Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18,878, John Holmes, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Holmes, John
L 18878
CONTENTS
Carded.

10129.
Massachusetts
John Holmes
of Norfolk in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the reg t commanded by Col. Hovey in the Mass line for 7 Days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass at the rate of 20 Dollars ~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 th day of Mar 1833 and signed by Isaac Rosebury Mass
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $52 ~ Semi-ant. allowance ending 2 nd Sep r " 13 ~ $65 ~
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S. H. Blair Clerk Book 6. Vol. 20. Page 31.

7097 John Holmes
Prots
7 Mos & 24 days
amt $26-
E. G. Leland E

7097  BRIEF in the case of  John Holmes County of Norfolk in the State of Massachusetts (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? 75  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.     Vol. In 1776-1 st Decr 4 Private Gen. Capt. S. Perriman, Col. Francis   Drafted 1777-10 th April 0 24 " Capt. Ro. Swan, Col. B. Gill   Sub. 1778-1 st June 3 " Capt. E. B. Savils, Col. Dyer  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Painted Sedith  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norfolk City. Mass.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional & documentary  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Examining Clerk.  F. Waugh June. 25. 1833.

ms. 10. 1. 22
7097.
Edwin S. Harkness

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Braintree in and for said County, John Holmes a resident of Stoughton in said County, aged 75 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 said Stoughton on the 7th day of August A. D. 1757, and that there is a record of his birth in the Town Records of Stoughton : that he was in the United States service from about the first day of December A. D. 1776, to the first day of April A. D. 1777, 4 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 Stephen Penniman of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Francis : that he marched from Stoughton to Dorchester , from them to Boston  from  to : that he served at Said Place 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 10th day of April A. D. 1777, to the 12th day of May A. D. 1779, 24 cl as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at said Stoughton
when he entered the service; that he was drafted and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Robert Swain of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Benjamin Gill : that he marched from Stoughton to Rhode Island , from  to  from  to : that he served at Rhode Island with none of the regular troops; and  his knowledge is nil regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle and at the end of his service received no written discharge.
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the first  day of January A. D. 1778, to the first  day of April A. D. 1778 as a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at said Stoughton
when he entered the service; that he was a substitute for his father Samuel Holmes and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain Edward H. Sails of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Dyer
: that he marched from Stoughton to Dorchester , from them to Braintree  from  to : that he served at said place with none of the regular troops; and no
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle with the British vessels at Point Judith and at the end of his service received no written discharge. That he has no documentary evidence of any other service except what is herein contained

I Samuel Holman of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk aged Seventy Seven Testify and Say that John Holmes to my knowledge was in the United States Service for the first period of time mentioned by him in the within Statement Samuel Holman
Norfolk ss August 16 th 1832 subscribed & sworn to before Richard Judge of Probate
I Lemuel Smith of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk aged Seventy three testify and Say that John Holmes to my knowledge was in the United States Service for the third period of time mentioned by him in the within Statement Lemuel Smith
Norfolk ss August 16 th 1832 subscribed & sworn to before Richard Judge of Probate

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.
We Thomas Tolman Elyon
John Holmes a clergyman, residing in the Canton
in said County and Lemuel Gay
residing said Sloughton
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Holmes who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventyfive 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.
Thomas Tolman Lemuel Gay
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 Thomas Tolman , who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the  Canton New Sloughton ; and that Lemuel Gay who has also signed the same is a resident in Sloughton and is a credible person; and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Hermon Leland Judge of Probate
I Samuel Hearn , 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 John Holmes , for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid.
Samuel Hearn

John Holmes Son of Samuel Holmes and Sarah his wife was born August 7 th 1757
A true Copy from the Town Records of Houghton
Attest James Swan Town Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug 14. th 1832.
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 the name of John Holmes is borne upon the pay Bills of the Company under the command of Capt Robert Swann in Col Benjamin Hitts Regt for the period of twenty four days from April 18 1777
Edward D Bangs. Secy

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18878
INVALID.
File No. 15.878
John Holmes
Pr. Rev. War
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[Arrangement of 1870.]