Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,717, Samuel Couch, Conn. Continental Mass.

SERVICE
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Sam Continental Mass.
Couch, Samuel
S. 29,717
CONTENTS
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21.248 Massachusetts
Samuel Couch
of Absent in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Dickerson of the Reg. commanded by Col. Anson in the Mass line for 15 Mos 15 Ds
At Court & Mass. State
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 51 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Aug. 1832 and due the No. Co. Dist. of Levy.
Arrears to the 1st of Ma' 33 $103.33 Semi-ann. allowance ending Apr. 2 25.83 $139.16
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Stiles Clerk Book E Vol. 2 Page 13
79 Bullock

Annual bench
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Photo 15-30-15 days Capt. Reston's Camp, Cal. Elmer's N.Y. City
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this Fifteenth day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting Samuel Couch — a resident of the town of Sandisfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Twenty seven 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 the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That in the month of May or June Sixtyteen hundred thirty six he enlisted at Sandisfield aforesaid where he then resided by Col d Devereux Lieutenant in the Company commanded by Captain Joel Dickinson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Elmore and for the term of one year and then proceeded to Albany and joined said Company and Regiment and remained in the service in said Company at said Albany about two months and from thence he marched in said Company and Regiment to Germantown State in said State of New York and continued to serve in said Company and Regiment until the fifteenth of April Sixtyteen hundred thirty seven when he was discharged from said service at Albany after having the term for which he was enlisted, and the discharge he received is now lost and cannot be found. And afterwards in the month of June Sixtyteen hundred thirty seven at said Sandisfield where he then resided he volunteered in the company of Militia of Massachusetts Troops commanded by Captain Samuel Wolcott and in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Ashley, and marched in said Company from said Sandisfield to Fort Edward in the state of New York and thence marched to Kingsbridge and was in the battle at that place, and returned from thence to Fort Edward, and he was then transferred from the Company of Captain Samuel Wolcott to the Company of Captain Wheeler and then marched in said Company to Stillwater, and there was discharged after serving for the term of three months. And afterwards in September Sixtyteen hundred thirty seven when residing at said Sandisfield he volunteered again in the Company of said Captain Samuel

Wolcott in Massachusetts Militia and marched to Stillwater and there the said company joined the main Army and the name of the Colonel of the Regiment he was not recollect, and served in said Company for about one month and was then discharged with said Company and he has no documentary Evidence of his service and knows of no persons by whom he can prove his said service except Saint Elihu Root David Root Caleb Root Thomas Root Elias Root toge when affidavits on herants answered —
Interrogatories propounded to the applicant by the Court
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Answer. I was born in Wethersfield Connecticut in the year 1735.
2 d Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer. I know of no record of my age yet a record kept in my family Bible which is at my house in said Sandisfield.
3 d When were you living when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you live now?
Answer. I have resided in said Sandisfield since I was about five years old excepting about five years I have resided in Old Massachusetts.
4 th How are you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute? and if a substitute for whom?
Answer. I enlisted and volunteered as stated in my application.
5 th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the Troops when you served: such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer. In the year 1777 Colonel Brown was the Continental Colonel of said Regiment and Major Coffin the Major and General Schuyler was at Albany when I served there and at the battle of Saratoga I was in the Regiment of Colonel Hasty and was wounded into the battle after it commenced I do not recollect the names of the Continental officers who had the command.
6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Answer. I received a written discharge from the year service but whom signed I do not recollect and it is lost, but do not recollect of receiving any discharge from the Militia.
7 th State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your service as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer. Rev. Levi White and Erastus Beach Esq

He hereby relinquishes 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
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Samuel Couch
We Levi White a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Sandisfield and Erastus Beach residing in Sandisfield hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Samuel Couch - who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy seven 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. and we further certify that the said Samuel Couch is a person of truth and veracity.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Levi White Erastus Beach N. P. Walker I. Roberts
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 Levi White who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Sandisfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Erastus Beach who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Sandisfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
N. P. Walker I. Roberts
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Samuel Couch for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Henry W. Bishop Register of Probate
P.S. In opposition of Thomas Couch & Rose Sager, reference may be had to the application of Stephen Leavitt, whose papers were sent from this office March 28. 1855 - they show that I am informally attached to the Leavitt application.
H. W. Bishop

O. W. & N. Division.
P.M.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., November 14, 1894.
Madam:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of SATURD COUCH a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 629717
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. May, 1778 1 yr. Pvt. Joel Dickinson Samuel Elmore Mass. June, 1777 3 mo. " Samuel Wolcott Wheeler Asley Mass. Sept., 1777 1 mo. " Samuel Wolcott Not stated. Mass.
Battles engaged in, King's Bridge. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Sandersfield, Mass. Date of application for pension, August 15, 1832. Residence at date of application, Sandersfield, Mass. Age at date of application, Born at Wethersfield, Conn.
Remarks:
Mrs. Fanny C. Dale,
#1975 Gaines St., Little Rock, Ark.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

b P
1915 Laine Street Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 31 st , 1876.
Hon. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Will you please furnish me a copy of the application for a pension of the following named soldier of the army of the Revolution: Samuel Couch , a resident of Sandisfield, Berkshire Co., Mass. He died in 1849.
By so doing you will greatly oblige a grand daughter of the same, and of the name here enclosed.
Yours truly Mrs. Frances C. Dale .

29 7/12 INVALID.
1874 Nov 14 Official Date, Mr. H. C. Note Book
No. 39717
Received of the sum of Twenty Dollars for Rent of House No. 29717 for the month of November 1874
(Amount not paid)

M. Brown D. 42

A I David Brane of Sandisfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age Depose and say same time in the month of May or June in the year A.D. 1876 a Grand Court of Sandisfield was indicted by Lieut. Eli Brown in the Company commanded by Capt. Jas. Dickinson in the Regt. commanded by Col. Samuel Oliver and that the said Court continued in said and Regiment until the fifteenth or eighteenth day April A.D. 1877 and that the Defendant was in said Company and Regiment during said time and as now being to the said Grand Court as a privet soldier in said Regiment, and further the Defendant saith not David Brane
Berkshire To then personally appeared the above said David Brane the Defendant and after being duty cautioned and examined made solemn oath to the same at Sandisfield in said County of Berkshire on the twenty eighth day of June in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Seventy seven Before _____ Drake Mills Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above D. David Brane is a man of truth and veracity Attest Drake Mills Justice of the Peace

B
I Caleb Bush of Bridgewater in the county of Sussex State & commonwealth of Pennsylvania of lawful age do testify & say that Samuel Cook of Sandisfield in the county of Berkshire & commonwealth of Massachusetts enlisted under Lieut. Eli Brown of Sandisfield sometime in the early part of the month of June in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred seventy six and went into the service of the United States in the continental establish- ment under Col Samuel Elmore of Sharon in the county of Litchfield & State of Connecticut - that he went from Sandisfield to Albany under the command of P. Elmore & from thence to German Flats on the Mohawk river where he remained until 18 th of April A 1777 -
Caleb Bush
Berkshire ss. On the Twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen the aforesaid Deponent was examined and cautioned and sworn as to the lawfulness to the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed taken at the residence of Samuel Cook.
Before me -
Elizabeth Hall. Just of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Berkshire ss. I. Henry W. Bishop. Register of Probate in & for said county. do hereby certify that (Drake Mills Esquire. before whom the annexed deposition marked A was taken was, on the eighth day of June A.D. 1879, one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said county. I further certify that Eleakim Hall Esquire before whom the annexed deposition marked B was taken was on the twentieth day of May A.D. 1819 one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said county duly regularly ap- pointed and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and have no doubt that the signature annexed to said deposition is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Probate for said county this fifteenth day of August A.D. 1832.
Henry W. Bishop Reg d Probate