Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,982, Joseph Clark, Mass

SERVICE
Mass
Clark, Joseph
NUMBER
836982
CONTENTS

upon cap d for land ag t . of Maine by Mr. Orme, apl. 21. 1839
14.353 Q
District of Maine Joseph Clark
of Wiscapet in the state of  District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Pose of the Wapach line, for the term of Two Years
Inscribed on the roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 17 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 of Sep 1819 and sent to Jere Bailey Esq r Wiscapet District of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819  132.80    Semi-ann. all ce ending Mar 1820  48.00    16 Mo. 18 30  $180.80  
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }
Had been in the service of the United States during the War of 1812

Joseph Clark
1435-3
March 1820
Can
W.brate.

Joseph Clark
1435-3
March 1820
Can
W.brate.

STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun and holden at Wiscasset Waltham , within and for the County of Lincoln, on the third Tuesday, being the twentieth day of June, and by adjournment from day to day, on the second third Monday — day of one January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this tenth day of January in the year 1820, personally appeared before said Judges in open Court the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Circuit, Joseph Clark aged fifty six years, resident in Wiscasset in said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Eliseock in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Job Rose in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the seventeenth day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 14,353 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me. Joseph Clark
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of January A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Ebenezer Thatcher
} One of the Judges of the said Court.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz :
Real Estate. Twenty acres of Rocks and Land without buildings Personal. 2 oxen aged 3 years — value 20.00 " 2 Cows midling class — 18.00 " 1 Calf — 2.00 " 6 Sheep — 6.00 " 1 Pig — 2.00 1 plow — $1.00 1 barrow — 2.00 1 chain — 1.50 3 chairs — 0.60 1 pine table — 0.75 1 tea kettle — 0.75 2 pots — 1.50 plates & dishes — 58 68.00 9.18 77.18
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me who, by occupation am a farmer reason of ill health & having lately lost the sight of my left eye  Joseph Clark Joseph Clark which I am not able to pursue by
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Jerusha Clark 57 midling health   Joseph Clark Jan 18 common health   Hannah Clark 16   Henry Clark 14 health poor, and blind of one eye   an Aged Mother 86 who is unable to help herself and takes one person to wait upon her   That Nat. Coffin Clerk Joseph Clark  
STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss.
I, NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said Circuit, within the county of Lincoln, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules 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 Seventy Seven dollars and twenty eighteen cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this day of January A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty one
Nath. Coffin
{ Clerk of the said Circuit Court for the County of Lincoln.

Joseph Clarke Private Col Vose Regt Mass June 1782. 3 years —
Dec: 17 th April 1818
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Proof of service warranted.

State of Massachusetts,
I Joseph Clarke — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Weissbach in the County of Lincoln in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the month of May 1782
I entered and was engaged in the land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to some time in the summer of 1784 — I having enlisted for three years.
as a private soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to Capt. Hitchcocks Company then under the command of Lieutenant Stone in Col. Boses Regiment Mass. —achusetts line, being the first Regiment I think —
and that I left the service on some time in the summer of 1784 at West Point, where I received a regular discharge which I have lost — 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 fifty four years,
I think I remained in the same Regiment until the close of the war, but I am not quite certain whether I remained in the same company until that period. But after peace was declared I think those of us who remained were transferred to new companies formed, but in what manner I have forgotten, as I was then quite young. —
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Joseph Clarke
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Lincoln ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this seventeenth 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 Joseph Clarke Jeremiah Bailey Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the County of Lincoln Commonwealth of Mass. —achusetts aforesaid, the same being a Court of Record of said County.
the abovenamed Joseph Clarke 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.
Jer. Bailey
I John H. Sheppard Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Lincoln hereby certify, that the aforesaid Jeremiah Bailey is Judge of said Court of Probate above named and that his signature to this caption is genuine & that the seal aforesaid is the seal of said Court.
John H. Sheppard

Joseph Clark
Pen! of Mo law 1818
from
Abad Joy
Know all Men by their Presents... STATUTE

STATE OF Maine County of Lincoln
{ ss. Polly Clark
being duly
sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is Daughter of Joseph Clark deceased, to whom a pension was probably due and allowed up to his death that this deponent is directly interested in said claim. as a child of said Clark of hereafter deceased
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26 day June 1853 and (I do hereby certify that the said Polly Clark is a respectable person, and that I have full faith in the truth of the above statement sworn to by her as being directly interested in said claim.)
Samuel Page Justice of the Peace
Know all Men by these Presents, That I Polly Clark & Hannah Savage of Joseph Clark deceased, to whom a pension was probably due, and we the said Polly Clark & Hannah Savage do hereby constitute and appoint ARAD JOY, of Ovid, N. Y., true and lawful attorney for us and in our name as our directly and personally interested in the claim or application for a pension
Witness my hand and seal, this 28th day of June 1853
Sealed and delivered in the presence of Robert Thompson Frederick H. Merrill
Polly Clark Hannah X Savage
STATE OF Maine County of Lincoln
{ Be it known that on the 20 day of June 1853
before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and State, duly authorized by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, personally appeared Polly Clark above named, and duly acknowledged the above power of attorney and affidavit to be her act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and date above mentioned.
Samuel Page Justice of the Peace

36 982 Rev INVALID.
File No. 36,982
Joseph Clark Rev Rev
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Clarke
Mass line
Col. Rose Rmt
May 1782 - 1784
Services prov d
Admitted
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I Samuel Colby of lawful age and belonging to the Town of Edgcomb in the County of Lincoln do testify and say that I served as a private Soldier in the Continental Service for and during the revolutionary war with Great Britain and had an honorable discharge. Signed by Genl. Washington - and I further testify and say that sometime in the year 1782 being at Westpoint I saw Mr Joseph Clarke now of Wiscasset in the uniform of the United States and that he then belonged to Col. Vose's Regt. of Massachusetts as a Private Soldier and that I saw him at Clarke a short time before I got my discharge from the service which was in June Seventeen hundred and eighty three still acting as a Soldier.  Samuel Colby
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss. April 13. 1819. Personally appeared the above named Samuel Colby before me Seth Tinkham one of the Justices of the Peace within & for the County of Lincoln & a Notary Public within & for said County, and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed & written in my presence & by me. The aforesaid deponent is a disinterested person & of good credit in whose testimony confidence may be placed.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Lincoln ss. I certify that Seth Tinkham whose name is above written was on the 13 th of April last a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned & qualified to act as such in this County and that the foregoing is his own proper signature. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court this twenty ninth day of June A. D. 1819 -  Nathl. Coffin Clerk of the Judicial Court in said County of Lincoln -  Apr 13 th 1819

Wiscasset July 26. 1878
This certifies that Mr. Joseph Clark of this Town has for a length of time been infirm in health, that he has lost the sight of his left Eye, that he is afflicted with the Rheumatism & from the knowledge I have had of his general health, having attended him as his family Physician, I am of opinion he cannot support himself by his labour, without the assistance of his friends.
Sam d . Adams M. D.

I Alexander Davidson of Newcastle in the County of Lin- coln & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age to testify, declare on oath, that I am well acquainted with Joseph Clarke of Wiscasset in said County the person who signs the annexed petition & application having al- ways lived within three or four miles from him from the time he was a boy to the present time — as I am knowing to said Clarke's being out in the Revolutionary war as a soldier in the three years service so called — in the spring of the year 1782. (I think about the first of May) I was present with said Clarke and a recruiting Officer & saw said Clarke sign his name & enlist as a soldier for three years — I was acquainted with the Officer & recom- mended said Clarke to him as a stout young man — within a few days after said Clarke enlisted he went off & joined the army. I did not see him in the army having been there myself & served my time out & returned home be- fore said Clarke enlisted. But we frequently heard from him by soldiers who were occasionally returning, that he was in the army well & hearty. I know that he often sent home things to his mother who was a widow. In the summer after the close of the war (in 1784) he returned home — I lived about three miles from him,

I saw him within a few days after his return - I saw his uniform & regimental clothing - he also shewed me his discharge, & I well recollect reading it - it was a printed paper with blanks filled up in writing - I clearly recollect these words in it, that said Clarke had "served faithfully" or "as a faithful soldier" - It was well known & understood by all in that part of the country that said Clarke had been in the army all the time he was absent from 1782 to 1784 -
I further testify that said Clarke is a man of remarkable steady habits & sustains a fair character in the community where he is known.
Alexander Davidson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Lincoln ss. June 21. 1819. Personally appeared the above named Alexander Davidson before me Jeremiah Bailey Judge of the present Court of Probate and after due examination & caution to testify the whole truth, made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed, said deposition having been written by me as directed by said deponent. The said deponent is wholly disinterested in the subject matter of said deposition, & is a person of good credit & entitled to belief -
Jeremiah Bailey