Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18873, Samuel Henderson, Mass. N.H.

SERVICE
Mass. N. 16.
Henderson, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 18873
CONTENTS
carded

18873 INVALID.
File No. 18.873
Samuel Henderson
Phi Reo War
Act: June 7" 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 171
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4861
Vermont
Samuel Henderson
in the State of Vermont who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Coffey — of the Regt. commanded by Col Burnham — in the Mass. time for Private 14 mo — $46.66
N. H. and Mass.
scribed on the Roll of Vermont the rate of 46 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
rate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Jan'y. 1833 and first to Hon H. Lyman
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 — $69.99 Pemi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar 1833 — 23.33
$93.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk Book D Vol. 4 Page 62

Samuel Henderson 87
No 1573

State of Vermont On this 8 th of August 1832 person Washington County - ally appeared in open court, before the Judges or Justices of the County Court of Washington County Now sitting Same. When deposed a resident of Stowe in the County of Washington State of Vermont aged 85. Years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declara- tion in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Coun- cil passed June 7. 1832. That he entered the ser- -vice of the United States under the following named officers. & served as herein stated. That he was born in Berwick in the then part of Maine. on the 2 nd day Feby. 1847. That at the time he entered the service of the United States he was a resident of the Town of Waterborough in S. District. That on the 9 th of Nov. 1775 in Sumnerworth in the State N.H. he volunteered in the Co. commanded by David Col of Wakefield N.H. in which Co. Andrew Gilman was capt to go to Portsmouth That the Reg t to which he belonged was soon increased to Col. Pennhance. That after being at Portsmouth about six or 8. Weeks, Genl. Sullivan for bombardage W ch sent to Col. Pennhance for two companies from the Garrison at Portsmouth. to March to Cambridge, in pursuance of which request or order, Capt. Coffin & Capt. Barrows company marched & after arriving at Cambridge, the company left. Coffin was incorporated into Genl. Paton's company. That he continued at Cambridge & the vicinity until about the first March. That immediately after being discharged from the first service & before leaving the Camp he volunteered again in Capt. Sedgwick's Grenadier Co. & in Col. Wigglesworth's Reg t . which Marched to Charleston in the State of N. Hampshire & lay there awaiting orders for about 6. or 8. Weeks. (We then rec d orders to March to Secondarage. That some time after arriving at the latter place. he was drafted to serve an hard Artillery platoon

his late Champaign as a Marine. That he served on board one of the Row Gallies during the Naval engag- -ement on said lake, & the defeat of Arnold's flotilla he retreated to Skenesborough, from thence he was marched to Albany in the State of N. York, where the promised furlough paid & discharged, & on arriving at the latter place he was discharged dismissed & returned home in the month of Dec 1776. That he has No documentary evidence & that he knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, & declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency or State And in answer to the Questions put to him under the directions of the Secretary of War. He further States That he was born in Brunswick in the State of Maine on the 2 nd day Feby 1747. That he has no record of his birth. That at the time of entering the service he lived in Watertown. That he has since the revolution he has lived in Lewiston & Stone Mt. at the latter place he now resides. That he entered the service as a Volunteer That the names of officers that he can remember are in in the body of his declaration. That he never rec d any regular discharge. That Nathan Robinson Esq. P Purvis Camp of S. Stone are acquainted with him & can testify as to his character for veracity & their belief of his services as a Soldier of the revolution Sworn to & subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Samuel Preston
Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Att. J. W. Nail Clerk.

We Nathan Robinson & Reuben Camp now residing in the town of Stow County of Washington & State of Vermont hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Anderson who has been in the service of the forgoing declaration that we believe him to be 80 years of age that he is reputed & believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution & that we are ever in that opinion. Nathan Robinson Sworn to & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid Reuben Camp Att: J. Vail Clerk
And the S. Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after perusing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named Applicant was a revolution-ary Soldier & served as he states. The Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Nathan Robinson who has signed the same is a resident in the S. town of Stow & that Reuben Camp who has also signed the same is a resident in the S. town of Stow & are credible persons & that their statement is entitled to credit. Attest Joshua Vail Clerk
I Joshua V. Vail Clerk of the County of Washington do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of S. Ct. in the matter of the Application of Samuel Anderson for a Pension.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office the 18th day of August A.D. 1832 Joshua V. Vail Clerk

This may certify that I am well acquainted with Nathan Robinson & Niverius Clegg within named that they are both credible witnesses & that Nathan Robinson has long resided in the Town of Stone & was one of the first inhabitants of that Town & that his long residence in the place & acquaintance with the inhabitants he is better qualified to certify to the general reputation & general belief of the inhabitants that Mr Henderson served in the war of the revolution more than any clergyman of that vicinity July 26 th 1833 - Horatio Seymour of U.S. Senate

1573
Vermont
Samuel Henderson
22 d . Jany 1833
Obj. 11. 12.
Ha. L. Goodland
Ho. Reps.
Hor. H. Seymour
U.S. Senate
Committee
14 mos
$ 46.66
P 208
2

BRIEF in the case of Samuel Henderson of Stowe of Washington County - in the State of Vermont (Act 7 June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?
Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
85 Years
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. As a Gen.     Nov. In 1775 n 5 Private Col David Root's B. A. Schuyler Col Burnham Regt.   March 1776 n 9 n Col. Seddiah Goddard Col. M'Gillivray   1 2 n  
5. In what battles was he engaged?
In the defeat of Arnold's Fleet on Lake Champlain
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Waterborough (Mass') District of Maine
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditional
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
They are not
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Robt. Fowler Examining Clerk.