Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 21,735, George Dexter, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
962
Dexter, George.
S. 21.735
CONTENTS

32193 Rhode Island 32.193
Resi?
George Dexter
of Providence Co. in the State of R. Island who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Scott of the regt. commanded by Col. Peck in the R. Island line for 7 months
N o 32193
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th day of August, 1844 and sent to Ben. Cornell Providence R.I.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1844 $303:29 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sep. " 11:66
$314:95
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 2, Page 107,

Rhode Island District County of Providence.
On this 16 th day of September A.D. 1834 personally appeared in open Court being the municipal Court of the City of Providence George Dexter of Cumberland in said County aged 73 years on 29 instant who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. He entered the War of the Revolution and served as here in Stated. In answer to the seven Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department he answers and says
To 1 st He was born in Cumberland September 29 th 1761 2 d His birth is not recorded any where as he knows 3 d He lived in Cumberland when he was first called into service & since the War he has always lived in said Town Providence th th except the last four years, he has lived in said Cumberland 8 th He was drafted —

5 He served under Generals Sullivan Col George Peak Captain Aaron Whipple Captain Jeremiah Scott
6 He never received any written discharge
7 James Lapham Rev Leonard Wakefield & Seth Arnold are his witnesses -
And this applicant further declares that as soon as he was sixteen years old he was enrolled as a private in Captain Jeremiah Scotts Company of Militia of said town. The Colonel's name he thinks was Peak. This Company like all the militia had been divided into Companies for service - and he avers that in October 1777. he & eleven others were drafted from said Company to serve as a Guard to a Beacon pole which had been set up upon a hill in said town for the purpose of alarming

The country when any invasions or incursions were made by the enemy who then had possession of Newport. Six of said twelve were on duty all the time night & day and in this manner he served one half of the time until Sullivan's expedition in August 1778. He avers that between October 1777 & August 1778 he served five months at least as a private in the above mentioned And the said George further declares that in Sullivan's expedition aforesaid he was drafted to go to the Island of Rhode Island to drive the enemy from the Island and he avers that he went & served a month as a private in Captain Amos Whipple's Company. This was according to his best recollection in August & September 1778.

And the said George further declares that shortly after this expedition, in October according to his best recollection he was again drafted from said company & put into a Sergeant's Guard to guard the Magazine established in said lumberyard belonging to the United States, & which was under the direction of Major Fiske, and he adds, that he served in this guard one half of the time stated about August 1779 - he declares that between October 1778 & August 1779 he served five months at least. And the said George further declares that in the year 1780 when the French fleet came into Newport harbor according to his best recollection in August he was drafted as a private in Captain Jeremiah Scott's Company & Col George Packer's regiment for a month to go to Newport & he went

and served out his time & was honorably discharged. The said George declares that he served twelve months, in all in actual ser- vice during the War of the Revolution for which he claims a pension - and he hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension except the present & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the United States in any State
George Dester
Municipal Court of the City of Providence September 16. 1834.
Sworn to by George Dester, in open Court.
A. H. Greene Clerk

Revolution
21 735
INVALID.
No. 21,735
George Dexter
Mr. New York
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 105
[Arrangement of 1870.]

for Geo Dwyer

State of Rhode Island &c.
At a Meeting of the Council of War
June 17. 1748.
John Fisk having presented Abstract Pay Accounts for y e Magazine Guano kept in Cumberland by order of General Spencer being duly Considered. Ordered, that y e Bounties only be paid; and y e Auditors having certified that there is due for y e Bounties only £6.08 on one of sd Accounts and also y e sum of £18.12 lawful money on the other. It is Resolved, that sd sum be paid to Squire Fisk out of y e General Treasury y e said John Fisk having given him an order to receive y e same.
True copy of Record - witness
Henry Brown Secy

George Dexter

I Benjamin Lowell of the City & County of Providence do testify & say that I have in my possession several of the old account Books which belonged to Asa Waterman a commissary of stores, stationed at said Providence during the War of the Revolution And I further testify that there are in said Books entries of sundry provisions having been delivered for the use of the "Cumberland Guards" at the following times —
1777 vir
May 31 "General Spencer for the Cumberland Guards"
Aug 24 "Christopher Whipple Sergeant, for Cumberland Guards"
1778 Jan 14. "Thomas Joslin for Cumberland Guards"
April 1 "John Carpenter for Cumberland Guards"
Providence Dec 18, 1843 th B. Lowell

State of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations. §
Providence ss. In Providence, on this present tenth eighteenth day of December, A.D. 1843, personally appeared Benjamin Lowell subscriber to the foregoing deposition, and made oath of the truth of the same, and I do certify that said Benjamin Lowell is a credible witness.
Before me, Gamaliel S. Dnight, Justice of the Peace.
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations.
Providence ss. I, Albert G. Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court the City of Providence in said State, do hereby certify, that Gamaliel S. Dnight, who has signed the foregoing Certificate, is a Justice of the Peace, within the said City of Providence, duly elected.
In Attestation whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have affixed the seal of said Court, this 18 th day of December, A.D. 1843.
Albert G. Greene, Clerk

George Dexter
32.006
R.I.
At 7 June 32
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23.33
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Bup. Council
Providence
R.I.

We Leonard Wakefield a Anggman residing in Smithfield & Seth Arnold also residing in Smithfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with George Dexter who has sub- scribed & sworn to the preceding declaration we believe him to be about 73 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neigh- =hood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & we concur in that opinion the said George has always sustained a good character for truth & veracity in said Town of Cumberland
Leonard Wakefield Seth Arnold
Municipal Court of the City of Providence September No. 1834
Sworn to by Leonard Wakefield & Seth Arnold, in open court.
A. G. Greene Clerk

I James Lapham of Cumberland in the County of Providence & State of Rhode Island being now 72 years of age on oath do testify and say that I am well acquainted with George Dexter of Cumberland an applicant for a pension. I well remember of serving with him in guarding the magazine in said Cumberland as much as five months in the year 1778 and 1779. After this I remember of our serving together in the same company as pickets in 1780 on the Island of Rhode Island. I think when the French fleet came in to Narragansett as much as one month we was in Captain Jeremi- ah Scotts Company and Colo Dicks Regiment. I also remember of being at the Bacon pole in said Cumberland several times I think in 1777 or 78 and recollect of seeing said Dexter on duty guarding the said Bacon pole. I lived within about one mile of the said Bacon pole James Lapham
Providence Septmber 13 AD 1834
Personally appeared before me the above named James Lapham and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed in my presence and further testify that the said James is well known to me and is a credible witness in the premises
George Aldrich Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island County of Providence ss. I, Dexter Randall Clerk of the County of Providence. Pleas with him for said County - being a Justice of Record - do hereby certify that George Hovey 3 rd before whom the within affidavit was sworn to as a true statement of the facts within for the Town of Northfield in said County - and that by Law he is authorized & empowered to administer oaths & take depositions & that the signature affixed to the within certificate is genuine
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Providence the Twelfth day of September A.D. 1834
Dexter Randall Clerk

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 is a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that Leonard Wakefield who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the town of Smithfield, and that Seth Arnold who has also signed said certificate, is a resident in said Smithfield, and is a credible person; and that James Lapham, who has also signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town of Cumberland, & is a credible person: and that their statements are entitled to credit.
I Albert Greene, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Providence do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court, in the matter of the application of George Dexter, for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court. This sixteenth day of September A.D. 1834.
Albert G. Greene Clerk.