Sworn to and declared in open Court, on the Twenty sixth day of June A.D. 1820. before said Court.
Witness. Rich d Smith C lk
Rhode Island District
Bristol ss. Clerks Office of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Bristol.
I Richard Smith Clerk of the said Court, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath is truly copied from the records of the s d Court And I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the s d Court that the said Simeon Bullock has no Schedule of property to exhibit worth enumerating -
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this Twentieth day of July A.D. 1820. Rich d Smith Clerk of said Court

Vincent Bullock's Applica- tion for a Pension etc.
P. 6
Aug. 17, 1832
No 5244

DECLARATION.
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSED JUNE 7, 1832.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, } ss. COUNTY OF BRISTOL, }
On this twenty-eighth day of July 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges or Justices of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Simeon Bullock a resident of Bristol in the County of Bristol, and State of Rhode-Island, aged seventy-two 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.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
First he enlisted at Bristol the place of his birth and continual residence - on the eighteenth day of January A.D. 1776 as a private soldier for one year in the Company commanded by Loving Beck, William Lawless being then lieutenant and Stephen Pain Ensign, attached to the Regiment commanded first by Col. Dabcock and after about three months by Col. Lippit, and marched under the latter in the Spring following from Newport along the south road of Rhode-Island to Connecticut to the neighborhood of Brooklyn where he remained in active service, stationed at different points. Harlem Heights, White-Plains and Peekskill, until his term of enlistment expired, when he was discharged at the last named place, and returned by the way of Hartford and Providence to his home dependent on charity while on the road. The Quartermaster & Paymaster being both sick at home as was said, at the time of their discharge. Secondly he enlisted again in March A.D. 1777 for fifteen months in a Company commanded by Capt. Carr, Rufus Barton being lieutenant, and was attached to Col. Eddy's Regiment, and stationed and employed during the whole term, except while on furlough in consequence of a hurt received at the fort, in different parts of Rhode-Island but mostly at Bristol & Howland's Ferry, and on Rhode-Island in Spencer's expedition, so called, and about the time that his term of fifteen months expired he enlisted again under the same Captain and Colonel for twelve months more which expired he thinks in May or June A.D. 1779 about which time he again enlisted for another year, in a Company commanded by the above named William Lawless and was attached to the same Regiment & served his term out in Rhode-Island. He was engaged in the action on Rhode-Island in Sullivan's expedition & exposed to the fire of the enemy in his retreat over Howland's Ferry. He has no written discharge, pass or other document, but mentions that passes were given out by the clerks at Peek's Hill and Howland's Ferry, but who signed or what has become of his, he does not know. He knew General Lee & General Greene & often saw Genl. Washington at White-Plains, and saw General Lafayette at Bristol & at Howland's Ferry & remembers Col. Cook and his Regiment at the latter place. He knows of no one except Nathan Miller who was in the two first named campaigns with him and knew of his leaving therein as above stated by whom he can prove actual service, but refers to Thomas Church for his belief thereof and for his character for veracity. He knows of no record of his birth & is informed that it is not found in

the papers were given out by the Clerks at Peck's Hill and Howland's Ferry, but who signed or what has become of him, he does not know. He knew General Lee & General Greene & often saw Genl Washington at White Plains, and saw General Lafayette at Bristol & at Howland's Ferry & remembers Col. Cook and his Regiment at the latter place. He knows of no one except Nathan Miller who was in the two first named campaigns with him and knew of his receiving therein as above stated by whom he can prove actual service, but refers to Thomas Church for his belief thereof and for his character for veracity. He knows of no record of his birth & is informed that it is not found in the books of the Town. Clerk of his native place.
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.
Attest Ichabod Davis Clerk Simeon Bullock
We, Henry Wight a Clergyman residing in the Town of Bristol and Thomas Church residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Simeon Bullock who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy-two 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 day and year aforesaid.
Attest Ichabod Davis Clerk
Henry Wight Thos Church
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 Henry Wight who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Bristol and that Thomas Church 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.
Attest Ichabod Davis Clerk
I Ichabod Davis do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Simeon Bullock
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, D. Buel this twenty-eighth day of July A.D. 1851.
Attest Ichabod Davis Clerk

Questions propounded to Simon Bullock an Applicant for a pension to whose Declaration these interrogatories are annexed.
1. When and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age & if so where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war & 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 & militia Regiments as you can recollect & the general circumstances of your service. 6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, & if so, by whom was it given & what has become of it? 7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood & who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.

I Simeon Bullock do hereby declare that I am a citizen of Bristol in the State of Rhode-Island & still a resident citizen of the United States and that I was engaged as a private soldier in the land service of the United States for the span of one year during the revolutionary war. That I belonged to the Company commanded by Capt. Loring Peck & to the Regiment commanded by Col. Chris- topher Lippett of the R. Island Line. That I enlisted at Bristol on the eighteenth day of January A.D. 1776 for one year and was dis- charged at Stony-point on Hudson's River on the eighteenth day of January A.D. 1777. The Company & Regiment which had been before divided on account of a part being destitute of necessary clothing, having been on that day dismissed. I further declare that my circumstances in life are reduced, that I have no property except a small lot of land for which I agreed to pay one hundred & eighty dollars & which is now leased for ten years at ten dol- lars per year to discharge the incumbran- ces on it, and that I stand in need of assist- ance for my support
Simeon Bullock

State of Rhode Island &c Bristol ss at Bristol March 31 st A.D. 1818
Personally appeared Simeon Bullock who subscribed the within & foregoing declaration & made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me & have affixed the seal of the Court
Daniel Bradford Ch. Jus. C.C. Pleas County of Bristol
We the undersigned Overseers of the Poor for the Town of Bristol do hereby declare that Simeon Bullock who subscribed the within & foregoing Declaration is an aged Man, destitute of Property, excepting a small lot of land of about \frac{1}{2} part of an Acre, which is now leased out for several years, & a mortgage on the Premises has been given by S d Bullock to secure a Debt by him owing, of nearly Value one half of S d Lot, that he depends wholly on his daily labour for the support of himself & wife, having nothing other property besides that already mentioned excepting some necessary articles of House hold furniture
John D. Root Thos. Church

5244 Simon Bullock Small R.I.
2 p.m. $80 M.L. G
admitted Return in due course 23 Oct 1832
Recd 17 Aug 1832
Mr. Howe Bristol R.I.

5244
BRIEF in the case of Simeon Bullock of Bristol in the State of Rh Island (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 72  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.     In 1776 18 Day's term of term 1 — — private Col Babcock - Col Lippett   1777 March end of term — 15 — " Col Brary   end of last term to May or June '78 1 — — " Same Regt Capt Hawks  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Rhode Island  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bristol  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? 2 living witnesses as to the two first terms - 1 traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
all correct
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W.C. Easton Examining Clerk.

Protectors 21091 INVALID.
File No. 21,091
Simeon Bullock
Pris Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 58
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Simon Bullock Bristol Co. R.I. 31 st March, 1818.
Col. Lippett's regt. R. I. line, one year, Jan'y, 1776, to Jan'y 1777.
Inadmissible
Rejected - vide W m Bonwath's case
1425
Richard Smith, agt. Bristol, R. I. Rec d Aug t . 22, 1820

I Nelson Miller of Bristol in the County of Bristol testify do say that I have heard the declaration of Simon Bullock just read in Court in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Longers, passed June 7 th 1882 and am personally knowing to the truth of the same so far as respects his service for one year under the first mentioned entertainment, & for fifteen months under the entertainment secondly mentioned in sd. declaration. Having myself been with him dur- ing the whole of both those terms of service; and that I have no doubt of the truth of his statement as to fur- ther services, he having always been reported to have been a soldier during most of the war - Nelson Miller
Sworn to in open Court this 24 th day of July A.D. 1882
Albert Schaback Davis, Clerk
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Nelson Miller & that he is a credible & disinterested person
Schaback Davis, Clerk

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RECEIVED
P. O. Simon Bullock
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .

Simon Bullock's claim rejected. Sippet's negt was reared on co. cit. May 11. 1776 - & he was dis- charged Jan. 1776 - could not therefore have served 9 mo: on co. cit: Hon W. D'Wolf in former tract Jan. 26. 1822 -

Certificate in fav. of Mrs. Bosworth & Simon Bullock

Bristol August 8 th 1820.
I Samuel Boonworth of Bristol in the county of Bristol and State of Rhode Island &c. hereby certify that William Boonworth & Simon Bubbuck were Soldiers in Capt. Loring Pick's Company in the Regiment commanded by Col. Christopher Lappin of the Rhode Island Line.
Sam l Boonworth
State of Rhode Island &c
Bristol ss at Bristol August 8 th 1820 Personally came Samuel Boonworth Esq r surveyor of the port of Bristol well known to me as a Man of Character & made solemn oath to the truth of the above Caption
Before me Daniel Bradford H. J. C. P. County Bristol

Deposition of Nelson Miller

I Nelson Miller of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island, engaged according to law to testify & say that Simon Bullock enlisted in the Company of Capt. Loring Peck in the Regiment commanded by Col. Christopher Lippitt of the Rhode Island line on or about the 18 th of January A.D. 1776 and that he was discharged at Peck's Hill in January following having served one year, being James Mason of the Regiment at the same time makes me acquainted with the above facts.
Nelson Miller
Bristol ss. at Bristol, June 26 th 1820 Then came Nelson Miller the above named Deponent & made solemn oath to the truth of the above statements — being personally acquainted with Mr. Miller, know him to be a man of character & to whom credit ought to be given to his testimony.
Daniel Bradford W. C. C. Plead County Bristol

I Thomas Church of Bristol in the County of Bristol. (Rhode Island) aged seventy years & upwards do depose & say, that I have known Simon Mellock of Bristol an applicant for a Pension for revolutionary services for more than sixty years, and was knowing to his enlistings in Loring Peck's Company and marching westward under Col. Dippett, & well remember his returning at the end of his year to my immediate neighborhood where he always lived, in a suffering condition arising from poverty. That I was knowing to his enlistings afterwards under Col. Brann and being engaged under various enlistments and different Officers for several years and being engaged mostly in & about Rhode Island and have no reason to doubt but he always served his terms out & performed his duty as a faithful soldier
Thos Church
Sworn before me this 26 th day of July A.D. 1882
John Hovey Just. Pe.
I hereby certify that John
Hovey Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Bristol
Bristol July 28 th 1882 Attest Schubert Davis Clerk of the Court of C. Pleas
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Thomas Church & that he is a credible & disinterested person.
Schubert Davis Clerk