Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30,373, Jonathan Dadmun, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Dadmun, Jonathan
S. 30,373
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No 916 Massachusetts Jonathan Dadmun of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Mason of the Regt commanded by Col Stone in the Mass line for 10 months & 3 days Cont'd Mula
94 Middlesex
Incribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of $3 - Dollars 88 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of May 1833 and to Isaac Fiske Est Cambridge Mass Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $67.76 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Sept, 16.94 $84.70
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2a Page 16

No. 462 Declaration of James Dadmun
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss.
On this _____ day of _____ in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open Court, before the Honourable Judge of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of Middlesex aforesaid, now sitting, Jonathan Dadmun a resident of Framingham in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy two 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, A. D. 1832:
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated:
About the first of April 1796 I enlisted in the service in the Militia of Massachusetts as a private soldier for three months — I was stationed at Boston on fort hill and served two months and a half when I was dismissed — I was employed in keeping guard a large part of that time
A man whose name I do not recollect from the district of Maine was my captain. The elderly man from Stone in this County was my orderly sergeant — his name is forgotten, I think it might be Barnes —
In the year 1797 I think in the month of June I enlisted in the Massachusetts militia and was marched to Providence under Col. Micah Stone of Framingham — Capt. John Gleason of said town; and my Lieutenant was a man from Sherburne — I cannot recollect the other officers — I was employed part of my time in working on the fort at Providence near the College — part of the time I kept guard — I was in no battle or skirmish — I served three months and was then dismissed — that was the term of my enlistment — I know of no man living who was with me at Providence.
In July 1780 I enlisted in the Continental service for six months — John Nixon of Framingham was my Brigadier general, Thomas Nixon of said place was my Colonel — I was taken as a waiter to General Nixon and did not act under the other officers & I cannot name any more of them in the regiment except Captain Peter Clap of Framingham who was my Captain, I served General Nixon as a waiter as long as he staid at Peekskill in New York — then I went into the ranks with my gun — Jacob Bolcher of said Framingham enlisted with me and for the same term — we were both mustered at Concord — We marched first to Springfield without any officer — there we met our Captain Hancock who undertook to conduct us to headquarters at Peekskill — I served out my term of six months and was absent from home in said service six months & two weeks and remained most of the time at Peekskill I was there in no battle or skirmish.

I was born at Framingham afore said in the year 1760
The record of my age is in the bible When called into the service I was an inhabitant of Framingham - I now live there & that place has always been my home
I entered into the service as a volunteer and was never a substitute for another person
I never received a discharge that I know of except a verbal one
I am personally known to the Rev d David Kellogg Major Josiah Stone Rev d George Trask and Jacob Belcher & Joseph Belcher all of said Framingham
I have no documentary evidence
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 any state,
Jonathan Dadmun
We, Charles Train a clergyman, residing in the town of Framingham and Josiah Stone residing in said Framingham hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Jonathan Dadmun who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; - that we believe him to be seventy two years of age: that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Charles Train
Josiah Stone
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. P. P. Ray Wrobb
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 certify, that it appears to them that Charles Train who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in Framingham and that Josiah Stone who has also signed the same, is a resident in Framingham and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
J. P. P. Ray Wrobb
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Isaac Fiske
Register of the Court of
Probate in and for the County of Middlesex, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jonathan Dadmun for a
pension. I also certify that William Packman whose own proper signature is set to the certificate on the deposition of Josiah Stone & Jacob Belcher has been sworn in a pension of the train within said county of Middlesex
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Isaac Fiske

10462 Jonathan Dadmun
Private 10 mos & 5 days admo 16 ob March 29 1833
P. 315
Isaac Fiske Esq 8 Cambridge Mass

10462
BRIEF in the case of Jonathan Dadmun County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts (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? 72  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.     April In 1776 enlisted 2 1/2 15 Private Genl. Seargeant Barns. (Capt. forgotten)   June 1777 " 3 Private Capt. Gleason. Col. Stone.   July 1780 " 4 5 20 Water Capt. Cloyes. Col. T. Nixon   enlisted 13 July 1780 - discharged 5 Dec 1780 for lack of pay 10 mo 25 Genl. S. Nixon.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Farmingham Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditionary & witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? They are not attached to the seal as required. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Waugh Examining Clerk. Feb 27 th 1833

30373 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30373
Jonathan Dadman Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 102
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Josiah Stone Alfred for John D. Dunn

I Josiah Stone of Framingham in the County of Middlesex testify that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Dadmun of said Framingham - That he has been an inhabitant of said town for fifty years to my knowledge I have always lived within about half a mile of my dwelling - his repu- tation has ever been that he was a soldier of the revolution - he is about three years older than myself and I well remember his leaving his neighborhood to go on an expedition as a soldier to Rhode Island - my im- pression is that he was gone three months I know of no person living who went with him there - I well remember conversing with him often on his re- turn to our neighborhood, about the events of the campaign, he then told me so much of what he saw and did at Rhode Island that I never had the least doubt of his having gone there and served as a soldier
I think this cannot be doubted by any one who is intimately acquainted with him
Josiah Stone
Cusmanweath of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. August 30. 1832
Then the above named Major Josi- ah Stone personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed before me
Wm Brockman, Jr. Just. of Peace
I certify that I am personally acquaint- ed with Major Josiah Stone whose signature is above written and that he is a credible witness I have held the first office in town Wm Brockman, Jr.
Just. of Peace

to Fletcher's Wapadant for June Datum

I, Jacob Belcher of Framingham in the County of Middlesex aged seventy one years testify & say that I am well acquainted with Jonathan Dadmun a native & still a resident of said Framingham - That the said Dadmun same time in July 1780 enlisted as a soldier in the Continental service & was mustered at Concord in company with me, - we marched first to Spring field without officers - There one Captain Hoar conducted us both to Headquarters at Peekskill in New York - we were both in Gen. John Nixon's Brigade & Col. Thomas Nixon's regiment of Continental troops - Peter Clarke was our Captain - I soon after left this reg- iment & went into the Light Infantry in Gen. Dorr's Brigade & do not recollect the other officers of the company I left - The said Dadmun acted as Gen. Nixon's wait- er as long as said Nixon staid there - Then he went into the ranks as a soldier According to my best knowledge & belief said Dadmun served out the term of his enlistment which was six months He was discharged at West Point & was then two hundred miles from home  Jacob Belcher
C Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss August 2 d 1832
Then the above named Jacob Belcher personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit to him signed before me
W m Beckenstetter J st . of Peace
I certify that said Jacob Belcher is personally known to me & that he is a credible witness
W m Beckenstetter J st . of Peace

10462
Jackson Dadman
J. Fiske Esq. E. Cambridge 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 Jonathan Sadmun 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 ? Yes 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'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? Yes Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? 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? 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 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.