Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,620, Moses Brewer, Continental Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass
★ Brewer, Moses
S. 45620
CONTENTS

15.494 R New Hampshire
Moses Brewer
Amherst in the state of New Hampshire was a Captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel J. Brewer of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years -
Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire at the rate of Twenty Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of October 1819 and sent to J. H. Smith Esq. Amherst New Hampshire
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1819 15 \frac{25}{30} - 318:78 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 th March 1820 - 120.
$438:78
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

45 620
Rev INVALID.
File No. 45 620
Moses Brewer
Capt Rev. Union
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Moses Brewer a Resident citizen of the United States now confined in Amherst Gaol in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire for debt now in the sixty first year of my age do solemnly swear that about the first of May A D 1775 I enlisted for the term of eight months to serve against the common enemy in the Company commanded by Capt. James Birt in the twenty sixth Regiment in the Massachusetts Line Com- manded by Col. Asa Whitecomb and served faithfully until the first of January A D 1776 when on the same first day of Jan y A D 1776 I enlist- -ted for the term of one year in the Continental establishment and served in Capt. John Bullard's Company in the twenty sixth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by said Col. Asa Whitecomb where I served from the first day of Jan y 1776 until the first day of Jan y A D 1777 when I was honorably discharged at a place called Tienderoga in the State of New York. on the day I received this discharge the question was put to me by my Col. Samuel Brewer whether I would accept of a captaincy & enlist men for during the war I answered in the affirmative and returned home to enlist men & by General order from Brigadier General Patterson we were to repair to the Rendezvous in Bennington Vermont in the Month of April 1777 & in that month I went to said Rendezvous with about six- ty men when I received a Captain's Commission brought to our Rendezvous at Bennington aforesaid by General Skiles signed by John Hancock

my company was the fifth company in the sixteenth Regiment in the Massachusetts Line commanded by Col. Samuel Brewer in the Continental establishment in a short time I marched to Tienderoga where I served till July following when the place was evacu- ated it was my fortune to be one of the Captains of the rear guard commanded by Genl. Patterson we retreated to Hubbardtown in the State of Vermont where we were attacked by the enemy & I received a wound by a musket ball in my right thigh & was taken prisoner & so was Genl. Patterson, I was taken to Tienderoga & delivered up to Genl. Burgoin where I remain- ed a prisoner of war untill Burgoin's Army marched to fort Edward I was removed to Crown point & remained there till Burgoin's Army was taken by Genl. Gates when I was exchanged about the last of Nov. 1777 when I went home on paroll of honour for four months & Returned I took the command of my company the 5th in April 1778 at the German Flats & sometime after marched to Peek's Kill NY from thence to East Point in this year if my memory serves me right my Col. Saml. Brewer was cashiered & Col. Sprout took the command of the Regt. In the year 1779 my wound broke out & became so painful that I was unable for duty the musket ball remained in my thigh for upwards of three years & was taken out in August 1780 by Doct. Hittredy In the latter part of the summer 1779 I sent a request to General Washington who was then

at White Plains for a discharge but he advised me to remain in the service longer and I remained in the service until the Month of May 1810 when I wrote a Petition to Genl. Washington by the advice of my Surgeon Doct Stearns I sent with my Commission by the hand of Mark Watkins Capt. of the 2 d to Genl. Washing- ton then at White Plains & I received an honor- able discharge signed by my commander in Chief Genl. George Washington & I returned home from my quarters at West Point Which dis- charge I left about seven years since in an old pocket book in the Town of Marlboro' on the Germantown River in the State of New York as also a former discharge in the years service & my com- mission of a Captaincy I never applied for a pension & am not on the pension list of Invalids & am in reduced circumstances & stand in great need of Assistance from my Country for my support I was in Bunkerhill Battle, and in several skirmishes I have no further evidence now in my power to offer being confined in close confine- ment in Gaol for debt & nothing else but my board occasioned by my confinement I have petitioned the Legislature of N.H. & humanity of those for whom freedom I helped to gain & can get no relief I am in a worse situation than a Criminal & am debarred from drawing my breath in the common air with the beasts of the field I have reason to thank My God I am like to find there is some gratitude in the Government of my Country
Sworn to this 7th day of May A.D. 1818 Before me J. H. Smith { Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough

State of New Hampshire Hillsborough ss. On the 7th day of May A.D. 1810 Before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas for said County Personally appeared Moses Brewer in the sixty first year of his age, now resident in Amherst Gaol in said County, being duly cautioned made solemn oath (in order to ob- tain a pension under the late Act of Congress) that he enlisted on the first day of January A.D. 1776 for the term of one year in Capt. John Bullard's Company in the 26th Regiment Command- ed by Col. Asa Whitecomb in the Massachusetts Line & con- tinued to serve in said Corps until the first day of Jan'y A.D. 1777 when he was honorably discharged at Concord, N.H. that in the Spring of the year A.D. 1777 he received a Capt. Commission on the Continental establishment & commanded the 15th Company in the 16th Reg't commanded by Col. Samuel Brewer in the Massachu- setts Line & continued to serve in said Reg't in the service of the United States as a Capt. until May A.D. 1780 when he was honorably dis- charged by the Commander in Chief at West Point from all which I Certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Moses Brewer did serve in the Revolutionary on the Continental establishment more than nine months as an Officer & more than nine months as a private And I further certify from my own knowledge he is reduced in his cir- cumstances & greatly stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support to which fact he has made solemn oath And I now transmit the proceedings & the testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the Act of Congress to provide for persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the U.S. in the Revolutionary War
His Certificate That the Signature of J. B. Smith on this paper is in his own hand writing that He is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Hillsborough before said In testimony whereof I have here affixed the seal of said Court
North Eastman Clerk
Moses Brewer Chiefs 5th Company 16 Reg't N.H. Line Revolutionary War