Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10963, Moses Cutting, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cutting, Moses
S. 10963
bearded
CONTENTS

6695.
New Hampshire
Moses Cutting  M.H. of Troy in the State of New Hampshire who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Eagles of the Regt. commanded by Genl. Putnam in the Mass Militia line for 10 mo from 1776.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of March  1833 and hand Ann H. Hubbard
  Arrears to 4th of March 1833  66 66    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept.  16 66     $ 83 32  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Henry H. H. H. H. Clerk, Book 20 Vol. 1 Page 148

BRIEF in the case of Moses Cutting  in the State of New Hampshire  of Troy  (Act 7th 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? 85 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.     Jan'y - In 1776 2 Private Genl Washington Genl Paton   Summer 1776 5 Genl Gates   Jan'y - 1777 Ischia 3 Genl Burgoyne Genl Howe  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Franingham New Hampshire  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Richard Cutting Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Moses Cutting 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? 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

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? no XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no 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? no XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† 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 official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ 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.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Moses Cuttings
Application
18714
Please return to
Levi Chamberlain
Sheldahl
Ia

Declaration,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, COUNTY OF CHESHIRE, ss.
On this sixth day of November 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Hon. Staron Watson Judge of the Court of Probate for said County of Cheshire . ————— now sitting, Moses Cutting a resident of Troy in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged eighty five 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.
In the months of January 1776, he volunteered as a private in Capt Edgell's Company of Massachusetts Militia for three months. Went with the company from Framingham, Massachusetts, to Cambridge, and was stationed at Lechmere's Point  Plough Hill , and was employed while in this service in making entrenchments there. He does not recollect what Regiment his company belonged to. General Putnam had the superintendence of the works, and he thinks the general command of the troops while there. He remained on duty with the company there until the expiration of his term of service, which was soon after the evacuation of Boston by the British troops in the month of March following.
In the summer of the same year 1776 he thinks in the month of June the said Cutting entered into a company of Massachusetts Militia or State Troops for the term of five months. Said company was commanded by Capt Gates of Marlborough Mass. Bigelow Lieutenant. Brigham Orderly Sergeant. The said Cutting marched thro Fitzwilliam & Charlestown New Hampshire. Rutland Vermont and to Ty. conderoga and remained there on duty till about the close of his term of enlistment when he was discharged, with some other soldiers of the same Regiment, by his Colonel, Smith, late in the fall, and arrived at home in Framingham after the expiration of his term of enlistment and near the close of that year.
Soon after his return and early in the next year, 1777. he thinks in January a detachment was called for of a company of Massachusetts Militia for three months, from Framingham, and some of the neighboring towns. Samuel Cutting a brother of the said Moses, was drafted as a private in said

company, and the said Moses took the said Samuel's place as his substitute. and went from the State of Connecticut part of New York to the "Jerseys" and was stationed there till the expiration of said three months, at a place called "Woodbridge" and was dismissed in the month of April. The British Troops came out from Trenton to the American encampment on the morning that he was dismissed. The officers of the company whom he recollects were Capt Broad of Natick & Lieut Mellen - Col. Cyprian Holmes Regiment. He never received a written discharge and has no documentary evidence to prove his services. He knows of no person whose testimony he can procure in proof of said services. He is blind, and very infirm and unable to go to Framingham to procure proof if any exists. He was born in Framingham Mass. April 30. 1747. He lived there when called into the service. He has a record of his age in his family Bible. Since the War he has lived in New Hampshire and for more than forty years on the farm where he now lives in Troy. Joshua Harrington and Daniel W. Farrar Esquires can testify as to my character for veracity and utility of my services as a soldier of the revolution.
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 the Agency of any State.
Moses his X Cutting mark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
We, Joshua Harrington and Daniel W. Farrar both of Troy aforesaid.
hereby certify, that we are acquainted with Moses Cutting who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 85 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.
Joshua Harrington Daniel W. Farrar
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
before me Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
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 Joshua Harrington and Daniel W. Farrar who have signed the preceding certificate are residents in the town of Troy and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Aaron Watson Judge of Probate
I, Asa Parker Register of the Court of Probate for the County of Cheshire do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Moses Cutting for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this sixth day of November A.D. 1832.
Asa Parker Reg. of Probate

Rev. man
10963 INVALID.
File No. 10,963
Moses Cutting
Briv. Rev. War.
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. A , Page 213
[Arrangement of 1870.]