Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 44762, Matthew Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Clark, Matthew
S. 44762
CONTENTS

15.362 New York
Matthew Clark of Oneida County in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Marshall of the Massachusetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 5 th of December 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th of October 1819 and sent to the applicant, at the Post Office - Rome - New York
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818. 8 \frac{27 \frac{1}{4}}{30 \frac{1}{2}} - 72:21 Semi-annual all'ce ending 4 th March 1820 - 48: -
$120:26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Not entitled
Not entitled Nov 17 1820 to Joshua Harkness Rome New York

State of New York } 8 County of Oneida }
On this 4 Day of Sept r
1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, personally appears Matthew Clark aged fifty nine years, resident in Western in said County, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States, in the revolutionary War, that he the said Matthew enlisted at Roxbury Ms soon after the Battle of Lexington in the year 1775 into the company of Jonathan Bodwell in Col o Brewer Regt Massachusetts line for the term of eight Months & that he continued to serve out that term - & that in the Month of March following enlisted into the company of commanded by Capt Lyman in Col o Porters Regt Massachusetts line - for the term of one year & continued to serve in the service of the U. S. until the year was nearly expired when he was taken sick & was discharged  discharged in the state of Virginia & that in the forepart of the year 1777 he again enlisted into the service of the U. S. in the company of Josiah Smith in Col o Marshall's Regt Massachusetts line for the

State of New York } 8 County of Oneida }
On this 4 Day of Sept r
A.D. 1818 before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County, personally appears Matthew Clark aged fifty nine years, resident in Western in said County, who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States, in the revolutionary War, that he the said Matthew enlisted at Roxbury Ms soon after the Battle of Lexington in the year 1775 into the company of Jonathan Bodwell in Col o Bowen's Reg t Massachusetts line for the term of eight months & that he continued to serve out that term - & that in the Month of March following enlisted into the company commanded by Capt Lyman in Col o Porter's Reg t Massachusetts line - for the term of one year & continued to serve in the service of the U. S. until the year was nearly expired when he was taken sick & was discharged  discharged in the state of Virginia & that in the forepart of the year 1777 he again enlisted into the service of the U. S. in the company of Josiah Smith in Col o Marshall's Reg t Massachusetts line for the

for the term of three years, & that he continued to serve in the said Corps for twenty two months, when he hired his Brother James Clark as a Substitute who served the remainder of said term of three years, that he was in a Battle fought near Fort Miller in 1777 When Burgoyne was coming down the River, & was at the taking of Burgoyne, & that he was in the Monmouth Battle also. That he is in reduced circumstances, to the degree herein after named, to wit, he is in possession of a lease lot of sixty acres of Land under a heavy annual Rent, & that he owes to that amount that his personal property has been exempt from Taxes for a number of years past, & that he has a rupture in his Body & is unable to labour, & that he stands in need of assistance of his Country for support, & that he has no other evidence in his power of his said services Matthew Clark
Sworn to & Subscribed this 5 Day of September 1818 before me
Charles Wylie One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Onondaga

State of New York } County of Oneida }
James Clark being duly sworn deposeth & saith that
he & his Brother Matthew Clark enlisted into the year's service in the Month of March in 1776 into the Company Commanded by Capt Josiah Lyman in Col o Porter's Regt Massachusetts line, & that this Deponent continued to serve in said Regt, the whole of the term of the said one year, & that the said Matthew who is the same man mentioned by that name in the continuing  herein is within, & annexed affidavit, continued to serve more than nine months to wit, for nearly the whole year when he left the Regt by reason of sickness, with leave of his officers & did not again join the Regt until the year was expired - that this Regt was then considered as being on the continental establishment - This Deponent further saith that as he was informed & verily believes to be true, the said Matthew again enlisted into the army, in the year 1777 in the Company Commanded by Capt Josiah Smith in Col o Marshall's Regt

of the U. S. Troops - Massachusetts line, & that he continued in service about one year & seven months, when he hired this Deponent as a substitute in his place to serve the residue of said term, which this Deponent did, in the same company & kept sworn this 6th Day of James Clark July 1819 before me Charles Wyllie Clerk of the Judges of Oneida Co. N.Y.
I further certify that the above James Clark is a stranger to me, but that it was proven by the Oath of a credible witness to my full satisfaction that the above Deponent James Clark is a credible witness
Charles Wyllie Clerk of the Judges of Oneida Co. N.Y.

Matthew Clark
15362
Western
8312-62
Not entitled
Oct 19.
m. 120

State of New York & County of Oneida
At a Court of Common Pleas being a Court of record, held at Whitestown in & for said County on the eighth day of September A D 1820 personally appeared in open Court Matthew Clark aged Sixty two years resident in Western in said County, who being first duly sworn According to Law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war in Colo Thomas Marshalls regt & Capt Joseph Smiths Company Massachussetts line for more than nine months & that the date of his original declaration of said services was the 5 th day of Sept 1818 And the Number of his Pension Certificate is 15.362 -
And I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 day of March 1818 & that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any other 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 & Naval Service, of the United States in the revolutionary war passed the 18 th 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 & by subscribed
Matthew Clark
Sworn to the 8 th day of September 1820 before J. Bacon Judge of Oneida Com Pleas
Schedule
6 Cows 2 two year olds 3 yearlings. 8 Sheep 5 Calves 2 Hogs 6 Goats 1 Man & Coll 1 Horse waggon for one Horse & Harness 1 Plow 2 Kettles 1 Pot 1 Tea Kettle 1 Spider 6 Spoons 6 Tea cups & Saucers 4 Bowls 6 plates 1 pr of Fire dogs 2 Candle sticks 1 pr Flasks 6 Chain 6 Knives & Forks 4 pails 2 platters 1 Fire Shovel 1 Quart cup 1 Cheese tub 1 Looking Glass 1 Luge Hole 2 Scapots 2 Wasps 12 Milk pans 1 Ax 1 Hoe 1 Chest

Table 2 Sums less 55 dollars due to me from good man which 55 dollars being added to Matthew Clark the estimated value of the property contained in the above schedule amounts to $ 312.62.
Matthew Clark  I further swear that my occupation is that of a Farmer that I am unable to work by reason of a break in my Body that I have a wife 60 years of age 1 Boy named Ezekiel aged 8 years & one named Ezra aged 5 years these constitute my family - I was in the Battle at Fort Miller in 1777 with the Indians I was also in the Monmouth Battle I am indebted to the following persons in the sums annexed to their respective names to wit
  George Brayton $ 190   Jonathan Swan 70   Simon Clark 70   Ezra Clark 48   Harris 2   Stephen Hubbard 6   Mercad Cunnick 10   Isaac Wright 18   Smith 4   William Floyd 30   Charles Gaylord 16   Spencer 5 
Sworn to the 8 th day of September 1820 before me Ephraim Judge of Onondaga Co. N.Y.
$ 469
Matthew Clark
State of New York Onondaga Co. } being a Court of Record of the Sec } of Sept 1820 -
The whole of these proceedings were had in open Court & in the opinion of this Court the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the above schedule is three hundred twelve dollars forty two cents -
I Francis Atwood good Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Onondaga

do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and the Schedule thereunto annexed, are truly copied from the records of the said Court And I 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 Three hundred twelve Dollars, forty two cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on the eighth day of Septem- ber 1820
Francis A. Woodgood Clk

In reply to your request of 15 inst , received the 17 inst. for a statement of the military history of Matthew Clark S.F. 44762 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 8 mos Jonathan Bardevel Brewer Mass   Mch. 1776 no ans 1 year Josiah Dryman, Elisha Porter "   Early in 1777 22 mos Josiah Smith Thomas Marshall "  
Battles engaged in, Fort Miller, Taking of Burgoyne, Monmouth.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Belchertown, Hampshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 5, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Western, Oneida Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, 59 years
Remarks: in 1823 soldier referred to his wife aged 64 yrs. name not stated, and granddaughters Ezekiel Van Duzer 10 yrs. and Ezra Van Duzer 7 yrs.

$80 - May 1822. 1 Cow died 3 Heifers died - 2 Steers sold to R. Verbit. May 1822 for 30 dollars - 1 Heifer - 43 Sheeps Consumed in family Sold 1 Harrow in 1822 for $2. 1. 8. Bitts - Fire dogs - Mr. Hays - Tea Pot & Tumbler & 5 Milk pails broken - The debt of $50 mentioned in Sched. cannot be collected 1 Coll. sold Sep. 1822. to Mr. Bitts for 30 dollars - sold (more to those who saw it) & harness sold in the Spring of 1823 for $50 - 1. 8. Bitts & turned by him to Geo. Brayton towards the payment of a debt due Mr. B - all the money recd went to the payment of debts due to Jonathan Swan - Simon Clark - John Harris.
New York
Matthew Clark, priv served 3rd from 1774
Sched dated Feb. 6 1820. Personal Property - $257.62 Money Due - 55 Total $312.62
Indebted to sundry persons (names given) to the amt of $454.
Sched. under act Mar. 1. 1823 [dated 20 May 1823]
Personal property - $57.50 Owed to Geo. Brayton $155. -
accounts for the decennial of property & -
In 1820. sold to J. Price 4 year old Cattle for $54 - 5 Cows to D. Loomis for $15 in com to keep stock - 2 Steers & 1 Cow to a Grocer (name unknown) in 1821 for $65 4 Cows in 1822 to C. Clark for
- Stephen Hubbard - - Meda & Comstock - Joseph Wright -
Claimant aged 65 yrs. occu- pation not given - unable to do much work - wife 64 - 2 Grand Children - 10 & 9 years -
Benj. P. Johnson Esq. Rom
March Term 1823

This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department. Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.
L. W. B. I. 44762.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV. REVOLUTIONARY.
March 23, 1897.
Madam:--
Replying to your request for information concerning the military record of Matthew Clark, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on September 5, 1818, at which time he was 59 years of age and residing at Western, N. Y., and his pension was allowed for three years' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Smith and Col. Thomas. He enlisted at Roxbury, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Miss Anna Davis
115 Stanwix St.,
Rome, N. Y.

Boonville N.Y.
Aug 1 st 1909
V. Warner -
Dear Sir
Would you kindly write me any information you have of my Revolutionary Ancestor, Matthew Clark who died in Western, N.Y. and served in the Mass. Troops. Thanking you

in advance I am Yours truly
Mrs J. Howard Jackson Boonville New York.

O. W. & N. Div.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C. Feb. 9 1897
Respectfully returned to the writer, who is requested to furnish, for purposes of identification, as much as possible of the information called for below.
D. J. Murphy Jno. Lockhart Commissioner
Full name of soldier:
Matthew Clark
Place of residence before service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
At one time before service he lived at Wilbraham, Mass.
Place of residence after service:
(Town, county, and State, if possible.)
Town of Western, Oneida Co., N.Y.
Date of death (as near as possible):
In 1839. I think in October.
Christian name of widow:
I do not know anything about her widow.
Did either he or his widow receive a pension?
He did I think $8 per mo. through Jay Hathaway Rome N.Y.
Remarks:
Your name and address:
Miss Emma Davis 115 Stanwix St., Rome, Oneida Co., N.Y.
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RECORD & PENSION OFFICE 466936 1681 WAR DEPARTMENT
115 Stanwix St. Rome, New York January 11. 1897
Matthew Clark Co. Rgt. (P.) Rev. War.
Miss Anna Davis.
Requests record of service of the above named in the Rev. War. -
Record and Pension Office,
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 14, 1897.
Respectfully returned to
Miss Anna Davis, #115 Stanwix street, Rome, New York.
Applications of this nature should be addressed to the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C., who is the custodian of the pension records of all wars, and whose office is sepa- rate and distinct from the Record and Pension Office of the War Depart- ment.
[Handwritten signature]
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
[Handwritten signature]
Colonel, U. S. Army, Chief of Office.

Rome, Jan. 11- 1897
Hon. Daniel C. Shamont,
Dear Sir,
I trust you will pardon me for writing to you a stranger. I wish to get some definite information concerning Matthew Clark a soldier of the Revolutionary War ; I do not know his company or regiment or the place of his enlistment, but as I know that he drew a pension for several years prior to his death which occurred in 1839 , and I supposed that there was a record of that fact somewhere in the pension records at Washington, I took the liberty to write to you as head of the War Department to ask you to whom I

should write to get the information I desire.
Hoping I have not put you to too much trouble I am
Sincerely yours (Miss) Emma Davis 115 Stanwix St., Rome, Oneida Co., N.Y.

Rome Jan. 18- 1896 Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
According to the enclosed directions, I write to you to get information concerning Matthew Clark , a soldier of the Revolutionary War , who drew a pension for a number of years prior to his death which occurred in 1839. I wish to know his Regiment, Company and place of enlistment. Kindly answer and greatly oblige me.
Sincerely yours,
(Miss) Anna Davis, 115 Stanwix St., Rome, N.Y.

Rome, Jan. 18- 1896 Commissioner of Pensions,
Dear Sir,
According to the enclosed directions, I write to you to get information concerning Matthew Clark , a soldier of the Revolutionary War , who drew a pension for a number of years prior to his death which occurred in 1839. I wish to know his Regiment, Company and place of enlistment. Kindly answer and greatly oblige me.
Sincerely yours,
(Miss) Anna Davis, 115 Stanwix St., Rome, N.Y.

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State of New York Rome Sep. 22 1819
Sir Under cover are the Papers of Matthew Clark - if a Certificate is allowed please to inclose the same to the applicant at the Post Office in Rome N.Y.
respectfully your humble Servt
Joshua Hatheway
To the Hon ble J. C. Calhoun Secretary of the Department of War.

This may certify that I have been acquainted With Mathew Clark for a number of years past and have been knowing that his trouble With a rupture in his groin which I believe renders him unfit for hard labor
August the 31 1818.
Levins Hickmanson

This may certify that Mathew Clark is indebted to George Drayton in the Sum of One Hundred and Ten Dollars or up- wards and that I am knowing to his owing other debts found that to the best of my knowledge I believe that he has been in debt for Six or Eight Years past
Attest 5 th Sep 1815
J. H. Whipple
This may certify that we have known that Mathew Clark has for many years been embarrassed in debts and that his farm will not bear grain sufficient to pay the cultivation - or not to pay his rent and keep seed -
Henry Wager Joshua D. Northrop

Matthew Clark
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State of New York } Allen Fraser having & County of Oneida }
Only affirmed & Joshua Northrop being duly sworn deposed & say that they have been Affeßors in the Town of Western in said County for a Number of years past, & that they are well acquainted with the foregoing Matthew Clark & have been for a Number of years past, they know he is in possession of a Lease Lot of about sixty acres of land which land is good for little or nothing for grain, but good for grass, that it is under a heavy annual rent, that they are knowing him to be so much indebt, that they have never assessed any taxes on his personal property having understood that his debts were more than his personal property is worth & that he is a man of infirm health & they have always understood that he served in the Revolutionary war
Sworn to & Subscribed this 5 th Day of Sept. r 1818 Before me Charles Myrie
Allen Fraser Joshua Northrop
State of New York } I certify that the above & County of Oneida } named Allen Fraser & Joshua Northrop are credible witnesses. Said at

Rome in said County this 5 th Day of Sept r 1818
Charles Wylic
State of New York } & County of Oneida }
I Charles Wylic Judge &c &c as aforesaid do certify that from the foregoing affidavits & also from the annexed certificates which are from men of good standing in some society it appears to my satisfaction, that the said Matthew Clark did serve in the Revolutionary War for nine months & more in the Continental establishment against the common enemy as stated in his affidavit, & that he is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the direction, of the afore- mentioned act of Congress
Rome September 5 1818 Charles Wylic
State of New York } & County of Oneida }
I Francis A. Bloodgood Clerk of the County of Oneida do hereby certify that Charles Wylic before whom the foregoing affidavits containing facts were taken was at the time of signing the same an of the common pleas, Judges in said County duly qualified under the authority of the State & that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this 3 rd Day of Nov r 1818
Francis A. Bloodgood
Matthew Clark, Affidavit etc for Pension for Revolutionary Service Col Marshall Maj Genl Maj Genl

I Eldad Parsons of Belchertown in the County of Hampshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts being sixty four years of age testify & say I enlisted on or about the first day of April 1777 into the Company commanded by Capt. Josiah Smith in the Regt. commanded by Col. Thomas Marshall as a private soldier for the term of three years in the Revolutionary War, in the Massachusetts line, six or eight months after my enlistment I was appointed Sergeant Major of the Regt. — I am Matthew Clarke then of said Belchertown now of the State of New York joined the same Com- pany & Regt. aforesaid in June 1777 at Still- water so called in the State of New York as a soldier & he continued to serve in said Company & Regt. in the State of New York & in Pennsylvania for more than a year to wit from June 1777 until Augt. 1778 at which time, by reason of sickness I left the Army, and at that time I left said Clarke in said Company & Regt. doing duty as a soldier — and further say the rest — said Marshall's Regt. was in } Genl. Patterson's Brigade Sept. 9 th 1819 Eldad Parsons.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss Sept. 9. 1819 Eldad Parsons above named known to me to be a credible & in this case, a disinterested witness, person- ally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing Deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth — Before me Samuel Hinkley Judge of Probate of wills, &c. and a Justice of the Peace within & for said County.

South Hadley Sept 9 1819
This may certify that Matthew Clark was mustered by Colo Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge into Capt Josiah Smiths Company and Colo Thomas Marshalls Regiment as appears by the Muster Roll dated Jany 22 1777 which is now in my possession - Joseph Strong
I do hereby certify that on the 9 th day of September 1819 then Joseph Strong Subscribed to the above deposition who is Entitled full Credit Personaly appeared & made solemn Oath that the above contains the Truth before me Eldad Parsons Justice of the Peace
I Daniel Lamb of South Hadley in the County of Hampshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts of lawful age testify & say that I know Matthew Clark as a Soldier in Capt. Josiah Smiths company & Colo Thos Marshall, reg t in the service of the revolutionary war in the year 1778 but how long he served I cannot tell Daniel Lamb
I do hereby certify that on the 9 th day of September 1819 then Daniel Lamb personally appeared & made solemn Oath that the deposition by him subscribed contains the Truth the sd Daniel is Entitled to full Credit.
Eldad Parsons Justice of the Peace Hampshire ss. Sept 9 th 1819 I hereby certify that Eldad Parsons the above justice is a Justice of the Peace within the sd. County and the above signature is his lawful writing - and he is by Law duly qualified to administer oaths in such case - J. Hinsely Judge of Probate St. for said County

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Josiah Dwight Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for the said County of Hampshire certify that Samuel Hinckley Esq. is Judge of the Probate of Wills &c & a Justice of the Peace & that Edward Parsons Esq. is a Justice of the Peace; in & for said County & that their several signatures to the foregoing certificates are their proper hand writing - In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court this ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen Josiah Dwight Clerk

I Josiah Lyman of Goshen in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts being Eighty Three years of age Testify That in Jan'y 1776 I engaged as a Captain in the Reg't. of Col. Elisha Porter in the Canada Expedition & I served in s d . Reg't. one year in s d . Company and Matthew Clarke then of Belchertown in s d . County enlisted into the Company commanded by me in s d . Reg't. and he marched to Canada in my Company and continued to serve nine months, indeed he served nearly a year, and was regularly discharged in the State of New Jersey. and then to his faith not Josiah Lyman
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss Sept. 6 th 1819 Capt. Josiah Lyman above named, known to me to be a credible & disinterested Witness, personally appeared and made solemn oath that the foregoing disposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth -
Before me Samuel Hinsley Justice of the Court of Probate of wills, &c. and a Justice of the Peace in s d said County

I Francis Towne of Belcherstown in the County of Hampshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts testify & say I am unsworn fifty One Years of age - That in Jany 1776, into The Company of Capt. Josiah Lyman in the Regt. commanded by Col. Elisha Porter in The Canada Expedition and I continued to serve in said Regt. and Company as a Drummer under for one year And Matthew Clark Then of sd Belcherstown enlisted into The Company of sd. Lyman and in Jany 1777 and continued to serve in sd. Company & Regt. in The Revolutionary war one year, or nearly, & was regularly discharged at the end of his enlistment Further saith not -
Francis Towne
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss Sept. 6 th 1819 Francis Towne above named, known to me to be a credible & disinterested witness, and made solemn oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth -
Before me Samuel Hinds Clerk Judge of the Court of Probate & of Justice of the Peace in and for said County.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss. I Josiah Dwight Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Commonwealth for the said County of Hampshire certify that Samuel Hinckley is Judge of the Probate of wills &c and a Justice of the peace in & for said County & that his signature to the foregoing Certificate are his proper hand writing
In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name & affix the seal of said Court this ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & nineteen
Josiah Dwight Clerk

Matthew Clark, Pensioner. act 1823.
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State of New York. } Oneida Comm on Pensions May June 1823 Oneida County ss }
On this 20 th day of May 1823 personally appeared Matthew Clark aged 65 years a resident of said County, in open court in oneida a common Pleas, being a court of record by Statute, who first being duly sworn does on his oath declare, in order to obtain the provisions of the acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818, of the 1 st of May 1820 of the 1 st of March 1823, that he served as follows He enlisted in Massachusetts, in Captain Isaiah Smiths Company in Col Thomas Marshall Regiment in the Massachusetts line of troops on the Continental establishment, for the term of three years sometime in 1777, & that he continued to serve until 1779 when he was discharged from service by procuring a man in his stead, and that his name has been stricken from the Pension roll on account of his property. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, & that I have not since that time by deed gift sale or in any other manner disposed of my property or any part thereof, with intent thereby to diminish it, or to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed the 18 th 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 in common with other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto

Annexed to by me subscribed, and that the following changes have been made in my property since my first schedule. viz.
   List of Property To whom sold When — What Recd —     4 Two year old Thomas Price Fall of 1820 $36.50 in money & a beef cow for $17.50.   5 Calves William Loomis " " $15.00 in money paid out for corn to keep stock.   2 Steers & 1 Cow To a driver (name unknown) Fall of 1821 $45. in money —   4 Cows Calib Clark Spring of 1822 $80. in money   1. Cow did May 1822,   2 Steers Robert Kibbit 1822 $30. in money   1. heifer — Killed for use of family   2 hogs — Killed & used in family   3 Shoats — died   3. Cows — Killed & eat   1 harrow Jonathan Bitts Fall of 1822 $2.00 in money.   1 pr plow — Broken & pieces thrown out.   1 pr sleds — Broken & useless   1 Tea Pot — Broken   1 Tumbler — @0   6 milk pans earthen @0   $50. Inventoried as due to me the debtor ran away & the debt lost —   1 Cottle — Jonathan Bitts Sept 1822 $30.00 in money   1. Candlestick. Broken. 2 Knives & fork, lot or broken   2 pails, — worn out.   1 old man 14 years old & old one horse waggon harness Jonathan Bitts Spring 1823 — $50.00 turned by him to George Prayton towards a debt which I owed him & which is stated in my former inventory —  

The money rec d by me for the property above mentioned has been by me paid to Jonathan Swan, Simeon Clark John Harris Stephen Hubbard Mead Comstock Joseph Wright Frank & William Lloyd. The amount I owed to Simeon Clark was $70.00 instead of $48 as inventoried & Mead Comstock, about $20.00 instead of ten dollars found due on settlement & the beef cow received in payment towards 4 two years old was killed used in my family. Matthew Clark Sworn in open court this 20 May 1823 before me Hathaway
Schedule.
A full & just inventory of the property of Matthew Clark. 8 sheep. One 6 pail kettle 1 pail pot 1 Ha kettle 1 Spider 1 Cow. Six cups & saucers 4 bowls 6 plates 1 Iron candlestick 1 4 quart kettle 6 chairs 4 Knives & forks 3 pails 2 earthen platters 1 Shovel 1 quart cup. One tumbler one sugar bowl 1 Tea pot 2 Tin Basins, 6 earthen milk pans, one ax. one hoe one chest. Table
A farmer I am 65 years of age not able to do much labor My wife is 64 years of age & has two grand children living with me Ezekiel Vandergrift 10 Ezra & Deyo 7 years old. Income none
I also have George Brayton get $150, or about that. & have a breach which is very troublesome & painful to me Matthew Clark

I Eliasaph Dorchester Clerk of the County of Common Pleas of the County of Oneida do hereby Certify that it appears to the satisfaction of this Court that the said Matthew Clark did serve in the Revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the Common enemy for the term of nine months, under one engagement, on the continental establish- -ment. I also Certify, that the foregoing oath & the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the records of said Court; and I do further Certify that it is the opinion of the Court the total amount in value of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is fifty seven 50/100 dollars & no more.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand, & affixed the Seal of said County, on this 20 th day of May 1823.                      Eliasaph Dorchester, Clerk.
Matthew Clark

State of New York
On this day personally appeared Henry Wager Esq. Supervisor of the town of Western who has been in that town for twenty five years past Supervisor, being duly sworn declare that he is well acquainted with Mathew Clark & says that the said Clark has never to this deponents knowledge been assessed in the town of Western for any personal property, that he has always understood & believes to be true that the said Clark has been encumbered with considerable debts. & further that the said Mathew Clark is a man of truth & veracity, of good character & standing in society and further says not
Sworn before me This 20th day of May 1823
Henry Wager
J. H. Hathaway Judge of Court of Common Pleas
Onida County ss. On this 5th day of June 1823 personally appeared before me the subscriber Judge as a friend Allen Fraser Esq. of the town of Western, one of the Justices of the peace in & for said County. & who has been an assessor for said town of Western for ten years last past, who affirmed that he is well acquainted with Mathew Clark above mentioned, & that since he has been an assessor of said town the said Clark has never been assessed in said town on account of any personal property, and for several of the last years the said Clark has not been assessed at all for any property in said town, and that he has always understood & believes it to be true that the said Clark has been encumbered

with considerable debts, and that as to his being a man of truth & veracity he concurs in the annexed affidavit of Henry Wager Esq.
Allen Fraser of the Denomination called Quakers made his solemn affirmation to the truth of the foregoing this 6th day of June 1823 before me
Allen Fraser
J. H. H. H. H. H.
Henry Wager

Oneida County ss. On this 29 th day of May 1823 personally appeared before me Jonathan Pettib of Western in said County, who being duly sworn says that he is well acquainted with Matthew Clark & has heard the statement of the sale of his property in his affidavit, & knows that the money rec d for the same has been applied towards the payment of his debts as therein stated, and further that the debt due Simon Clark was about $70. as stated in the annexed affidavit. And the said Jonathan further says that the said Matthew Clark is an odious man & that he is unable to take much & that from his knowledge of his circumstances he believes that the schedule of his property is not true & that he is in needy & distreſſed circumstances.
And further says not.
Jonathan Pettib
Sworn this 29 th day of May 18 1823 before me D. Hathaway one of the Judges of Oneida Co. ss.

Rome. Oniada Co. Ny. 9 June 1823
Hon M o C. Calhoun.
Enclosed is the paper of Matthew Clark for a restoration to his pension. Returns are respectfully requested to the subscribers at Rome
Very Respectfully
Yr most obl Servt Benj. P. Johnson,