Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38,516, William Bastow, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Bastow, William
S 38.516
CONTENTS

38 516
Reorg INVALID.
File No. 38 516
Williams Bastow
Serg New Mar
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 22
[Arrangement of 1870.]

(N o 1922.) Rhode Island.
William Bastow, James Glover
Sergeant, Massachusetts Line
in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
scribed on the Roll of Rhode Island, at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 d of April, 1818.
certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of July, 1818. and sent to David Howell, Esq. Providence, R. Island.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Annual allowance 5 Mo. 2/30 $: 40. 53.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
5 Years
Providence, Providence

Wm. Boston
Admitted since
286 21 95 L.

I William Bastow of Providence in the District of Rhode Island on solemn oath do declare & say That the facts set forth in the annexed certificate signed by General Glover, are true I served my country faithfully more than five years in the continental army of the United States in the Massachusetts line, - I first enlisted in Capt Arthur Daggett's Company 2 d Col. Lorne's regiment May 1775 I now declare that I am in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the assistance of my country for support W m Bastow
Rhode Island District P.
Be it remembered that on this third day of April 1818 came before me the above William Bastow and made solemn oath to the truth of the declara- -tion by him above subscribed In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & have caused the seal of the District Court for said District to be hereunto affixed the day and year above written. David Arvell District Judge.
Rhode Island District P.
In Providence this 8 th day of April 1818.
The signature of the Judge and the seal of the District Court of the United States for said District are hereunto affixed Witness Benjamin Cross Clerk of said Court

William Bastow Sergeant in the 11 th Massachusetts Reg t having unfortunately lost the use of his left arm to a degree which renders him totally incapable of bearing arms, his discharge his own request and solicitation is hereby discharged the service of the United States of America.
He receives the full pay which he has now in full satisfaction being on the list for Pension Office in the action at Bunker Hill and became his own property by order of Major General Sullivan.
Said Bastow has been in the service since the commencement of the present War and ever behaved him- self as a good soldier and faithful servant to the public and highly interested in the welfare as well as events of the Country. Given under my hand in Camp, State of New Jersey this 22 nd day of July 1780 Annoque Domini 1780 and in the fifth year of our Independence.
John Glover Br General
True copy of original on file in my Office John D. Searcy Secretary of the Commonwealth of Mass ts