Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 14965, Moses Bly, N.H.

SERVICE
N.H.
NUMBER
S.14965
CONTENTS
carded

Rehms
14965 INVALID.
File No. 14,965
Moses Bly
Priv. Rec. Wm.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 36
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3111. New Hampshire Joseph Bly
of Plaistow in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain  of the Reg t commanded by Col Boor in the N H line for 7 mos
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th day of Dec r 1832 and Supt Benj n George Plaistow N H
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $32.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 32 11.66
$46.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Book D -
Vol. 1 st
J H Blair Clerk,
Page 144.

Dec 3 rd
New Hampshire. Returned.
Miss Mary S. S. Dec 29
Dear Miss S.
Yours Sincerely Yours
Yours
Yours Sincerely Yours

Waiuku Nov 20 th 1882
Dear Sir
I now return the to your application with the judges certificates which I hope will be satisfactory. I should be glad if I could have a return in December as I am agent for a number and they living a distance from Portsmouth it would be convenient to have them all to attend at one time.
Very respect your obt servt Benjamin George
Harold Lewis Esq. Secretary of War

Moses Pley p. Pleistow
N o 1438.
Notice to be sent to Benjamin George Esqr Pleistow N.H.

State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham ss. On this sixteenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared before me Samuel Green an official Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature in and for said State Moses Bly a resident in Haverstown in said County aged seventy nine 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 the first part of June 1775 he entered the service of the United States as a soldier in the Revolutionary Army for the term of seven months, he enlisted at Haverstown aforesaid into the company of Capt. Samuel Gilman of Newmarket in said County, Benjamin Windhall was Lieutenant in the Company, immediately after his enlistment he went to Winter Hill in Charlestown Mass where he remained in the service during the seven months for which he enlisted, in the Regiment commanded by Col. Poor at the close of the seven months he was regularly discharged but not in writing - That he knows of no person living who can testify to this service except Benjamin Carlton of said Haverstown, who lived in the same Town with him at the time of his enlistment, was at Winter Hill during the time of his said service, but in another Regiment under the command of Col. John Nixon
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity except the present declaration that his name is not on the pension Roll of any Agency in any State - Witness John Kelly
Moses Bly
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year first above named
Before me Sam Green Afsd Justice
I Benjamin Carlton of Haverstown in the County of Rockingham & State aforesaid, do declare, that I was in the service of the United States as a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, was at Winter Hill during the time mentioned in the above declaration of Moses Bly in the Regiment commanded by Col. John Nixon, I do know that said Bly served the time in the manner stated by him above in his declaration - that I lived in the same Town with said Bly at the time of his enlistment & was well acquainted with him -
Benj. Carlton
Witness John Kelly
Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Sam Green Afsd Justice
And the said Sam Green aforesaid Justice do hereby declare it as my opinion that the above named Moses Bly the Applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, & served as he states & that he is unable from infirmity to attend any of the courts of record in the County in which he resides -
Sam Green Afsd Justice
And I do further declare that Benj. Carlton who has subscribed to the above declaration, being unknown to me, I have made diligent inquiry respecting him, of persons to whom he is well known, in whom I have placed the fullest confidence, I am satisfied that he sustains a good character, is a credible witness, that he has no interest in the result of the foregoing Application -
Sam Green Afsd Justice

Peter Chadwick, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Samuel Green before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is an associate justice of the Superior Court of Judicature for the State aforesaid and that his name to the within certificates are his genuine signatures - and that the foregoing are the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Benjamin Carlton (had before the said Justice) for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this eleventh day of August Anno Domini 1832
P. Chadwick Clerk of the Court Rockingham County

11.38
Moses Bly.
Private
7 Months
adm
The credibility of the witness must be established
$23.33
Benjamin George E. Plainstown

BRIEF in the case of Moses Bly of Plaistow in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Judge of the Supreme Court 2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? Yes 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.     In 1775 June 7 private Gen. Capt. Samuel Gilman Lieut. Benj a Kimball at Winter Hill, in Col. Poor's regiment  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? at Plaistow, N.H.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Declaration of Benj a Carlton of Col. Atison's regiment, who knew of claimant's enlistment & service.
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? An extract of journal & list; no written discharge, discharge of Boston not shown to; character of claimant & Carlton not certified.
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. Ward Examining Clerk.