Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2757, Lemel Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Clark Lemuel Lemuel or Susanna
N. 2757
CONTENTS

where Clark Lemuel born November the 19 192
Barnes Clark was born December the 19 192
CLARK, LEMUEL (MASS.) W-2757

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Conne I remember There is
Barrett Clark's record Born Dec 10 1773
Lydia Clark's record Born Feb 29 1746
Joseph Clark's record Born Jan 29 1798
James Clark's record Born Aug 30 1800
Salley Clark's record Born July 1800
Mary Clark's record Born Feb 1798

1810-1815 1810-1815
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CLARK, LEMUEL (MASS.)
W 2757
1810

N o 11067  Pennsylvania
Samuel Clark
of Tioga Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain King of the Reg t commanded by Col. Howe in the Mass. Troops time for 1 year Private $40.00
M. 1790
d. 30 May '38
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of March 1833 and sent to R.S. White Wellsborough, Pa.
  Arrears to the 4th of March 1833  80.00    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1833  20.00     $100.00  
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Book H, Vol. 5 Page 9 Cler,
Order to pay — to pension x let. to D. Bullock Gen. 20, 1857.

258
6409.
Philadelphia, Penn a
Susanna Clark
widow of Lemuel Clark
who was a Private
in the Revolution
Mafs Service
scribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26. day of Nov. 1844 and sent to B. B. Smith Wellborough Pa.
[Act, of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, & June 17. 1844 Vol. 2. Page 105.
Rep.
Certificate in under H. Reso: 23.
January 1845, see within.

State of Pennsylvania } Is: Tioga County }
On this twenty fifth day of September 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Williamsport in and for the County of Tioga Samuel Clark a resident of Rutland township Tioga County & State of Pennsylvania aforesaid aged seventy two 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 act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 -
That he entered into the service of the U. States by enlisting into Capt. Kings Company - in the Massachusetts line (other Company officers not recollected) in December of the year 1775 and served under the said captain three months - were stationed at Roxbury hill near Boston - thinks his company was attached to the troops of 12 months men - does not recollect the names of any of the Superior officers - Our duty consisted principally of standing guard - after serving the three months for which I enlisted I went home to Hampshire County Mass. In 1776 I enlisted in Capt. Richardson's Company of State troops - in Col. Howe's Regiment, who was from the same County - in the last of August or first of September - proceeded towards New York went as far as King's Bridge - from thence to White Plains from thence to North-Castle in the neighborhood of the High lands - remained in this service three months - was in the battle of White Plains - then returned home again - In the month of July 1777 I enlisted under Capt. Ebenezer Goodell of the same town & County in which I lived and marched to Fort Edward - was in the battle at the taking of Burgoyne - remained three months the term of enlistment and then

returned home again - In the next year I think in the month of July I enlisted again for three months under Capt. Sibley from Mass. and marched to West Point where we were stationed during the campaign keeping Garrisone - this summer Cornwallis was taken - The troops stationed at West Point were three Continental Regiments and one Militia Regiment - Commanded by Gen. McLaughlin At the expiration of these three months I again returned home and did not reenter the service again - The whole time of service was one year - Has no documentary evidence and knows of no person short of Massachusetts who can testify to his service
I hereby relinquish all claim to a pension or annuity except the present and my name is not on the Pension Roll of any state the Agency of any state -
Interrogatories by the Court
1 Where and in what year were you born A. I was born in the town of Rochester County of Plymouth Mass. in the year 1760 - was not quite 16 years old when I enlisted - 2. Have you any Record of your age &c - A - I have no other record of my age this side of Massachusetts except that made by my son under my direction in my family Bible - 3. Where were you living when you entered the service - Where have you lived since the Revolution and where do you now reside A. I lived in Hampshire County Mass. at the time of going into the service from there I removed to Vermont

town of Shaftsbury, county of Bennington I think about 30 years after the war, where I lived about nine or ten years - from thence I moved into the town of (now) Rutland where I have lived ever since, and which is nearly 15 years -
4 How were you called into the service &c - A. I enlisted at each period of service - never was drafted nor never served as a substitute
5 State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops where you served &c &c -
A. To this interrogatory I cannot state with certainty any other particulars than are already contained in the body of this declaration
6 Did you ever receive a written discharge -
A. I received I think two discharges in writing but was careless about keeping them and do not know what became of them -
7 State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify to your character &c &c -
A. James Whitehead a Clergyman Rufus Daggett & Ezra Wood -
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Lowell Clark
Jonah Brewster Justice

We James Whitehead a Clergyman residing in Co- rington Tioga County and Ezra Wood of Rutland and Rufus Daggitt Esq. of the same county hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above and foregoing declaration that we believe him to be seventy two 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 James Whitehead Elder.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year afore- said
Jonah Brewster Prothonotary
Ezra Wood
Rufus Daggitt
1832 Sept 25th at Millersport
105582 Samuel Clark 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 James Whitehead who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergy- man resident in Coorington Tioga county and that Ezra Wood and Rufus Daggitt Esq. who have also signed the same are residents of the said county and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Jonah Brewster Prothonotary of the said Court in the county of Tioga do hereby certify that the fore- going contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Samuel Clark for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Millersport this 25th day of September A. 1832 -
Jonah Brewster Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania
Bradford County ss } On this 23 rd day of June 1880 personally appeared before the honorable Jonathan Stevens Esq an associate judge of the court of common pleas of said county Susanna Clark a resident of Rutland township in the county of Tioga in the state aforesaid aged 73 years on the 10 th of April last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1888 entitled "an act granting half pay pensions to certain widows" that she is the widow of Lemuel Clark who was a private in the army of the revolution & who at the time of his decease was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of 7 th June 1832 & his pension certificate is herewith forwarded marked "A" that she had no personal knowledge of his service & was not personally acquainted with him till after his term of service expired - had heard him tell of being in service at West Point & other places which she cannot now recollect. She further declares that she was married to the said Lemuel Clark on the 6 th day of February 1790 and that her husband the aforesaid Lemuel Clark died on the 30 th day of May 1838 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January eighteen hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated. That she was married as aforesaid to the said Lemuel Clark at Montague in the (then) county of Hampshire in the state of Massachusetts & that she has no record of her marriage as aforesaid of any description nor is there any person in the vicinity of her residence or whose testimony she can readily obtain who saw her married. That the accompanying leaves marked "B" & "C" have been taken from an old family bible in the presence of this deponent & the writings on said leaves was intended to be a true record of the births of the children of this deponent & her late said husband
Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written the said Susanna being unable to write her name as also to attend the court of common pleas of said county by reason of age & bodily infirmity
Jonathan Stevens Esq Associate Judge of Bradford County Pa

State of Pennsylvania Bradford County } Personally appeared Sydney Clark who being duly sworn on his oath says that he is the son of the within named Susanna Clark & Lemuel Clark - that he has known the libel from which the accompanying leaves were taken from the time of his earliest recollection & that he took them from said libel for the purpose of being herewith trans- -mitted. and that he has been told & has understood from his parents when they were both living that they were married in 1790 & that they have lived together as man & wife & have been so reputed from the time of his earliest recollection to the time of the death of the said Lemuel his said father on the 30 th May 1838 Sydney Clark sworn to & subscribed this 23 day of June 1840 before me & I certify that the affiant is of good reputation for truth & veracity
apopulate judge of Bradford Co. Pa.

State of Pennsylvania Butler County p. 3
I, David Cook, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, certify that Jonathan Stevens is an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
That the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Iowanda the 24 th day of June A. D. 1840
David Cook Protho.

N o 16582 Lemuel Clarke
Adm l 1 year Private $40.50
R. G. White Wellsborough Pa
Vol 19 L 15-9 Good ab. co Sept 4 th 77 at North 1 m. 1 d n n on -

BRIEF in the case of  Samuel Clarke  67 of Tioga  in the State of Penn a .  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72.  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.     In 1775 Dec r . — 3 — Private Gen. Capt. King   "76 Aug t . — 3 — ditto Col. Howe, Capt. Richardson   "77 — 3 not on ditto Capt. Goodall   1788 — 3 — As a 3 m 11 d, W 23 4 1/2  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? at the taking Burgayne & White Plains  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Hampshire Co. Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? tradition  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
Regular
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

Bray
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2757
Susanna Clark
Widow
Samuel Clark
Br. B. War
Act: March 13, 1843
Index:—Vol. A Page 135
[Arrangement of 1870.]

6649. NW 1/4 '44
Pa Mar 3 rd 1843 Sir. Clark
$40 per acre
B. B. Smith Wellsborough Penn a
Dear
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Wellsboro' Tioga Co. Pa. Oct. 29. 1844
J. L. Edmuns Esq.
Sir - Enclosed I forward the application of Susannah Clark widow of Samuel Clark late a Pensioner of Rutland Township Tioga County Pa. for a pension under the Act of 3 d March 1843 -
Respectfully Yours
B. N. Smith

57.42  Pennsylvania
Susanna Clark
widow of Samuel Clark who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 1832 and who died on the 30 th May 1838 of Lehigh Co. in the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain King of the regiment commanded by Col. Howe in the Massachusetts line for 1 year
inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 40 Dollars 30 Cents per annum to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836. May 1838
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of September 1840 and sent to Darius Bullock, North Smithfield, R.I.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept. 1840 $ 50.44 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar 1841 $ 20.00  $ 70.44
{ Act July 7, } { 1838. }
Recorded by H. W. Edwards Clerk. Book 4 Vol. 2 Page 148
April 20 1848
No: 366.
New Certificate issued under P. Reso: 23 January 1845, at the rate of $40.00 per Ann. Can. 4 th March 1836 & ending 30 th May, 1838, and sent to Wm John Strohm North of Resp
Respectfully H. W. Edwards

N 381 - 166 Susanna Clark wid of Samuel Pr
act of May 1838 and Joint Resolution 23 rd January 1845
Adm'd 12 mo Pr $40 00 per annum
From 4 March 1836 to 20 May 1838, the from which time she has already been paid
Rev John Strohm House of Reps
The Court of Common Pleas, Lycoming County, Pa.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Attorney General's decision of September 2 nd 1842, and the resolution of congress of the 23 rd January 1845.
Whereas, the decisions of the War department in force when I obtained my pension, and the Act of the 30 th April 1844, prohibited me from drawing a pension for the same period during which my husband was a pensioner. I now make the following statement under oath, to obtain the benefits of the decision and resolution above mentioned. I am the widow of Lemuel Clark, who was a soldier in the war of the revolution; I have drawn a pension at the rate of forty dollars per annum, from the thirtieth day of May 1838, and now ask for the amount due me from the fourth day of March 1836, to the thirtieth day of May 1838, when my former pension commenced. I made my declaration before the 30 th of April 1844, and it was filed in the pension office, before the 23 rd of January 1845. Sarah Clark her mark
In presence of Erastus Rose
Sidney S. Hildreth
Sworn to and subscribed before me on this fourth day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight at Rutland Tioga County Pennsylvania
Erastus Rose - Justice of the Peace
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me, and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Erastus Rose - Justice of the Peace

I John P. Donaldson, prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of Tioga county, do hereby certify, that Erastus Root, Esq. is a magistrate as within, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine. — In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my seal of office, and subscribed my name this 25 th day of March, in the year eighteen hundred & forty eight.
J. P. Donaldson, Protho. of the court of Common Pleas Tioga County.
No 381 — 566 Susanna Clark wid of Samuel act 7 May 1838 and Joint Resolution 23 rd Jan'y 1840 Adm 12mo per $400 per share From 4 March 1836 to 20 May 1838, the from which time she has already been paid
Rev John Shute House of Reps

Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of the 3rd of March 1843 granting pensions for one year to certain widows who have no pensions under the act of July 7. 1838
State of Pennsylvania
Tioga County
On this 14th day of October 1846 personally appeared before Erastus Rose Esquire a justice of the peace in & for said county Susannah Clark a resident of the Township of Rutland in said county aged Twenty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed on the 3rd day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of certain persons who served during the revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Lemuel Clark who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the time of his death and who died on the 30th day of May 1838. That she has no knowledge of his services or of the regiment in which he served & must refer to his application for a pension wherein his services are set forth. That the annual amount of pension which she received under the act of July 7. 1838 was Twenty dollars. She further declares that she is still a widow (one word being erased before signing) sworn to & subscribed on the
Susannah Clark mark
Erastus Rose Erastus Rose J. Pease
Miles Kelly Esq. William
State of Pennsylvania
Tioga County
} ss
Personally appeared Sydney Hubbard who being duly sworn on his oath says that he is well acquainted with the above named Susannah Clark & has been from the time of the death of her late husband Lemuel Clark. That she drew a pension as his widow of Twenty dollars per year under the act of Congress of July 7. 1838 and that she remains his widow sworn to & subscribed this
Sydney Hubbard
14th day of October 1846
before me Erastus Rose J. Pease

I certify that the above named Susannah Clark & Sydney Hebleand are both personally known to me that they are both of good repute for truth & veracity and that she claims as the widow of Laurence Clark as stated in her affidavit. Certified the 14 th day of October 1844.
Brother Rose Justice of the Peace.
Niagara County B.
I John P. Donaldson, prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of said county, certify Brother Rose Esq. to be a magistrate as above, and that the signature purporting to be his is genuine. — In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 18 th day of October 1844. J. P. Donaldson, Prothon.
1499

20 June
H. Bullock Elliott Van Lene Club
Rev. J. P. Lawrence D.D. Tom W. Penson at the next high time
Yours

North Smithfield Bedford County Pa June 14, 1837
Sir
I enclose a power of attorney signed by Lemuel Clark a revolutionary pensioner which I find by the enclosed circular (returned with the power) from Philadelphia requires your approbation - The small amount payable to Mr Clark prevented him from incurring the expense of a semi annual draft - and he can furnish any proof of his identity which may be required Your attention to the subject will oblige him yours respectfully
Devin Bullock
Hon J. L. Edwards

Susanna Clark Wid of Samuel Penn
Ad July 1838
Marned 1790
did May 30. 1838
Alcaw p 40 per arm
Jnn May 30 1838
Darius Bullock Esq
North Smithfield
Penn

House of Representatives April 11 th 1848
J. S. Edwards Esq. } Commissioner of Pensions }
Dear Sir:
I enclose you the Declaration of Mrs. Susannah Clark (widow of Samuel) of Pennsylvania, for a claim to arrears of pension, under the decision and resolution therein set forth.
Your early attention will oblige
Your Obedt. Servant
John Strohm

Samuel Clark Penn. (Philadelphia) at Jan 7 1832. when paid -
pd. 4 th March 1838 JH
H H L 10 and 40

7213 July 14. 1840
Pa July 7 1838
E. Smithville July 11th -3
Price
Rev J. J. Edwards Esq Correspondent of Reunion City of Washington D.C.
Blank

Sir,
I enclose the application of Susanna Clark for a pen- sion which with the proof I hope may be sufficient
worth Smithfield Bradford Co,
Pa June 20. 1840,
respectfully D
Darius Bullock
Hon J. L. Richards Esq, Comm Pension

Payments to be made at Philadelphia by the Pres t U. S. Bank & Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
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Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, in Book II 1 Vol. 5 Page 9

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Semuel Clarke of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Forty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Nineteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
Lewis Cass
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. {
J. K. Edwards