Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 33279, Solomon Harley, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Harley, Solomon
833279
CONTENTS

7790 Massachusetts.
Solomon Harley of Charlestown in the State of Massachusetts who was a Musician in the regiment commanded by Colonel Crane of the Massachusetts line, for the term of five Years
inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 11 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 March 1819 and sent to William Wetmore Esquire Salem Mass.
Arrears to 4th March 1819 $ 86.36 emi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept. 1819 48.
$ 134.36
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Pension sent Jan. 10 th 1820 to Abraham Dyer Cambridge Mass.

33 279 Rev INVALID.
File No. 33 279
Solomon Harley Musician Rev War
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 175-
[Arrangement of 1870.]

The term of Three Years for which Solomon Harkley of the 3 d Reg t Artillery engaged to serve, being expired; He is hereby discharged the Service of the United States.
Given under my hand at the Park of Artillery near Morris town, this fourteenth Day of March 1780.
By order Gen l Nixon E. Pinley V t Camp

March 29 th 1789. himself
Payment received by

2 Scho. Harley
Enlisted Mar. 1775
5 years
Admitted
P 21,00

State of Massachusetts.
I Solomon Harley a Citizen of the United States, now resident at Charlestown in the County of Middlesex in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the month of March Anno Domini Seventeen hundred & seventy five.
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to the fourteenth day of March Anno Domini One thousand seven hundred & eighty
as a Musician against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence: that I belonged to the Regiment of Artillery Commanded by Col Brune & to the Company of Captain William Perkins
and that I left the service on the expiration of my term, being then honorably discharged as will appear by the Certificate herewith exhibited, and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty four years upwards.
And I hereby relinquish all claim to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Solomon Harley
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen Pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me
The Subscriber one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas within the State aforesaid & presiding pro hac vice
the abovenamed Solomon Harley and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me said Judge, it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my name & the seal of said Court.
Wm Wetmore

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Concord, within and for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of June A. D. 1820
Before the Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Esquire, Chief Justice, and
WILLIAM WETMORE, and } Associate Justices STEPHEN MINOT, Esquires, } of said Court.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Solomon Harley resident at
Charlestown
in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 7790 , now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Solomon Harley late a Musician in the army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the eleventh day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
“Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventh day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
  3 old tables 75 ct 1 light stand 50 ct 1 75   1 old pembroke table 150 1 old clock 5 00 6 50   9 ordinary chairs 175 1 pot 28 1 kettle 30 0 58   2 skillets 40 2 tea pots 25 1 coffee pot 10   1 tea kettle 53 1 pr bellows 8 shovel & tongs 15   1 pr fire dogs 25 3 candlesticks 15 ironing wench 1 07   1 looking glass 40 1 cloths brush 5 1 house broom 3   11 knives & forks 20 5 plates 56 1 bowl 5   1 waste tub 10 1 pail 5 6 juice bottles 30   0 45   $12 45 
One old house one story high with one room only standing on a piece of land 30 by 28 feet under mortgage for two hundred fifty four dollars which is more than its real value, estate of

the land having greatly depreciated since he contract- ed for it, he is fifty nine years old very infirm & has no income but from his labour and the volunta- ry charity of his friends, he is also in debt besides the said mortgage upwards of one hundred & fifty dollars which he is unable to pay.
He entered the Continental service as a musician in the year 1775 in Capt Wm Peckins company in Col Cranes Regiment of Artillery and served therein for the term of three years, when he was honourably dis- charged in the Massachusetts line.
Solomon Halsey
Sworn to & declared before Me Witness Judge etc "

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. M c Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
// I, Solomon Harley do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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. So help me GOD.
Solomon Harley
Middlesex ss. C. C. C. P. June Term, A. D. 1820
Then the abovenamed Solomon Harley took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me,
M c Wetmore Judge of said Court. //
I, ABRAHAM BIGLOW, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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
twelve dollars, no cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Cambridge, in said County of Middlesex, on this 20 th day of July 1820 .
Attr. Abraham Biglow

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex p. At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the middle Circuit began & holden at Concord, within & for the County of Middlesex on the second monday of September 1820.
Before the Hon ble Samuel Dana Esq re Chief Justice William Wetmore } Esq re associate Stephen Minot } Justice of said Court
It now appearing to the Court here that the said Solomon Harley never had any title deed of the land described in his Schedule, but was to receive one only in case of payment of the purchase money and interest no part whereof has been paid by him, his supposed title hath altogether failed and the possession been resumed by the owner so that no property or interest therein remains in him, the total amount in value of his property is as b'fore twelve dollars and forty five cents.
In testimony that the above is a true copy of record I have set my hand & affix the seal of the above mentioned Court this 30 th Sept. 1820
Abner D. Dike Clerk of Court
Two large circular seals, one containing the word "Seal" and the other "Solomon Harley".
Solomon Harley
17 March '19
7790
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