Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25,666, Samuel Guild, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER _____
Guild, Samuel Betsey
W. 25. 666 B.L.Wt 34.544-160-55
CONTENTS

5384
New York O.A.
Petsy Guild
widow of
John Samuel Guild
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a
Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 25 dollars — cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
30 th day of July 1853.
and sent to
J. M. Knight Present.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 9 1853 Page 116 Vol. 1

208. 848 Sept 5 55
Betsy Gaila Carson Samuel & Gaila Am
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Received Oct Feb 3 1853
MS Feb 55-5384
1000000, July 12/52 B. B. B.
Claim, Georgetown, Madison Co. N.Y.
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We Isaac D. Newell a Clergyman residing in the town of Winfield in the County of Herkimer and Norman Bartlett residing in the town of Bridgewater in the County of Onondaga hereby Certify, that we reside in the immediate neighborhood of, and are well acquainted with Samuel Guild of Bridgewater in the County of Onondaga, that we believe him to be seventy 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 this 16 th day of March 1823 } Isaac D. Newell Norman Bartlett before me Garrison H. Blackman Justice.

Onida County ss Willard Crafts of the City of Utica being duly sworn says that he is acquainted with James D. Merrill who signed the within certificate and knows him to be a clergyman and also is well acquainted with Norman Bartlett the person who also signed the certificate, and knows them to be creditable persons - and also that he is well acquainted with Samuel Guild the applicant within mentioned and has known him for fifteen years and that he is a man of truth & veracity and that he always attended Church in the Town of Winfield since he knew him - That he resides very near the line between Bridge water and Winfield - And further says not
Willard Crafts
Subscribed & sworn this 14 th day of Dec r 1833
N. Williams Vice Chan.

State of New York Oneida County ss
On this seventeenth day of December 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before Matthew Williams Vice Chancellor of the Fifth Circuit of the State of New York now held in the City of Utica in the County of Oneida Samuel Guild of the Town of Bridgewater in the County of Oneida aged seventyone 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 7 th 1832 - That he entered the service of the United States some time in the month of July 1778 under the following officers, Lieutenant Amasa Troup, Capt James Wadsworth and Lieutenant Benjamin Maxwell - That at the time he entered the service he resided in the Town of Leyden in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - That he entered the service as a militia man and a volunteer - That one Mathew Donaldson and Uriah Martindale and Moses Donaldson were in the service at the same time this deponent was and that their affidavits are appended to this declaration - That the said Martindale was a Sergeant That he marched from Deerfield in Massachusetts to Springfield in said State, that after remaining there six or seven weeks this deponent was under the order of said Martindale directed to march to Providence in the State of Rhode Island to guard some ammunition waggons - That after remaining there some time they were directed to march to Rutland in said State to guard the prisoners of Burgoyne's army, and from thence they marched to Brookfield, and there remained until about the first of January 1779 at which time this deponent was honorably discharged.
And this deponent further says that some time in the month of July 1779 he again entered the service of the United States as a volunteer in the Town of Colerain in the State of Massachusetts to go on an expedition to New London under the command of Capt James Wadsworth, that he marched to Deerfield and from Deerfield to Windham and there passed muster and drawed rations - From thence he marched to New London and down below the Light House when he was honorably discharged some time in September of that year making

at that time about six weeks which this deponent served. And that he claims a pension for two  seven months and a half
In answer to the interrogatories propounded this deponent gives the following answers -
1. In what year was you born? Answer 1762 in May of that year 2 Have you a record of your age? answer in the bible at home - 3 When were you living when called into service and where do you now live and where have you lived since the revolution - Answer I lived in Leyden when I entered and when I came out and since then at Bridgewater New York. 4 How were you called into service were you drafted or otherwise Answer That he volunteered under enlistment orders - 5 The names of the officers and the general circumstances already stated by this deponent as above 6 Did you ever receive a discharge from service and if so by whom given and what has become of it - Answer He does not know nor recollect that he ever received a written discharge - If he did it was lost - 7 Did you ever receive a commission? Answer No never -
And this deponent hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension roll of the agency of any State - This deponent also says that he intended to have made out his declaration last March, and for that purpose obtained the affidavits herunto annexed, also the certificate of Isaac D. Newell and Norman Bartlett herunto annexed - The word six on this page erased and seven written over it before signing
Sworn and subscribed the day and year Samuel Guild aforesaid - S. W. Williams Vice Clerk.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - And the Court further certifies that they are unacquainted with the said Isaac Newell a clergyman who signed the above certificate and also of Norman Bartlett except from the oath of Willard Crafts on the back with whom the Court is acquainted, and from that are satisfied that they are residents of Winfield in the County of Herkimer and of Bridgewater as therein stated, and that they are creditable persons and that the certificate is entitled to credit
I James Watson Williams Clerk of the Court of Claims for the 5 th Circuit do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the Court in the matter of the application of Samuel Guild for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 17 th day of December A.D. 1833.
J. Watson Williams Clerk in charge 5 th Circuit N.Y.

Uriah Martindale of Greenfield in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of full age do testify and say that Samuel Guild of Lydon in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth aforesaid, did on or about the first of July 1778 enter unto the service of the United States as a Militia Man in the same Company with Me at that time under the command of Lieut Amasa Kems we both met at Springfield in the County of Hampshire & State aforesaid then received a Serjeants Commission or Warrant & after about six or eight weeks I was Ordered to take with me the aforesaid Samuel Guild & several others to guard some ammunition wagons to Providence in Rhode Island we stay there a short time or  about a month  immediately then had Orders to Go to Brookfield after Staying there a short time we had Orders to March to Rutland in said Commonwealth we staid there a short time & then March to Brookfield and there remained until the first of January 1779 at which time the said Samuel Guild & Myself was Honourably discharged from said Service having Served our Country six months - The said Samuel Guild has since removed to Bridgeport in the County of Onidaga and State of New York and further the deponent
saith Not As the eraser in this line & also interlining Uriah Martindale sign before deponent Franklin ss. 5 th day March 1833 Then the above-named Uriah Martindale personally appeared and made oath to the above deposition by him subscribed to be true before me Elisha Root Justice of the Peace I certify that the above said Uriah Martindale is considered a gentleman of truth and veracity and is entitled to a full belief Elisha Root Justice of the Peace

Franklin ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Elijah Alword, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Elisha Root Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made and sworn to is a Justice of the Peace for the said county. And I believe his name thereto subscribed to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this ninth day of March A.D. 1833
E. Alword Clerk

28.884
Samuel Guild
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State of New York § On this 19th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand County of Madison § eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before the Court of County Guild a resident of Georgetown in the County and State aforesaid, aged Eighty years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to ob- tain the benefit of the provision made by the law of the United States, passed the 3rd of February 1853, granting Pensions to the widows of persons who rendered services in the Revolutionary War, &c. That she is the widow of Samuel Guild, deceased, who was a Private in the Massachussetts Military, during the Revolutionary War, and a Pensioner of the United States under Act 7th June 1832 at $25 per annum, and a resident of Oneida Co. New York.
She further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Guild, on the Eighth day of February Eighteen hundred and six (1806) that her said husband died on the Seventh day of January Eighteen hundred and forty four (1844) that she was not married to him prior to the second day of January Eighteen hundred, but at the time above stated. That there is no public record of her mar- riage or a private record of her marriage and she further declares that she is now a widow. Sworn to and subscribed, in Open Court, on the day and year first above written before me of said Court Gidney Holmes County Judge of Madison County
Betsy Guild
State of New York § On this day of A.D. 1855, personally appeared before County of Madison § the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid duly authorized to administer oaths, a resident of said County, to me well known as a credible witness, and who being by me first duly sworn, doth on his oath, state that he is acquainted with Mrs. (Betsy) Guild the above named applicant for a pension - that he has known her for years last past that he has examined her family record - that he believes the same to be genuine - that it is contained in a book purporting to be the and printed in the year and that the said record, as far as relates to the marriage of the said applicant and the soldier or pensioner above named and of his estate is as follows: which is an exact copy of the same:-
and that he said deponent is not interested in the claim. Subscribed and sworn to, the day and year first above written before me, and I certify that I am in no manner interested. Justice of the Peace
State of New York § On this nineteenth day of July A.D. 1855, personally ap- County of Madison § peared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County - William H. Hance and William H. Hance who are to me well known & who are credible witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn before me say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Betsy Guild the above applicant for a Pension, that they have that they were acquainted with Samuel Guild at the said

State of New York County of Madison.
§ 1. §
On this nineteenth day of July
A.D. 1855, personally ap-
peared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County - William H. Bostwick and William H. Hance who are to me well known to be are credible witnesses, and who being by me duly sworn before and say, that they are each well acquainted with Mrs. Betsey Guild the above applicant for a Pension, that they have known her for twenty years last past. That they were acquainted with Samuel Guild her late husband, having known him for eleven years previous to his death. That they the said Samuel Guild and Betsey Guild lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be, that deponents never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said Samuel Guild died on the seventh day of Febry 1844, and that said Betsey Guild has been since that day and still is reputed to be his widow, which deponents believe to be the fact. That she has never married since her said husband's death and is still his widow, and that her said husband was the identical man mentioned as a Rev. Peirson in her declaration above, and that deponents are disinterested. Subscribed and sworn to before me this day and year first above written, and I certify that I am not interested herein.
Wm H Bostwick Wm H Hance
Justice of the Peace.
I hereby constitute and appoint S.M. Haight of Washington D.C. my true and lawful attorney, hereby authorizing him to prosecute this my claim to a pension and to receive the certificate to be is- sued therefor. Dated this nineteenth day of July A.D. 1855.
State of New York County of Madison. Hon. Sidney S. Holmes
§ §
I, the Clerk of the County Court of Madison County do hereby certify that the before whom the foregoing declaration was made, was at the time of so doing a Judge of said Court duly qualified, and that Asa Ellis Esq. before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn, and that the signatures of both are genuine.
Witness my hand and the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of July A.D. 1855.
Lucius R. Clark Clerk of Madison County of the Courts of Record therein

 [DECLARATION to be made by a widow who has not heretofore made application for a land warrant.] 
State of New York } County of Madison } ss.
On this Seventeenth day of August 185 5 ,
Before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Betsey Guild aged Eighty years, a resident of Georgetown County of Madison in the State of New York who made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Samuel Guild deceased, who was a Private  in the Company commanded by Captain  in the War of the Revolution from the State of Massachusetts in the Regiment commanded by  And a Pensioner under act June 7, 1832 in the war with  $25 per annum, and a resident of Oneida Co. New York.
That her said husband entered the service at 6 on or about the day of A D 18 for the term of 9 continued in actual service in said war for the term of 10 and was honor- ably discharged at 11 on or about the 12 day of 13
She further states that she was married to the said Samuel Guild on the Eighth day of February A. D. 18 05 by one Ebenezer Vining a 10 Minister of the Gospel that her name before her said marriage was 14  Betsey Bartlett that her said husband died at 15  Bridgewater, Oneida Co. New York on the Seventh day of February 1844 and that she is now a widow.
She further states that there is no a public record of her said marriage—and that there is no private record of the same: which D _____ accompanies this declaration.
That she cannot file herewith her late husband's certificate of discharge for the reason that she has no knowledge of it. For proof of his service under her own identity as his wife she refers to the papers now on file in the Pension Office, upon which his pension has been granted and by which she has claimed the benefit of the Pension act of 3 rd February 1855. She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the Act of 3 rd March, 1855, declaring that she has not received a Bounty-Land Warrant under this nor any other Act of Congress, nor made any other application therefor.
She hereby constitutes and appoints S. M. KNIGHT, of Washington City, her true and lawful Attorney, with power of substitution, to prosecute this her claim, and to receive for her benefit the Bounty Land certificate or warrant to which she may be entitled, whenever the same may issue.
Attest: Wm F. Bostwick Wm W. Ware
SWORN TO, SUBSCRIBED AND ACKNOWLEDGED before me, the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I know the aforesaid Betsy Guild and believe her to be the identical person she alleges herself to be—of the age above stated—and at the date of the execution of this declaration a widow. I further certify that I am not interested in her claim as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
Asa Ellis J. Pierce
NOTES.
  1. Insert the widow's full name. 2. Give the Post Office address.  3. Insert the full name of her late husband. 4. State what rank he held. 5. Insert his Captain's name.  6. Insert his commanding officer's name. 7. State what war. 8. Name the place where he enlisted, volunteered, or was drafted.  9. Name the time for which he engaged to serve. 10. State the length of actual service. 11. Name the place where discharged.  12. Name the person who married them. 13. "Minister of the Gospel," or "Justice of the Peace," as the case may be.  14. Insert her maiden name. 15. Name the place. 16. "There is," or "there is not." 17. "A certified copy of same," or "true copy of the original."  18. "The same is lost," "destroyed," or, "if in existence, to her unknown," as the case may be. 19. Widow's signature.  20. Witnesses' signatures. 21. Magistrate's signature. 22. Insert the witnesses' full names. 23. Give their Post Office address.  24. Holy Bible, or other book. 25. Insert the date. 26. Here make a true copy of that part of the record pertaining to the marriage of widow, and death of soldier. 27. Here give a statement of the facts and circumstances from which the knowledge or opinion of the witnesses is derived.  

County of _____
On this _____ day of _____ 185 _____, before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared _____ aged _____ resident of _____ County of _____ in the State of _____ known to me as a credible person, who made oath, in due form of law, that he is acquainted with Mrs. _____ the above named applicant for Bounty Land. That he has knew her for _____ years last past; that he has examined her family record which is contained in a book purporting to be the "_____ and printed in the year _____ and the said record, which he believes to be genuine, so far as relates to the marriage of the said soldier, and the applicant, his widow, and of the death of the former, is as follows:_____
that the foregoing is a true extract from said record, and that deponent is disinterested.
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, the day and year above written.
J. P.
State of New York } 88. County of Madison }
On this Seventeenth day of August 185 5 , before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared M c F. Bostwick and W m M c Hare residents of Georgetown County of Madison in the State of New York known to me as credible persons, who made oath, in due form of law, that Betsy Guild who in their presence has sworn and subscribed to the foregoing declaration, is, to their personal knowledge, the widow of Samuel Guild the identical man mentioned in her declaration above, and who was late a Brevet of the army of  Revolutionary War , and a Resident of Oneida Co. New York under act 7 th June 1832.
That that they were acquainted with the said Samuel Guild having known him for Eleven years previous to his death. That they, the said Samuel Guild and Betsy Guild lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be; that deponent never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned. That the said Samuel Guild died on the Seventh day of February 1844, and that the said Betsy Guild is now reputed to be a widow, which deponents believe to be the fact. They further state that Betsy Guild aforesaid, since the death of her said husband Samuel Guild , has not intermarried, but is now a widow.
They they have known her for Seventy years, and derive their knowledge of the facts herein named from the following circumstances, to wit: the said William F. Bostwick was introduced to the said Samuel Guild and Betsy Guild and tarried with them over night in the fall of 1833 + was well acquainted with them visited them at their house up to the time of his death. The said William F. Bostwick lived with them about one year in the years 1831 + 1832. and well knew they were husband and wife the ever since been well acquainted with them.
They further state that they are disinterested witnesses.
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W m F. Bostwick W m M c Hare
Sworn to and subscribed before me, the day and year above written, and I certify that I am not interested in this claim, as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
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Asa Ellis J. P.
State of New York } County of Madison }
I Asa Ellis Esq., before whom the foregoing Declaration, Power of Attorney, and Affidavits were made and acknowledged, and who has thereunto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing an authorized Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, and that his signature thereto is genuine. I further certify, that in the within application I am not interested as Agent, Attorney, or otherwise.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the several Court for the County aforesaid, this 24 th day of August 185 5 .
Lucius H. Clark Clerk of Madison
(Seal)

State of New York { County of Herkimer  Appender } ss
On this 22 day of August 1855
Before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace authorized, by law to administer oaths, within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Samuel Guild aged sixty Eight years a resident of Winfield Herkimer County N.Y. known to me as a credible person, who made oath in due form of law that he is of the age above stated, that he is the son of Samuel Guild deceased, who was a Soldier in Revolutionary War, as he has been informed and he knows he was a Pensioner of Oneida County New York at the rate of $25. per annum, he further states that his Father Samuel Guild deceased, was Married on the Eighth day of February 1806, to Betsey Guild, in the town of Bridgewater, Oneida County N.Y. by one Ebenezer Vining a minister of the Gospel, and that he was present at said marriage, and the said Samuel Guild & Betsey Guild his wife lived together as husband and wife, from the eighth day of February 1806, up to the seventh (7)th day of February 1844, on the day he knows the said Samuel Guild died, at Bridgewater Oneida County New York, and the said Samuel Guild & Betsey Guild were reputed to be husband & wife, that deponent never heard the fact of their Marriage disputed or questioned, and the said Betsey Guild now reputed to be a widow which deponent believes to be the fact. He further states that Betsey Guild aforesaid, since the death of her said husband Samuel Guild has not intermarried, but is now a widow,
Second Index
Subscribed and sworn before me the day and year above written & I certify that I am not interested as agent Attorney or other wise
Ezra Brown Justice of the Peace

State of New York } County of Oneida } ss.
On this twenty second day of August A.D. 1855 before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace, authorised by law to administer oaths, within and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Mary Williams, a resident of Bridgewater Oneida County, aforesaid, known to me as a credible person, who made oath in due form of Law, that she was well acquainted with Samuel Guild deceased and had been for forty  eight (48) years previous to his death, knew that he was a Pensioner of Oneida County N.Y. at the rate of twenty five dollars per annum and was informed or understood it to be for services rendered in the war of the Revolution. She further declares upon oath, that she has been well acquainted with Betsey Guild the wife of the said Samuel Guild deceased for more than forty eight years that she saw the said Samuel Guild deceased married to the said Betsey Guild, in Oneida County, New York on the Eighth day of February 1806, by one Ebenezer Vining, a Minister of the Gospel, and that she was well acquainted with the said Samuel Guild and Betsey Guild, from the day of their said marriage up to the Seventh day of February 1824, on which day the said Samuel Guild died in Bridgewater County of Oneida aforesaid, that she has been well acquainted with the said Betsey Guild wife of the said Samuel Guild deceased, ever since his death (February 1824) and that the said Betsey Guild, is now reported to be a widow which deponer believes to be the fact. She further states that Betsey Guild, aforesaid, since the death of her said husband Samuel Guild, has not inter married but is now a widow, and she further declares upon oath that the said

Samuel Guild and Betsey Guild lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be from the eighth day of February 1806 to the seventh day of February 1844. That deponent never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned, and deponent further declares that she is a disinterested witness Mary Williams.
State of New York, ONEIDA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, ss.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That
Ezra Brown Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Jurat s of the foregoing, affidavit s and thereon written, was, on the 22 day of Aug 185 5 a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature s to the said Jurat s are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this 28th day of August 185 5 .
R. Hulbert CLERK.

Samuel Guild and Betsey Guild lived together as husband and wife, and were reputed so to be from the eighth day of February 1806 to the seventh day of February 1844. That deponent never heard the fact of their marriage disputed or questioned, and deponent further declares that she is a disinterested witness. (Kars) Deponent !
Sworn to and, subscribed before me, the day and year both  above named and (I further) certify that I am not interested in the claim of the said Betsey Guild as Agent Attorney or otherwise
Ebenezer Brown Justice

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Guild a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
W. 25,666
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1778 6 mos. Private James Wadsworth ✓ Mass.   July 1779 6 mos.      
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Syden, Mass.
Date of application for pension, Dec. 17, 1833. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Bridgewater, Oneida Co., N.Y.
Age at date of application, born in May 1765.
Remarks: Sol. mar. Bridgewater, N.Y. Feby. 8, 1806 Betsey Bartlett he died Feby. 7, 1844, Bridgewater & she was allowed pension on her application executed July 19, 1855 while 80 yrs. of age & a resident of Georgetown, Madison Co., N.Y.
Respectfully,
Son Samuel at 68 yrs. in 1855
Commissioner.

Washington
Sept. 3 rd 1855.
Hon J. Meigs. Comr of Pensions Sir,
I have the honor to enclose herewith the application of Betsy Guild Benjamin (January) & Fielding G. Mosley, for Bounty Sand under act 3 rd March 1855.
Very respectfully
Your obt. Servt.
L. M. Knight

Recd WIDOW, &c.
1914 Nov. 20 Hist. to Miss Maud Miskimmin letter in S. 12483 Benjamin Clark.
File No. 25666 Betsey Emilda wid of Samuel Emilda Pr. New Mar.
Act Feb 3 d 58
Index: Vol A , Page 298
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 5.901 Betsy Guile widow of Samuel, NY
3 Feb 1853

34.544
See also

Betsy Guild, Widow of Samuel, Madison County, New York
Adm Feb'y 3 1853
7½ mos per $25
per annum from 3 rd Feb'y 1853
Cert to S. M. Knight Esq Present

27 Feb 1844
Bethel Me. Dec
Foreign secy of the Dept of State
Memorandum of the Department of State
respecting the proposed visit of General Butler to the United States
for the purpose of
the United States
March 31 1844

Washington, July 24. 1855.
Hon S.P. Hildreth. Com te of Pensions } Sir:
I have the honor to enclose herewith the declaration of Mrs Betsey Guild widow of Samuel for a Revolutionary Pension under act 3 d February 1853.
Very respectfully Your obt servt. S. M. Knight

Pon H. July 26 1853
Sir
Please state when Saml Guild of NY act June 7 1832 or $25 a year was last paid
Very Respectfully
R. Stevenson Esq 3 auditor
77 P. B. L.
D. Calo C. C.
in reply
Samuel Guild died 7 Feb 1844 paid in full
Kate Stevenson
Auditor

Mech s & Farmer's Bank Albany Pension Agency October 14 1836.
James L. Edwards Esq r , Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir, Samuel Guild a Pensioner under the act of June 7. 1832, claims pay for two years - Shall the pay him on the enclosed Vouchers? -
Very Respectfully
Your obed t Serv t
R. M. Cluett
Prod & Pen ag t

Brief in the case of Betsy Guild widow of Samuel Mardin County and State of NY act 7 Feb, 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Her husband was a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 at $25 a year
Marriage proved by an age witness to the Ceremony, Her identity, his death and (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
her present widowhood proved by residence witness
Name and residence of Agent
Mr Knight Co Present
Thurston R. Lupton Examining Clerk.

Papers in the matter of the application of Samuel Guild for a pension
Mr. Thos. Donohue Deputy Clerk
Hon. S. Beardsly

Mathew Donaldson of Cohasset in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the age of Seventy one years do testify and say that Samuel Guelph of Lyden in the County of Franklin and Commonwealth of Massachusetts did on an oath the first of July 1778 enter into the Service of the United States as a Militia man in the same Company with me at that time under the command of Lieut. Amasa Remp we both went at Deerfield in said County & State from there we Marched in company to Springfield after remaining at Springfield six or eight weeks the said Samuel Guelph was ordered under the command of Sargent Northdole & others to Guard some ammunition Waggons to Providence Rhode Island and my self & the remainder of the Troop went ordered to Brookfield we remained there eight or ten days when Samuel Guelph with the remainder of the Guard under Sargent Northdole arrived at Brookfield after Staying there a short time we had order to March to Dutton in said Commonwealth to Guard the Prisoners of Burgoyne arrived we Staid there a short time & then Marched back to Brookfield and there remained until the first of January 1779 at which time the said Samuel Guelph and my self was honorably discharged from said Service having served nine months Six Months the said Samuel Guelph has since removed to Bridgeville in the County of Bristol and State of New York and further the deponent saith not
Mathew Donaldson
Franklin 4 March 6 th 1833 Then the above named Mathew Donaldson personally appeared and made oath to the above deposition by him subscribed to be true.
Before me Charles Thompson Justice of the Peace

I certify that the within named Mathew Dandoon is considered to be a man of truth and is entitled to full belief Charles Thompson Master of the law

I Moses Dorrison of Houlton in the county of Washington and State of Vermont of the age of sixty nine years do testify and say that in the Month of July 1779 I enlisted as a private man in the Company of Col. John Mudgett units to go on an expedition to New London Con- necticut under the command of Capt. James Walcott Lieut. Benjamin Mudgett Ensign Gadmund. We Marched to Deerfield Mass and there I became acquainted with Samuel Greville who joined the same company with my self and from Deerfield we Marched to Windham in the State of Connecticut and there we passed Mester and Drowed on various from there we Marched to New London from there we Marched down below the light house and there we was encamped til I was discharged and the said Samuel Greville was discharged at the same time about the first of September Making the whole time we served one hundred six weeks no written discharge and all the company returned home
Charles Dorrison
Franklin 10 March 7 th 1833 Then the above named Moses Dorrison before me to the above Deposition personally appeared and made oath to the above deposition being true to be true
Before me Charles Thompson Justice of the peace
I hereby certify that the above named Moses Dorrison is considered to be a man of truth and veracity and is entitled to full belief Charles Thompson Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Franklin ss
I Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the county of Franklin do hereby certify that Charles Thompson Esq. before whom the two annexed affidavits purport to have been taken and sworn to is a Justice of the Peace within and for said county. And I believe his name subscribed to the several annexed certificates to be his true and proper signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this ninth day of March A.D. 1833
E. Alvord Clerk

Mrs. Danilson Depositor

State of New York Oneida County
On this Eleventh day of July 1885 before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace duly authorized by Law to administer oaths within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Mary Williams a resident of Bridgeville County of Oneida after said in the State of New York known to me as a credible person, who made oath in due form of Law, that Betsey Guild, who is now a resident of Georgetown County of Madison State of New York was a resident of the County of Oneida in the year 1805 and for many years after, she has ever since the year 1805 been well acquainted with the said Betsey Guild, and She further declares upon oath that she was well acquainted with Samuel Guild deceased the husband of the said Betsey Guild, and she further declares that she will remember and was present on or about the eighth day of February 1805, and the said Betsey Guild was married to the said Samuel Guild and that her name before her said marriage was Betsey Burdett, + that the said Betsey Guild was married to Samuel Guild, by one Ebenezer Tining a minister of the Gospel, and she further declares upon solemn oath that she lived near and was well acquainted with the said Betsey & Samuel Guild for more than thirty years and they did live together as man & wife or husband and wife, she knows them so to be such, she further says she well knew the said Samuel Guild take or draw a Pension from the Government of the United States, and she further declares that the said Samuel Guild died on or about the seventh day of July 1824. And she further says that the said Betsey Guild has not been married since the death of said Samuel Guild

best still remains and is now the widow of the said Samuel Gail Subscribed & sworn this Mary Williams 11 th day of July 1855 Before me Ezra Brown Justice of the Peace
State of New York, ONEIDA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. ss.
I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Ezra Brown Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the Jurats of the foregoing, affidavit there- on written, was, on the 11 th day of July 185 5 a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and sworn and duly authorized. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such Justice, and verily believe that the signature s to the said Jurats are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the said County, and subscribed my name, this 16 th day of July 185 5 B. Hubbell CLERK.

State of New York
Onida County ss. On this 11 th day of July 1855, before me the undersigned, a justice of the Peace, authorized by Law to administer oaths within and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Samuel Guild aged 68 years a resident of Winfield - Herkimer County, State of New York known to me as a credible person, who made oath in due form of Law, that he is the son of Samuel Guild deceased that Betsey Guild is the widow of Samuel Guild deceased his Father
That he was present on the eighth (8 th ) day of February 1806 and saw Betsey Guild Married to Samuel Guild deceased, that they were married by one Ebenezer Vining a Minister of the Gospel, and this deponent declares he lived near was well acquainted with the said Samuel and Betsey Guild from the eighth day of February 1806 up to the 7 th day of February 1824, on which day the said Samuel Guild the husband of the said Betsey Guild died, and this deponent further declares upon solemn oath that he well knew that the said Samuel Guild received a pension of $25. per year for or on account of his being a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and pension was drawn from the Government of the United States, this deponent well believes that the said Betsey is now a widow and has not married since the death of her said husband Samuel Guild subscribed and sworn this
11 th day of July 1855 Samuel Guild
before me Ezra Brown justice of the Peace

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Guildbrand, Penne GRADE Private LINE Hazen's Regiment
WARRANT NUMBER 13131 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED August 14 1792 to Benji Moore, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.