Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R 1621, Andrew Campbell, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Campbell, Andrew
NUMBER
R 1621
CONTENTS
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10/7/45 Andrew Campbell
Black Mountain

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Suffolk ss.
On this Second day of November
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Municipal Court now sitting at Boston in and for said County, Andrew Campbell , a resident of Boston in said County, aged eighty three 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 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Boston aforesaid
on the twenty second day of June , old style A. D. 1749, and that there is a record of his birth in his father's family bible
: that he was in the United States
service from the January day of 1776 , to the April day of or May
A. D. 1776 - but the some precise day in the he cannot recollect, as to
his master : that he was residing at Lexington Massachusetts
when he entered the service; that he was chosen Quarters by The General Court of Massachusetts and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Col Simon Cary
: that he marched from Lexington to Roxbury
: that he served with none
of the regular troops; and had a commission from the General Court or Convention sitting at Watertown signed by the Council - which commission has since been destroyed - many years since, not supposing that it would regular officers were known to him: that he was in battle Concord of any use -
and at the end of his service received a discharge
: that he left the service on April or May
AD 1776 - and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Plymouth & Boston
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the tenth day of May A. D. 1779, to the September day of September A. D. 1779
as a Recruiting officer in the County of Plymouth
that he was residing at Plymouth
when he entered the service; that he
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from
: that he served with
of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him: that he was in battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge the service on
and left
ALSO : that he was in the United States service from the day of  A. D. 17  , to the  day of  A. D. 17
as a  in the
that he was residing at
when he entered the service; that he
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of
: that he marched from
: that he served with
of the regular troops; and
regular officers were known to him; that he was in battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge the service on
and left

1. He further states that when he entered the service as with the Rank of Lieutenant Quarter Master he was keeping one of the public Schools in Lexington for the winter term, and was released by the Selectmen of said Lexington from his contract to keep the School, in consequence of his being chosen Quarter Master - that after his appointment in the army he immediately joined the Regiment raised from Plymouth & Barnstable Counties under the command of Col Simon Cary - of which regiment - Turner was major - that he was stationed at Roxbury till the British troops evacuated Boston March 17 - 1776 - and said Campbell with those others of said Regiment who had had the small pox marched into Boston and was stationed on Beacon hill in said Boston and there remained till the expiration of his term of service -
2 d - As to the service as recruiting officer he was appointed under a resolve of the General Court at the end of April or early in May 1779 His appointment was in May, and he diligently pursued the business till September 1779 - when his account was settled - and that he enlisted eight men for the Continental service - which was a larger number of men than were enlisted by any other recruiting officers in the County of Plymouth - The said Campbell after the term of office as Quarter Master expired - moved to Plymouth where he remained till 1781 - when he removed to Boston where he has ever since lived - and has been engaged in trade and has also for about eight years kept school in said Boston -
The said Campbell further states that he was one of the Alarm list of the town of Plymouth under Capt Thomas Mayhew in the summer of 1776 when Capt Dawson, commanding a British armed brig appeared off the harbor of Plymouth, and that he with said company marched to Sandwich ten miles to oppose the landing of said Dawson, and was camped in said service, and had the charge of the cannon, and was engaged in said service he should think four or five days - He knows no one 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. He can call upon to testify to his service further than the deposition of Mrs Susanna Jones
Andrew Campbell
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
Before me Peter O. Thacher Judge
We William Pierce of age in his eighty six year, residing in the City of Boston and William Howe aged fifty years residing in said City of Boston hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Andrew Campbell who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be eighty three 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 and subscribed as aforesaid.
Before me Peter O. Thacher Judge
William Pierce Mybory
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 certify that it appears to them that William Pierce and William Howe, who have signed the preceding certificate, are resident in the city of Boston; and that who has also signed the same is a resident in and are credible persons; and that their statement is entitled to credit. The court further certifies that he has known the said Andrew Campbell for about thirty years and believes him to be a man of good character and entitled to full credit for veracity. Peter O. Thacher Judge of the Municipal Court
I of the do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
See clerk's certificate on next page

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk ss
I, Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk of the municipal court of the city of Boston, a court of record, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Andrew Campbell for a pension; also that the Honorable Peter O. Thacher is sole Judge of said court and that the signatures on these papers, purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said court at said Boston this second day of November A.D. Eighteen hundred & thirty-two.
Thomas W. Phillips, Clerk.

16.745
Andrew Campbell
Massachusetts —
Rejected July 13. 1833 in the letter to Joseph Willard —
1621

16.745.
BRIEF in the case of  Andrew Campbell  County of Suffolk  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 83.  4. State his service, as directed in the 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 1776 Sam; Served till April or May. 1776. Dr. Master Col. Simon Carey, Major Turner   1779. 10 th May. Served till Sept. 1779. Recd as Lieut. Recruiting Officer —   1776 — — — "4 or 5 days." Capt. Mayhew —  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? S Lexington, Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the roll Witnesses & documentary proof 

I Susannah Jones of Boston in the County of Suffolk Gentlewoman of the age of seventy four years depose and say that I am well acquainted with Andrew Campbell of Boston, an Applicant for a pension as a revolutionary Soldier, who is my brother:- that I am a native of Boston and knew there at the beginning of the revolutionary war; that at the commencement of the war or rather soon after us in the month of August 1775, my father moved with his family to Lexington in Massachusetts, and the said Andrew accompanied the family, and early that winter engaged himself as a school master in one of the town schools in Lexington, for the winter term; that soon after he began his school being desirous of entering the Army, he was released by the Selectmen of that town from his contract to keep the school, and joined the Regiment of Col Cory as nearly as I can recollect in December 1775, or January 1776 - in the capacity of a Quarter Master and was stationed at Roxbury - After he entered the service I recollect that he used to occasionally come to Lexington to see the family - Our family remained in Lexington until the British troops evacuated Boston in March 1776 - and I then returned to Boston on the Wednesday following - and staid at Captain Revelle's house in Boston and there remained boarding till my father moved back to Boston with his family - in June 1776 The evening of the day

of my return to Boston in March said Andrew was at the house of said Reuelley, and spent the evening there, and he was then in the army. I well recollect that several of us then present amused ourselves at his expence, as being in the army and not having a higher rank than that of a lieutenant - According to the best of my recollection said Andrew was in said Cargy's Regiment for six months; I have always had that impression on my memory - but I cannot be fully positive as to the exact length of time -
Some time after said Andrew left said Cargy's Regiment he moved to Plymouth in this State and resided there several years, and then returned to Boston and has always since lived in said Boston -
I have always myself lived in Boston with the exception of the time when the British troops were in the town, and now reside here -
Isaac May

Norfolk p Oct 19 1832 —
Personally appeared Susanna Jones before named & made oath to the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed — and I hereby certify that the said Susanna is in my opinion a credible witness — Joseph Willard Jus Peace.

1021.
P. O. Andrew Campbell
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: REJECTED , 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, October 29 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Andrew Campbell of Plymouth was chosen by the General Court of Massachusetts on the 23 d day of January A.D. 1776 - Quarter Master For the Regiment embracing Plymouth & Barnstable counties, which Regiment was raised with five others "to serve in the American Army before Boston till the first day of April then next" - But it does not appear by any document that can be found, when said Campbell received his discharge from said office.
Also it appears that on the 1 st day of May A.D. 1779 a resolve was passed by the General Court of Massachusetts on a requisition from Congress of March 9 th A.D. 1779, to raise fifteen hundred men to fill up the Massachusetts quota of the Continental Army to serve during the remainder of the war - and that these men should receive on passing muster before the Muster Master $300. viz $100 from the State and $200 from the "Continent" & $200 more at the end of six months unless sooner discharged - and provision was

further made for the supplying the families of those who should enlist - The commanding Officer of each Brigade was directed to issue orders to the Officers of their Brigades re- quiring them to enlist men and turn them over to the Recruiting Officers, who were to receive $10. for each man enlisted pro- vided he passed muster - And said commanding Officers were directed to appoint Officers of their Brigades to exert themselves to recruit men in their respective Brigades & to receive the soldiers enlisted by the other Militia Officers & cause them to be mustered before the County Muster Master, and make return to their respective Brigades once in ten days - & receive $10. for every man they should enlist - In pursuance of this Resolve it appears that by order of Brigadier General Job Cushing of the County of Plymouth, Col Theophilus Cotton of the first Regiment in Plymouth County on the 10 th day of May A D 1779 - was appointed Lt Andrew Campbell of Plymouth a recruiting Officer and that between that time and the settlement of said Andrew's Account he enlisted eight men - that by a resolve of the Massachusetts General Court passed September 20 th A D 1779 the sum of Two hundred pounds was allowed to the said Andrew in full of his account rendered - It also appears by said Col Cotton's certificate that the said Andrew Campbell had been "a diligent and active officer."
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Andrew Campbell which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 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? yes 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? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 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? yes

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? No clergyman, 2 citizens XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No 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? No 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 Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? No 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? Doubtful XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? 7.
 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.

I send herewith the papers & embracing Lt Andrew Campbell's claims for a pension - & will thank you to give me notice by directing to me who are his attorney in the premises, whether further proof be necessary - and also whether the appli- cation is successful -
Respectfully Yrs
Joseph Willard
Boston Nov 2 1832 -

Department of War - Pension Office City of Washington