Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 37,021, Ebenezer H Goss, Continental. N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental N.H.
Goss, Ebenezer H.
S. 37,021
CONTENTS

5740. Maine
Ebenezer H Goss Colo Stark Surgeon New Hampshire Line and Continental the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Discribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 d of Jan y 1819 and sent to Albion H o Parris Esq. Paris Oxford County Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 4 mo \frac{25}{30} = 96.66 Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 Mar. 1819 = 120.
$216.66
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Feb y 5 th 1820 Stricken from Roll
let to Hon. A.K. Parris May 8 1845

Dr H. Goss. Surgeon Starks N. Hamp. Reg t
Jany 18 th 1776
to Sept 3 rd 1776
April 10 th 1818
Rejected due not serve 9 months. Jany 29 th 1820
Ebenezer H. Goss.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT. ss.
Nathaniel Hutchins of Fryeburg in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath declare that in the month of April A.D. 1775 immediately after the Lexington battle a regiment was formed at Cambridge composed of New Hampshire troops & placed under the command of Colonel John Stark in the New Hampshire line, on the continental establishment of the Army of the United States in the revolutionary war, & Doct. Ebenezer H. Goss was at that time appointed principal Surgeon of said regiment & continued to serve in that capacity to my knowledge to the first of October then next when I set out for Quebec & left him behind serving as aforesaid. I afterwards understood & frequently heard from Officers & others belonging to the army aforesaid that said Goss continued to serve as Surgeon in the same regiment in the war of the revolution about one year in one term in continuation of the abovementioned service.
Nathaniel Hutchins
Oxford ss. June 23. 1818. Captain in the U.S. army in the  revolut  revolutionary war
I hereby certify that the said Hutchins this day made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me & that he is a respectable witness.
Enoch Lincoln Justice of the Peace.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Timothy Osgood Esq. of Enoch Lincoln Esq. Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Oxford Maine in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Paris in said District, on the nineteenth day of June , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen  Ebenezer H. Goss in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a Surgeon in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town Fryeburg aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Paris in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the tenth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Ebenezer H. Goss the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true:
And the said applicant further offered in evidence The deposition of Joshua Bixby and David Sessions, who were in the continental service in the war of the revolution with said applicant, made and signed in my presence, and the deposition of Nathaniel Hutchinson, taken before Emneh Lincoln, a respectable magistrate appointed by Dedimus for this purpose; also a commission of Surgeon & a regular discharge given said applicant in the war aforesaid, all which are hereunto annexed.
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Ebenezer H. Goss the applicant, served as a Surgeon in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my
Official.
Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parri
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

19. Goss. Surgeon Starke's Reg't
July 1 st 1776
to Sept 3 rd 1776
April 10 th 1818
Rejected due not serve 9 months Jan'y 29 th 1820
Ebenezer H. Goss.
In addition to the within certified I hereby further state that the within named Ebenezer H. Goss is to me personally known that I have critically examined his case, and have no doubt that he entered the service of the colonies in July 1775 as Surgeon of Starke's Regiment and continued in that capacity until Sept. 1776 - Hutchins, the within deponent is a very respectable man on whose declaration the most perfect confidence can be placed —
Albion H. Parris

Plan 11 G.D. Researched from Carl Starke Reg't Sept. 2 1876
S. H. 37,021
Ebenezer H. Lord Continental

Quincy - Second voyage Sept 3 rd 1878
The within named E. A. Gage Sergeant to Col. Starkweather is hereby, on the desire of Certificate of his Col:
is changed from the Service of the United States
By the Genl's Order D. M. Buel Deputy Adj. Genl.

To The Hon. Major General G. H. Thomas
May I leave to inform that by reason of sickness I am at this time unable to attend at Head Quarters - and as my Constitution (tho' the fatigue of the Campaign) is rendered unfit for service during the Campaign (as I believe) I pray Your Honor to give me a Discharge from the Reg't to which I now belong (namely Col. Stark's) and in so doing Yrs oblige you very Able Don't O'Connell Surg
Mount Independence 31 st August 1866
This may certify that the above named Don O'Connell Surg to my Regiment is now sick and unable to until he undergo the fatigue of the Campaign
To the Hon. Major General G. H. Thomas
John Stark, Colo

IN CONGRESS.
The DELEGATES of the United Colonies of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, and South-Carolina , to Henry Dods Esquire
WE reposing especial trust and confidence in your patriotism, valour, conduct and fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Surgeon in the 5th Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Phineas Park
in the army of the United Colonies raised for the defence of American Liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of
Surgeon by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do strictly charge and require all officers and soldiers under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as
Surgeon And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress of the United Colonies, or Committee of Congress, for that purpose appointed, or Commander in Chief for the time being of the army of the United Colonies, or any other your superior officer, according to the rules and discipline of war, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This commission to continue in force until revoked by this or a future Congress.
Attest Chas Thomson Secy.
By Order of the Congress,
January the 17th 1776
John Hancock President

37 021 INVALID.
File No. 37,021
Ebenezer D. Doss Surgeon Rev. War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 555
[Arrangement of 1870.]

I H Ebenezer Goss of Paris in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath declare that in the month of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five at the time when General George Washington took command of the Army of the United States of America near Boston or a few days before I received from Colonel John Stark the appointment of Surgeon in his Regiment in General John Sullivan's Brigade in the New Hampshire Line & continued to do duty in said Army on the continental establishment in said capacity by virtue of said appointment until the first day of January A.D. 1776 when I received from John Hancock President of Congress a commission of Surgeon in that Regiment which is herewith annexed & continued to serve under the same agreeably thereto until the third day of September then next when I received a discharge from General Gates which is herewith annexed
I further testify that I am a resident citizen of the United States, am not borne on any pension list & that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from my country for support
Ebenezer H. Goss
I Joshua Ripley of Rumford in the county aforesaid, do testify and say that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war during eight months, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five with the above named Ebenezer Goss, and, to my certain knowledge, said Goss served said term of eight months as Surgeon, as he has above declared, it being the first part of his service.
Joshua Ripley
I David Sessions of an unincorporated plantation, called Hetchtown in the County aforesaid, do testify and say, that I was in the continental service in the revolutionary war with the above named Ebenezer Goss, and was a considerable time in the same regiment, and to my certain knowledge, said Goss served, as Surgeon in Colonel Stark's Regiment, the term of fourteen months, as he has above

declared, and I have not the least doubt that said Goin served the whole time as he has above stated.
David Goin