Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10,547, Oliver Damon, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Damon Oliver
NUMBER
S 10547
carded.
CONTENTS

2368
New Hampshire Oliver Darron
of New Hampshire in the State of N H who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt commanded by Col Brewer in the N H line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of N H at the rate of 20 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Nov 1832 and sent to Levi Rambelain Fitzwilliam N H
Bears to 14th of Sept 1832 $ 39.99 Pension allowance ending 21 Mar 13.33
$ 53.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J H B Blair Clerk, Book D. Vol. 1 st Page 550.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 11 th April 1838 from 4 th Sept 1837 to the 7 th Nov 1837 the day of his death. Cpt Notified 18 Oct 1839.
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832. State of New Hampshire, County of Cheshire } In this twenty first day of August 1832. personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in our sitting
Oliver Darnon, a resident of Fitzwilliam in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged seventy four 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 was born in Sudbury Massachusetts August 4. 1758. That he has not record of his birth except one which he made many years since in his family bible. That he lived in said Sudbury until the year 1780 or 1781, - when he removed to said Fitzwilliam where he has ever since resided
That on the twelfth day of July 1775, this deponent, then living in Sudbury enlisted into the United States Service as a private in the "Eight months Service" into the Company commanded by Capt Thaddeus Russell of Sudbury. Abraham Tuckerman Lieutenant & Nathaniel Reeves Ensign. The Regiment was commanded by Colonel Bremer of Waltham. and I think was in Brigade. Immediately on his enlist- ment he went to Cambridge & joined the Company & remained in the service in

said Company at their Station on "Prospect Hill, till the last of December 1775. when his term of enlistment expired and he was dismissed and returned to his residence in Sudbury. That he has been furnished by Samuel Russell of said Sudbury, a Deacon and heir of Capt. Russell with a list of the Officers and privates of said Company, which so far as this deponent's memory is correct, and which this deponent believes to be in the hand writing of Ensign Peene, and who has been dead a number of years. That he has not been able to find any members of said Company whose recollection is sufficient to enable him to make out to this deponent's service. The Roll of Captain Russell Company above referred to is herewith transmitted.
In the year 1776. in the month of July or August as this deponent believes orders came for a detachment for a company in the United States Service, to be taken from the towns of Sudbury Marlborough and Stow. Amasa Danson of Marlborough was Captain. Sargent of Stow. Lieutenants Nathan Smith of Sudbury. Second Lieutenants in Ensign. The quota for Sudbury in part was seven men. This deponent, together with Abraham Dudley, Joseph Dudley, Joel Rice, Nathan Rice, Daniel Rice & Joseph Underwood all of said last named vol. united for said service. The term of service for which this deponent was engaged was three months. The company was soon after mustered, and marched thro' Worcester Mansfield, New Haven to Fairfield Connecticut.

where we drew our ammunition. The company then proceeded westward into the state of New York, and joined the American army in the neighbourhood of Kings Bridge and White Plains, on the fore part of September 1778. The Regiment to which said Company was attached was commanded by Colonel Brooks, in General Lincoln's Brigade. This Deponent remained in the service in said Company until it was dismissed in the latter part of November in that year. The battle at White Plains occurred in this service and the Company to which this Deponent belonged was engaged in that battle. This Deponent was at that time acting as a waiter to Lieut. Pruitt, and was not in the engagement, but was within the hearing of the guns. on the On the fourth day after the engagement, this Deponent was on the ground and saw sixteen of those who had been killed taken out of the pits where they had been thrown, and stripped of their clothing, and then thrown back into the pits.
This Deponent never received any discharge in writing from either of the aforesaid services and that he has no documentary evidence in relation thereto. 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.
Oliver Darrow
Sworn to and subscribed the day aforesaid
S. Hale Clerk

We John Sabin a clergyman, residing in Fitzwilliam New Hampshire, and Levi Chamberlain residing in the same Fitzwilliam hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Darrow who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; That we believe him to be seventy four years of age; That he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
John Sabin
Levi Chamberlain
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
S. Hale Clerk
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the interrog- atories 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 to the appreciation of them that John Sabin who has signed the pro- ceeding certificate is a clergyman resident in Fitzwilliam and that Levi Chamberlain who has also signed the same is a resident in said town, is a credible per- son, and that their statement is entitled to credit
I Salma Hale clerk of said Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the ap- plication of Oliver Darrow for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand and the seal of said Court this 29 th day of August A.D. 1832
S. Hale Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Octobr 2, 1839,
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The children of Oliver Damon, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Concord, N.H. Agency, at the rate of Twenty six Dollars and Sixty six Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837, to the 7 th Nov. 1838, the day of his death.
Respectfully, yours,
William B. Parris Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

9040
Oliver Damon
Pinal
N.E.
8 Months
1 month
$26.66
Levi Chamberlain
Fitzwilliam
NH

9046
BRIEF in the case of  Oliver Damon of Fitzwilliam of Cheshire Co in the State of New Hampshire  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? afault  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? —  3. How old is he? 74  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.     12 July 75 - last of Dec 75 — 5 — Private Genl. Rufus Lusk Lieut. Brewer   Dec 76 to Nov 77 — 3 — " Capt. Branton Lieut. Brooks  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ladbury Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  a living witness - & in old rolls  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  — 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.

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File No. 10,547
Oliver Damm
Briv. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. a , Page 91
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Application 9046 is Oliver Daman Fitzwilliam N.H.

Marlborough County of Middlesex Commonwealth of Massachusetts 17 th July 1832
This may certify to whom it may concern that I the Subscriber Edward Wilkins of Marlborough in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts yeoman do testify and say that I served as a soldier in the fall of the year One Thousand Seven hundred and seventy six in Col. Brack's Regiment and Capt. Amasa Granston, Company, three Months in the State of New York and I do testify and say that Deacon Oliver Dameron then of Sudbury in said County of Middlesex and Now Fitzwilliam in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire did also serve as a soldier the same length of time, and in the same Regiment, and in the same Company and at the same place which is above stated which Company was in the Battle at the White Plains said Regiment belonged to the Militia from Massachusetts
Edward Wilkins
Marlborough Middlesex 17 th July 1832
Then the above named Edward Wilkins personally appeared and made solemn Oath to the above testimony by him subscribed to be true in all its parts.
before me Jacob Granston Justice of Peace

Marlborough 17th July 1832
This may certify that we the Subscribers hereby considered the within named Edward Wilkins as a man of strict truth and veracity Joel Cranston Jedediah Wood
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex: ss. I Elias Thimney, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County of Middlesex, do certify, that Joel Cranston is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County, and his name set to the within Certificate, is his own proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this tenth day of August. D. 1832.
E. Thimney.
Edward Wilkins Esq. Marlborough

9046 Oliver Damon
Levi Chamberlain Fitzwilliam
NA

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative in red ink, will apply to the claim of Oliver Damm 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? [Signature] 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?
[Handwritten line]
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?
[Handwritten line]
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? And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
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 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 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.

Oliver Damon S. File 105-47
A pay roll of Capt. Thaddeus Russell's co. Col. Brewer's Regt. signed by said officers, dated Camp at Prospect Hill, Oct. 23-1775, has been removed from this case to be transferred to the War Dept.
V.L.M. Nov. 27, 1905.
Sent to War Dept.
1 Jany. 16, 1913. 1