Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29746, Isaac Dammon, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Damon, Isaac or Damon
NUMBER
S. 29746
CONTENTS
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Massachusetts
Isaac Damon
of Chesterfield in the State of (Mass) who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bayley of the Regt commanded by Col Barley in the (Mass) line for 6 mos from 1780
Inscribed on the Roll of (Mass) at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of October 1832 and sent C P Huntington Mass Bampton Ms
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832 $30- Semi-annual allowance ending Mar 33 - 10- $40-
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H McBlain Clerk Book D. Vol. 2nd Page 46.

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Isaac Damon
Continental
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No 267b

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this Eighth day of August 1832 personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of the Probate of Wills &c. in P. County  Isaac Damon a resident of Chesterfield in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged 69 near 70 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1780, with Capt Luther Bayley and served in the Massachusetts line, under the following named officers: Capt Luther Bayley , in Col Bayley's regiment, paymaster Adam Bayley , Adjutant Israel Tupper three brothers, other officers not recollected. He was like to be draughted to go into the continental service & enlisted in June in said year, at said Chesterfield for 6 months, to fill up vacancies. He was mustered at Springfield Mass , came home & took his clothes, then returned to Springfield , thence through Litchfield , reached there Monday, thence to West Point , there joined the continental regiment, under the above named officers, there drilled awhile under a sergeant, nearly a month, then marched to the Jerseys. The day before they marched they drew their guns. Stationed at different places, Brannetown , Hackensack , Liberty Pole plain , &c. He saw Andre executed. He served 6 months. Was marched to West Point , went into winter quarters at Fort Arnold , & there discharged the week after Thanksgiving. If he received a discharge it is lost. On his return he drew provision at Litchfield . He supposes his name is on the rolls. He was born at Scituate , was 6 years old when his father moved to Chesterfield aforesaid & has since resided there. He knows of no one living who can testify to said term of service. He has never received one cent for his services.
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 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. Isaac Damon Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. Samuel Hinckley Judge of Probate
I, Saml F. Lyman Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Damon for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Saml F. Lyman Register

2676 Isaac Daman
Map
6 Month Pounds
Roll Col Batty Aug 5 July 1780-6 Mo
The Chancery Certificate has not been obtained, nor no reason assigned why the same cannot be produced
Adm J L B
$20.-
Charles P. Huntington Northampton Mass

BRIEF in the case of Isaac Damon of Chesterfield in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7 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? Seventy years  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. As a Gen.     In 17 80 6 Private Col. Parley  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Chesterfield Mass-  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? reporters, documentary proof or traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? defective in form authentication 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. D. Adams Examining Clerk.

Isaac Damon Chesapeake Massachusetts No 26. 76

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Damon proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes, Chesterfield
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?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? he has
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? He has
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? he has
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? he has
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, it has an inscription

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? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
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? 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?
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?
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? They are all answered except E. by the
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 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.
† 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
‡ QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.

29 746 Ray INVALID. end
File No. 29 746
Isaac Damon
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1897
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 102
[Arrangement of 1870.]