Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12535, Samuel Cory, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Story, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 12535
CONTENTS
carded

2424.
New Hampshire
Samuel Coss
of Nashua in the State of N H who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain of the regt commanded by Col Bridge in the line line for 14 (May 12 Days)
★ Mass. Lines Sept. 1865 Records corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 47 Dollars 78 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of Nov 1832 and sent to Edward Keene N H
  Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832  $71.99    Pension allowance ending 4 Mar 33  23.97     $95.96  
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832
Recorded by J. H. & Co. Plain Clk Book D - Vol. 127 Page 127.

9250 Declaration of Samuel Cory Gilsum Cheshire Co N.H.

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE.
On this Eighteenth day of August A.D. 1832 personally appeared in  before me Aaron Matson, Judge of Probate for said County of Cheshire, at the dwelling house of the Samuel Coney hereinafter named - now sitting, Samuel Coney a resident of Gilsum in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged seventy seven years July 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
 1 st . In the year 1775. went from Billerica in the State of Massachusetts, enlisted about the first of May in Capt. Peabody's company, in Col. Bridges Regiment of Massachusetts troops - for eight months - was in the Battle of Bunker hill, was dismissed at Cambridge the last of December - after visiting his home out Our Stationed at Cambridge, Washington arrived there after the battle, Col. Gurney's regiment was there - about the first of July  2 d . In 1777. Enlisted for five months in Capt. Eames' Connecticut Company, in Col. Jonathan Reed's Regt. - marched to Ticonderoga, Stationed at Old Ti - and served his time out - and discharged General Gates was there was employed in building breast works  3 d . In 1778 Enlisted for six weeks in Capt. Joseph Bradley's Vermont Company. Col. McIntosh Regiment marched to Rhode Island General Sullivan commanded was stationed there the French fleet lay off. The British landed there were on the Island before we went on to Island and afterwards drove us off staid my time out and was discharged.  I was Born in Fukerbury Massachusetts in the year 1755. Have no record of my age - near living at Bilirica when called into service, ever since the revolutionary war I have lived in the Town of Gilsum County of Cheshire, New Hampshire - where I now live - I returned every time I served, recollect no Continental Officers except above named Solomon White and John Farris can testify as to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution - know of no one who can testify particular as to his services, received no written discharge
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.
Samuel Coney
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Matson Judge of Probate

We, Solomon White and John Farrar both of Sullivan in the County of Cheshire - living neighbours to said Samuel Corey, and Charles Cummings, Clergymen residing in Sullivan aforesaid
hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Corey who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 77 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.
Solomon White John Farrar Charles Cummings
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate Said Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their  my 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 certi-
fies, that it appears to them me that Solomon White and John Farrar who have signed the preceding certificate are residents of the Town of Sullivan - near the line of said Sullivan - are credible persons, and that Charles Cummings who has also signed the same is a resident of the Town of Sullivan aforesaid and a Clergyman and that their statement is entitled to credit. the applicant cannot from pecuniary inability attend the Court Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Corey for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighteenth day of August A.D. 1832
Asa Parker { Register of said Court of Probate

92 50
Sam Cory
Private
16 Mr. S.W.
Admitted
W.G.E.
$47.98.
Thos M. Edwards Keene Cheshire Co N.H.

BRIEF in the case of  Saml. Cory of Gilsum  Cheshire in the State of New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —
3. How old is he? 77
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     '75. May - last Dec — 8 — private Gen. Capt. Stickney - Col. Bridges   '77 - 1 July — 5 — — Capt Bancroft - Col. Reed   '78 - — 1 12 — Capt. Varnum - Col. M c Intosh  
5. In what battles was he engaged? Bunker Hill
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Billings Mass.
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition alone
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? all right
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. G. Easton Examining Clerk.

Rehran
12535 INVALID.
File No. 12, 535
Samuel Gory
Briv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 77
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9250
Sam. Cory
M. M. Edwards Keene Cheshire N.H.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Saml Cory 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? No 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? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes 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 ?
Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?
[Handwritten line]
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 ?
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Yes
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility ? Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office ?
[Handwritten line]
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 ?
[Handwritten line]
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ?
Yes
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ?
Yes
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 the 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.
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 authenticated 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 end 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.

I John Harrar of Sullivan in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged forty two six years last march testify and say that I have lived in said Sullivan from the age of eight years, in my father's family until he died which was about 15 or 16 years ago - that we lived near the line of the Town of Gilsum - and in the neighbourhood with Samuel Gorey with whom I have been acquainted thirty five years or more - That I have often heard my father in his life time, and the said Gorey talk of their services in the Revolutionary war - My father I understood from him served during the whole war. - They both went into the service from Massachusetts, as I understood, both from the County of Middlesex - I will recollect hearing said Gorey in the conversations I have referred to more than twenty five years ago speak repeatedly of serving under Capt Hickney - under Col Bridge under Col Reed - under Col McCutoch - Col Reed afterwards died in this vicinity - heard him speak of being at Cambridge, of being in the Bunker Hill battle - my father having been as he said in the same battle - of being at Rhode Island - and of being at the north at Ticonderoga - said Gorey worked a great deal at my father's, after a number of years - & they were very often talking of these services - heard my father say that he knew Gorey in the service and that he was a good soldier. - I further testify and say that said Gorey has always been reputed to be an honest, upright man & a man of veracity. -
John Harrar
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire ss. - Aug 6 6. 1832 -
Subscribed & sworn to
Before me Thomas M Edwards
Jus. Pease. -
I certify that John Harrar the above deponent is known to me, and that his is a credible witness. -
Thomas M Edwards. Jus. Pease
Cheshire ss. Aug. 15. 1832
I Salma Hale clerk of the Judicial Courts in said County certify that Thomas M. Edwards is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county - & that the foregoing official qualifications are in his own hand writing - In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the seal of our Superior Court of Judicature S Hale Clerk

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