Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,348, Caleb Conant, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Conant, Caleb
NUMBER
S 16348
CONTENTS
carded

1415.
New Hampshire
Caleb Bonant
of Lynn in the State of N H who was a Pirate in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Jacobs in the [blank] Mass. here for 9 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 30 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 rd day of Nov 1832. and sent D C & Churchill Lynn N H
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 $45 - Semi-annual allowance ending 21 Mar 33 - 15 - $60 -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H [blank] Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 st Page 147.
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Caleb Constant Lynn N H

I Samuel Leach of Centerville in County of All and State of New York of lawful age do hereby certify that in the year 1774, Caleb Conant and my- self with others enlisted into a company of militia in the Regiment of Col. Jacobs in General Sullivan's Expedition in the Revolutionary war a part of the time in the state of Massachusetts and a part of the time in the state of Rhode Island. said Conant and my self then belonged to the town of Bridgewater in said state of Massachusetts we enlisted for the year's service we commenced about the first of April 1774 and were discharged the first of January 1779 we served together in said Regiment as private the whole of the time a fore stated being nine months I was well acquainted with said Conant before we enlisted and while in the service and have frequently seen him since and have seen him once within a few years and have no doubt that he is the same identical person who now lives in the Town of Lyme in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire in presence of O Pell Samuel his Leach mark
State of New York County of Allegany Town of Centerville ss July 25 th 1832 appeared personally before me the above named Samuel Leach known to me and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed contains the whole truth and nothing but the truth relative to the cause for which it is taken Over O Pell Justice of the Peace I certify that the above named Samuel Leach is a credible witness the loss of the said Leach's eyesight and is hereby his Mark

State of New York
Albany County ss. I Judson W. Sherman clerk of
the county of Albany & Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county do hereby certify that Owen Pell Esquire before the within affidavit purport to have been taken is a justice of the peace of the said county of Albany duly elected & known to further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said justice & that his signature within subscribed is in his proper hand writing. Witness my hand & the seal of the said County the twenty eighth day of July one thousand eight hundred & thirty two
J. W. Sherman clerk
Grafton Vt.
State of New Hampshire Court of Probate at Bradford 27 th of August A.D. 1832.
Ordered by the Court, that the foregoing affidavit of Samuel Leach be attached to the declaration of Hezekiah Conant for a pension, as evidence in the case - Attest Moses Dow Reg d

DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New-Hampshire, } ss. County of Grafton
On this twenty seventh day of August - 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Caleb Cossart a resident of Lynn in the County of Grafton and State of N. H. aged 70 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
In the Town of Bridgewater in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the month of April 1778, he enlisted into a Company commanded by Captain Crane for the term of nine months, said Company belonged to a Regiment commanded by Col Jacobs. After he enlisted he marched through Nashua, Leominster, Dighton to Swansea, where we were stationed a while, then returned to Dighton was stationed there about six weeks to guard a number of Boats, from there to Tiverton and to Rhode Island, where we were stationed about three weeks, from there to Tiverton, & Little Compton staid there a while, then marched to Swansea where he remained until January 1779 where he was discharged, having served the full term of nine months agreeable to his enlistment. Captain Crane under whom he enlisted commanded said Company about four months and a half. The remainder of the time the Company was commanded by one Capt. Curtis. The first Lieutenants name was Sam l Parish. For further proof of his service he refers to the testimony of Sam l Leach, whose Deposition is herunto annexed.
He was born in the Town of Bridgewater in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the month of January A.D. 1762. He has no record of his age.
He lived in said Bridgewater, when called into service some years after the close of the war he moved to Lynn in the County of Grafton and State of New Hampshire where he has lived for more than forty years and where he now lives. He volunteered.
General Sullivan had the command of the forces at that time and place as he understood. Col Thompson commanded one of the Regiments others I do not recollect. He has stated above such circumstances as are within his recollection.
He never received a written discharge but was dismissed at the expiration of his term of service.
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 of year aforesaid
Caleb Cossart
We, Moses Cheney residing in Lynn N.H. and David Pusher residing in Lynn N.H. hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Caleb Cossart, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 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.
Sworn and subscribed the day of year aforesaid
Moses Cheney David Pusher
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.

He has stated above such circumstances as are within his recollection
He never received a written discharge but was dismissed at the expiration of his term of service his nodal...
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 of a year aforesaid
Caleb Conant
We, Moses Cheney residing in Lynn N 76 and David Pusher residing in Lynn N 76 hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Caleb Conant, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 70 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a sol- dier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day of a year aforesaid
Moses Cheney David Pusher
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 certifies, that it appears to them that Moses Cheney who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Lynn and that David Pusher, who has also signed the same is a resident in the town of Lynn and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edward Webber Judge of Probate I, Moses Dow — Clerk of the Court of Probate aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Caleb Conant for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twenty seventh day of August A.D. 1832
Moses Dow
Ms. A. 9. 2. 11

Caleb Conant, Private
NO 9329
9 months
$30
From D. G. Churchill Lyons N.Y.
(Faint mirrored text from the reverse side of the page)

BRIEF in the case of Lynn
Caleb Conant in the State of  New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70 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.     In 1798 " 9 " Private Col. Jacobs  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none stated  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Bridgewater  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living witnesses & traditionary evidence  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.
Edward D. Mansfield Examining Clerk.

16.348 INVALID.
File No. 16.348
Caleb Conant
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. A , Page 439
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Walter Conant
Nov 329
From H. C. Church Lynn 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 Walter Covenant 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 ? No 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? Yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? 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? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
 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 the 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 authenticated 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 end 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.