Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 30318, John Carver, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Carver, John.
S 30318
CONTENTS

10982  Massachusetts
John Carver of Bristol in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Randall of the Regt. commanded by Col Marshall in the Mass were for 7 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 23 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of May  1831 and Supt. A. Babitt  DAUNTON  Massachusetts Arrears to the 14th of March 1831 $ 41.16 Pension, allowance ending 4 Sept.,  17.17
$58.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. H. G. G. G. Clerk. Book C Vol. 2 Page 11
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Massachusetts
John Carver
of Bristol in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Randall of the Regt. commanded by Col Marshall in the Mass line for 7 months
84 Bristol
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 23 - Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of May 1833 and Supt. A. Babitt Taunton Massachusetts Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $41.66 Semest. allowance ending 4 Sept., 11.67 $53.33
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. Addison Clerk, Book C Vol. 2 nd Page 11

John Curver
G. L. 4837

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, BRISTOL, ss.
At a COURT OF PROBATE holden at Taunton in and for said County on the twenty eighth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, before the Honorable HODIJAH BAYLIES, Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared John Carver a resident of Norton in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged eighty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration.
That he entered the service of the united States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated, to wit, in Captain Matthew Randall Company and in Col. John Marshall Regiment and our Lieutenant Col was Jeremiah Bradford and the Major was Jonathan Carver and I will state further particulars of my service in my answer to the 5 interrogatories. and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. That he was born in Middleborough in the County of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and forty nine .
May 28.
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it? I have no record, except what I have made myself from the account I had from my parents.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? I was living in Raynham in Bristol County when I enlisted into the first Campaign, & in Bridgewater in Plymouth County when I was drafted in the second Campaign, since the war I have lived in Raynham & Norton - I now live in Norton .
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom? I was drafted the second Campaign of one month, the first Campaign of six months, I was a volunteer: and was never a substitute.
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
In the year 1776 I donot exactly recollect the day but it was in the warm part of the year I volunteered as a waiter to Major Jonathan Carver from the company of Captain Matthew Randall into which I had then just enlisted, & marched to Castle Island (as it was then called) near Boston , and we were then placed in a Regiment commanded by Col. John Marshall and there I served as a waiter one Campaign of six months and after the expiration of said six months which was the time for which I had enlisted I received a verbal discharge from my Captain and Major, and I refer to the affidavit of John Gilmore to prove this Campaign.
month 6
I am not  not quite certain as to the time but believe it was in the year 1777 that I was drafted from the Town of Bridgewater in Plymouth County and placed in a company commanded by Capt. John Ames and from thence marched to Providence over

in the State of Rhode Island I served one campaign of one month and the Lieutenants in said Ames company in which I served were Jesse Howard & Daniel Hazard, this campaign was short, and I do not recollect any of the field officers at that place while I was there, I cannot prove this my second campaign by any living witness that is near and I have no documentary evidence & must depend upon my own statement as it is confirmed by the Rev. Pitt Clarke and, Col. Leonard - , as no vessel of the enemy ever attempted to pass by the castle while I was stationed there we had no fighting neither was there any engagement while I was at Providence but our company was placed there to guard the Town, our troops as I understood at both campaigns were called militia or State Troops of Massachusetts - , I received a verbal discharge from my Captain at the end of my second campaign. I do not recollect any other of the field officers in the Troops with which I served more than what I have already named.

6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if a Soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? I was a waiter to my Father Major Jonathan Carver: & a private Soldier, and never had any written discharge at any time.
7. State the names of the 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. I refer to the Rev. Pitt Clarke and Cromwell Leonard Esq -
And the said John Carver — doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of  John Carver
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
H. Baylies , Judge of Probate.
WE Pitt Clarke — residing in Norton and Cromwell Leonard — residing in the same Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Carver — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about Eighty Three years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Pitt Clarke Cromwell Leonard
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
H. Baylies , Judge of Probate.
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 abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Pitt Clarke who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Norton — in said County of Bristol, and that Cromwell Leonard — who has also signed the same is a resident in said town, and is a credible person, and that their — statement is entitled to credit.
H. Baylies , Judge of Probate.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, BRISTOL ss.
I Anselm Bassett — Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Carver — of Norton — in said County, for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
Anselm Bassett

John Warner
N o 41837
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May 12 1833
Page 200.
Wm. L. Hodge
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BRIEF in the case of  John Sawyer of the County of Bristol in the State of Mass.  (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? 83 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.     In 1796 — 6 — Volunt. Col. Marshall, Capt. Randall   '97 — 1 — drafted Capt. John Ames  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Raynham & Bridgewater  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Deposition  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.
Levin Bell Examining Clerk.

30318 INVALID. Rev
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John Garver His Rev Mrs
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 4837 John Garver
Private ymonth adm
A Bapitt Manton Mass

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
John Sawyer
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? 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 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? no Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? no
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 in one no in one
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 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.
XIV. Supplied
XV. Affidavit of Robert Forbes Added

I John Gilmore of Raynham in the County of Bristol & State of Massachusetts being Seventy Three years of age do hereby testify & say that I have been well acquainted with John Currier who is now a resident of Norton, for a great number of years, and that he enlisted into a company in the army of the American Revolution which was commanded by Matthew Randall & in Col. Marshall Regiment and soon after his enlistment he volunteered as a waiter to Major Jonathan Currier of said Regiment & it was in the year 1776, I served in said Randall company & Regiment at the same campaign which continued six months & he the said Currier belonged to said Raynham when he entered the service & we were stationed at (Castle Island as it was then called) near Boston.
Dated at this 27 th day of August 1832 John Gilmore
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol } ss, Before me one of the Justices County } of the Peace within & for the County of Bristol personally appeared John Gilmore & made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just & true in all its parts - In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name & quality this 27 day of August A 1832 Crom: Leonard - Justice of Peace

Bristol ss January 23 rd 1833 I certify that John Gilmore who signed the within affidavit is in my opinion a disinterested & credible witness. Correct Leonard Justice
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I Anselm Barrett Register of the Court of Probate in for said County do hereby certify that Cornwall Tisdale whose signature is to the within and above certificate is a Justice of the Peace within for said County of Bristol and duly qualified to administer oaths. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twelfth day of April, Eighteen hundred and thirty three.
Anselm Barrett

I Robert Hobes of Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth and state of Massachusetts, being seventy nine years of age, do hereby testify and say, I have been well acquainted with John Leavitt who is now a resident of Norton, in the County of Bristol, for a great number of years, he was drafted a soldier in the American Revolution and served one campaign in Providence in the state of Rhode Island, for the term of three weeks or four weeks (which I am not positive) the general officers names I do not positively recollect, but he served in the Company commanded by Capt. John Ames, the Lieutenants names were Jesse Howard and Daniel Howard. I served in said Ames. Company at the same time, and at the end of the campaign we received a verbal discharge. I do not positively recollect the year of this campaign, but I think it was in the year 1777 or 1778.
Dated at Bridgewater this 9 day of March 1839.
Robert Hobes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Plymouth ss. March. 9 th 1839.
Then personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the justices of the peace for the County of Plymouth the above named Robert Hobes, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed, is just and true in all its parts. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and title.
Caleb H. Leonard - Justice of the Peace
Plymouth ss. March. 9 th 1839
There may certify that I have been acquainted with Robert Hobes who signed the above affidavit for more than forty years, and in my opinion he is a credible disinterested witness.
Caleb H. Leonard, Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth Ys. I Jacob H. Lord Register of Probate for the County of Plymouth do hereby certify that Caleb T. Leonard Esq before whom the within affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for said County & that the within signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office this ninth day of April A.D. 1833.
Jacob H. Lord