Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 9,228, Paul Cooledge, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Goodledge, Paul or Goodledge
S. 9.228
carded.
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10.662. New Hampshire
Paul Coolidge ★
of Hillsboro in the State of N H who was a Sergt in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the regt commanded by Col Robinson in the N H line for Sergt 8 mo
Private 2 " Paul Coolidge ★ Mass. Line Dec. 6/04 Record corrected
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of Oct 1833. and sent Frank Pierce Hillsboro N H
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $93.32 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Dec " 23.33
$116.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H Sp Blair Clerk, Book No. Vol. 1. Page 76.

No 121.
Paul Coolidge
18694
Address to Franklin Pierce Nilesboro N.H.

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Hillsborough, ss. At a Court of Probate holden at Manchester within and for said County, on the third day of October Anno Domini, 1832, Before EDMUND PARKER, Esq. Judge of Probate. Personally appears in open Court, before the said Court now in session Paul Coolidge
of of Hillsborough in said county, aged eighty one years,
Who being 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. That is to say,
In January 1776 then residing in Westown in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts a call being made upon said Town for Militia he volunteered for the term of two months and served that term at Fort No 2 at Cambridge The officers of the Company to which he belonged, were Captain Whelen of Sudbury . Lieutenant Howard of Acton and Ensign Cady of Westown . he thinks Colo. Robinson commanded the Regiment.
In July 1776 he again entered the service of the United States in the Massachusetts Militia , from the Town of Westown , for the term of five months to go to Ticonderoga . Captain Miles of Concord . Lieutenant Munroe of S Lexington . Lieut. Hobbs of Westown and Ensign Brown of Concord were his Company officers. The Company marched thro' Sittleton . Keene , Walpole to No 4 (now Charlestown N.H. ) where they remained three or four days. Then proceeded to Ticonderoga passing thro' Clarendon , Rutland , Clarendon  Pittsford & pitched tents at all ! Independence a day or two then went to Ticonderoga where he remained till the expiration of the term of five months , in Colo. Reas Regt. of which our Brown was Lieut. Colonel. at the expiration of the said term of five months he was dismissed and received no written discharge.
In January 1778 then residing in Westown aforesaid. he again entered the service of the United States in the Massachusetts Militia for the term of three months . he went to Cambridge to guard Burgoyne's troops that had been taken prisoners. and served there during said term of three months in a Regiment commanded by Colo. Brooks of Lincoln . & Captain Hunts Company in which our  Capswee of Concord & Parks of Lincoln were Lieutenants. During the two terms of service last

above named he was a Sergeant. He does not know that there is an individual now living who served with him
He 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,
Paul Carledge
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Edmund Packer, Judge of Probate
We John Lawton a Clergyman residing in the town of Hillsborough in the county of Hillsborough aforesaid, and Franklin Pierce residing in Hillsborough aforesaid, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Paul Carledge who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be seventy  seventy years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Franklin Pierce John Lawton
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Edmund Packer, Judge of Probate
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and 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 the Rev. John Lawton who has signed the preceding Certificates is a Clergyman resident in the town of Hillsborough and that Franklin Pierce who has signed the same, is a resident in the town of Hillsborough and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Edmund Packer - { Judge of Probate for said County of Hillsborough.
I CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Register and Clerk of the Court of Probate, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Paul Carledge for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the court of Probate for said county, at Amherst in said county, this tenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two.
C. H. Atherton Register and Clerk of Probate, for said county of Hillsborough.

STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
County of Hillsborough, ss.
At the Court aforesaid, On the application aforesaid, the following interrogatories were proposed to the said Paul Coolidge and the following answers given, on oath, to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Answer, In Weston in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the year 1751
2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer, There is a record of my age on the Town books of Weston Mass.
3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Answer,
When called into service at the several times named in my declaration I lived in Weston in the County of Middlesex & Commonwealth of Massachusetts - I resided there till 1781 when I moved to Hillsborough Co of Hillsborough N.H. where I have resided ever since
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute, for whom? Answer,
I enlisted voluntarily -
5. State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia Regiments, as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, In the two months Service 1776 Colo. Robinson Capt. Wheeler Lieut. Howland etc. In the 3 months Service at Ticonderoga General Gates commanded. General Bricker. Colo. Reed. Colo. Crary. Colo. Whitecomb. Lieut. Colo. Brown. Capt. Miles etc. In the 8 months Service 1778 Colo. Brooks, of Lincoln Capt. Hunt etc.
6. Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer,
I never received a written discharge - but having served the term of my enlistment was dismissed
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, Rev John Lawton General Benjamin Pierce Major Isaac Andrews General Solomon Merrill Franklin Pierce Esq.
Attest,
C. H. Merrill
Register and Clerk.

BRIEF in the case of  Paul Cook  of Hillsborough in the State of  New Hampshire  (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? 81 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.     Early In 1776 2 Private Capt. Wheeler Col. Robinson   July 1776 5 Sergt. Capt. Miles Col. Reed   Aug 1776 3 " Capt. Mount Col. Brooks  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Weston Massachusetts  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Tradition and living witnesses  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 Cutt Examining Clerk.

State of New Hampshire
County of Hillsborough ss October 30, 1852
Sworn and subscribed the day and the year last aforesaid.
Before me
Franklin Pierce Justice of the Peace
AM DR TR

State of New Hampshire Secretary's Office
October 30. 1832
The above named Franklin Pierce is a justice of the Peace for our county of Hillsborough, duly con- stituted and sworn, and his signature of such justice. In testimony whereof I have here set the Seal of State.
Nathl. Merrill Secretary.

Rechar
9228 INVALID.
File No. 9228
Paul Coolidge
Sergt. Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1837
Index:—Vol. 102 , Page 76
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I Benjamin Pierce of Hillsborough in the County of Hillsborough and State of Northamptonshire do hereby and testify that for more than forty years I have been well acquainted with Paul Goodidge of Hillsborough aforesaid; his recollection for a man at his time of life is remarkably distinct; he has ever sustained a pure moral character and is a man of undoubted probity. If he cannot prove his services by other evidence than his own declaration, I should consider such declaration entitled to entire credit. Said Goodidge has been many years a deacon of the Congregational Church in this Town. Benjamin Pierce

I Benjamin Rand of Weston, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a revolutionary soldier, do testify and say that in the month of July 1776 I resided in Weston aforesaid, a call being made upon that town for a certain quota of militia, I entered the service of the United States, for the term of five months, Captain Miles of Concord, Lieutenant Monroe of Lexington, Lieutenant Hobbs of Weston, and Ensign Brown of Concord, were my company officers, I marched from Weston aforesaid to Ticonderoga where I served five months in said company and in Col. Reed's regiment. I was well acquainted with Paul Coolidge of Weston aforesaid, now of Hillsborough, in the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire. Said Coolidge entered the five months service aforesaid and I recollect perfectly well that he served five months in the same company with me. Said Coolidge was a Sargeant.
Benj. Rand Middlesex ss. Oct. 23 d 1832. Then personally appeared Benjamin Rand and made oath that the affidavit by him above subscribed is true. —
Before me Benj. James Just. of the Peace.
I hereby certify that the above named Benj. Rand is known to me, and that I believe him to be a man of truth. —
Benj. James Just. of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss. Elias Fanny Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the County of Middlesex, do certify that Benjamin James Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Middlesex, and that I believe his name set to the foregoing signature to be his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court the second day of November 1832.
E. Fanny.

Paul Cookage
Supt 8 Mns Pmct 2 10
Alth
$46.66
By Franklin Pierce Esq Hillsborough N H

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Paul Coolidge  Millborough N Hampshire 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? 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? Yes 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? 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?
 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.