Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 19210, Joseph Bird, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Bird, Joseph
S. 19210
carded
CONTENTS

See also to 10. costm. 11 Oct. 1826-
1681
Vermont
Joseph Bird
of New Haven in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Chadwick of the Reg t commanded by Col. Brown in the Massachusetts line for 3 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 80 Dollars and Cents per annum. to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 th day of November 1832 and sent to Hon. Wm. Slade Middlebury, Vermont.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 120.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 th Mch 1833 40.00 $ 160.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. Duffield Clerk. Book D Vol. 4 Page 48

Vermont.
Joseph Bird, Private In the Army U. States
Enrolled on the roll of enlistment at $4 per month Increased by Law of 24 th of April 1816 to $6 40 / 100 per month
Normal certificate issued 27 th February, 1823 and sent to Hon. Charles Rich House of Representatives
Hon. C. Rich

State of Vermont Addison County ss 3 Middlebury Feb'y 5 th 1823.
On this 5 th day of February 1823. before me the subscriber one of the justices of the Peace within and for the said County of Addison personally appeared Joseph Bird of St. Alban in said county who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Col. John Chadwick in the Regiment commanded by Col. Sam l Brewer in the Massachusetts line in the service of the United States during the Revolutionary War. That his name is placed on the Pension Roll of the United States for the Vermont Agency and that he has been paid accordingly up to the 4 th day of Sept r last by the Agent for said State, but he has never obtained a formal certificate and now wishes to obtain one —
Joseph Bird
Sworn and subscribed to before me the day and year first herein mentioned.
Sam l S. Phelps Jus. of the Peace
House of Representative Tattlers
July 17 th 1823
I hereby certify that to my knowledge Sam l S. Phelps is a justice of the Peace in the county of Addison & State of Vermont, and have no doubt but the above is his signature.
Charles Rich

O. W. and N. Division.
3-525.
28 C. [initials] Sur. file 19210 Rev. War.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history X of Joseph Bird , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his X widow's ) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Monmouth Hope, near Scituate, R.I. Nov. 1776 John Chadwick Samuel Brewer Sproat Mass.   dis   Jany 2, 1780 at Fishkill N.Y.   Pens. fr. Jan 29, 1808   for 98 wound left arm. of Monmouth. sustained at bat  
Battles engaged in, Monmouth.  Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Date of application for pension, Feb. 5, 1823:  allured.  Residence at date of application, New Haven, Addison Co., Vt.  Age at date of application,
Remarks: _____  _____  _____  _____
Very respectfully,  _____  _____
Commissioner.

Reywar P
19210 INVALID.
File No. 19210
Joseph Bird Permit Vol
Act: Feb 19" 1873
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 3
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Dec. 3-1900- Col A. S. Hubbard San Francisco Cal.
1906 Aug. 7 Hist. to W. L. Stark 1907 Jan. 4 Hist. to Mrs. H. M. Stevens
Joseph Bird
Verd
Invalid
act Feb. 19. 1873
$5. 33 1/3 per month
to com. to March 1871
Gen cut. to W. Boston Burlington

O. W. AND N. DIVISION.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Aug. 7, 1906.
Searched by Will
Original No. _____
Certificate No. _____
Claimant, _____
Soldier, Joseph Bird
Service, Rev. War
Remarks: No claim except Rev. 19210.
Chief of Division.
Joseph Bird, Rev. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.
_____ Aurora Nebraska July 30-1906 Respectfully referred to
Commissioner of Pensions, with the request that information be given, if agree- -able to the usage of your office.
Very respectfully,
M. J. Hark
9-23
_____ Aurora Nebraska

Let to Hon H. Allen, H.R. Jan 21. 1837.
Rev War
Vermont 2017
Joseph Bird
Private
Captain Chadwick's company of the U.S. Army
Ratio of disability, 2 thirds
Date of discharge,
Time of closing the testimony,
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont
at 5.33 1/3 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th March 1831
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th of January 1837 and sent to Mr. Meston Burlington, Vt.
Arrears to 14th of Sept. '36, 352.00
Semiannual all co ending 1st. Nov. '37. 32.00
$384.00
Act of the 19. Feb. 1833
Record. Brok F. Vol. 4. p. 3

To what time, and at what rate, was Joseph Bird, Invalid, Vermont, last paid.
Jan. 13. 1837
J. L. Edwards
He was paid to the 4 th March 1832 at the rate of $5.33 1 / 3 per month
21 st

Admitted Served 3 years.
$80. per annum
The amount of $100. as an Invalid Pension from 4 th March 1881, must be deducted at the agency.
and to Hon Wm Slade
Middlebury
Vermont.

Middlebury Vermont, Aug t 4. 1832
Hon. Secretary of War.
Sir
Being entitled to a pension under the the law of the 7 th of June 1832, I hereby make application for the same, agreeably to the instructions of the War Department. I enlisted for the term of "three years or during the war," sometime in the month of November 1776, at Mount Hope, near Tienderoga in the State of New York, in the Company commanded by Capt John Chadwick in the Regiment commanded by Colo. Samuel Brown, in the line of the State of Massachusetts, on the Continental establishment, and continued to serve in said corps, until the 2 nd day of January 1780, when I was discharged from the service at Fishkill in the State of New York, then belonging

to the Regiment commanded by Colo. Sproat, which discharge, given me on account of wounds received in said service I have since lost.
I herewith return my certificate as an invalid pensioner. My name, I have understood, is on the revolutionary rolls in the War Department. My present place of residence is New Haven, in the State of Vermont.
I am very respectfully
Your obedient servant.
Joseph Bird

Middlebury Vermont Aug t 7. 1832
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Dear Sir
At the request of Mr Joseph Bird I send you herewith his letter & pension certificate. If I rightly construe the instructions of the Dept t this is all that is necessary to obtain for him a certificate under the late law. If I am mistaken, and any thing further is necessary, please advise me. It will be a matter of convenience to Mr. Bird to have whatever you may send to him enclosed to me at this place
I am respectfully
Your obedient servant William Slade

Burlington Vermont, December 12 th 1836
Sir.
I enclose the certificate of two surgeons, showing the present disability of Joseph Bird an Invalid pensioner who wishes to be restored to the roll, from the 4 th of March 1831. My letter to you of the 3 rd Oct last states the facts in relation to his case as they appear from the books, and receipts of the pensioner, at the Burlington Agency - which facts I think will be substantiated by the books and papers in the pension office.
The pensioner for the time being resides with one of his sons at Canton N.Y. which is nearer Burlington than any other agency.
I am very respectfully Your Ob t Serv t W m Weston
James S. Edwards Esq Com r of Pensions -
P.S. - On examining the Invalid roll I find the case of William Waterman to have been similar to Joseph Birds case - He had been paid under the act of June 7. 1832 the amount due him under that act, less the amount he had been paid as an invalid pensioner after the 4 th March 1831

§ 32 —. When he was restored to the invalid roll, the order to pay was from the 4 th of March 1831.
If the enclosed proof is satisfactory, please enclose me the certificate for Joseph Bird.
Very respectfully yours
Wm Weston
I would enquire, in case Mr Bird is restored whether it would be necessary to forward the additional proof of identity to you before the agent here would be authorised to pay the amount due? Please inform me.
W. Weston

Certificates issued between the 4th March and the 4th Sep- tember are not payable un- til the 4th September. Those issued between the 4th Sep- tember and 4th March are not payable before the 4th March. The stipend due to the within named Pensioner will be paid
at Burlington . . . . . by the President of the Bur- lington Bank & Agents
Registered in Book B: Vol. 4 page 32 by William Hickery Clerk. Ea d & countersigned by J. L. Edwards

WAR DEPARTMENT.
INVALID PENSION.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Laws of the United States, —————
Joseph Bird . . . . . late a private in the Army of the Revolution . . . . . is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Vermont . . . . . Agency, at the rate of — four — dollars per month, to com-
commence on the ————— day of —————
one thousand eight hundred and increased to six dollars and forty cents per month by Law of 24. April, 1816; the payments to commence from the time to which he was last paid by the Agent.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty seventh day of February . . . . . one thousand eight hundred and twenty three. — — —
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
Cash J Chadwick in full Car — Brown pay 5,33 3/4

Oct 10.
Joseph Bird
Friday 1832
1681
James A. Edwards Esq. Barnes of Fentons Washington Sta
FE

Vermont Burlington Oct 3 d 1836
Sir,
Joseph Bird - a pensioner under the act of June 7 th 1832 - and also an Invalid Pensioner of the United States - has not received any pay as an Invalid pensioner since the receipt of the Semi-annual Stipend due him on the 4 th of March 1832. The amt to which he is entitled as appears from the Invalid roll is $5.33 1 / 3 per month - He was inscribed upon the roll under the act of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $80 - per annum, and your letter to Mr. Allen the late agent dated Nov 9 th 1832 - directs his name to be placed upon that roll, and that the amount paid him as an Invalid pensioner after the 4 th of March 1831 - should be deducted from the amt which he was entitled to receive under the act of June 7 th 1832 - and in pursuance of that direction - he was paid on the 27 th day of Nov 1832 $56 - being the balance of Eighteen months pension due - after deducting $64 - paid him as an Invalid pensioner from 4 th March 1831 to the 4 th March 1832. He is therefore now entitled to receive the $64 - which was then deducted - and also the amt due him as an Invalid pensioner at $5.33 1 / 3 per month from March 4 th 1832 - as by the law of Feb'y 19. 1833 - it is enacted that the second section of the act of June 7. 1832 "shall not be construed to embrace Invalid pensioners; and that the pensions of

"invalid soldiers shall not be deducted from the amount "receivable by them under the said act."
His certificate which entitled him to $5.33 1 / 3 per month as an invalid pensioner - was surrendered to the pension department - when he forwarded his declaration and proofs to procure a pension under the act of June 7, 1832 - As the case is all before you - and as the books and papers at the department will corroborate the facts that I have stated, I am not aware that any other proof will be necessary to satisfy you that the pensioner ought to be reinstated upon the Invalid roll. If I am correct in this - will you please instruct the agent at this place to pay him the Invalid pension from the 4 th of March 1831 - or if such an order cannot be given - will you say, from the time he was last paid under the Invalid act  the act , viz 4 Mar. 1832, and $64 - due him under the act of June 7, 1832. - and will you also enclose to me the Invalid Certificate which the pensioner surrendered - or if that has been cancelled - a new certificate in its stead.
It does not appear necessary that the surgeons certificate of the pensioner's continued disability should be furnished as the act of March 3 d 1819 making that proof necessary - was repealed July 14, 1832 - and up to the time of the repeal of the act, its requisitions have been complied with -
If further proof is necessary to accomplish the object of the pensioner - will you inform me what is necessary - as in this matter I am acting as the

agent of the pensioner -
I am very respectfully Your Ob t . Serv t . W m Weston
James L. Edwards Esq. Com r . of Pensions

SURGEON'S AFFIDAVIT.
Canton St Lawrence Co NY Dec 6 th 1836 (Date.)
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, That Joseph Bird a Soldier in the company of Capt John Chandwick in the 6 th Regiment of the United States Infantry line is rendered incapable of performing the duty of a soldier, by reason of wounds or other injuries inflicted while he was actually in the service aforesaid, and in the line of his duty, viz:
By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination, it appears that on the twenty eighth day of June in the year 1779 being engaged in the battle of Monmouth at or near a place called Monmouth in the State, district, or territory, of New Jersey he received a Gun Shot wound in his right arm between the Elbow and Shoulder about midway the ball passing through the center of the bone and entering the body of the lower limb, very much impairing the use of the arm and in my opinion has produced much disengagement of the entire man.
and he is thereby, not only incapacitated for military duty, but, in the opinion of the undersigned, is two thirds disabled from obtaining his subsistence from manual labor.
Elijah Baker Surgeon.
Darius Clark Surgeon.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written, before me. Isaac Dead for the Judge
* Here give a particular description of the wound, injury, or disease, and specify in what manner it has affected the applicant so as to produce disability in the degree stated.
† N. B.—The blank in the last line but one is to be filled up with the proportional "degree" of disability; for example: "three-fourths"—"one-half"—"one-third," &c. &c. or, "totally," as the case may be.
□ The magistrate who may administer the oaths to the Surgeons, must certify that they are reputable in their profession, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates 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 small ribbon, the ends 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.
I certify that Elijah Baker & Darius Clark who have signed and sworn to the above affidavit are reputable in their profession, as surgeons.
Isaac Dead for the Judge

State of New York } St Lawrence County } ss. I Alvin C. Son clerk of the said County do hereby certify that I have Read before me the foregoing affidavits of Elijah Baker and Darius Clark purport to have been made as at the time of taking the said affidavits a Justice of the Peace in & for the County aforesaid duly elected & sworn: And further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Justice of the Peace and verily believe that the signature to the said affidavits and the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is genuine Given under my hand & seal of Office at Canton this 10 th day of December 1836 A. C. S. M. Clerk

...Office of... Horace M. Stevens
Nov 5, 3 2
1681
SYCAMORE, ILL., Dec 28 1906
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
I am in search of the war record of Joseph Bird who was a soldier of The Revolutionary war and (my aunt informed me) was a pensioner for many years and lived at Bristol, Vt. I am his direct descendant and if I can prove up am entitled to membership in "The Daughters of the Revolution" society. any information you can give me about him will be thankfully received. Address,
Mrs. H. M. Stevens Sycamore, Ill.
I am respectfully yours Nancy Bird Stevens.

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San Francisco, 21 st Nov. 1900
Commissioner of Pensions, Interior Dept., Washington D.C.
Dear Sir :-
Will you please furnish for use in this office the Revolutionary War record of Joseph Bine , a pensioner of that war who died at Bristol, Addison Co., Vermont.
Very respectfully A. S. Hubbard Registrar.