Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30332, William Clark, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Clark William
S. 30332
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CLARK WILLIAM (MASS) S-30332
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William Clark of the 5 th Massachusetts Regiment is hereby discharged the Service of the United States, he having served for the Term of three Years, for which he engaged. —
Given under my hand at Quarters Soldier's Hall this Twenty Eight Day of February 1700 —
When Concerned
Ezra Brainerd } L t Colonel Command

30 332 Rev INVALID.
File No. 30 332
William Clark
Rev Rev
Act: June 7 th 32 nd
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 74
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9610 William Clark

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex ss. Probate Court Framingham
On this thirtieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, personally appeared before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now holden at Framingham in and for said county of Middlesex, William Clark a resident of Sherburne in the county of Middlesex aforesaid, aged seventy eight 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 provision made by the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832: That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777 with Capt. Joseph Morse of Natick , and served in the fifth Regiment of the Massachusetts - line, under the following named officers:
Rufus Putnam Colonel & Ezra Newhall Lieutenant Colonel - After Capt. Morse's death , the company was commanded by Captain Cooper He enlisted for three years the last of February 1777 . It was discharged the 28 th of February 1780 . as by the annexed discharge signed by Lt Col o Commandant Ezra Newhall appears - He was also in the first eight months service in the battle of Bunker Hill - also in the year's service of 1776 - but as he is in- formed that the first mentioned service of three years is sufficient to entitle him to a pension under the law of June last, and as he supposes that the records & papers at the War Office will verify that service he offers no further evidence, but his own statement, made under oath —

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 any agency in any State,
William Clark
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
J. P. P. Gray  Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above-named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
J. P. P. Gray  Probate
I Isaac Dike Register 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 William Clark for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this Nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
Isaac Dike

9610
William Clark
Parah Lyons
$80.
J. Fiske Esq. East Cambridge Mass

BRIEF in the case of  William Clark County of Middlesex in the State of Massachusetts (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? In open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? Seventy eight 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.     Enlisted In 1779 to 1780 - 3 — — As a private Gen. Cap. Joseph Morse Col. Rufus Putnam Cap. Cooper  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Does not state
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Documentary proof - reference to documents in the War Department -
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Yes -
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.

10.931. Massachusetts
William Bla of Middlesex in the State of Mass who was a Pirate in the company commanded by Captain Morse of the reg t commanded by Col Putnam in the Spies line for 2 years.
Confidential
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 th day of May 1833 and Rev. G. Fiske Cambridge Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $160 — Sem-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 40 —
$200 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. N. Blair Clerk, Book 8 . Vol. 2. Page 1 .
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