Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29235, Joseph Howland, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Howland, Joseph
S. 29235
CONTENTS

15070
Massachusetts
Joseph Howland
of Berkshire in the State of Massa who was a Private in the Comp. commanded by Captain Bolles of the Regt. commanded by Col Bigelow in the Massa line for 6 months
Cont
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d day of May 1833 and sent to H. W. Bishop  Lenox Mass.
Arrears to the 14th of March 1834 40. 00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept. 10. 00
$ 50. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
N. L. A. Clerk
Recorded by Book E
Vol. 2 C. Page 32
72 Pension

18920 Joseph Howland Major
mentioned.
Joseph Howland
Criminal Clerk.
He (Clerk) said that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above.
4. Are the papers defective as to form or subscription, and if so, in what respect?
incidental evidence, or by the rolls;
5. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documents, or by traditional evidence, or by
6. Where did he state when he left the service?
7. In what position?
in Role of Col. Buel's Regt for 6 months
Private 6 Months
Alma
H. M. Bishop Leno 18920
   Role Duration of Service Regt. Name of General and Officers  
4. State his service as described in the form annexed.

BRIEF in the case of Joseph Howland co of Derbyshire in the State of Mass (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? of course  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 70  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.     21 st June. In 1780. drafted 6 15. private forgotten all but Col Dighton   1784. substitute about. 2 - " Col Dotts Major Sumner  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Derbyshire Mass  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional & living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
The precise length of service is not given in the last two — the witnesses are not certified as credible
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Payson
Examining Clerk.

13920 Joseph Howland Joseph Howland Pittsfield Me Application for Pension Apr. 25 1832

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this twenty fifth day of September A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting,
Joseph Howland a resident of the town of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged Seventy 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 entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
That he was Born at Barnstable in the County of Barnstable in Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 29 th day of January AD 1762, That he resided there until the Month of April 1774 when he removed to Lenox in the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts where he resided (excepting the time he was absent in the Service of the United States) until the Month of February 1788 when he removed to the Town of Powney in the County of Rutland & State of Vermont where he resided until February 1796, when he removed to Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire aforesaid where he has ever since resided & now resides. That on the Twenty fourth day of June AD 1780 he was Drafted at said Lenox into the Service of the United States for the Term of Six Months, That he was Marched to Great Barrington in said County of Berkshire, and there Inspect- & Mustered ed, by one Wheeler, he was then Marched to West Point, where he joined

Col. Bigelows Regiment & Genl Glouster's Brigade — he does not recollect the names of the Captain, Lieutenant or Ensign but the Orderly Sergeants name was Bancroft — In the Month of July he Marched & crossed the River to Peekskill & in a short time again  then crossed the North River and Joined the main Army under Genl Washington as near as he can recollect at Orange he stood Centinel one night to guard Majr Andre a few days before he was hung. — he was on duty near by when said Andre was executed. — after this he was Marched from time to time, or sent off on duty — till the Army returned to West Point for Winter Quarters where he was discharged about the 9 th of January A.D 1781. Having performed Service as a Soldier at this time about 15. days over six months — he was in the Month of December  then 1780 ordered by Col. Bigelow — with another Soldier by the name of Linch into the Country to procure horses for said Bigelow to return home, which was the cause of his not being discharged at the expiration of 6. months
In the Month of February 1784. he entered the Continental Service of the United States in the City of New York as a Substitute for one Joel Northrup in the Company Com- manded by Capt. Bolles. The Majors name he thinks was Sumner, that he continued in said Company as a Substitute for said Northrup at N. York about two months, when he was dismissed, that he had no written discharge excepting the one in January 1781 which is lost — that during said two months he answered to the name of Joel Northrup

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
Joseph Howland
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
We Robert Green a Clergyman, residing in the Town of Pittsfield in B. County of Berkshire and Reuben Brooks residing in Pittsfield — hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Howland who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be — 70 — 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.
Robert Green Reuben Brooks
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
W. P. Walker J. 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 above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Robert Green who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman, resident in the town of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and that Reuben Brooks who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Probate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the County of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Joseph Howland for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this twenty fifth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
Henry W. Bishop - Register of Probate

I Asahel Landers of Lenox in the County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachu- setts. of lawful age. Do testify & say. that in the year 1780. I was an inhabitant of said Lenox & was well acquainted with Joseph Howland who then resided in said Lenox. & that I saw said Howland some time in the latter part of June or the first of July of said year 1780. with several others in the Continental Army who had enlisted or drafted for the term of six months. among whom was my Brother Joseph Landers. march from said Lenox with the intention as I then understood. of joining the Army at West Point. That I then understood that the said Howland had enlisted for the term of six months. Said Howland was absent about six months & I saw him. when he returned. which I think was in January 1781. - My said Brother returned also at the same time. At the time of said Howland's enlistment as aforesaid I was about sixteen years of age.
And the said Asahel Landers do further say that in the month of February 1784. I was a Soldier in the Continental Army & belong- ed to Capt. Bolles Company which Company was then stationed in New York. & that in said month of February 1784. the said Joseph Howland became a member of said Company as a Substitute for one Forl Northrup of said Lenox & that said Howland continued a member of said Company & remained with said Company in New York about two months.
Asahel Landers Berkshire ss. Lenox September 19. th 1832. Then
(over)

the said Asahel Landers made oath that the above foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true -
Before me George J. Dyer Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Pittsfield
That Sedgwick a Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court being a Clerk of Record in the County of Pittsfield, do hereby Certify that George J. Dyer Esq. before whom the foregoing & following Depositions, were executed is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Pittsfield & that his name thereto subscribed is his true & proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Lenox this 19 th day of September A.D. 1832.
Chas. Sedgwick Clerk

I Ezra Markham of Great Barrington in the County of Berkshire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts sett. aged of lawful age do testify & say, that sometime in the month of July 1780 I think the fore part of said month I passed muster at said Great Barrington before one Wheeler, who was a Continental muster master, having enlisted in the continental army for the term of six months, & that at that time I saw Joseph Hornland then of Lenox in said County among the Soldiers, that said Hornland marched with me to West Point & was a Member of the same Company with me, & belonged to the same Mass. the said Company to which we belonged was attached to Col. Bigelow's Regiment of I know that said Hornland remained a Member of said Company until about six weeks before the expiration of said term of enlistment, when I was detached from said Company & went on duty to White Plains, & returned to Wt. Point on the 9th of January 1781, when said Hornland was absent. At the time of my said enlistment I was in the twentieth year of my age.
Ezra Markham
Berkshire ss. Lenox September 19. 1832. Then the said Ezra Markham made oath to the truth of the above disposition by him subscribed —
Before me George F. Dyer Justice of the Peace

29 235 Very INVALID.
File No. 29 235-
Joseph Howland Rev. Mass
Act: June 7 th 33
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 198
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire ss
I hereby Certify that I have been intimately acquainted with Mr Joseph Howland of Pittsfield in said County for for more than thirty years that his reputation has always been that of a Man of strict integrity and whose statements are entitled to the fullest credit. - Pittsfield September, 25 th AD 1832
Joshua Danforth
I concur, cheerfully, in the above statement of Col. Joshua Danforth, having, also, been personally acquainted with Mr. Joseph Howland for more than thirty years.
Phinehas Allen.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss I. the undersigned of the County of Probate within & for said County do hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named Joshua Danforth & Phinehas Allen Esquires that they are credible persons & their statement entitled to full credit.
W. P. Walcutt J. Probate