Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21131, Samuel Cole, R.I.

SERVICE
P. d.
hole, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 21131
CONTENTS

Di. 298 Rhode Island
Sam. Cole
A. Kingston in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Taylor of the Reg t commanded by Col Brown in the R.I. Stand line for 7 mos. Meats 17 th Dec r 1832
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 108- Dollars - 33- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Aug y 1833 and Jas John Kall North Kingston R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $216.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th March 1833 54.17 $ 270.83
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 104
Pay t suspended Indent re by Sherman 11 April 1835 do. to Hon. D. J. Pearce July 22 d 1835- same 11 Jan y 1836.
To Hon. S. L. Tillinghast 12 Feby 1838 Profile Pension 3.1771 To J. G. Sherman Esq 9 April 1838.
Set. to S. G. Sherman, 11 Augt. 1838. Set. to same, 27 Augt. 1838.
  allowable      10 mo pri   33.33    3 - Leq l   15.00      48.33  

55 Decón Sam. Leal P.O. I.H. J. Wall
22812

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations County of Washington Jr.
On this 31 st day of September 1832, personally appeared in open court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting, Samuel Cole a resident of North Kingston in the County and State aforesaid aged 80 years in the month of May last, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th . 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated - In the month of April or May 1776 I was drafted in the Company of militia commanded by Capt. Mr. Taylor, attached to the regiment commanded by Col. Brown and Col. Dyer of North Kingston. I served under these officers until 1777 and was in actual service about 7 months in guarding the Western Shores of Narragansett Bay against the depredations of three British vessels then on the Newport station commanded by James Wallace. In June 1777 I entered the service as a drafted militia man in company commanded by Capt. John Cole attached to said Col. Dyer's regiment in said North Kingston and served in guarding the Western shores of the Narragansett Bay until the month of October following about one half the time in actual service say two months. In said month of October 1777. I was drafted to go on to Rhode Island in Spencer's expedition and served one month and then was dismissed and returned home. In November I was again drafted in said Capt. Cole's company and served as a drafted militia man until August 1778. about one half the time say about 4 months. In August 1778 I was drafted in said company and went on to Rhode Island in Sullivan's expedition, was then in the engagement which took place on the 29 th of August 1778 not was drawn up in order of battle, but was in attendance upon the boats

I served about one month in this expedition and then returned to my home — In August 1780 I again went on Rhode Island as a drafted militia man in Paid Col's company and served as a drafted militia man one month, when I was dismissed. I have no documentary evidence in relation to my services. I was born in Paid North Kingston in the year 1752. I do not know that there is any record of my age. I lived in Paid North Kingston at the time I was called into service have lived there since the Revolutionary war and now live there — I have no written discharge from the service and do not know that I ever received any — Hutchinson Col and Charles Douglass and I presume acquainted with some portion of my services. I know of no clergymen residing in my neighborhood acquainted with my services.
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.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Samuel Cole
We Oliver Watson a clergyman residing in the South-Kingston Samuel Tillinghast and residing in Exeter
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Cole who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty 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 to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
sworn to in Open Court.
Sep r 5. 1832
Wm. S. Helme clk
Oliver Watson Samuel Tillinghast

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that
who has signed the foregoing certificate is and
legally resident in the
certificate
and that
Chas Oliver Wilson & Samuel Tillinghast who have  also signed the same  are residents in the Town of South Kingstown & Exeter and are  is credible persons and that
their statement is entitled to credit. Also that Charles Douglass and Hutchinson Cole as who have signed Depositions on this application are credible Witnesses and that their Evidence is with statement is entitled to credit.
I Samuel Helme resident Clerk of said Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Cole for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this Eighth day of September 1832,
Sam l Helme Clk

Washington Jc - In North Kingston - July 18 th 1833 -
Personally appeared before me, the undersigned Cyrus G. Shearman, a Justice of the Peace, for the Town of North Kingston, Samuel Cole of said North Kingston, the subscriber, to the annexed Affidavit, who being duly sworn, deposes & saith, that by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of Memory, he cannot swear positively, as to the precise length of his services, but according to the best of his recollections, he never, not left, than the periods mentioned below & in the following order. In 1775 I was called into with the Company, to which I belonged, of which William Taylor was Captain, belonging to the Regiment, commanded by Colonel Brown, and stationed on the shores of the Bay, to guard against the depredations of the Enemy. I served in said Company as a Private, in this year two months. I omitted to make mention of the remainder of this year in my Declaration, by mistake. In 1776 I served in said Company, under the same Captain Four Months, in 1777, under the same Captain Three Months, In June 1777 after Cole, came in Captain of the same Company & I served under him in the same year four Months. In 1778 I served in said Company six Months. In 1779 I served in said Company six Months which I omitted to mention in my Declaration, by mistake. In 1780 I served in said Company One Month. I served as Sergeant from June 1777, all the time, the services before that

time, were presumed as a fact - In the part of the time, as heretofore stated, was I engaged in any civil pursuit or occupation, but was in actual service, all the time - And for this service I claim a Pension - Samuel Cole
Washington Jc - July 18 th 1833 - In North Hampton
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace, for said North Hampton, the above subscribed Samuel Cole, and after due form, duly examined, sworn & oath, made oath to the truth of the above matter Affidavit, which was before me read to him, in his presence, and by him acknowledged in my presence, and further certify, that the said Samuel Cole, is well known to me, & that his character for truth is good & said supplemental Affidavit, is entitled to full & impartial credit -
Sylvester C. Shearman Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Washington County ss
I Thomas P. Wells, Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court within and for the County of Washington and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Sylvester G. Shearman Esq., before whom the preceding affidavit was taken and sworn to, is a justice of the Peace, duly elected and qualified, of North Kingstown in the County of Washington aforesaid and that his signature thereto is in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 31 st day of July 1833.
Thos P. Wells Clerk

22812
Samuel Cole
Sept 17 Month
Pay 7 24
17 85
2333 85.00 118 55
John Hall North Kingston Rhode Island

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office.
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of  Samuel Cole  Worth Kingston P.O.
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     75 2 Capt Cole 80 years   1776 4 private Taylor Brown Rh. Island North Two living   1777 3 Cole Dyer " " Kingston Witnesses and brother   77 4 officers not mentioned " " among evidence   78 6 Cole Rh. Island   79 6 " " "   80 1 " " "  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I, _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) 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 have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ 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 have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. 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 _____; 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 that 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 shown 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.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he 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.
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 papers 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [j] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

21131 INVALID.
File No. 21131
Samuel Cole
Serjt New War
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 77
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Wickford July 20 th 1838.
Mr J. L. Edwards
Sir
Herewith I forward you, the papers in the Application of Samuel Cole, whose Pension has been suspended, made out, agreeable to your direction to me of the 14 th of April last. You will perceive that he is torn out, in most of his statements, by the Deposition of Samuel Place. Which Deposition, with the proof forwarded before, with his former Declaration, I hope will be sufficient to remove all scruples from your mind, relative to his being entitled to a Pension, for some amount or other. I presume that you will find an examination and comparison between his present statements and those contained in his former Declaration, as far as relates to dates &c. What remains I hope you will reject and not suffer them, to prejudice you against the justice of his claim. The fact is he is too apt to make untruthful statements. His former statements were very general, (if my memory is correct) as like all others he conceived that he was on duty, the whole time that he was entitled in the Militia, during the War, and better readiness to serve, and confounded that with actual service. And he is now too apt to give any very particular or untruthful accounts. Under these circumstances I am willing to take up with such an allowance for the future, as you may think to be right. From the evidence heretofore now furnished, you must be satisfied,

That he was enrolled in the Militia, during the War, and must have preferred the usual amount of Militia some preferred Gotten, at the period of his enlistment & being old, he must likely commence dying sooner than others & thus preferred rather more since than usual.
He is somewhat needy & your early attention, to this will oblige him & me much -
Yours &c S. G. Shearman

Wickford August 22 d 1838-
Mr J. L. Edmonds
Sir
Your Letter of the 11 th instant, respecting the Application of Samuel Cole, for estimation of Pension, was duly received. I am much obliged to you, for your attention to the same - But I am quite sure, that you are mistaken in the statements which you make in the Letter, relative to his claim for services as a Sergeant. In that Letter, you state "the period of Sergeant, claimed originally, for the far greater part of his services, is now limited to three months. If you will have the goodness, to again examine his supplemental Declaration, you will perceive, that he not only alleged, to have acted as Sergeant, in the first two of three months, but also that after stating his services specifically, he states expressly, that he performed the aforementioned term of duty as Sergeant, thus claiming that he served all his specified term of duty, except the last term in 1780 as Sergeant. If Samuel is correct in this, as I am quite sure, that I am, he will I presume, be entitled to a longer allowance. I therefore wish you to inform me, how much you can allow him per annum, and when the old certificate must be renewed, and when the new one will begin. Mr Cole is very infirm and old, and if his new certificate does not commence soon, he will not live to receive any benefit from it. By attending to this soon you will oblige me most -
Yours truly Stephen G. Hemenway

  Dec. 75  Wm Taylor  o 4 miles from home  Sept 3 mo c    Summer 76  o  Leannoncut  1. c    Sept 76  o  Conydon  1/2 c    May 77  Aug. Jno Cole  o  each 1 mo = 2 c    Oct 77  u  Tiverton  1. c    Dec 77  u  house of G. early  1 c    Aug 78  Jos Albro  o R.I.D  1    Dec 78  u u  Conydon  1-    Nov 79  X X 1 mo -      July 80  R. Updike (Indep't Co)  R.I.D  1.    Summer 81  S. Pease  u  1  

Washington Feb 3. 1838
Ho. of Rep.
Hon. Jas. L. Edwards Comm. of Pensions Sir,
I send you, enclosed, a letter from R. H. Cole to me, date Jan'y 27. 1838, containing inquiries respecting the Pension of his father Samuel Cole , which has been stopped. Allow me to request your early attention to the subject, & that you will have the goodness to return to me his letter with your reply to this: — and that you will also be kind enough to inform me upon what ground the Pension formerly granted to Joseph Stanton of South Kingston, R. I. has been  was stopped some two or three years or more ago, & what is necessary to enable him again to receive it.
Most Respectfully I am Yrs & Joseph L. Tillinghast

In order to obtain the Declaration benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832 State of Rhode Island - County of Washington ss -
On this Sixteenth day of July, in the year 1838, personally appeared before Benjamin Smith Esquire Justice or Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Washington, in said State of Rhode Island, Samuel Cole a Resident of North Kingston, in said County of Washington, aged 40  Rightly six years, who being first sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath, make the following Declaration, in order to benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officer, and served as is hereinafter stated. In the summer of the Year 1775, he resided in this Town where he now resides, and has ever since resided. In that summer there were several British Ships in Narragansett Bay, and skirmishes were very frequent, as the British many times landed on the shores of the Bay, and committed many depredations, and the Militia Company to which he belongs, were many times called out for a day or so to assist them - During a great part of this Summer, he with others, had to stand guard on the shores nights, but were at home days - Owing to the age, the length of time, which has elapsed, and the scattering nature of the service, he is unable to give much positive information or any particular account of his services during that time - But he is confident, that during that Summer he served one Month in the whole - In December 1775 he was called out for the term of three Months, and he served three Months, under Captain William Taylor, stationed at the House of John Congdon, in Boston Neck, near the shore, the place about Four Miles from home, the Company consisted of about Fifty

There, he was not only the whole of this three months, and was not permitted to leave, he was discharged in March 1776. There was another company of about the same number of men, stationed two miles further South, at the South Ferry. He served this three months as Sergeant, and was paid his wages in paper money, which was of so little value, that he thought nothing about it. In the Summer of 1776, partly in July and partly in August he served another month, partly on the Island of Connecticut and partly on the Island of Rhode Island, under Captain Taylor, the company consisted of about forty men. In December 1776 & January 1777 he served another month in said company, stationed at the House of John Congdon ahead with about twenty five men, or thirty. He served one month in the Spring of 1777 he thinks in May, and one month in the summer of the same year under Captain John Cole, at the House of said Congdon, with about twenty or thirty men each time. In October 1777 he served another month, under said Cole at Freita in this State, in the time of General Howe's Expedition & in December following another month, under the same Captain, stationed at the House of John Cole in Boston Neck. In August 1778 he served another month, on the Island of Rhode Island, under Captain James Allen, in the time of General Sullivan's Expedition, and in the Winter following partly in December 1778 & January 1779 another month in said company under the same Captain, stationed partly at the Congdon House & partly at the Cole House & in November & December 1779 another month at the same place, with twenty five or thirty men each time. He served the foregoing terms of duty as Sergeant. In July 1780 he served also private one month, on the Island of Rhode Island, in an Artillery or Independent company, belonging to the State, his system commanded by Captain Richard Updegraff. Having his whole term of duty, of which he can give any particular account fifteen months. But he confidently is confident, that he served many more terms of duty, which he has forgotten. And he further makes the

that he is not aware of having made any statements in any of his former Affidavits different from this and never has had at any time, any wish or intent to depart the Government, by obtaining a Pension, for a greater amount of service than he actually performed - But that owing to the manner of his coming in separate tracts, the length of time, which has elapsed and his old age, he has always found it very difficult to be particular in his statements, and as nearly all of his old associates are dead, or at least himself, he is unable to draw any information from others of that time, but under the necessity of resorting to general statements. And that the foregoing statement, according to the best of his recollection and belief, is a true and full statement of the time of entry of which he can give any particular account, but he is sure that he served at that time as a full length of time. He was paid for all his services in full at the rate of $10 per month, and two months in advance. He sends the aforementioned ten thirteen months as a full service - He sends in the aforementioned ten thirteen months as a full service - He sends in the aforementioned ten thirteen months as a full service -  Witness Sylvester G. Sherman  Samuel B. Dyer his mark
Washington D.C. July 16 th 1838-
Personally appeared before me the Subscribers, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Washington, in the State of Rhode Island, Samuel B. Dyer, who being first sworn, made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing statement, and I further certify that the said Samuel B. Dyer is well known to me, and that his character for truth and veracity is good, and that his statements are entitled to credit -
Benjamin Smith Justice C.C.P.

The State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Washington Co. Clerk's office Court of Common Pleas County of Washington July 17 th 1838
I Matthew Weate Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County certify
that Benjamin Smith Esq. is one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for said County and that the within Signature of his purporting to be his is Genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my Name and Seal of office the day and year above written
Matthew Weate Clerk

I Samuel Place of herport of the age of seventy six on solemn oath as declare and say. That during the time of the Revolutionary war I lived in North Kingston and was acquainted with Samuel Cole of said North Kingston. That in the winter 1775 and 1776 I served three months with said Cole at the house of John Congdon in North Kingston under Capt. William Taylor and that the company consisted of about fifty men. That our business was to guard the shores as there were British cruizers in the Bay - That in the sum- mer of 1776 I served a month with Cole partly on Connecticut and partly on Rhode Island - That I served a month with said Cole on Boston neck partly in Dec. 1776 and partly in Jan. 1777 at the house of said Congdon. That I served with said Cole one month in the spring of 1777 and one month in the summer of 1777 at the house of John Congdon, under Capt. John Cole. That in October 1777 I served one month with said Cole at Tiverton under Capt. John Cole, at the time of Spencer's expedi- -tion, that in August 1778 I served another month with said Cole on Rhode Island at the time of Gen. Sullivan's expedition, under Capt. James Albro. That according to the best of my recollection I have served with said Cole at several other places and at several other times, but do not recollect particularly, where or when. but I recollect that said Cole acted as serjeant all the time I have mentioned. That in the month of July 1780 I served a month on Rhode Island in a company of Militia commanded by Lawrence Pearce and whilst there I saw said Cole in an Artillery or Independent company under the command of Richard Updike, on duty in said company
Samuel X Place mark
Herport sc herport May 5 1838 Then personally appeared before me Samuel Place above named and made oath according to law to the truth of the above statements by him subscribed. the same being reduced to writing by me in his presence and by him signed in mine. I also certify that said Place is a person of truth and veracity -
Wm. Wilpin
Just. Peace

Newport
Clerks Office Court of Com Pleas Newport May 5 AD 1838
I George C Shaw Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in the aforesaid County being a Court of Record do hereby certify that William Gilpin is a Justice of the Peace in the aforesaid County, was elected by the General Assembly and commissioned by the Governor of this State and is duly qualified to act in his said capacity, and that his signature affixed to the foregoing deposition of Samuel Place, is genuine
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Newport the day and year aforesaid
Geo: C Shaw Clerk

The Deposition of Charles Douglass, of North Kingston in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island doth hereby testify and say on solemn oath that he is well acquainted with Samuel Cole of North Kingston in the County & State aforesaid that he served in the Company Capt. William Taylor at North Kingston in guarding the Prison at least 7 months attached to Col. Dyer's regiment I served with him in Capt. Cole's company attached to said regiment I should think nine months. I believe Mr. Cole to be 80 years old. I have always lived in the neighborhood with him and know his character for truth and veracity to stand above reproach
Witness Laurens Hall Charles his Douglass mark
Sworn to in Open Court.
Sept. 5. 1832
Witness Sam l Helme Clerk

North Kingston Sept 4. 1892. The enclosed is a request and petition to my position for the Peterboro I can't see how I can leave it will cost me more than it will fetch me further the deposit is not
Charlesborough T.F.O.

- Hutchinson Cole dep.

I - Hutchinson Cole of North Kingston in the county of Washington & State of Rhode Island do hereby certify and say that I am well acquainted with Samuel Cole of North Kingston in said county of Washington, I was acquainted with him before and at the time of the Revolutionary war and have been acquainted with him ever since I know that he served as a soldier in the revolutionary war as a mounted man in Capt William Taylor's company Col Brown's Regiment about seven months in guarding the Shore of the Narragansett Bay I know he served in Capt John Coder's company attached to Col Dyer's Regiment of militia in which as much as sixteen months I served with him the principal part of the time.
Hutchinson Cole
Sworn to in Open Court-
Sept 5. 1832
Wm. Sam. Helme Clerk

Samuel Cole
G. G. Shearman Wilks (K. G.) Agent for Sam l Cole