Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13180, Willard Gould, Conn. Continental Mass.

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Conn.
Gould, Willard
S. 13180
Continental
Mass.
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File No. 13180
Willard Gould First Peter War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]

New York 28. 588.
Willard Gould of Warren Co. in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain James of the Regt commanded by Col Palmer in the New Hampshire line for
1st Regt N.Y. Inf. B. 6th Co.
Continental Conn. Mass. Records corrected Feb. 6/66
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 40 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 nd day of April and sent to
1834 Molly Head, Chestertown, Warren Co N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of March 140.00
Semi-ant. allowance ending Sept 23.33
$163.33
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded By [Signature] Clerk, Book [Signature] Vol. 4 Page 126

Willard Gould Application for a Pension
By Hobbly Head Chester town - (Warren Co, Vt.)
30. 441.
Adm. 1. year and 2 Months —

now the said Judge does hereby certify and declare that he has after putting the said applicant upon his oath examined him on the interrogatories does believe that he has told the truth so far as his memory will serve and the said Judge does further state that it does appear to him that the said applicant is so infirm in body that it would be very hard for him to appear in open Court, and further Norman Fox who has signed the forgoing affidavit is a clergyman and that Harvey Powers who has also signed the same is a resident of Chester in said County of Warren and is a creditable person and that his statements are entitled, and I the said Judge am well acquainted with the said applicant and have been for about 30 years past and do believe and it is believed by his neighbors that he was an officer of the revolution as he states
Hobbs Mead a Judge of Warren common Pleas
State of New York } County of Warren ss. } I Thomas Archibald Clerk of the said County do certify that Hobbs Mead, Esq., before whom the preceding affidavit purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County, and that I am acquainted with his handwriting and verify believe his name subscribed to the said affidavit to be his proper hand writing and signature.
Witness my hand and seal of office this 11 th day of February
A.D. 1834 —
Thomas Archibald By L.C. Lamanon Dep. Clerk

State of New York } County of Warren } ss
on this eleventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and thirty three personally appeared before me Hobbie Head a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the peace in and for the County of Warren and State of New York. Willard Gould a resident of Chester in the county of Warren and State of New York. aged 78 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 acts of Congress passed June 7 th 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States in the year 1775. in Captain Warren Company in Colonel Putnam's Regiment and was in the fight at Bunker Hill and served four months at this enlistment. in the Connecticut troops. and in the year 1776 enlisted under capt. Brown and Marched to Boston and its vicinity three months in the Connecticut troops served under Capt. Warren 1 month Marched to Boston Norwalk at the time the British evacuated Boston in the year 1777 enlisted as a minute man under Capt. Brown and marched to Providence & Rhode Island and served 1 month. and in the same year as a minute man under Lieutenant Boyd marched to Saratoga and there joined the army under General Gates and served in the Battle at the surrender of Burgoyne and served 2 months in that expedition. This deponent was a resident of the Town of Killingly in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut. then moved in to the State of Massachusetts in the Spring of 1778 in the fall of this he entered the service under Capt. Duglass and Marched to Saratoga was out 1 month. and in the beginning of Winter in 1778 under Capt Gould on a scout Marched to Lake Champlain. served 1 month at that expedition and in the year 1779 entered the service under Capt Gould. and marched to Fish Creek and Stone Abbey. and served in that Campaign 2 months he has had 2 written discharges. but they are long since lost. and that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who

testify to his services
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatsoever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.
here follows the interrogatories.
1 st In the year 1755. in Killingsley in the state of Connecticut
2 d there is a record of his age in Killingsley state of Ct
3 rd in Killingsley Hartford County Connecticut until the spring of 1778. then moved into the state of Massachusetts and now resides in Chester Warren County state of New York and has for thirty years last past.
4 th has enlisted in the state troops of Connecticut and the militia of Massachusetts as stated in the body of claim - 5 th Capt. Warren Col. Putnam. Capt. Brown. Capt. Douglass. and Capt. Gould.
6 th had 2 written discharges 1 was given by Col. Putnam the other by Capt Warren. and are long since lost
7 th Saw Dea. Dea. Daniel Smith James Head Sam Head Robert Clark Joseph Wilbur and as many as you may call or wish
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
before me Hobbie Head. } a judge of Warren Co. P. Res
Willard Gould
We Norman Fox - Clergyman Residing in the Town of Lumb and Harvey Powers Residing in the same Place hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Willard Gould who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be seventy eight years of age that he is deputed and beloved in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid
before me Hobbie Head } a judge of Warren Common Pleas
Norman Fox Harvey Powers

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Gould, William GRADE Private LINE Connecticut
WARRANT NUMBER 5864 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Apr. 6, 1790 to - not shown -
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.