Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29720, Lemuel Cole, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass -
Role, Lemuel
S. 29720
CONTENTS

8116.
Massachusetts
Samuel Cole
of Plymouth in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Sparrow of the Regt commanded by Col. Keys in the Mass line for 1 Year
72 Plymouth
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 40 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 th day of Mar 1833 and sent to 32 Adams St of Rep
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $80 - Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Sept 20
$100
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk, Book 10 Vol. 2 nd Page 10.

Saml Cole
Depositions of
Wm Lucas
Tho Washburn
Asa Dampier
St. Richenick Lobb
James Vaughan
Private 12 Mo
att
$40-
Hon J. L. Adams
22/99
James Cole
person and that their statement is entitled to credit. also signed the same is a resident in the who has signed the foregoing certificate is a clergyman resident in the town or and is a credible who has

REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH, ss.
ON this 20  th day of Aug 183 2 , personally appeared in open Court, before Wilkes Wood Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Plymouth within and for said County of Plymouth, Samuel Cole of Plymouth a resident of Plympton in said County of Plymouth, and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, aged 71 — 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. He hereby relinquis- es every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. That is to say, that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That in 1776 I enlisted in said town under Capt Edward Stearns  Stearns , Col's Keyes Regt. I marched to North Kingston in Rhode Island and there served six months a private in a company See the Depositions of Thomas Washburn In 1778 I enlisted in a company commanded by Capt Portridge, & served three months in said company at Roxbury & Dorchester, near Boston, as a private See the Depositions of Lucas & James Vaughan In 1780 I again enlisted & served three months at Rhode Island in Capt. Sherburne's company That I have no discharge, know not whether the service was State or continental For this last term see S. N. Cobb's Deposition I have always lived in said town of Plympton I was born in 1761 in Plympton aforesaid Have no record of my age. No one in my name on the pension roll of any State
and I renounce all

We, Elijah Dexter a clergyman, residing in the town of Plympton and Isaac Wright residing in the Plympton hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Cole who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and we concur in that opinion. Elijah Dexter
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid Isaac Wright Attest Jacob H. Lord Register
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 abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Elijah Dexter who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Plympton and that Isaac Wright who has also signed the same, is a resident in the same town and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
By the Court Attest Jacob H. Lord Reg.
I, Jacob H. Lord 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 Samuel Cole for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of my office, this second day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three . —
Jacob H. Lord
...meas all

renounce all pension but the present
For character he refers to William Cobb
Capt & Jonathan Parker Esq in South
of service Plymouth
Seal
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Attest
Jacob H. Lord Register

29720 Rev INVALID.
File No. 29,720
Lemuel Cole
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1894
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 82
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The Warbler for Lentils
6 mos 1776
Cap Sparrows

Plymouth ss Wackham July 2 th 1832
I Thomas Washburn of Middleborough being of lawfull age & sound mind do testify & say that I served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War six months at one time in one Captain in Capt Edward Sparrows Company Col. divis n  Heys Daniel Wade Lieutenant Col. & Wadsworth Stationed at North Kingstown & Rhode Island and that Samuel Cole was of Plymouth was with me & served for the term of six months in the same Company & Regiment - which was in the year 1776
Thos. Washburn
Plymouth ss July 2 th 1832.
Person appeared the above named Thomas Washburn & made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. The above witness Thos Washburn is a respectable man & a man of truth. Before me Wm Fearing Justice Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Plymouth ss. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Wil- iam Fearing, Zacheus Boutelle & Thomas Cobb Esqrs. are Justices of the Peace in & for said County & that the signatures to these several certificates purporting to be theirs are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this second day of February A.D. 1833. Jacob H Lord

Sept 3rd
James Vaughan
for
Sam Cole
3 mos Capt. Rutherford
17th
Edinburgh
New York

I James Vaughan of Massachusetts a soldier in the army of the revolution in 1778 at Roxbury & Dorchester in said state for three months, in Capt Partridge's company testified, that Lemuel Cole of Plympton in said state was for the same three months a soldier in the same company & mess. & that he was regularly discharged.
James Vaughan
Plymouth 15 th July 7 th 1832 Then James Vaughan above written, subscribed & made oath to the truth of this deposition. & I declare him a credible witness
Lachus Bartlett Justice of Peace

N Cobb for L Cobb Deposition
13

I Nehemiah Cobb of Carver, Massachusetts, do testify, that in the year 1780 I was Lt in the war of the Revo- lution in Capt Jesse Sturtevant's company at Rhode- Island, & that Lemuel Cole of said Carver was a private in the same company for the term of three months, & the person now claiming a pension Nehemiah Cobb —
Deponents Jan'y 14 1833 Then Nehemiah Cobb subscribed & made oath to the truth of this depo- sition before me, & he is a credible witness.
Thomas Cobb — Justice of peace

Sept 3 mos Wm Lucas for Linn Lake
3 mos 78
Portage
Sept 3 mos 78 Wm Lucas for Linn Lake

I William Lucas of Kingston, Massachussetts, a soldier in the war of the Revolution in 1778, in Captain Partridge's company for three months in Roxbury & Dorchester in said State testify, that Samuel Looke of Plympton in said State was a soldier for the same three months in the same company & was regularly discharged, for we left camp in company
William Lucas
Plymouth p - July 7 1832 Then William Lucas above written subscribed & made oath to the truth of this deposition and I declare him a credible witness
Lachus Bartlett Justice of peace

Dear Bumpus for 2 cols. 6 nos 1776
Left 8 Gs arrows

Plymouth Js
Wareham July 2 th 1832
I the undersigned of Wareham being of lawful age and memory do testify & say that I served as a Soldier in the Revolutionary war for the town of Six months in one campaign, in Capt Edward Sparre's Company Colonel Preys' Regiment & that I was stationed for the whole time at North Kingstown & Rhode Island and that Samuel Bole served with me in the same company for the whole term of six months which was in the year 1776
his mark
Plymouth Js July 2 th 1832
Personally appeared the above named the undersigned made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true. The above witness. Asa Burnham is a man of truth Before me Wm Pease Justice Peace