Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34144, Moses Caldwell, Mass.

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Caldwell, Moses
S. 34144
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34 144 Ry INVALID.
File No. 34 144
* Moses Moses Caldwell
Dr Rev 100
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 65
[Arrangement of 1870.]
* W. W. H. June 22, 1907.

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Massachusetts
John Calamus
of Ipswich in the state of Massachusetts who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Biglow of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 months
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 March 1819 and sent to W m Wetmore Esq. Salem Mass.
Arrears to 4th March 1819 $ 87.43 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sept 1819 28.
$135.43
cont d { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. } Notif d sent Dec r 21 st 1820 to Ichabod Tucker Salem Mass

✓ Moses Caldwell
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Col Biglow's Rept 1779— 10 months
Adm. S.
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State of Massachusetts
I Moses Caldwell — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Ipswich in the County of Essex — in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, in the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the land — service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to January in the year one thousand seven hundred & seventy six being nine months when I was honorably discharged & again in June Seventeen hundred & seventy nine, I entered the service aforesaid & served accordingly till April 1780 being ten months as a private against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Captain Mighill's Company in Colonel Gurney's Regiment for nine months & to Captain Munroe's Company in Colonel Bigelow's Regiment & to Captain Sargent's Artillery Company for ten months.
and that I left the service on the 8 th month of April 1780 being honorably discharged — and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty five years — I have no other evidence in my power to offer than is herewith exhibited.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed. 17
Moses Caldwell
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me the Subscriber One of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle District further the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed Moses Caldwell and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. the testimony
Whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of the Court Wm Whitmore

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Moses Caldwell
Andrew
age 67 infirm
Wife 66 leprosy
Son in law
Daughter 30 Feb 19
born 16 March
$130
5
Con

The Clerk has not certified, agreeably to law, the opinion of the Court, as to the value of the property exhibited in the schedule.
That the foregoing Court and Schedule hereto annexed, are true copies of the original of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the said Schedule is as follows:
That the said Court, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act, has determined that the value of the property exhibited in the said Schedule is as follows:
That the said Court, in pursuance of the provisions of the Act, has determined that the value of the property exhibited in the said Schedule is as follows:

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Moses Caldwell of Ipswich resident in _____ in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 9669 — now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Moses Caldwell — — — — — late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight — — — dollars per month, to commence on the seventh day of April — — — one thousand eight hundred and eighteen .”
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“Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixteenth day of March — — — one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .”
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Real Estate
  Half an old house out of repair } 40.00   one half of about one quarter of an   acre of land in Ipswich — — —   one acre & three quarters of land in Ipswich — — — — — } 70.00   One undivided part of one third } 8.00   one fifth of five acres of salt   Marsh in Ipswich — — — — —   one old cow — — — — — 10.00   6 old chairs 1 table — — — — — 2.00   130.00 

   Owes to John Manning on note - - - - -  80,00    to Thomas Manning on acct. - - - - -  30,00    Richard Sutton on note - - - - -  10,00    Daniel Russell on note - - - - -  10,00    Deacon Thomas Knowlton - - - - -  6,00    Debts  136,00    Property -  130,00    Less than nothing -  6,00   
Enlisted in 1st June 1779 in Capt. Monroe's Company in Col. Timothy Bigelow's Regiment & served ten months and was discharged. This was on the Continental Establishment in the Massachusetts line, in 1780 in the same enlisted in Capt. Moses Greenleaf's Company & Col. Benjamin Tupper's Regiment in the Massachusetts line and on the Continental Establishment and served six months, in 1775 served in Capt. Nathl. Mitchell's Company & Col. Gervish's Regiment. was in the battles of Bunker hill & in several skirmishes.
Is aged Sixty Seven years is lame and infirm, his wife Elisabeth is aged Sixty six is infirm has the leprosy and an insane son dependent on his father the above with one daughter aged about thirty years is his whole family.
Moses Caldwell
Essex ss. July 12. 1820. Then the above named Moses Caldwell made oath that the said schedule & statement by him subscribed are true, before me,
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot , a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Moses Caldwell do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Moses Caldwell.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Moses Caldwell took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred and thirty dollars & cents nothing .
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th — day of July — A. D.
1820.
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Ichabod Tucker, Clerk