Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,194, Amos Guild, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Guild Amos.
8 29. 194
CONTENTS

80 Norfolk
15073
Massachusetts
Amos Guild
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Southworth of the Regt commanded by Col Robinson in the Mass line for 6 mos & 14 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 24 Dollars 222 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of May 1833 and sent E. S. Leland Roxbury Mass Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $ 42.44 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Sept " 10.61 $53.05
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. W. Watson Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 200 Page 28

I Benjamin Birbee of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy three years testify and say that I entered the Revolutionary Service as a private in the Company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Capt Theophilus Lyon about the first of March 1778 and was stationed on Castle William in Boston Harbor and was discharged some time in April the same year Amos Guild of said Stoughton was also a soldier and served as a private in the same company and for the same time I did. Benja Birbee
Norfolk ss January 31 st 1833 Subscribed and sworn to before me and I hereby certify that the said Benjamin Birbee is a credible witness and a man of veracity Joel Talbot Justice of the peace
I Mather Holmes of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy six years testify and say that I entered the Revolutionary Service as a private in a company of Massachusetts Militia com- manded by Capt Jedediah Southworth about the first of February 1776 and continued to serve in said company at Dorchester until about the first of April of the same year being a period of two months, and that Amos Guild of said Stoughton was also a soldier and served as a private in the same company and for the same time I did Mather Holmes
Norfolk ss February 2 nd 1833 Subscribed and sworn to before me, and I hereby certify that the said Mather Holmes is a man of veracity and a credible witness Joel Talbot Justice of the peace

I John Capen of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk aged Seventy Seven Testify & Say that Amos Guild to my knowledge was in the United States Service for the first period of time first mentioned by him in the within statement
John Capen
Norfolk Is August 16 th 1892 Subscribed & Sworn to Before me
Island Judge of Probate
Amos Guild 4740. A6.
Edwin D. Cleveland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this sixteenth  fifth day of August  February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three  three personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Isaac  Isaac of the Court of Probate now sitting at Braintree  Dedham in and for said County, Amos  Amos Guild a resident of Stoughton in said County, aged 79 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 act of Congress passed June 7th A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Welford in said County
on the 20th day of September A. D. 1753, and that there is a record of his birth in the town of Welford : that he was in the United States service from the first  first day of February A. D. 1776, to the first  first day of April A. D. 1776 two months as a private in the Massachusetts Militia: that he was residing at said Stoughton
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Isaac Southworth of the Regiment commanded by Colonel John Robinson
: that he marched from Stoughton to Dorchester, from to from to : that he served at in the vicinity of Boston with
for said time with none of the regular troops; and no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at said Stoughton
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from
the fourth day of February A. D. 1779, to the fourth day of May A. D. 1779 three months as a private in the Massachusetts Militia: that he was residing at said Stoughton
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Abner Crane of the Regiment commanded by some officer whose name he does not recollect : that he marched from Stoughton to Boston
, from to from to : that he served at Boston for  said time with none of the regular troops; and no
regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge. that there is no person living known to him by whom he can prove his service
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from
the first day of March A. D. 1770, to the fourth day of April A. D. 1770 5 weeks as a private in the Massachusetts Militia: that he was residing at said Stoughton
when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer substitute for his father John and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Isaac Southworth
: that he marched from Stoughton to Battle Island in the harbor from Boston
: that he served at said place of the regular troops; and no
regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge.

and that he has no documentary evidence to show any of his service of any kind
Also that he was in the United States Service from the 19 th day of April 1775 to the 25 th day of April 1775, six days, as a private in the Massachusetts militia: that he was residing in said Stoughton when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer & served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt Peter Falbott, in Col Lemuel Robinson's Regt: that he marched from Stoughton to Dorchester: that there were no Regular Troops or Officers there: that he was in no battle & at the end of his service received a verbal discharge
And Also that there is no Clergyman who has resided in this neighborhood, who has resided there for a sufficient length of time to be acquainted with his reputation as a soldier of the Revolution
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Sworn to and Subscribed the day and year first aforesaid. Amos Guild
We Samuel G. Gann  Samuel Gann  a clergyman residing in the Said Town of Stoughton and Joel Talbot Esquire residing in said Stoughton hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Amos Guild who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy eight nine years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood, where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Samuel Gann Joel Talbot
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Samuel Gann  Samuel Gann who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the said Stoughton; and that Joel Talbot who has also signed the same is a resident in Stoughton and then and there a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit. The court further certify that Joel Talbot is a justice of the peace for the county of Norfolk and that the depositions herein contained are true and correct
I Samuel Hawn, Reg d of the court of Probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Amos Guild for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid twenty third day of February A.D. 1833. Samuel Hawn

4/40
Amos Guild
Map
Private 6 Months & 11 days
Atkins
5. 11. 12 & 14
ob.
E. S. Leland
1873 Roxbury Mass.

BRIEF in the case of Amos Guild of Norfolk County in the State of Mass. (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Open Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 78 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.     In 1776 Feby 1 — 2 — privt Gen. Capt n Jediah Southwick   1775 April — — 6 " Col. John Roburn   '77 " 4 — 3 — " Capt n Abner Crane   '78 Mar. — — 35 " " J. Lyon  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Stoughton
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional Evidence Living Witness
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective. time not defined
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. H. M c Blain Examining Clerk.

29194 INVALID. Pay
File No 29,194
Mrs. Gula
Rev. Mr.
Act: June 7 th 1894
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 163
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4740 Amos Guild Norfolk Co Mass.
R. P. Leland Roseburg Oral

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Amos Guild Norfolk County Mass — which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? Yes XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? No Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? No XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Witness has not stated the period for which the claimant served

Amos Guild

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Feby 8, 1833.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that Amos Guild served as follows viz Under Capt Peter Talbot in Col Samuel Robinson's Regt as a private for the period of six days commencing April nineteenth 1775.
Under Capt Alexander Crane (No Regt) two months & twenty eight days commencing February sixth 1779 as a private
I further certify that the name of John Guild is borne upon the Roll of Capt. Theophilus Lyons Company under Lieut Col. Samuel Pierce  Major John Loring for the period of thirty six days commencing March 1 st 1778
I also certify that there are no rolls of Capt Sedgwick Southworth's Company upon the files for the year 1779
E. B.
Edward D. Bangs. Secy

Roxbury March 27 th 1883
Sir
Enclosed I send you the certificates of the Secretary of the State, procured as evidence in support of the application of Moses Guild & Lippa Smith for pensions. I accidentally omitted to enclose them in the package containing their statements transmitted by me on the 8 th inst.
Yours with Respect
E. G. Leland
James L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions