Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1415, Samuel Gould, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gould, Samuel
W. 1415-
Catharine
CONTENTS

Let to Wm. G. Grinnell Jr. Sept 26. 1837. do R. Baldwin May 31. 1839.
9940 R
Massachusetts
Sam l Gould 2 d
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Jackson of the Massa line, for the term of 3 Years War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 13 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of Apr 1819 and Genl. H. Con d Lieut. Genl. Grumbald. Massa.
Arrears to 4th of March  85 83
Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Sept o 1818  4 8
$533 83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Sept 9

162 Widow of Mr. Catharine Gould sent to G. S. Bulfinch Boston Mass.
Massachusetts Catharine Gould widow of Samuel Gould 2 d who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private
Mass Line Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 73 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of May 1849 and sent to
Mason Shaw Belchertown Mass
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 59 Vol. 1.
July
Brook D
49

I Samuel Gould a citizen of the United States, resident in the town of Deverett in the county of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts testify and say, that I belonged to the army of the United States in the Revolutionary War. I joined the army in February 1782, in the company of Capt. Watson of the ninth Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col Henry Jackson. I took the place of my brother Noah Gould, who had enlisted for three years in the year 1780, and had served about nine months of his time. When the ninth Regiment was deranged I went into the third Massachusetts Regiment under Capt Joseph Williams and Col Mellen. I had a discharge dated the seventeenth day of December 1783, signed by Capt. Williams, Col Mellen and Gen. Michael Jackson, which discharge I sent to Boston to get my certificate and have never seen it since. I am poor and have no children able to assist me, and by reason of my reduced circumstances, stand in need of the assistance of my country for support. Dated the thirteenth day of April 1818.
Samuel Gould
State of Massachusetts
Franklin - April 13 th AD 1818 - The above named Samuel Gould made oath that the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed is true.
Before me Jos. Hewitt, Judge of the Respect Court of Common Pleas

I Roswell Field Esq. of Leominster do hereby certify that the before named Samuel G. Goss is a poor man & in need of assistance for his support. Dated the 21 st day of April A.D. 1818
Roswell Field
Given to the day & year last above Witness my hand John A. Leavitt Judge as aforesaid
To the Secretary of the Department of War
The Subscriber Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which includes the County of Franklin aforesaid do hereby certify that from the testimony aforesaid it appears to my satisfaction that the above named Samuel Goss served in the Revolutionary War against the common Enemy as he has set forth in his declaration aforesaid and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Court aforesaid this thirteenth day of April A.D. 1818
John A. Leavitt Judge as aforesaid

9.940
Samuel Gould
[Faint, large cursive initials, possibly "S G"]
Sept. 10/19.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
P ERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, Samuel Goald aged Fifty Seven years, resident in Leicester in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: that he entered the service in February 1782 in the Company of Capt Watson in the Regiment of Col Henry Jackson of the Massachusetts Line in the continental establishment, and continued in the service of the United States until December 1783, My original declaration bears date the 13th of April 1818 & my Pension Certificate is Numbered 9940, that he by occupation a laborer by reason of infirmity for some years past has been and now is unable to labor my Wife Catherine is aged Fifty Seven years and my daughter Prudence is aged nineteen and my Son Noah is aged twelve years and they compose my family

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled " An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Samuel Gould
Sworn to and declared, on the
tenth
day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest,
E. Alvord CLERK.
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is seventy three dollars and thirty eight cents —
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord CLERK.

Severett July 7 1820
Schedule of the Estate of Samuel Gould of Severett in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, applicant for a Pension under the act of Congress May 1. 1820
Personal Estate — one Cow 15.00 Pig 2.75 } one Calf 3.00 two old Plows 3.00 ————— 26.75 one draught Chain 1.25 one ax 50 cts three Augers 67 cts four Chisels 75 cts one hand Saw } 4.47 40 cts, one square 50 cts old Iron 40 cts ————— two old Axes 1.00 13 recent Collar & Chains 50 cts } one pitch Fork 16 cts one Can of Drawers 6.00 one Clock 8.00 } 19.16 one table 1.50, one Looking Glass 1.25 one co 75 cts } Six old Chains 3.50, one Brafs Kettle 2.75 Iron Kettle } 2.25 one Pot 75 cts old Iron 50 cts tea Kettle 75 cts } 11.50 one table 1.00 New Stones 1.50 one Candle Stand & Chart 1.50 } Crockery & old Pewter 3.50 Kitchen Forks & Spoons 75 cts } old Books 1.25 one Loom and Harness 3.00 ————— 8.50 $73.35
Samuel Gould —

Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Hampshire County
On this Seventh day of February eighteen hundred & forty nine, personally appeared before the judge of Probate of Wills, and for granting Administration on intestate estates & appointing Guardians &c. of the County of Hampshire aforesaid, Catharine Gould a resident in Belchertown in the same County, aged eighty four years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provisions of the act of Congress of July 29 th 1848 entitled an "act for the relief of certain surviving widows of Officers & Soldiers of the Revolutionary Army;" viz That she is the widow of Samuel Gould late of Leverett in the County of Franklin in said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, who was a Soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in the three years service in the years 1782 and 1783, part of the time in Capt. Watson's Company in the ninth Regiment commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, and afterwards in Capt. Williams' Company in another Regiment and received his discharge in December 8 th . 1783 when the Army was disbanded: and further that he was a pensioner under the act of 1818. She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Gould in September A.D. 1798; that her husband died in July A.D. 1822; that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January eighteen

hundred, viz, at the time above mentioned, she further swears that she is now a widow, and never made an application before.
Attest - J. W. Priest
Catherine then D Gough mark
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above written - Before me J. Thomason County Judge of Probate
I hereby certify that the aforesaid Catherine Gough is not able from bodily infirmity attend Court - J. Thomason County Judge - Probate

Samuel Gould
Millington Mass
Nov 2 1795
Adm d
returned property of Samuel Gould
Greenfield, Mass.

I Alpheus Cotton of Longmeadow in the county of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify that Samuel Gould, at whose request I give this deposition, and who is now present at the taking thereof, joined the ninth Massachusetts Regiment of the Continental Army in the Winter of one thousand seven hundred and eighty two at New Boston huts in the State of New York, which Regiment was commanded by Col. Henry Jackson, that said Gould belonged to the company commanded by Capt. William Watson, (being the same company to which I belonged) that said Gould, and continued in the same company till late in the Autumn of the same year, when being at Newburg, we were both, together with the whole company, transferred to the third Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Graton, in which Regiment the said Gould continued, and served as a faithful soldier till he was discharged in the month of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty three at the Long Barracks in West Point - In the Summer of eighty three hundred said Gould & myself with the Regiment to which we belonged marched from West Point to Philadelphia and from thence back to West Point in the Autumn of the same year where we remained till discharged as above stated.
Alpheus Cotton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampden March 11 th 1819 Then Alpheus Cotton a disinterested and credible witness personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County of Hampden and made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed.
Nico B. Morris Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I John Ingersoll clerk of all the judicial courts of said Commonwealth for the county of Hampshire do certify that Oliver Morris is a justice of the Peace within and for said county, and that the foregoing signature is his proper hand writing, and that the seal hereunto annexed is the seal of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for said county March 11 th 1819
John Ingersoll
I Alpheus Cotton, in explanation of the foregoing deposition, do further testify, that after the disorganization of the ninth Massachusetts Regiment, in the autumn of the year fourteen hundred and eighty-two, the officers belonging to Capt Watson's company were distributed into several companies in the third Regiment - I continued to be commanded by Capt Watson, but whether the before named Gault continued with Capt Watson, or served in the company commanded by Capt Joseph Williams I do not remember - I am however sure that he served in the third Regiment as stated in the foregoing deposition.
Alpheus Cotton
Hampshire ss March 13 1819
Sworn to before me
Oliver Morris's Justice of the Peace

3 This may certify that Samuel Gould now of Lew- -is County of Franklin, Mass. states to me that he enlisted as a Soldier into the Continental service in the beginning of the year 1782 & joined Capt. Watson's Company, Col. Henry Jackson's Regt. on the disband- -ment of that Regt. he was transferred into the 3 d Mass. Regt. and says he was attached to my Company & served to the latter end of the year 1783 and was honorably discharged. Between thirty and forty years have passed away since his discharge & not having seen the man since that time to my knowledge, it is impossible for me to identify him personally. He however states many circumstances relative to the marches of the said Regt. that are well to my recollection. That I have not the least doubt nor hesitation in my mind of fully believing his statement to be a true one, & is honorably intitled to the gratuity lately granted to the old Revolution- -ary Soldiers by Congress.
Joseph Williams Cap t 3 d Mass. Regt. Revolutionaries
Ward
Greenwich 7 th January 1819.

State of New York Madison County ss Joseph Williams of the town of Cazenovia in said County Being duly sworn deposes and says that he this Deponent is personally acquainted with Samuel Gould and was present when the said Gould joined the Army at New Boston in the Month of February 1782 and further this Deponent says that he Saw the said Gould when he returned in December 1783 and that he firmly believes that the said Gould did serve as a Soldier in the Revolutionary War as above stated and further the Deponent says that  Joseph Williams
Sworn & Subscribed Before me this tenth Day of February 1819 William Whipple Judge Madison County
State of New York Madison County ss James Williams of the town of Cazenovia in said County Being duly sworn deposes and says that he this Deponent is personally acquainted with Samuel Gould and knows that he the said Gould joined the Army in the Month of February 1782 and he this Deponent also served in the same Brigade with the said Gould as a Soldier Commanded by General Putnam and that the said Gould belonged to Capt Williams Company and he this Deponent and the said Gould took their discharge in the Month of December 1783 and further the Deponent says that  James Williams
Sworn and Subscribed Before me this tenth Day of February 1819 William Whipple Judge Madison County
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Deponents and know them to be Honest & Reliable Men
Wm Whipple Judge Madison County

State of New York Madison County Clerks office
I, I certify that it appears of record in this Office that William Whipple Esq. was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas on the day the within Affidavits appear to have been taken and Certified duly authorized to take & certify the same and that his signature thereto is in his hand writing I being acquainted therewith.
Witness my hand and the Seal of said Court this 10th day of February 1819 —
Yours, Sincerely, Hough E. P. C. R.

This may certify - that we are acquainted with Samuel Gould of Limerick, and that he served in the Revolutionary war; for a considerable time, and that at present by reason of his reduced circumstances - needs assistance from his country for support
Jonathan Field William Field Mrs. Hubbard
Silvanus Field
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Sept 18
Jan 20 1878
Sept 19
1st complete W. Taylor
James L. Edwards Esq.
Comr. of Pensions Washington
Mr. Groom H.R.

Washington Sep 15 1837
Sir
I wish to obtain evidence from your office, for Catherine Gould, widow of Samuel Gould, or Samuel Gould 2 d as he was formerly called to enable her to obtain the Bounty of the State of Massachusetts, granted to the widows widows of those Soldiers who enlisted for 3 years, or the number served accordingly - Gould was a pensioner under the Act of 1818.
I will thank you to furnish & send to me such evidence, for the object aforesaid as may exist in your office, either on the Mass s Rolls or in the papers of his application for a pension.
I am Sir
very respectfully
Yours O bedt Servt
Geo. Grennell Jr
James L. Edwards

J. L. Edwards Esq. Committee of Pensions Washington D. C.

Boston Feby 22 d 1849
J. L. Edwards Esq r ,
Dear Sir
Herewith I forward the declaration of Catharine Gould the widow of Samuel Gould for a pension and the depositions of Samuel Bartlett and Erastus Adams as to her marriage previous to 1800, properly certified, Samuel Gould was a pensioner under the act of 1818 and from his declaration and the accompanying depositions it will appear that he served as a soldier from Feby 1782 to Dec r 17 th 1783. I am informed by the old people of Leverett that Joseph and James Williams belonged to said Leverett and that one of them went to New York in company with said Gould and enlisted at the same time as he has stated in his deposition in Feby 1782.
Reference being had to said papers, it would seem but just and reasonable that her pension should be granted for one year and ten months, viz from the 17 th of Feby 1782 to the 17 th of Dec r 1783 the date of his discharge. That discharge I have endeavoured to find in Boston, but the man with whom it was left has removed and I cannot learn where he now lives. Please to forward her certificate for a pension to me at Belchertown, Mass.
Very respectfully
Yours Mason Shaw

Ms. 10
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
37

Belcheistown Mass. April 30 th 1869
Dear Sir,
I enclosed to you Feb. 28 th the declaration of Catherine Gould, widow of Samuel Gould who was a prisoner under the laws of 1861 with depositions of her marriage with said Samuel Gould. That letter was put into the Post Office in Providence & the postage paid.
I am aware that you must be crowded with applications for pensions for those who served in the Mexican war. But as more than two months has elapsed since the papers were forwarded, I thought it possible they might have miscarried, or not have been duly rec d . If it has not been rec d , please to write me that I may procure new ones. If it has been rec d , I would not trouble you to write, but wait till her turn comes.
Very respectfully,
Your Obedt Servt, Mason Shaw
J. L. Edwards Esq r Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.

Rev. War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1415
Catharine Gould
Widow
Samuel Jr. Gould
Rev. War
Act: July 29, 1848
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 278
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Mon 6th
FREE
J. L. Edwards Esq Commission of Pensions Washington D. C.
Mr Edw rich

h d to $46 per ann, de dictus formis scilicet at $73.33 per annum.
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W. S. Bullock Boston. Mass.

Boston
2 Nov r 1850
Sir,
Enclosed is the application of Mrs Catharine Gould for an Increase of Pension. She wishes her Pension Certificate to be sent to my care.
Very Respectfully Your obedt servt G. S. Bulfinch
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm r of Pensions.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston February 22 1849.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Ithamar Conkey was Judge of the Court of Probate and Alden C. Field was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Franklin,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
M. W. Allen
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Payment to be made at Boston
by
Franklin Haven Esq
Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Masschts.
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February July 29, 1848, Page 59 Vol. 1 Book D Geo. H. Perkins Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, October 22 1850.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Wright Bridgman was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampshire,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and qualified; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. Chase
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, October 22 1850.
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Wright Bridgman was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hampshire,
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Hampshire COUNTY, } ss.
ON this Nineteenth day of October, 1850 before the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, personally appeared Catherine Gould and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Samuel Gould who was a soldier in the War of the Revolution; that she is now receiving a pension from the United States, at the rate of 73.33/100 dollars per annum, under the Act of 29 July 1840; that her husband drew a pension at the rate of ninety six dollars per annum; that she asks for an increase of her present pension, to which she may be found entitled under any and all of the Acts and Resolutions of Congress, which are applicable to her case; that she is a resident of Belchertown in said County, and is a widow, and is eighty six years of age.
Witness, Josiah W Priest
Catherine Gould mark
Sworn and subscribed this Nineteenth day of October 1850
Before me,
Wright Bridgman
Justice Peace.
I CERTIFY, That I am personally acquainted with the above named declarant, and that she is the same person she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit.
Wright Bridgman
Justice of the Peace.
The error in the age of the applicant was made before signing Attest Wright Bridgman Justice of the Peace

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
July 29th.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d 1848,
Catharine Gould.
widow of Samuel Gould 2 9
who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Seventy three dollars and thirty three cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the Department of the Interior this 14 th day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty nine,
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Samuel Bartlett of Leverett in the county of Franklin in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, testify and say that I am seventy five years old, and have always lived in this town ever since I can remember, that I have been acquainted with Samuel Gould from my early infancy until his death in the summer, twenty six years ago, having always lived within about one mile of each other, that I was married on the third day of April A.D. 1797, and that said Samuel Gould was married to Miss Catherine Stockwell of this town some time in the course of the next year - 1798; The year after I was married, I was not present at their marriage, but that they were legally married was as notorious, as that of any other old people who were married about that time, I further testify and say that I well know that they were married long before the first day of January A.D. 1800, because, I had a daughter now living who was born on the nineteenth day of December A.D. 1799, and that the said Samuel Gould and his wife were then living in a dwelling house standing on a small farm he owned situate about fifty rods from Leverett meeting house, and that he had a daughter born just three months after the birth of my said daughter, and as I lived thirteen years within about thirty rods of said Samuel Gould, our said daughters were very intimate always. I further testify and say that Samuel Gould and Catherine Stockwell were married by the Rev. Mr. Williams the Pastor of the Congregational Society in said Leverett, and that said Gould and Williams lived within about one hundred rods of each other; But as I have above said I was not present at their marriage. Samuel Bartlett

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin county p }
Feby 14th A.D. 1849 }
Then the before named Samuel Bartlett made oath that the deposition aforesaid by him subscribed is true,
Before me Alden C Field Justice of the Peace
I hereby certify, that I am personally acquainted with Captain Samuel Bartlett, the aforesaid Deponent, and the full truth  should be given to his testimony Alden C Field J. Peace Leicester Feby. 14th 1849

No 3217 Catharine Gould, widow of Samuel, 2 o Mass.
Act 29 July, 1848,
Married 1798,
Widowed 1822
Adm d  7\frac{10}{12} years, int. \$73\frac{32}{100} per annum, for March 1848
Mason Shaw Belchertown, Mass.

I Erastus Adams of Leavitt in the county of Franklin in the common wealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy nine years testify and say that I have always lived in this town, that I was always well ac- quainted with Samuel Gould who was a soldier in the war of the revolution having always lived within one mile of each other, and also with Catherine Stockwell who he married, and that she lived with me at that time as a hired girl, and that said Samuel Gould & Catherine Stockwell were married by the Rev. Henry Williams the Congregational minister of said Leavitt. I was not present when they were married, but that was so understood by every one, their said marriage took place some time in the year of our Lord & seven- teen hundred and ninety eight, in the fall of that year. I further testify and say that about twenty five years ago, many of the records of this town were burnt up in the house of Mr. Ingraham when his house was burnt, and it was always understood the said Mr. Williams records of marriages was then burnt, as there are no such record now to be found, as I had occasion a few years ago to make search for his records of marriages and none could be found. Erastus Adams
Sworn and subscribed before me this 17 th day of February A.D. 1849 before me Allen Child Justice of the Peace

I certify, that I am well acquainted with Erastus Adams the aforesaid deponent, and that full credit should be given to his testimony. Alden C. Field

Sam L. Gould 2 o
Ms. A. 9. 2. 28
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James L. Edwards Esq. Comm r of Pensions Washington
[A large, stylized letter 'X' mark.]

Sir,
Boston Massachusetts May 24 1839
Your letter of the 21 st in reply to mine of the 16 th inst. asking for evidence of the Service of Samuel Gould 2 d has been received and in reply I would state that the Widow is here on a visit to her children waiting the adjustment of her claim on this Commonwealth for the State gratuity of $50. to which she considers herself entitled, by the original discharge of her husband which she has presented to the proper authorities here, but her claim has been suspended for want of evidence of the precise time of the commencement of her husband's service which is not shown by the discharge or any record in the Office of the Secretary of the State, a brief abstract of her husband's declaration and accompanying documents is therefore required to establish that fact. I enclose heren her Affidavit which be pleased to return to me with such evidence as the Department may think proper to communicate.
I am Respectfully Sir Your Obedt
James D. Edwards Esq r Comm r of Pensions Washington
Reuben Baldwin