Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12428, John Campbell, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
campbell, john
812428
carded
CONTENTS

New York
John Campbell
of Otsego Co in the State of N. York who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Town of the Regt. commanded by Col Larned in the Mass. militia for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 30 Dollars 0 0 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of April 1833 and sent to Schuyler Crispin Worcester N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $60.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 15.00
$75.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. L. Williams, Clerk Book E Vol. 4 Page 16

The People of the State of New York, by the Grace of God, Free and Independent: To all to whom these presents shall come, or may concern. Greeting:
Know ye, that We, having inspected the Records and Proceedings remaining in the Clerk's Office of Our Courts of Common Pleas for Our County of Otsego, do find therein the records of certain evidence and proceedings therein, in the words and figures following, to wit: "Otsego Com. Pleas
"Of the Term of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
"State of New York Otsego County ss Be it Remembered that on the 28 th day of June A.D. 1832 Personally appeared in Open Court being the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego in the State of New York and a Court of Record, proceeding according to the principals of the Common Law, with power of fine and imprisonment, John Campbell aged eighty eight years and Now a resident citizen of the Town of Westford in said County of Otsego, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath solemnly declare in order to obtain a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 entitled "An act Supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution" - That in the month of April 1775 he volunteered as a private soldier, to serve in the War of the Revolution (at that time residing in the Town of Oxford in the County of Worcester Massachusetts) in a Company of Militia Commanded by Capt John Town of Oxford aforesaid and in Col Larnards Regiment - And he the said John Campbell marched with the said Company from Oxford to Roxbury - After remaining in Roxbury for a short time as a soldier in Capt Town's Company, he the said John Campbell enlisted as a Volunteer for the Term of Eight Months into Capt William Campbell's Company of Militia or State Troops - And that

he the said John Campbell was a Sergeant in Capt Campbell's Company during the eight months which he served in that Company - and he the said John Campbell further states that the Company commanded by Capt Campbell and in which he the said John Campbell served the eight months above stated, belong- ed to Col Larned's Regiment and Genl Thomas' Brigade - And he the said John Campbell further states that he remained in the War of the Revolution in actual service at Roxbury aforesaid in said Company and Regiment above mentioned until the full expiration of his term of service of eight months, which including about one month served under Capt Town as above stated, makes Nine months actual service at Roxbury in the year 1775 - At the expiration of which term he the said John Campbell was dismissed by his officers and returned home to Oxford aforesaid the place of his residence - And he the said John Campbell further declares as aforesaid that he hath not at any time received any annuity or pension under any Law of the United States providing for Revolutionary officers and soldiers, and that he has never until now made any application for any such pension or annuity - And that he the said John Campbell produces as a witness to prove the service above mentioned so rendered by him as aforesaid Judah Waters who was in the service of the War of the Revolution at Roxbury at the time above mentioned - And further saith not -  Sworn and Subscribed in open Court } John Campbell this 21 st day of June 1832 } Horace Lathrop = Clerk
State of New York } Otsego County ss: } Judah Waters of the Town of Milford in the County of Otsego being duly sworn in open Court in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Otsego doth depose and say that he resided in the Town of Sutton in the County of Worcester Massachusetts in the year 1775 - and that he this deponent was at that time well acquainted with John Campbell of the Town of Oxford in said County of Worcester being the same person who has made the above declaration and oath - And that he this deponent has known, and been well acquainted with the said John Campbell from the time above stated down to the present period - And this deponent further saith that he was at Roxbury, a soldier in the War of the revolution in the year 1775 - and well recollects and knows that

the said John Campbell was at Roxbury a soldier in the service of the Revolution at the same time with him this deponent - And this deponent also saith that he the said John Campbell belonged to a Company commanded by Capt William Campbell in Col Larnards Regiment and Genl Thomas's Brigade - And this deponent further saith that the said John Campbell enlisted for the term of Eight Months in Capt Campbells Company, and served out the full term of his enlistment stationed at Roxbury aforesaid in the year aforesaid and was then discharged from said service - And this deponent further states that the said John Campbell has always sustained the character of a good and worthy citizen and a man of truth - and further saith not -
Sworn and subscribed in Open Court this 21 st day of June 1832 } Judah Waters - Horace Lathrop - Clerk
State of New York } Schuyler Crippen Counsellor at Law being duly sworn Otsago County ss: } doth depose and say that he is well acquainted with John Campbell and Judah Waters the same persons described in and who have signed the above depositions, and has known both of them for many years past - and that they are men of fair characters and entitled to full credit on oath or otherwise - and further saith not -
Sworn and subscribed in open Court } Schuyler Crippen this 21 st day of June 1832 - } Horace Lathrop - Clerk
Otsago Com. Pleas of the term of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
State of New York } We the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the Otsago County ss: } said County of Otsago - Do Certify that John Campbell appeared before us in open Court at the present June Term of said Court, and made his declaration and oath in the manner and form above specified for the purpose of obtaining a pension under the provisions of the Act of Congress of June 7. 1832 and at the same time produced before us Judah Waters and Schuyler Crippen as witnesses to support his claim for a pension for services in William Campbell's Company of Militia or State Troops - and that

Said declaration and oath, who then and there in open court respectively made oath to the depositions by them above subscribed - which is to us satisfactory evidence of the truth of the facts contained in the said declaration and oath of the said John Campbell - In witness whereof we the said Judges of the said Court of Common Pleas have subscribed our names in open court at the Court House in Cooperstown in said County the 22 nd day of June A D 1832
Elisha Foote J. O. Morse James C. Walworth } Judges
All which we have caused by these presents to be exemplified, and the seal of our said Court of Common Pleas to be hereunto affixed. Witness George Morell Esquire, First Judge of Our said Court, at the Court House in Cooperstown in the County aforesaid the twenty sixth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Horace Lathrop Clerk
State of New York } Otsego County ss } Be it remembered that on the eighth day of March John Campbell of the Town of Westford in the County aforesaid personally appeared before me and made oath in due form of law that he is the identical William Campbell who made and subscribed the declaration of which the above is an exemplified copy. And he further saith in addition to what is stated and set forth in his said original oath and declaration, that he served as a private soldier one month as nigh as he can now recollect, in Capt Towns Company of Militia, immediately previous to his enlisting into Capt Campbells Company as above stated - and he further saith that he cannot now recollect the precise time in the month of April 1775 that he marched into actual service but that it was at the time of the burning of Lexington. That he enlisted out of Capt Towns Company into Capt Campbells Company for eight months and continued in actual service in Capt Campbells Company for the full period of eight months, during all which time he was a sergeant in Capt Campbells Company and actually served as such. and he further saith that he was born in Oxford Worcester County Massachusetts in the year 1744 as he has always been informed and believes to be true - That he has not any recollection of his age in his possession or power. That he lived in the

said John of Oxford at the time he was called into the service as above stated: That he moved from Oxford after the Revolution to Sumnerston Vermont, from thence to Pittstown New York, from Pittstown to Duanesburgh in Albany County, from thence to Otsego County, where he has resided for about the period of twenty eight years now last past - That the names of the officers and the manner of being called into the service is as above stated - and he further saith that he received a written discharge at the expiration of the eight months service, and according to his present recollection it was signed by Col Larnard - and he further saith that said discharge has been destroyed for a great number of years, and whether it was lost by him, or worn out, or burnt up when his house was burnt up at the time he resided at Pittstown as what has become of it he cannot state - and 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; and he further saith that there is not any clergyman residing in his vicinity or neighborhood - and he further saith that he is known to Deacon Jonas Balcock and William Campbell in his present neighborhood who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
Sworn to and subscribed the 8 th day of March 1833 before me
Seth Chase a judge of Otsego county
John Campbell
We Jonas Balcock one of the Deacons of the Presbyterian Church in the Town of Westford in the County of Otsego, and William Campbell residing in the same Town do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Campbell who has subscribed and sworn to the declaration as above contained - that we believe him to be eighty eight 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 & subscribed the 8 th day of March 1833 before me
Seth Chase a judge of Otsego county
Jonas Balcock William Campbell

I Seth Chase one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Otsego, New York; do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Deacon Jonas Babcock of Westford in said County, and have been thus acquainted with him for many years past, and know him to be a Deacon in the Presbyterian Church in said Town - and that his character is above reproach. Also I am acquainted with William Campbell, and he sustains a fair character for truth and veracity - and I further certify that after an investigation of the application of the above named John Campbell for a Pension, as herein before set forth, and having examined the said John Campbell, and put to him the several interrogatories prescribed by the instructions issued from the War Department, I am well satisfied that the claim of the said John Campbell for a Pension is well founded, and ought to be granted - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8 th day of March 1833
Seth Chase a judge of Otsego county
State of New York Otsego County - ss
I Horace Lathrop Clerk of the said County, do certify, that Seth Chase, before whom the foregoing affidavits of John Campbell, Jonas Babcock & William Campbell, purport to have been sworn, & whose name is subscribed to the above Certificate, was, at the date of the same one of the Judges of Otsego County Courts, duly appointed & sworn as such; and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, & verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits & certificate to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand & Seal of Office this 12 th day of March 1833. Horace Lathrop, Clerk
In the matter of John Campbell, a soldier of the Revolution exemplification etc.
admitted
9 mo. Private

No
John Campbell
55
247
Oct. 13 1833
Hon. W. L. Gage
New York.

BRIEF in the case of John Campbell of Otsego County in the State of New York (Act 7th 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? 88 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. As a Gen.     In 1775 about 8 u Private Col. John Varnum, Col. Garmard   do 8 Sergeant Col. Wm. Campbell - Col. Garmard   9  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Worcester County, Massachusetts.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Judah Waters proves 8 Months service
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
No.
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
R. F. Pleasant Examining Clerk.

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
me A. March 18, 1924
Miss Virginia Wade La Grange Ga.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 12428, it appears that John Campbell was born in 1744, in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Oxford, Massachusetts, he enlisted in April 1775, and served one month as private in Captain John Town's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Massachusetts Regiment. He immediately re-enlisted and served eight months as Sergeant in Captain William Campbell's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed June 21, 1832, while a resident of Westford, Otsego County, New York.
There is no family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner

1895 Jan'y 18 Hist. to Alfred W. Carr, Pinehurst, N.Y. 1924 March 18 Hist. to Miss Virginia Wade, Mrs.
Rehman
✓ 12.428 INVALID.
File No. 12,428
John Kampfe Dist. Gen. war
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4994 9. 12428 9.
Q. W. & N. Div.
F. S.
Ex'r.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., Dec. 8, 1894
Respectfully returned to Mr. J. Lee Tucker, Oneonta, N. Y.
Please state fully the purpose for which the information is desired; also give the full name and address of the person for whom the report of service is intended.
Return your letter of Nov. 30th with your reply.
J. M. Lockhart
Commissioner.

La Grange, Ga. 401 Broad St. Feb. 13, 1924.
Commissioner of Pensions, Old War Dept Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:-
Please send me the record of service of the Revolution- ary pensioner - "John Campbell, of Otsego Co., N. Y. in 1833 - aged 89", also please send me pension record of "James Camp- bell of Madison Co., N. Y. who died 1827."

Sincerely (Miss) Virginia Wade.

Oneonta, N.Y., Nov 30 th 1894
The Hon Comr. of Pensions.
Sir
Will you please give me the record of John Campbell, who was a revolutionary soldier from Massachusetts.
He afterwards drew a pension, and died at Milford Otsego County New York between 1815 & 1818
I presume the records in your office will show the fact of his drawing a pension. The early reply is respectfully solicited, as his heirs desire to trace the lineage.
Very respectfully
J Lee Tucker
Late Deputy 5 th Auditor Treasury.
P.O. Adden. Oneonta.
N.Y.
The information desired above is for Alfred H. Carr, a great great grand son of the above named soldier and is desired for the purpose of tracing his revolutionary ancestry, and not for any mercenary
Apr 22-33

Yours sincerely. By giving Campbells service he will be able to trace his lineage. Mr Carrs Post Office address is Oneonta N.Y. and he is desirous of joining the Sons of the Revolutionary Soldiers, where have a similar line.
Very respectfully J. Lee Tucker