Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17479, Edward Hiscox, R.I.

SERVICE
Rd.
Oliscox, Edward
NUMBER
S17479
CONTENTS
boarded

2687.
Rhode Island
Edward Hiscox of Westerly in the State of R.I. who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain [blank] of the Regt - commanded by Col Cook in the R.I. line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of R.I. at the rate of 80 Dollars ~ Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of Dec r 1832 and sent to Babeock Westerly R.I.
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1832 $120~ Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar 33 40~ $160~
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by J. H. M c Blain Clerk Book D Vol. 3 rd Page 116.

No 8926. Edward Hiscox
R. Babcock Esq. Westerly R. I.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edward Hiscox 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 ? yes 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 ? D. No

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? 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? yes 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 affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
†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.

R
17449 INVALID.
File No. 17,479
Edward Hislop
Rev Pres
Act: June 7 th 89
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 452
[Arrangement of 1870.]

No 8725.
Edward Hiscox of Westerly R.I.
Private
2 years
admn
The Clerk's seal has
no device
No 81832
$80
R. Babcock. Westerly R.I.

BRIEF in the case of Edward Hiscox of the County of Washington in the State of R. Island — (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years. 
4. State his service, as directed in the foregoing.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1776 Oct. — 3 — Private Gen. Col. Stanton Hook, Capt. Gait   " 77 Feby 1 3 — ditto Col. Potter, Capt. Thompson   " 78 June 1 — — ditto Col. Tappin, Capt. Babcock  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? R. Island  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Westerly  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levin Belt Examining Clerk.

State of Rhode Island County of Washington ss.
On the sixth day of September 1832, personally appeared in Open Court, being the Court of Common Pleas, within and for the County of Washington now in Session, Edward Hiscox a resident of Westerly, in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island aged 72 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. Viz. That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein Stated — That he was born May 9 th 1760 in Westerly, County and State aforesaid, as entered on the Records of said town, he lived then at the time of his enlistment, and has always since resided there. And the applicant further states that he first enlisted as a private, he believes in the latter part of October 1776 in Capt. John Gavit's Company in Col. Joseph Stanton's Regiment or Col. Cook's Regiment not distinctly recollected for three months, marched to Newport, and remained until the British came in, and took possession of Rhode Island, and then went to Tiverton, and served until his time expired. The said applicant further states that he next enlisted in February 1777 in Capt. Thomas Thompson's Company and Col. Thomas Potter's Regiment, afterwards commanded by Col. Joseph Stanton, as a private for fifteen months, and marched through Narragansett, Greenwich and Warwick to Providence, from thence to Tiverton, and was there stationed at Howland's Ferry, and served until his time expired. The said applicant further states, that he soon after enlisted, in the month of June 1778 for twelve months, as a private in Capt. Joshua Babcock's Company, in Col. John Topham's Regiment, was stationed at Tiverton, and in the month of August went on to Rhode Island in Sullivan's expedition, was at the Battle with the British there at that time, all of which terms of enlistments he served out, and was honorably discharged, has no written discharge. — 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 aforesaid. in Open Court. Wm. Sam. Helme Clk Edward Hiscox

We Lyndon Taylor residing in the town of Westerly Rhode Island and Wm. R. Chapman residing in said Westerly hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Edward Hisey who has subscribed and sworn to the within declaration; that we believe him to be seventy two 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 to and subscribed the day aforesaid. —
Lyndon Taylor
William R Chapman
in the presence of Wm. Sam l Helme Clerk
State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Washington S o .
Clerks Office C. C. Pleas. Nov. 20. 1832
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court. Aforesaid do hereby certify that the device on the Seal of this Court is a pair of Scales but so slightly cut it is difficult to give an impression. The above is the best that it will produce and generally is scarcely legible I further certify that the two Seals before attached to my certificates annexed are the true Seals of this Court.
SAM l Helme Clerk

Arnold Crumb, now a resident in North Stonington, in the State of Connecticut, a Revolutionary Pensioner, on oath testifieth that he knows Edward Hiseox of Westerly, in the State of Rhode Island, and well remembers that said Hiseox was a soldier for fifteen months at Tiverton, in Capt. Thomas Thompson's Company, in Col. Thomas Potter's Regiment, afterwards commanded by Col. Joseph Stanton in the years 1777 & 1778. And further that said Hiseox did afterwards serve as a private for twelve months at Tiverton, and on Rhode Island in Capt. Joshua Babcock's Company, in Col. John Tappin's Regiment, in the years 1778 and 1779. I certify this from my own personal knowledge, having served in the same Companies under both enlistments with the said Hiseox. —
His Thurlo Crumb mark
Washington ss. Westerly August 28 th 1832. Personally appeared Thurlo Crumb subscriber to the above Deposition, by him subscribed by making his mark as above in my presence and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me Nathan H. Dixon Justice of Peace
Plumb Chapman, of Westerly in the County of Washington, and State of Rhode Island, maketh oath that he is personally well acquainted with Edward Hiseox of said Westerly, and knows that said Hiseox did serve three months in Capt. John Gant's Company, and he believes in Col. Cook's Regiment, on Rhode Island and Tiverton, said service commencing in November 1776. — I certify this from personal knowledge having served in the same Company at the same time with the said Hiseox. — Plumb his Chapman mark
Washington ss. Westerly August 31. 1832. Personally appeared Plumb Chapman subscriber to the foregoing, and made solemn oath to the truth of, and affixed his mark to the same in my presence. Gen. W. Knight Justice of the Peace.

8726 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 Lyndon Taylor William R Chapman Arnold Grumbel who has signed the preceding certificate and Plumb Chapman are residents in the Town of Westbury and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Washington do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application Edward Hiscott for a pension In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this Seventh day of September A.D. 1832.
Sam l Helme Clk
I Samuel Helme Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Washington do hereby certify that Nathan T Dixon Esq and Judicah W. Knights Esq rs are Justices of the Peace for the Town of Westbury in the County of Washington legally chosen and qualified as the same requires that full faith and credit ought to be given to their Attestation I further certify that the Seal here impressed is the true Seal of the Courts aforesaid
Wm Sam l Helme Clk