Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,600, Clement Bates, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bates, Clement
S. 29,600
CONTENTS

21.246
Massachusetts Clement Bates
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Turner of the Regt commanded by Col. Bailey in the Mass line for 12 Mos. 1863
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 70 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Aug. 1832 and due to H. Bates Plymouth
Arrears to the 4th of March $117.34 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 1818 36.88
$184.42
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by H. C. Hiles Clerk, Book E, Vol. 2, Page 9.

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this twenty second day of August 1832, personally appeared in open Court, before Hon Willus Wood, Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Hanover within and for said County of Plymouth. Clement Bates a resident of Hanover in said County of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy seven 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. 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. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That after the Lexington Battle, he went to Marshfield in Capt Amos Turner Company of Militia in Col. Baileys Regiment to take Balfours Company, and was gone about ten days.
That he entered the service again in June 1775 and enlisted in Capt. Joseph Dufies Company of State troops under Lieut. Bros Briggs Ensign, that he marched to Marshfield and was stationed on the South shore and on the Fort at the Gurnet about three months, and then he was ordered to Nuttate Harbour, where he served the remainder of his enlistment three months, when he was dismissed and returned home in December but received no discharge, having served six months.
That he entered the service and enlisted in Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's Company of State troops in February 1776, and marched to Roxbury, and was stationed there and on Dorchester Heights where intrenchments were thrown

up two months; untill after the British left Boston, that Col. Gary was commander of the Regiment. he received no discharge.
That he enlisted again in Capt Nathaniel Winslow's company of State troops, Calvin Custer's Lieut. — in Col. Whitney's Regiment, 1 st Jackson. 2 d Col. — Miller, Major. in April 1778 and marched to Boston soon after the British had evacuated that place, where he staid about three weeks, he was then ordered to Point Shirley in Boston Harbor, and then to Nantasket now Hull, where intrenchments were thrown up, and here he was stationed the remainder of his enlistment, which was six months. he was stationed here when the Declaration of Independence was received, when the Regiment was paraded, and it was read to the Regiment. It was welcomed by one gun as we had no powder to spare, and by thirteen Huzzas from the Regiment.
That soon after his return home he enlisted in Capt. Amos Turner's Company of Militia, Seth Bates Lieut & John Hovey Ensign in December 1778 and marched to Bristol Rhode Island served there one month.
That he entered the service again the last of May or first of June 1778 and enlisted in Capt. Calvin Custer's Company of State troops, and served in Col. Jacob's Regiment in Gen. Cornwallis's Brigade, under Major Gen. Sullivan. That he marched to Swanzey and then to Fall River Mass. and after being there a short time, he went over Howland's Ferry to Rhode Island, and was stationed part of the time at Butts Hill repairing the Fort, and then at Middletown, he was at Butts Hill when the August storm came on, and was afterward stationed at Little Compton and Nades Ferry. After completing his term of service which was six

months, he returned home in December, the snow being about knee deep.
That he entered the service again in the spring of the year 1779, and served in Capt. Joseph Goss's company at Rhode Island, and was stationed at the Hunan Fort called about half a mile from Butts Hill, and worked most of the time at the Fort on Butts Hill under a French Engineer, he enlisted for forty days, but served only twenty four days.
That he was born in Hanover Mass. April 10. 1745 - and his age is recorded in the Family records, he has always lived in Hanover.
That he is known to Robert Bell, David Stockbridge, Melzer Curtis & Horatio Cushing Esqrs who can testify to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution, and also to the Rev. Calvin Woburn.
That he never received any discharge from any of his terms of service.
Clarence Goss
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Albert Jacob H. Lord Register

We, Calvin Wolcott a clergyman, residing in the town of Hanover and Robert Ellis, Postmaster residing in the same town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Clement Bates who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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.
Calvin Wolcott Robert Ellis
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Rev Calvin Wolcott who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Hanover and that Robert Ellis Esq who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Sametown and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
I, Jacob H. Lord Register 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 Clement Bates for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office, this twenty second day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two .
Jacob H. Lord
Clement Bates
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J. A. Lord Plymouth Miss

BRIEF in the case of  Co of Plymouth
Clement Bates  in the State of Mass  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  How old is he? 77  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. enlisted 10 Private Gen. Putnam Col Bailey   June " " Entsted 6 State Troops " Col Soper   Feb. 1776. en lis 2 " Col Winslow Col Curry   April " " 6 " " Col Whitney   Decem " " 1 " Col Turner   June 1778 " " 6 " Col Curtis Col Parsons   Spring 1779 " " 24 " Col Soper  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  1 year 10 months 4 days
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Co of Plymouth Mass
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional Six living witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Saylin
Examining Clerk.
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INVALID.
Rev 29 600
File No. 29,600
Clement Bates
Rev Rev Rev
Act: June 1 st 29 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 25
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Caleb Rogers & Joel Silvester are qualified to be credible middle 1 st page
Isaac White & Josiah North on bottom 2 nd Page
Joseph Brantow & Clement Bates on 4 th page
They were all certified when returned before E. H. ...

215 11 Clarence Bates
J. H. Lord Esq. Plymouth Mass.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Glenn Bates which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yy VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? yes  Not all
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? yes
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
‡QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 narrow 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.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Elementary Dept.

Joseph Banton of Duxbury in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, do testify and say that I enlisted in Capt. Calvin Burfe's Company of Militia, the last of May or first of June 1778. That Clement Bates of Hanover in said County served with me in the same Company in Col. Jacob Root in Gen. Cornell's Brigade under Major Gen. Sullivan, that we marched to Swansey and Old River, Mass. and after being there a short time, went over Howland's Ferry to Rhode Island, and were stationed a part of the time at Butts Hill repairing the Fort, and then at Middletown, were at Butts Hill when the August Storm came on, and were afterward stationed at Little Compton & Natick Ferry and after serving six months we were dismissed and returned Home in December, the snow being about knee deep. Joseph Banton
Plymouth County State of Massachusetts, ss. Subscribed and sworn to this eighth day of August A.D. 1832. before me Anthony Collamore Justice of Peace
J I Benjamin Bates of Hanover in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, aged 71 years do testify and say, that I enlisted in Capt. Joseph Banton's Company of Militia the latter part of the summer or the first part of Autumn of 1780, as I believe, and went to Rhode Island, and was stationed near Butts Hill and worked on the Fort there; Michael Silvester was Lieutenant of the Company, and we served in Col. Jacob Root's Regiment; That Clement Bates of said Hanover enlisted and served in the same Company with me, we marched there together

and came home together; we enlisted for forty days, but were dismissed before our time had expired; I am not able to say exactly the time we served, but should think it was as long as twenty four days, if not longer.
Benjamin Bates Plymouth Jct. Subscribed and sworn to this twenty fourth day August A.D. 1832. Before me Anthony Collamore, Justice of Peace
We hereby certify that Joseph Barstow and Benjamin Bates are credible persons, and men of veracity.
Anthony Collamore, Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Anthony Collamore Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & that I believe his name sub- scribed to the several foregoing certificates are true & genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this tenth day of September A.D. 1832
Jacob H. Lord

I Benjamin White of Hanover in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts age seventy nine years testify and say that I served as a soldier with Clement Bates of Hanover of Fanesdale at Marshfield in said County in the spring of the year 1775 for the said Bates belonged to the Company commanded by Captain Amos Durner for the term of ten days and I further testify & say that I served with the said Clement Bates as a Sergeant in a Company commanded by Captain Amos Durner, 1st Lieut. Lieutenant John House Ensign at Bristol in Rhode Island State in the year 1776 towards the close of the year for the term of one Month Hanover July 31 1832.
Benjamin White
State of Massachusetts, County of Plymouth ss.
July 31. 1832 Then the above named Benjamin White personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Anthony Collamore Justice of the Peace Josiah Hatch of Pembroke in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts aged 76 years do testify and say that I enlisted in June 1775 in a company of State Troops commanded by Joseph Poper capt. (Durner Lieut. Ensign Briggs, Ensign) That Clement Bates of Hanover in said County enlisted & served in the same Company. That we marched to Marshfield and were stationed there & at the Gurnet at the entrance of Plymouth Harbor about three months as a guard on the shore and then we were ordered to Situate Harbor. where we served three months, and having served six months the term for which the said Clement Bates & myself enlisted we were dismissed and returned home. I did not know that the Company was attached to any Regiment.
Pembroke, August 6. 1832
Josiah Hatch
Sworn to and subscribed this sixth day of August 1832
Before me Anthony Collamore Justice of the Peace Thereby certify that the above named Benjamin White & Josiah Hatch are credible persons. Anthony Collamore Justice of the Peace

I Caleb Rogers of Hanover in the County of Plymouth & State of Massachusetts age eighty four years testify and say that Clement Bates of said Hanover served as a Soldier with me in Capt Nathaniel Winclaw's Company at Dorchester & Roxbury in the County of Norfolk in the State of Massachusetts for the term of two Months in the spring of the year 1776 & further your deponent saith not -
Hanover July 31. 1832
Caleb Rogers
State of Massachusetts, Plymouth County ss.
July 31. 1832. Then the above named Caleb Rogers personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Anthony Collamore, Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that Caleb Rogers, and Joel Silvester are persons of credit and veracity.
Anthony Collamore, Justice of the Peace
I Joel Silvester of Hanover in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts age seventy seven years testify and say that I was in the United States service & served in Capt Nathaniel Winclaw's Company Colonel Curtis's Lieutenant - Praying that Clement Bates of said Hanover was enlisted in the same Company & served with me the whole term of our enlistment which was six Months, we Marched into Boston immediately after the British left Boston in the spring of 1776 and after encamping there a short time we were ordered to point Shirley in Boston Harbor and from thence to Nantasket where we entrenched and staid there till our enlistment expired
Hanover July 31 1832.
Joel Silvester
State of Massachusetts, County of Plymouth ss.
July 31. 1832. Then the above named Joel Silvester personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed.
Before me Anthony Collamore, Justice of the Peace

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Bates, Conrad GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 6847 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED May 14, 1793 to Thomas Russell, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.