Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,091, Silas Cobb, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cobb, Silas
S. 29,091
CONTENTS

15. 103
Massachusetts Silas Cobb
of Worcester in the State of Massa who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Cobb of the Regt. commanded by Col. Walker in the Mass line for 2 Mths. 14 days 14 Mths 2 days Capt 3 " 15 " Private
82 Nov. 10
Inscribed on the Roll of at the rate of 382 Dollars 97 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of May 1833 and sent to Abijah Bigelow  Worcester  Mass.
Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 1833 $765.94 Semest. allowance ending 4 Sept. 191. 18
$957.42
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. W. Clapp Clerk, Book E Vol. 2 Page 11

(Two) I Isaac Basset now residing in Barre in the County of Worcester and Common- wealth of Massachusetts, of lawful age do testify and declare that I formerly lived in the town of Norton in the County of Bristol that I went into service as a private soldier in the Company of Capt Silas Cobb, then of said Norton now of Barre and served in said Company under the command of said Silas Cobb from April 1775 to January 1776, and Capt Silas Cobb, was there doing duty all this time. This service was performed in the town of Roxbury in the State of Massachusetts. - Isaac Basset
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss
On the ninth day of August 1832 Personally appeared Isaac Basset the signer of the above affidavit and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me.
Solomon Strong, Judge C. C. Pleas.

(Three)
Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7. 1832.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester County ss.
On this ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred thirty two, personally appeared before me, Solomon Strong, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, of the Commonwealth aforesaid, Silas Cobb, resident in Barre, in the said County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but formerly of Norton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth aforesaid, Esquire, aged eighty eight years the fifteenth day of September last, 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 entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
First. As a Captain of a foot Company, in the Regiment of Foot, whereof Timothy Walker, Esquire, was Colonel, which Regiment was raised by "The Congress of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay" for the defence of the said Colony, that he commenced said service the latter part of May A. D. 1775 and served as such Captain until the latter part of January or first of February A. D. 1776 at Roxbury in said Commonwealth to which place he went from said Norton, through Easton, Hough-ton, Milton & Dorchester, being a period of eight months and some days.
Second. That he again entered the service of the United States as Captain of a Company raised by said Colony

as a temporary reinforcement to the American Army, on or about the first day of February A. D. 1776 in the Regiment whereof Jacob French was Colonel, and served as such until April A. D. 1776 a period of two months, at Dorchester in said Commonwealth, to which place he went from said Norton, through Easton, Ploughman and Milton.
That he again entered the service of the United States as Captain of a company, in the Regiment whereof Danforth Keyes was Colonel, raised by the State of the Massachusetts Bay - that he commenced said service the latter part of June A. D. 1777 and served until the first of January A. D. 1778 at Tiverton, in Rhode Island, and Slades Ferry, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to which places he went through Taunton, Dighton & Swansea, and served a period of six months.
In addition to the above services he was out as a volunteer private, about two months, in the State of New York from September A. D. 1776 to November A. D. 1776 under Elisha May as Captain and Thomas Carpenter as Colonel, went through Attleborough, Providence and New Haven. Also went as a volunteer private to Rhode Island, in case of an alarm, in December A. D. 1776 & returned in February A. D. 1777.
He also went as a major under Isaac Deane, Colonel, to Freetown, in Massachusetts, in case of an alarm, & was out two or three months, this was he thinks, in the year 1780, in the fall of that year. These volunteer services he has mentioned, as these, with the three first periods of service above mentioned, embrace the whole of his services in the militia, during the Revolutionary War, but he relies on the three first mentioned periods of service as the foundation of his claim to a pension. When he entered the services above mentioned, he resided in said Norton, where he has ever since resided, until he

ent to said Barre about three years ago, where he has since lived with his son Edmund Cobb.
His commissions as Captain, and as Major, he now has, & will forward the same with this declaration to the War Department. I was born in the town of Norton in the County of Bristol on the 15th September 1743. My birth is recorded in my family Bible, and on the town records of the town of Norton.
The names of some of the regular officers who served with me are those whose names I have already mentioned. The persons to whom I am known in my present neighbourhood, and who can testify to my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the revolution are Rev. James Thompson, Nathaniel Houghton, Seth Lee Esq. Deacon James Goss of said Barre.
He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any State. I have no documentary evidence except the commissions of record, and I cannot procure witnesses of my services except at Roxbury.
Silas Cobb
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Morrissey County ss. To the subscribers a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the same being a Court of Record, having a Clerk, and seal do hereby certify that, on the 9th day of August 1832, I proceeded to the dwelling house of the above named Silas Cobb in the town of Barre to take his examination for the purpose of procuring a pension. The said Silas Cobb, from old age, and bodily infirmity is not able to attend Court. The said Silas Cobb signed the above declaration in my presence, and made solemn oath to the truth of the same, before me: And I do hereby declare my opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And I do further certify, that it appears to me that James Thompson, who has signed the certificate on the outside, as a clergyman resident in said town of Barre; and that Nathaniel Houghton who has also signed the same is a resident in said town of Barre, and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Solomon Strong, Judge C.C. Pleas.

We James Thompson a clergyman residing in the County of Barre and Nathaniel Houghton Esquire residing in the town hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Silas Cobb, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty eight years of age: that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution; and that we concur in that opinion.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. James Thompson Worcester County ss. August 9. 1832. Personally appeared Nathaniel Houghton the signers James Thompson and Nathaniel Houghton the signers of the within above certificate and made solemn oath to the truth of the same, before me. Solomon Strong Judge C.C. Pleas.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of said Commonwealth, for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the Honorable Solomon Strong Esquire, is one of the Justices of said Court, that his signature to the above certificate, his signature to the within certificate in the matter of Silas Cobb, applicant for a Pension, and also his certificate, on the paper hereto annexed, of the oath by him administered to Isaac Buffum, are all in his own proper hand writing. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the Seal of said Court, this tenth day of September. A. D. 1832. Abijah Bigelow (Clerk).

(one) Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester. Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said county of Worcester, Silas Cobb, of Barre, in said county, who, being duly sworn, deponeth 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.
1. For eight months and eleven days, as captain, to wit, from the twentieth day of May 1775. to the first day of February 1776. This being my first period of service as mentioned in my original declaration made before Solomon Strong Esquire on the ninth of August 1832. to which original declaration this is annexed. 2. For one month and twenty one days, as captain, to wit, from February 7 th 1776. to April 1 st 1776. as stated in my original declaration above referred to. 3. For six months, as captain, to wit, from the thirteenth of June 1777. to the first of January 1778. as stated in my said original declaration. 4. For a period of two months, in the State of New York, as a volunteer private in the months of September, October and November 1776. as is also stated in my said original declaration. 5. For a period of one month and fifteen days as a volunteer private in the State of Rhode Island in the months of December 1776. and January and February 1777. above The service in New York, as a volunteer private, was under Elisha May, as captain, and Thomas Carpenter, colonel, and I went to New York through Attleborough, Providence and New Haven.
The service as volunteer private in Rhode Island, above stated, was in case of an alarm, and I volunteered under George Godfrey, Brigadier General. I did not mention these last particulars in my original

declaration, as the periods of service were short, and as I relied for my pension for my services as a Captain for the periods above mentioned, but if any thing in addition can be allowed for these volunteer services, it will be very acceptable in my old age.
6. For a period of two months, at least, as Major. This service was volunteered in case of an alarm. The precise time of the service I cannot recollect, but think it was in the fall of 1780. or winter of 1780. and 1781. The above is as accurate a statement as I am able to make of the periods and times of my services in the Revolutionary war in addition to, and in explanation of my original statement and declaration.
Isaac Cobb
Worcester County ss. On this day personally appeared Silas Cobb known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing declaration, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
Nathaniel Houghton
Judge of the Peace
I hereby certify, that full faith and credit is to be given, to the deposition of Isaac Basset, which is in the application of said Cobb, for a pension - as he is a person of truth & veracity -
Nathaniel Houghton for Isaac
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, clerk of the Judicial courts, holden within and for the county of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Nathaniel Houghton Esquire, before whom the above declaration, or

additional statement was made and sworn to, is a justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Worcester, and that his signature to the certificate of the oath administered to the said Silas Cobb, and also his certificate of the credibility of Isaac Basset (whose deposition accompanied the original declaration of said Cobb) for truth and veracity, are both in his own proper hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal, of said County, this second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

Silas Cobb Map
Major 2 Months Capt 16. 8 o 2 days Private 3. 15 days
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March 22
889
P. 311
$382.97 paid
Hijah Bigelow Wacouta Map

BREIEE in the case of  Silas Cobb  county of Worcester  in the State of Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? before a Judge  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? yes  3. How old is he? 80.  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.     May In 1775 8 8 22 22 Captain Colo. Washburn   Feby 1776 1 21 " Colo. French   June 1777 6 " Colo. Hays   Volunteer 1776 about 2 3 Private Capt May Colo. Carpenter   Dec. 1776 to Feby 1777 volunteer to 1 Rhode Is 13 " Colo. Dean   Re volunteer 1778 about 2 Months Major  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Town of Norton Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional one living Witness - and documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?  Greatly of the living witness is not Certificate - nor are the different forms of service exactly descriptive - the papers are not attached sequentially to the regulations. 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George D. Latch
Examining Clerk.

29091 Rev  INVALID.
File No. 29,091
Silas Cobb
Capt Rev M.W.
Act: June 7 th 89 th
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 81
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcester ss. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of said Commonwealth, for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the following described papers, belong to the case of Silas Cobb, Applicant for a Pension, to wit, his additional statement and declaration, sworn to before Nathaniel Houghton Esquire, with said Houghton's certificate thereof, and also said Houghton's certificate respecting the character of Isaac Basset, for truth and veracity, and my certificate that said Houghton is a Justice of the Peace &c. which paper is marked (one) the deposition of Isaac Basset, sworn to before the Hon. Solomon Strong, a Judge of said Court of Common Pleas, with said Strong's certificate thereof, marked (two) the original declaration of said Silas Cobb, sworn to before said Strong, August 9 th 1832. with the said Strong's certificate of the oath by him administered to said Cobb, the reason thereof, and his opinion concerning the same, and also respecting James Thompson and Nathaniel Houghton, whose affidavit, sworn to before said Strong, with his certificate thereof, are on said paper, together with my certificate of the official character of said Strong, marked (three) and four original commissions of said Cobb, marked (4) (5) (6) (7). And I further certify that I have this day attached this certificate to said papers.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of said Court of Common Pleas, this third day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty three.
Abijah Bigelow, Clerk.

(5.)
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay
New-England,
To Silas Cobb Esquire
Gree
YOU being appointed Second Major of the First Regiment of Militia in the County of Bristol whereof Isaac Dean Esquire is Colonel.
I Bowdoin Isaac Preble Thomas Cushing W. Spooner
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing Special and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct,) Commission you as follows. — You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Major in leading, ordering and exercising said Regiment, in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are commanded to obey you as their Second Major and you are yourself, to read and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Major Part of the Council or your Superior Officers.
B White Benjamin Russell Daniel D. Russell N. Cushing
GIVEN under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the fourteenth Day of September in the Year of our LORD,
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.
John Avery Secy
Genl. Pitts Sam Niles Joseph Simpson Aaron Wood C. Strong Hon. Chase Thomas Linnée
Bristol ss. 14th day December A.D. 1775 Then the above named Major Silas Cobb and took the Oath by Law required to be taken to the united States of America as mentioned in the Oath prescribed by the State of Massachusetts Oath of Office required by said State
Before Isaac Dean

(5.)
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in
New-England, To Silas Cobb Esquire Greeting.
YOU being appointed Second Major of the Fourth Regiment of Militia in the County of Bristol whereof Isaac Dean Esquire is Colonel.
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Second Major in leading, ordering and exercising said Regiment, in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Second Major and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Major Part of the Council or your Superior Officers.
GIVEN under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the Fourteenth Day of September in the Year of our LORD, 1780.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.
Jehiel Asery Dlr
Bristol ss th day December A. D, 1780 Then the above Named Major Silas Cobb personally Appeared and took the Oath by Law required to be true allegiance to the united States of America as Mentioned in the form of Oath prescribed by the State of Massachusetts, and likewise the Oath of Office required by said State
Before Isaac Dean Col o .

(4)
THE CONGRESS OF THE COLONY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY.
To Col Silas Cobb
GREETING.
WE, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Courage and good Conduct, Do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you the said Silas Cobb to be Captain of the  Foot Company in the Regiment of Foot Whereof Timothy Walker Esq is Col l raised by the Congress aforesaid, for the Defence of said Colony.
You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Captain in leading, ordering, and exercising the said Company in Arms, both inferior Officers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline ; and they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain , and you are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall, from Time to Time, receive from the General and Commander in Chief of the Forces raised in the Colony aforesaid, for the Defence of the same, or any other your superior Officers, according to military Rules and Discipline in War, in Pursuance of the Trust reposed in you.
By Order of the Congress,
John Warren President P. T. A. D. 1775.
, the 19 th of May Sam l Freeman Secretary P. T.

Suffolk ss. Dorchester 28 th May 1776 then personally appeared Mr Silas Cobb and took the oath appointed by Congress to be taken by the officers of the Massachusetts army
Before me W m Holden Jur d Peace
Silas Cobb Mass 829091

(7)
STATE of the Massachusetts-Bay. }
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England.
To Silas Cobb Esq. ~
Greeting.
YOU being appointed Captain of a Company raised by this State to serve till the first Day of January next in the Regiment whereof Saml. Hays is Colonel
By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly. —You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Captain in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline: And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from your superior Officers.
G I V E N under our Hands, and the Seal of the said State, at Boston the Twenty-Eight Day of June in the Year of our Lord, 1777.
By the Command of the } Major-Part of the Council. }
John Avery Deputy
Jeri: Powell A. Ward W. Spooner Jedidiah Preble Thurber Palmer John Whetcomb Eben Fisher Moses Gill Benjamin D. Gardner D. Hopkins Saml. Danforth N. Cutting Samuel D. ... ...

Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay.
The Major Part of the COUNCIL of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England,
To Silas Cobb — Gentleman Greeting.
YOU being appointed first Captain of a Company raised by this Colony as temporary Reinforcement to the American Army until the 1st of April next, whereof Jacob French Esq. is Colonel By Virtue of the Power vested in us, WE do by these Presents, (reposing special Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage, and good Conduct,) Commission you accordingly.—You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of a Captain in leading, ordering, and exercising said Company in Arms, both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Order and Discipline:—And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain and you are yourself, to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from Time to Time receive from your Superior Officers
GIVEN under our Hands and the Seal of the said Colony, at Watertown the fifth Day of February in the Sixteenth Year of the Reign of his Majesty King George the Third, Anno Domini, 1776.
By the Command of the Major Part of the Council.
Sever Morton Clerk
W. Evers O. Greenleaf W. Spooner Winthrop James Phipps J. G. L. Linton S. Taylor Salmon Lincoln M. Harvey S. Hottin Moses Gill John Wheatland Jabez Fisher