Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,875, Noah Howes, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Howes, Noah
S 18875
CONTENTS
Carded.

27369  Massachusetts  Noah Howes
grown up in the State of — Mass Was a midshipman — in the — Comp y — commanded by Captain Grocher — of the Brig t — commanded by Capt. Sparkhawk in the — Mass time for 3 Months and 15 days mid 5. " 19 days Sifer
Enscribed on the Roll of — Mass the rate of 32. Dollars 71 Cents per annum commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of April 1834 and sent to Hon. John Reed H of Representatives
Arrears to the 4th of March 1834 $ 98. 13 Semi-ant. allowance ending Sep r 4 " . . 16. 35 $114. 48
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk Book C Vol. 2 Page 36
74 Barnstable

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Noah Haines. Yarmouth Dennis.
Private 3 mrs 15 day Lifer 2 " 19 " Admitted Capt Crocker to Sparhawk
For J. Reed LFB
Thomas Haines Noah Haines

This may certify that Mr Noah Howes was born in the East precinct of Yarmouth now Dennis the 31 st day of August AD 1860 according to the first book of record of the Town of Dennis
Dennis August 20 th 1882
Attest Nehemiah Baker } Town Clerk of Dennis

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Barnstable ss. On this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Sessions now sitting at Yarmouth in and for said County, Barnstable  Deacon  Homes a resident of Dennis in said County, aged seventy two 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 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at that part of said Yarmouth which was set off & is now known as the town of Dennis on the eleventh day of August A. D. 1760, and that there is a record of his birth in said Dennis ; that he was in the United States service from the first day of August A. D. 1776, to the fifteenth day of December A. D. 1776 as a Private in the Militia of Massachusetts : that he was residing at said Yarmouth (which had not then been divided) when he entered the service; that he enlisted for the remainder of the year and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Colonel Barnabas Fossitt, Col. Elisha Hapgood, Lieutenant William Lakey and sign at a place in Dukes County called Tarpaulin Cove for the protection of that occasion from the British ships grounding in the sound : that he marched from Yarmouth to that place : that he served at that place with none (as he recollects) of the regular troops; and has no knowledge or recollection that any regular officers were known to him : that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Yarmouth till the said town of Dennis was set off therefrom & since that separation has resided in said Dennis .
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from about the twentieth day of June A. D. 1778, to the thirtieth day of December A. D. 1778 as a Musician in the State troops : that he was residing at Yarmouth aforesaid, Dennis not having then been set off from it when he entered the service; that he enlisted for six months and served for the period aforesaid under the command of General Sullivan at Rhode Island  Detached Captain Lieut. Dimmock's Detachment - Battery of Artillery - Hammett Col. at R.I. Creek Wallit Col. at Falmouth, & Col. Sparkhawk at Dorchester : that he marched from Yarmouth to Tiverton R.I., from thence to Rhode Island from thence to Tiverton & thence to Falmouth Barnstable County & thence to Dorchester Heights : that he served at Tiverton & Rhode Island Dorchester with Col. Hammett & Col. Sparkhawk Reg'ts of the regular troops; and General Sullivan & Col. Hammett & Capt. George Webb & Col. Sparkhawk regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle having been appointed to take charge of the transport boats by which Gen. Sullivan's army & baggage was transported to & from Rhode Island and at the end of his service received no written discharge.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feb. 12 1834.
* hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Noah Howes, as a private, is borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Elisha Nye's Company where he is allowed for service from Sept. 1 to Nov. 21. 1776, two months & twenty one days m. d. 2. 21.
Noah Howes' name, as a Fifer, is also borne on a Muster Roll of Capt. Job Crocker's Company, Col. Stark's Regiment, where he is allowed for service from June 24 to Dec. 22. 1778 - five months and nineteen days 5. 19.
Noah Howes claims further service under Capt. Crocker; but the above is the only roll of Capt. C. in this office.
Noah Howes claims for further service under Capt. Nye, in 1776; but the rolls he describes are not found in this office, excepting that from 1 June to 1 Sept. 1776 on which his name is not borne.
Edward D. Bangs by
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During the time we remained on Rhode Island there were frequent skirmishes between the troops under general Sullivan & the British troops -
The our return to Falmouth was caused by the anchoring of British ships off that Town threatening depredations -
At Dorchester we were employed in keeping Garrison & repairing Fort -
Isaac Haines of Dennis was with me during the period of my first enlistment - and James Taylor now of Dennis was with me during the said period of my said second enlistment -
Rev d . Daniel M. Stearns and Stephen Homer Esq are my neighbours and can testify to my character and the reputation of my services as a soldier in the revolution.
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.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
att d Almer Davis, Register of Prob. Noah Haines
We Daniel M. Stearns a clergyman, residing in the Town of Dennis in the County of Barnstable
and Stephen Homer residing in said
Dennis hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Noah Haines who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
att d Almer Davis, Register. to the Court of Probate.
Daniel M. Stearns Stephen Homer
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 certify that it appears to them that Daniel M. Stearns, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Dennis; and that Stephen Homer who has also signed the same is a resident in Dennis and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Nymphas Marston - Judge
I Almer Davis, Clerk of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Noah Haines for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Almer Davis, Clerk

Barnstable S.S. August Aug. 14 th 1832
At the court within named Isaiah Howes of Dennis in the county aforesaid Yeoman, testifies & says that he was at Tarpaulin Cove from August A.D. 1776 to December of the same year five months and during all that time Noah Howes of said Dennis was with us as a soldier & in the same company & for this the deponent saith not Isaiah Howes
Subscribed & sworn to in open court.
Attest Homer Davis, Regr.
Barnstable S.S. Aug 14 th 1832
At the court within named James Taylor of Dennis in the county of Barnstable Yeoman testifies & says that he enlisted at the same time & in the same company with Noah Howes of said Dennis & served six months with him beginning the last of June 1778 & continuing to the last day of December the same year, at Rhode Island, Falmouth Mass ts and Dorchester Mass ts & for this the deponent saith not
Subscribed & sworn to in open court.
James Taylor
Attest, Homer Davis, Regr.
Barnstable ss.
Probate court at Falmouth August 14 th 1832.
Personally appeared in open court Isaiah & James Taylor, and made oath to the truth of above depositions by them severally subscribed in court. And I certify, that in the opinion of the court the said Isaiah & James are credible witnesses in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the court the day & year aforesaid
Homer Davis, Regr.

1884/5 INVALID.
File No. 18,875
North Howes
Dis Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 181
[Arrangement of 1870.]