Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,746, Peter Dickerman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Dickerman, Peter
S 3H 7H6
CONTENTS

B.010
Massachusetts
Peter Dickerman
of Houghton in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Reed of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One Year
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 17 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 of Sep r 1818 and sent to Hon: John Davis Boston Massachusetts
  Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819  132.80    Semi-ann. all ce ending Mar 1820.  48.00    16 Mo. 18/30  $180.80  
not entitled
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
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Verification sent September 25th 1820 to John Davis Esq. Norfolk City New Hampshire

No 489 17 th Vols Peter Dickerman Private Capt to 1st Joseph Reads Regiment 1776 - 1 year
Proof of Service marked
Admitted
10. July 1819 New Evidence marked A.
The time in which claim and service, must be filed per act

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
April 24. March
1819.
I AM satisfied that the above named, Peter Dickerman , by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
M c David
{ District Judge U. S. Massachusetts Dist.
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
M c David
{ Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

MASSACHUSETTS DISTRICT, ss.
(Boston March 1
A. D. 18 19
Peter Dickerman
IT appearing to my satisfaction, that Peter Dickerman subscriber to the annexed declaration, sworn to before me, did serve in the revolutionary war against the common enemy, as stated in said declaration, I now transmit the testimony in the case, with the proceedings had thereon, to the Secretary of the department of war, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war;" the testimony and proceedings in the premises being the declaration aforesaid, with the accompanying documents marked together with this certificate.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the District Court of the United States for this District to be hereunto affixed.
M c David
} Judge of the District Court U. S. Massachusetts District.

I Peter Dickerman of Stoughton in the county of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged sixty eight years on oath Declare that I Entered & Enlisted into the Service of my Country for Eight Months under the command of Capt d William Briggs in Col Joseph Reed's Regiment in the year one thousand Seven hundred & seventy five and was stationed and Did Duty in Roxbury & was Regularly Discharged at the end of said Eight Months I further Testify & Declare that I Enlisted into the yearly Service in one thousand Seven hundred & seventy six under the command of Capt d Samuel Payson in said Col Joseph Reed's Regiment and Did Duty in Roxbury in the fore part of the year until we had orders to March to New York where I did Duty till one Month before the end of the year at which time I was Regularly Discharged being Sick & unfit for Duty
Stoughton
Peter Dickerman
Massachusetts District Ct.
Boston 17. April 1818
Sworn to before me
M c David's Dist. Judge Mass Dist.
The said Peter Dickerman now further on oath declares, that he is in such reduced circumstances in life, as to stand in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Peter Dickerman
Mass. Dist. Ct. Boston 24. April 1819
Sworn to before me
M c David's Judge Mass Dist.

Copy Schedule No. of a Peter Lieberman
15018
Sep 1819 Not Recd
Mar 20

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, ss.—CIRCUIT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, SPECIAL SESSION, JULY 17, 1820.
On this eighteenth day of July 1820 personally appeared, in open Court, being a Court of Record for said County, proceeding according to the course of the Common Law, with a jurisdiction un- limited in point of amount, keeping a Record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Peter Dickerson aged Seventy years, resident in Houghton in said County, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: I enlisted
in Capt Samuel Payson's Company the first day of January 1776 Col Joseph Root's Regiment in the Massa- -chusetts line of the revolutionary army and there served more than eleven months at which time I was regularly discharged my certificate is dated April 17 th 1810 B. & H.
And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any 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 and Naval Service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th 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, and by me subscribed.
Peter Dickerson
Sworn to and declared, on the eighteenth day of July A. D. 1820 before James Ware Judge of C. C. Com Pleas for the Circuit
I, Horatio Townsend Clerk of the said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule hereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of said Court; and I do 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 five dollars hundred and twenty six cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty fifth day of July 1820
Horatio Townsend Clerk.

A Schedule of the Real & Personal Estate of Peter Dickerman of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk - a pensioner under the Act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818
Real Estate -
25 acres of land with the buildings thereon worth $450.00
Personal Estate (bedding & necessary clothing excepted)
2 Cows & one Swine worth - $ - 36.00
An old Plow & a number of old farming tools } Do } 5.00
A number of old articles of House- hold furniture, such as Chests, Tables, Chairs, Iron & Crockery ware &c. &c. } worth } 20.00
Total amount of real & personal estate $ 511.00
Hay in the Barn - 15.00
$ 526.00
The number and ages of my family &c -
My occupation is a Farmer - I am aged 70 years
My wife Rebeckah Dickerman is aged 63 years
My daughter Polly Dickerman, who resides with me is - aged 24 years
I am in a poor state of health, & not able to labour also my wife is in such a feeble state of health as not to be able to perform but a little labour besides, I am in debt.
July 17 th 1820 -
Peter Dickerman

34 746 Rev INVALID.
File No. 34, 746
Peter Dickerman
Dr Rev Ind
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 498
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Peter Dickerman of Houghton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do on oath further testify and declare that I enlisted the beginning of the year in, Seventeen hundred and seventy six in the Com- pany of Captain Samuel Payson in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Joseph Reed belonging to the Massachusetts line of the Continental Army for the term of one year and served in said Regiment until the one month before the end of the year when being sick and unfit for further duty I received a regular and an honorable discharge. — P. Dickerman
Massachusetts District Boston August 13 1819
Sworn to before me
J. Davis dist. disch. Mass. Dist. —

A

I Jeremiah Smith of Walpole. in the County of Norfolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of Lawful Age, do testify, depose & declare, that I well remember Peter Dickerman of Houghton County, and Commonwealth aforesaid - that he the said Dickerman served in the Continental Army, in the Revolutionary War in the service of the United States, & in the yearly service and under the continental establishment and in the year, one thousand seven hundred and seventy six in Capt. Samuel Payson's Company, in Colonel Joseph Reed's Regiment, said Dickerman served as a good & faithful Soldier, until we were discharged. We enlisted the first (only according to the best of my memory) of January A.D. 1776 and were discharged, the last day of December 1776 the same year; why I the said Smith know this; is, I served in the same company & Regiment with him the said Dickerman - for the reason that  he said Dickerman might be dismissed a short time before his time was out on account of sickness - he was  discharged  on account of  sickness  he was  discharged  on account of  sickness June 29 th 1819 Jeremiah Smith
Norfolk ss. June 29 th 1819 - Then the above named Jeremiah Smith, Personally Appeared and made solemn Oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is true in all its parts - Before me, Benjamin Richards Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the Above named Jeremiah Smith who subscribed and made Oath to the above deposition is a disinterested and credible witness June 29 th 1819 Benjamin Richards Justice of the Peace -

Josiah Hall of Walpole, in the County of Norfolk, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of Lawful Age, do testify, depose and declare that Peter Dickerman, of Houghton, County & Commonwealth aforesaid, enlisted into the United States Service, in the Revolutionary War, under the Continental Service establishment. in the year one thousand Seven hundred and SeventySix in Captain Samuel Payson's Company in Colonel Joseph Reed's Regiment - said Dickerman served as a good & faithful Soldier, all the time I was acquainted with him in the Army - We enlisted for one year, & the said Hall, do not positively undertake to say that Dickerman was discharged the same time I was. for according to the best of my recollection, said Dickerman, was sick & unfit for duty a short time before our times were out! but I am positive that he the said Dickerman served over ten Months, (in the same Company & regiment (before he was sick & went to the Hospital -) with me the said Hall, - I served the whole of the time and was regularly discharged or dismissed, at the end of the year or the first day of January 1777 - and that Dickerman was regularly discharged a short time before - on account of his not being fit for duty - June 29 th 1819 Josiah Hall
Norfolk ss. June 29 th 1819. Then the above named Josiah Hall Personally Appeared and made solemn Oath, that the above deposition by him subscribed is true in all its parts - Before Me. Benjamin Richards Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify that the above named Josiah Hall who, subscribed and made Oath to the above deposition is a disinterested and a credible Witness June 29 th 1819 Benjamin Richards Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss. I Horatio Townsend clerk of the judicial courts in the County of Norfolk, do hereby certify, that Benjamin Richards Egleton is a justice of the peace for said County duly commissioned by the executive authority of the Commonwealth aforesaid; and that the four signatures to the four certificates, on this sheet contained, are all in the hand writing of the said Benjamin Richards. —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said County at Dedham this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
Horatio Townsend

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Dickerson, Abraham GRADE Sergeant LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7017 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED June 17, 1790 to — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.