Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29702, Bartholomew Cheever, Mass.

SERVICE
Cheever, Bartholomew
NUMBER
S. 29702
CONTENTS

Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March 1837 to the 8 Jan 1838 the day of his death at Natick 75
6953
Massachusetts
Bartholomew Chees of Worcester in the State of Massachusetts who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Reed of the Regt commanded by Col Bushnell in the Massachusetts line for 15 months & 7 days
Inscribed on the Rolls of Massachusetts at the rate of - 30 - Dollars - 77 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of March 1833 and sent to Hon J. Davis H R
Arrears to 4th of March 1833 61.54 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept 15.38 $76.92
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Daniel Boyd Clerk Book 2 Vol. 2 Page 94

DECLARATION, in order to secure the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this 14 day of August in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty Two personally appeared in open Court, before Nathaniel Paine Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting Bartholomew Cheever a resident of Princeton in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy four 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 7th 1832.
THAT he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
I entered the service in December 1776 in Captain Thomas Reed's company in the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Cushing I enlisted for six weeks and went to Roxbury where I served out the six weeks and at the end of the time I continued two weeks longer at the request of the Colonel of the Regiment in the same service when I was discharged having served two months.
In June 1776 I again enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Flint of Pittsburgh of which Com- pany Norman Clark was Lieutenant. The company belonged to Colonel Holman's Regiment. My term of enlistment at that time was five months. Our company marched in the latter part of June to New York by the way of Springfield & Hartford & sailed from Hartford to New York. Our company remained in New York till the American Army retreated from that city. We continued with the Army and halted at Harlem Heights where at the battle of White Plains and there our Lieutenant was wounded. We continued retreating & changing our position from time to time and at the expiration of my term of enlistment I was discharged. being then at Peek's Hill in New York, and then returned home to Princeton afore- said where I have always lived.
In August 1777 I again enlisted into the company of Captain Whitney then of Harvard in the County of Worcester used months to Bennington in Vermont and from thence to Half Moon so called in New York. After halting at Half Moon about a week we were ordered to return immediately to Ben- nington and accordingly marched thence where we arrived just at the close of the Battle at that place, and assisted in making in making a number of Prisoners. Our company marched from Bennington to Troy with the prisoners, and there we were discharged, having been engaged five weeks at this time. I then returned home. I was then in Princi-
In September of the same year 1777 I again enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Lord of Templeton in Worcester County. We marched from Princeton to Saratoga through Bennington, and were there at both the battles fought with Gen- eral Burgoyne and were there when he sur- rendered and were present on the plain near the river when he surrendered. We marched from thence with the prisoners then taken, below Albany where I was taken sick of the camp fever and was discharged from the service. I had enlisted for the term of three months at this time but did not serve out quite the whole of my time having

rendered and were present on the plain near the river when he surrendered. We marched from there with the prisoners then taken to below Albany where I was taken sick of the camp fever and was discharged from the service. I had enlisted for the term of three months at this time but did not serve out quite the whole of my time having been discharged after about two months service. I then returned home as soon as my health per- mitted.
I was born in Princeton in 1758 and have lived there ever since. The record of my birth if any is in that town, and it was in that town that I enlisted at the times above stated.
The only proof now in my possession of my said service is the annexed depositions of Israel Keyes Isaac Thompson & Aaron Ball.

We _____ a Clergyman residing in the _____ and residing in _____ hereby certify that we are well acquainted with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe him to be _____ 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. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
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 mentioned applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certifies, that it appears to them that _____ who signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that _____ who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nathl. Farnes Judge of Probate for the County of Worcester
I Josephus Wheeler Register Clerk 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 Bartholomew Chase for a pension. of that Emory Washburn & Charles Merick whose names are attached to the accompanying Depositions are Justices of the Court for said IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this 14 th day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty two.
Josephus Wheeler Register of Probate for the County of Worcester in Massachusetts
I further certify that the names of Charles Merick and Emory Washburn purporting to be signed by them on the annexed affidavits, are genuine Nov. 8 th 1832. Josephus Wheeler Reg t of the Court of Probate for the said County of Worcester
Bartholomew Chase Application
Worcester ss. Probate Office November 19 th 1832
I Josephus Wheeler Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify that since the accompanying Papers were returned from the War Department, they have been examined at this Office, and found to be the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the Application of Bartholomew Chase for a Pension. And in testimony thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court upon the tape connecting the said papers. Josephus Wheeler Register as aforesaid

No 25067
Bartholomew Cheever of Princeton Ms
Defection in regard to the 10 & 16 interrogations in the brief
150 M o 7 d s
$30.77
J. Davis
Worcester Ms

Chuver  BRIEF in the case of  Bartholomew  of the  County  of  Worcester  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7 June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74  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. — 6 — Private Col. Job Cushing, Col. H. Root   1776 June — 5 — ditto Col. Holman, Capt. Flint   1777 Augt. — 1 7 ditto Capt. Whitney   1777 — 3 — ditto Capt. Lord  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? White Plains & 2 at Saratoga.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Princeton  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? depositions — no written discharge  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? no certificate of Court or Clergy 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

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.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
O. W. & N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.
January 22, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your request for information concerning Bartholomew Cheever, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, you are advised that he made an application for pension on August 14, 1832, at which time he was 74 years of age and residing in Worcester County, Mass., and his pension was allowed for fifteen months and seventeen days' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Reed and Col. Cushing. He enlisted in Worcester County, Mass.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr. Moses C. Goodnow,
Princeton, Mass.

2507
Bartholomew Church
J Davis Esq Gloucester Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Bartholomew Scheerer 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? 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? no 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? no.

 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  not required when an applicant proves all his service by living witnesses who had a knowledge of his  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?  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? yes  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? yes  XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no  XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? no 
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.

Princeton, Worcester Co., Mass. Jan. 12, 1898.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I desire information regarding service of my ancestor Bartholomew Cheever in the Revolutionary army, and should appreciate any facts which may be communicated.
Very respectfully yours,
Mabel Grochow
Bartholomew Cheever of Princeton, Worcester Co., Mass. before and after enlistment.
Received a pension
Died in Princeton about 1838
Record of service desired
Age at death.

C. Good—
29702 INVALID. Buy
Jan. 22/98. To Mr. M. How, Princeton, Mass
File No. 29,702
Whitcomb Church
Rev Mr
Act: June 1 st 82
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 75
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Isaac Thomson of Princeton in the County of Worcester ninety two years of age having been Cautioned & Sworne do depose and say that I have known Bartholomew Cheever of Princeton aforesaid who is present at the taking of this Deposition ever since he was a boy. I well recollect his enlisting into the Revolutionary Service in what was called the five months Service in 1776. that he served in Col. Holman's Regiment that he was at New York with the American Army and that the Regiment to which he belonged was discharged at the end of the term of five months and that said Cheever then returned home to Princeton. Isaac his Thomson mark attest Charles Mireck
Worcester ss August 2 nd 1832. Then the above named Isaac Thomson to me personally known appeared and made solemn oaths to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence
I also certify that before me, Charles Mireck Justice of the Peace the above Deponent is in my opinion entitled to full credit as a witness Charles Mireck Justice of the Peace

I Aaron Ball of Princeton in the County of Worcester Seventy Seven years of Age having been cautioned & sworn do depose & say that I have known Bartholomew Cheever of Princeton aforesaid who is present at the taking of this Deposition ever since he was a boy. I well recollect that said Cheever was in the American Army at the taking of Burgoyne as I was present there myself and saw him there myself. Said Cheever enlisted for three months and was discharged at the end of two months service -
Aaron Ball his mark
Attest Charles Mirick
Worcester ss August 8 th 1832. Then the above named Aaron Ball to me personally known affirmed & made Solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him Subscribed in my presence. Before me
Charles Mirick Justice of the Peace
I also certify that the above Deponent in my opinion entitled to full credit as a witness -
Charles Mirick Justice of Peace

5/5/13.
Mr Evans

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office, September 8 th 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The sum of Bartholomew Cheever deceased a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of thirty Dollars and seventy seven Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1837 to the 8 th of January 1838, the day of his death —
Respectfully, yours,
Abdoo B. Parrish Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

I Israel Keyes of Princeton in the County of Worcester seventy two years of age having been cautioned & sworn do depose & say that I have known Bartholomew Church of Princeton of said who is present at the taking of this deposition ever since he was a child. I will recollect his enlisting into the Revolutionary service in what was called the five months service in 1776. That he served in Col Holman's Regiment. That he was at New York with the American Army and that the Regiment to which he belonged was discharged at the end of the term of five months and that said Church then returned home to Princeton.
I also will recollect that said Church Keyes was in the American Army at the taking of Bunker Hill as I was present there myself. And saw him there but I do not know how long he served there. Israel Keyes
Worcester ss August 7 th 1832 Then the above named Israel Keyes to me personally known appeared & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed in my presence, before me
Emory Washburn Justice of the Peace
I also certify that the above Deposition is in my opinion entitled to full credit as a matter of fact
Emory Washburn for Peace