Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 41,449, Baruch Bolster, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Bolster, Baruch
NUMBER
S 41,449
CONTENTS

2808.
Vermont.
Baruch
Baruch Bolster, private, Massachusetts line, Lt Greenston's Regt---
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 8 - Dollars per month, to commence on the 10. of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 23 d of Sept: 1818. and sent to the care of Phinehas White, Esq; Brattleboro' Windham Co: Vt.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1818 ..  $: 38. 67.    Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. March 1819. .  48. ..    Amo. s 25 / 30  $: 86. 67.  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
3 years Doubtless "23
Vermont. Windham County

N o 68.
Baruch Bolster.
Application for Pension.
Wincham County, N.Y.
[Copy.]
Coal
2808
March 1880
3.65.

STATE OF VERMONT.
COUNTY OF WINDHAM ss.
At the County Court, begun and held at New-Fane, within and for the County of Windham, on the second Monday of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty.....
PRESENT—Hon. PHINEHAS WHITE, Esq. Chief Judge. Hon. JOHN ROBERTS, Hon. GILBERT DENISON, Esqrs. } Assistant Judges.
ON this 20th day of June, A. D. 1820, personally appeared in open court, being a court of record for the said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a civil jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having, in certain cases, the power of fine and imprisonment, Baruch Bolster aged 57 years, resident in Sandown in said county, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: Three years in the Massachusetts line, Capt. James Doolittle — Col. John Grayson
That he has received a pension under the act of the Congress of the United States of the 18th March, 1818, that the number of his pension certificate is 2878 and the date of his original declaration is April 10. 1818.
AND I 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.
SCHEDULE of real and personal estate, necessary clothing and bedding excepted.
3 old sheep 4 lambs $16 — household furniture & — 1 low case of drawers 2 — old tubs 1 — 2 Tables 1 light stand 2.75 — 4 old chairs 1 — 5 old broken chairs, 1 pail & pot — 2 — 1 brand & 3 hooks 75 — 1 pr shoes 25 — 1 plaster plates, 3 quart tin pails 1 — two quart tin pails 50 — 1 tin pot — 1 coffee pot — 1 quart tin measure small tin pan 1 — 1 brown pail 17.5 — 1 white earthen pail — two bowls 40 — two tumblers 1 wine glass 18 — 3 glass bottles 20 — 2 milk pails 1 Bake pan 2 pgs 50 — 8 knives & forks 75 — 6 stems 26 — 1 lawn & washing board 25 — 2 cleaning whisks 2 — 1 churn tub & pail 9 — 1 churn 3 — 1 old sack, 2 barrels — 1 churn bag, 1 meat chub 1 — 1 gallon bottle, 1 looking glass 25 — 1 pr sheets, 1 horseman 3 — 1 saddle & saddle bags 2.50 — Amt 90.26
AND I do also swear that my occupation is that of a laboring man — I am indebted to sundry persons about the sum of two hundred dollars — I have a wife & one daughter living with me — one daughter out of service — My said daughter Anna is 23 years of age, is unable to support her self — four years since having had a fever which much impaired her health & constitution — My wife is sickly been under the doctor's care for years past, is now better but feeble Baruch Bolster
SWORN to and DECLARED in open court on the 20th day of June, A. D. 1820, Before Phinehas White JUDGE.
I James Elliot Clerk of the County Court for the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the files and records 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 Ninety nine dollars, and 26 cents.
IN testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, in open Court, on this eighteenth day of June 1820.
James Elliot CLERK OF THE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF WINDHAM

Baruch Bolster's Appt. Massachusetts line. —
Baruch Bolster, Jr. Massach'tts line, 10. April, 1818.
Discharge within but not found on the roll

To Phinehas White Esq. Chief Judge of the County Court within and for the County of Windham and State of Vermont. —
I Baruch Bolster — of Londonderry — in the County and State aforesaid, claiming the benefit of an act of Congress passed on the 10 th day of March now last past — entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War." Do in pursuance of the provisions of said Act, here upon oath, make the following Declaration (to wit) —
That I the said Baruch Bolster served as a soldier in the War of the Revolution on the Continental Establish- ment in the following manner — I first enlisted and entered the service and served nearly three years anterior to the 28 th day of — Oct. 1783 as by my discharge hereto annexed —
I was in the company commanded by Capt. James Lisdale — and under Col. — Grafton — of the Massachusetts line — The whole time of my service in the war was between 4 & 5 years. —
I further depose to say that by reason of my reduced circumstances I need the assistance of my country for support. —
Baruch Bolster

State of Vermont } Be it Remembered Windham County ss } that on this 10 th day
April A.D. 1878 Barre
Before me, the undersigned, personally appearing before me Phinehas White Chief Judge of Windham County Court, made solemn oath to the truth of the aforesaid De-
claration by him subscribed
And I do hereby certify that I am fully of opinion that the aforesaid Barre Bolster served in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy as by him stated
In witness whereof I hereunto set my official signature and have caused the seal of Windham County Court to be affixed Phinehas White } Chief Judge of Windham County Court
To the Hon. the Secy of the War Department

P. S. Should the Applicant be placed upon the Pension List - a certificate thereof is requested to be sent to Philip N. Hale - Gateway Post Office, Vt.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C., Oct 28, 1922
In reply to your request of _____ received _____ for a statement of the military history of Baruch Balster a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     3 yrs. ending Oct. 28- 1783 Priv. James Tisdale John Greaton Mass.   Served at other times in all 4 or 5 yrs. dates & officers not stated.  
Battles engaged in, none stated Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, Nov. 10, 1818. Hisch. mar. ab. Residence at date of application, Concord, Hampshire Co. Vermont Age at date of application, In 1820 was 57 years of age. Remarks: In 1820 soldier referred to his wife and one son  names not stated, but daughter Anna aged  23 yrs. No other family data on file.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Brain Bulb Chamber The whole organ

By Major Genl Knox, Commanding the Garrison of West Point & its dependencies
Baruch Bolster, a citizen in the 3d Mass. Reg. being enlisted for three years, is hereby hon. ably discharged the service of the United States
Given at West Point the 28 day of Jan 1864
By the Generals Command Jno Lillie Aide de Camp
H. Knox M c General
Registered in the books of the Reg t
John C. H. Safford Secy
BOLSTER BARUCH

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File No. 41.449 Baruch Bolster Rev. Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 53
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1922-Och. 28. Dish. to Mr. Reynard-Layton. mss

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Rev. War Records Section, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please give me the military history of the following Revolutionary Soldiers whose names appear in the Census of Pensioners of 1840 ? Thank you.
Name. Residence in 1840, June 1st. Solomon Howard - - Andover - Windsor Co. - Vermont Berreck Bolster - - Londonderry - Windham Co. - Vermont Abraham Abbott - - Londonderry - Windham Co. - Vermont Enoch Jewett - - - Hollis - Hillsborough Co. - New Hampshire.
Very truly,
Raymond Taylor, Weston, Vermont
Sept. 25, 1922.
With July 1922 20-15-etc