Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13162, Isaac Gould, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gould, Isaac
S. 13162
carded
CONTENTS

14,482
New York
Isaac Gould
of Erie — in the State of New York who was a private in the Comy — commanded by Captain. Lioness of the B.g. commanded by Col Woodbridge in the — Mass line for 2 years
Ingr Lake Sept 1. 53
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 35 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of May 1833. and sent to Filimore N York Halt Buffalo.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833. $ 40.66 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 th Sep 1833 . 17.66
$88.32
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by George Taylor Clerk Book 6 Vol. 4 Page 57

State of New York
On this 3 rd day of December, 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas now sitting at Buffalo in said County Isaac Gondo a resident of Edm in the County of Erie and State of New York aforesaid aged Seventy four years and upwards 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 under the following named Officers and served as herein stated.
That the last of July or the first of August as near as he can recollect in the year 1775 being the first year of the War he entered the service in place of his brother Samuel Gondo by direction of his father as his brother was older & stronger & could do more work at home. His brother was afterwards killed at White Plains Battle in 1780. That he was principally acting as a waiter for his father who was a Lieut. in Capt. Moadiah Sowards Company and in which Smith whose given name was Josiah was another Lieut. That he very frequently done duty as a soldier, and done duty either as waiter for his father or as a private soldier in the ranks as he was ordered. That this Company was attached to a Regt. in which Ruggles Woodbridge was Col. thinks Migeon & Tracy was Lieut. Col. & Major but is not positive but is certain Woodbridge was Col. as he knew him well. The Drunker machine name was Hannam. That he served at this time at Cambridge in the County of Essex Massachusetts during the whole period of his service & that that was the place where he joined the Company and that he served there under this engagement or at this term not less than eight weeks and he thinks nearly nine and that during that time he supposed now suppose he was bound to do duty as a private soldier but that his father with the approbation of the other officers some considerable part of the time had him as a waiter. That he was not

dismissed and sent home. Did not receive any written discharge. Thinks these troops were Massachusetts Militia. That there was a considerable body of troops at Cambridge at that time thinks the whole U. S. Army and that General Washington was there in Command of the Troops and that he often saw General Washington while he was on duty. Genl. Moxey Poor & Heath he thinks were there at the same time & Genl. Artemas Ward he thinks commanded his Brigade. That during this time his father & the other Officers many of them lodged in the rooms of Cam- bridge College.
And that about the 20th day of 5th of August 1775 he again entered the service of the United States at Lexington  Wrentham in the County of Norfolk the County of Essex Massachusetts. Undegrounded at Belch- erton in the County of Hampshire  Wann or next day and there joined a formed into the Company under Capt. Oliver Lyman Lieut. Moses Kellogg & Ensign Joshua S. Woodbridge & Ensign Elazar Warner
This Company was attached to Pigeon in which the Com- was Col. Nicholas Dyke Lieut. Col. Henry Nascell Major Noah Goodman 1st Lt. Brown. The Regt. belonged to Genl. Artemas Ward's Brigade. From Belcherton marched down the Main Road to Roxbury from there to Dorches- ter Point and there lay until some time in December but ing Dots & repairing Old Castle William & in doing guard duty &c. That at this time he served the full term of months. That this is the same service mentioned in the aff. of Simon Dickinson herewith annexed but that he is positive that Mr. Dickinson is mistaken one month for this deponent found last spring in an old chest of his late father a part of a letter dated at Dorchester Point in August and which he recollects writing soon after his arrival at Dorchester Point to his father to have him send him a blanket (as he had not drawn one as he was promised) and that from this circumstance as well as his general recollection which is very good he is positive that he entered the service in the early part of August and about a month later and is very certain that he left the service in December before to Cambridge afterwards about a week or

for Thanksgiving (which was in December) and staid there un- til after Thanksgiving day and then went to his father's who had removed to Charlton in said County of Catskill  Hamp- shire his Brother arrived from Ticonderoga about the same time. That he did not receive a uniform discharge was merely called up by the Capt. verbally dismissed Col. Marshall's Francis Regt. even at Poughkeepsie and  the  time  he  was he during that time he recollects no Continental officers & thinks none were there at that time.
That about the 20 th day of February 1777 he again en- tered the service of the United States by joining a Compa- ny in which Capt. Lawrence Knapp, Lieut. John Sherart Ensign Naham Ward were Officers. Orderly Sgt. Hendrick a British deserter who he said had been a paymaster in the British Army & left there at Boston. This Company belonged to Leonards Regt. can't recollect other officers. They did not engage for more than a month & went to Ticonderoga. Staid at Mount Hope two miles down the Lake from Ticonderoga. He staid there until his time was out and then as troops which had been expected had not arrived they at the urgent request of the Officers staid until the first part of April when his Company was marched to Wayne (Anthony) quarters and once by him dismissed Wayne then commanded the Fort & troops around it is not cer- tain whether Wayne was then Col. or Genl. That he then served not less than six weeks.
That he went home and about four weeks after the first part of July of the same year he joined the Company of Capt. Samuel Taylor Company between Fort Edward & Fort Ann after the Americans had evacuated Ticonderoga & about a few days after. That Lieut. Gideon Chapin Ensign Donahue were officers in the same Company. The Company belonged to Col. Ruggles Wood- bridge's Regt. Lieut. Col. does not recollect. John Chish- Williams was Major. Richard M c Donough & Hays at Fort Miller Falls nearly three weeks & from there was diverted to Schuylerville State & Saratoga Barracks from there to Stillwater. Until they arrived at Stillwater Genl.

Schuyler & Genl. St. Clair had the command and at Stillwater. At Stillwater Genl. Gates took the command. Staid at Stillwater and in that vicinity until after the surrender of Burgoyne and during the time was on frequently in bloody skirmishes with the enemy. His father & two of his Brothers were there. This Deponent was not in the Battle of Stillwater of the 19th Sept. or in that of the Saratoga of the 7th of Oct. After the Surrender of Burgoyne he thinks about the 20th of Octob. at any rate. When a few days or thereabouts after the Burgoyne's surrender they were virtually dismissed & retiring home. The Militia were generally dismissed about that time. And during this engagement he served according to his best recollection not less than three months and ten days . And all the services above stated were rendered in the grade of a private soldier. At this time there were at Stillwater Continental State & Militia Officers & Regts. This deponent saw Genl. Gates, Genl. Arnold, H. St. Clair Schuyler, Nixon, Pownall & many others.
That he was born in Town of Brookfield County of Worcester State of Massachusetts, the 14th of April 1758.
Has just now a copy of Record from his father's book & there is a Record he supposes in Brookfield aforesaid.
Was living at Amherst Essex Co. Mass. Hampshire Co. Mass. when he entered the service - lived there until 1770 When his father with whom he lived moved into Charlemont in the same Co. now called Heath from there in 1806 to Otsigo in the County of Otsigo New York & from there in 1815 to Eden in the County of Erie when he now resides. Always entered the service as a volunteer except when he entered as a substitute for his Brother Jacob Gould.
That he has staid before several of the Regts & officers he can distinguish.
Never received a written discharge from the service. That he is a member of the Presbyterian Church in Eden aforesaid but that there is no minister of that denomination in that Town and only one minister who is acquainted with this Deponent's character for truth & veracity.

This deposition is the belief of his neighbors that he was a soldier of the Revolution
And this deponent further says that Col. Asa Warren, John McClatchie & Isaac Green
to whom reside in his present neighborhood and can testify to his character for truth & veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution
And this deponent further says that he has no docu- mentary or other Evidence except the affidavits of Timothy Woodard & Simon Dickinson herewith annexed
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 and subscribed this 3 rd day of December 1832
Isaac Green
Isaac P. Mayhew Clerk of our Common Pleas

20371 Isaac Gould We, James Green residing in the town of Eden and County of Erie and John M. Welch residing in the same place, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Gould who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration; that we believe him to be 74 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.
Subscribed and Sworn, this 3 rd day of December 1832
James Green John M. Welch
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them, that James Green who has signed the preceding certificate is a resident in the town of Eden and county of Erie and that John M. Welch who has signed the same, is a resident of the town of Eden and county of Erie and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Noah P. Sprague, Clerk of the said Court of Common Pleas, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Isaac Gould for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 3 rd day of December 1832
Noah P. Sprague Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas

20371
Isaac Gould Erie county, New York.
Tillmore D Hall, Buffalo, New York,

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Isaac Gould of Erie co. N.Y.
   Period when the service was rendered Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     substitute 1775 for Sam. Gould Enlisted 1 26 waiter private Capt. Leonard Lieut. Gould Capt. Lyman Col. Woodbridge Col. Dyke 74 Hampshire co. Mass. tradition   do 1776 4   do 1777 1 12 Capt. Kemp Capt. Taylor Col. Leonard Col. Wood bloody skirmishes at Stillwater. Fort Miller Schuylerville Hart Saratoga Stillwater 2 credible witnesses on the part of the applicant.   do — 3 10  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ 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 provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ 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 the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
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 above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person.

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, 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. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the Court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends 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.
Proof of Service.
[j] 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 claimant's 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.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[t] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
J. S. [unintelligible]

sion on file in this Bureau. Isaac Gould Ser. file 13162
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 10 Aug. 1775 8 mos. Pvt. *Noadiah Leonard Ruggles Woodbridge Mass.   Aug 5, 1776 4 mos. " Oliver Lyman Nicholas Dike   July 20 1777 6 mos. " Lawrence Kemp Leonard   July 1777 3 mos. 10 days " Samuel Taylor Ruggles Woodbridge  
* Substituted for his brother Samuel who was afterwards killed in battle of White Plains; his father was Lieut. in this Co. name not stated
Battles engaged in, none stated Frequent skirmishes near Stillwater at time of surrender of Burgoyne
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Amherst Hampshire Co. Mass.
Date of application for pension, Dec 3, 1832 His el. was sl.
Residence at date of application, Eden Erie Co. N.Y.
Age at date of application, born at Brookfield Worcester Co. Mass. Apr. 14, 1758
Remarks:
Received Oct 3, 1910
all lost

Angola, N. Y. Sept. 28, 1910.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.,
Dear Sir: - I would like to get some information in regard to my great-grandfather, Isaac Gould, who was born April 14, 1758, and died in 1844.
Isaac Gould was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and received a pension from the Government up to the time of his death.
Now will you send me all the information you can concerning his War Record?
The date he was mustered in, his regiment and company, the branch of service he was in, the date he was mustered out, and his rank if any.
This same Isaac Gould saw subsequent service in the Massachusetts State Militia as follows:-
Commissioned as Ensign by Gov. John Hancock date May 16, 1792;
Commissioned Lieutenant by Gov. Samuel Adams June 10, 1794, with rank from May 6, 1793;

2. commissioned Captain by Gov Samuel Adams, date Sept 4, 1795.
These Commissions are all in existence.
There are people living who remember that Isaac Gould in the latter years of his life drew his pension at Buffalo, New York, and from what I can find out he enlisted from the State of Massachusetts.
I would like very much to get this information. Thanking you in advance.
Yours Resp y .
Fred C. Gould.
Angola, Erie Co. New York.
SEP 9 1910

1909 June 7 Hist. to Dorothy Grabenich, V.L.M. 1910 Oct. 3 Hist. to Fred. C. Gould, V.L.M.
See trans
✓ 13162 INVALID.
File No. 13162
Isaac Gould Brn. Rev. War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index: — Vol. 1 , Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Per
Enc
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you be kind enough to give me a copy of the record of Isaac Gould, Pension List 1851, Erie Co. N. Y. and send to my address, and by so doing greatly oblige.
Very truly yours,
Mrs Dorothy Grasmick, 1013 Wallace St., Philadelphia Pa.
13162

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Oct. 8 th 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States;" and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the Pension agents,
The Adm r of Isaac Gourd, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany Agency, at the rate of Thirty five Dollars and 33 Cents per year, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 11 th of Sept. 1843 to the 18 th Feby 1844.
Respectfully, yours,
J. M. Brooke Comptroller.
14482 act '32
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

In the Mather of Deane Gould a pension

Erie County p On this 17 th day of July
1832 Personally came before me Asa Warren Esquire one of the Justices of the peace in and for the said County Timothy Woodward and duly made oath that he is personally and well acquain- -ted with Isaac Gould now resident in the town of Edin and County aforesaid.
And that in the year 1777 he was with the said Isaac Gould in the service of the State of Mas- -sachusetts in the regiment commanded by Col. — Leonard Capt Lawrence Hems company from about the 20 th day of February of said year until the first part of April or about six weeks. And that the said service was rend- -ered at Fort Nianderoga. Timothy Woodward
Sworn to and subscribed this 17 th day of July 1832 before
Me Asa Warren Esquire
I hereby certify that the above named Timothy Woodward is to me well & known ally known and that he is a person of fair character a cred- -ible witness.
Asa Warren

State of New York
Civil County Clerk's Office. Noah P. Sprague Clerk of said County of Erie do hereby certify that Alsa Warren Esquire before whom the within aff d was sworn was on the day of taking the same now in a justice of the peace of the said County duly elected & sworn & authorized to act as such & that the signature of the said Justice to the within aff d is to the best of his knowledge the true signature of the said Justice In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this 12 th day of December A.D. 1832
For the Mother of Deborah Goulet a pensioner

I Simeon Dickinson of Amherst in the County of Hamp- shire & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged twenty five years, do testify & say; that about the first of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred & twenty six, the precise day I do not remember, I enlisted into Capt. Oliver Lyman's Company, in Col. Nicholas Dyer's Regiment, in Gen. Samuel Ward's Brigade of the Massachusetts Militia, at Amherst aforesaid, for the term of three months; that Isaac Gould , then a resident of said Amherst, with whom I had been intimate, & well acquainted, from my child- hood, or having been schoolmates together from our youth, also enlisted, at or near the same time, into the same Company, & for the same term; The company marched soon to Dorchester near Boston, the said Isaac & myself being then soldiers in it, where we remained until our term of service expired, when we were respectively discharged, the said Isaac & myself & came home together. Our chief business, while at Dorchester, was fortifying the batture, as it was then called, now Fort Independence; where we used to go nearly every day, and were then engaged in entire fortification. I do therefore testify, that to my certain knowledge the said Isaac died more than months, from about the first day of September, twenty six, in the defense of his country, in the Massachusetts Militia. I had no written discharge, & none was given to any of the company, that I recollect. Simeon Dickinson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts New Hampshire July 12 1832 Then personally appeared Simeon Dickinson, subscriber to the above affidavit, to me well known, and a credible witness, & made solemn oath to the truth of the same - Before me, Samuel S. Dickinson justice of the Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss.
I Solomon Stoddard, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire, do certify that Samuel F. Dickinson Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the within Certificate was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned, and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth — And that full faith and credit is, and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity — and that the signature to said Certificate is known by me to be the hand writing of the said Samuel F. Dickinson.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this fourteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
S. Stoddard Clerk