Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 33285, Pelatiah Hawes, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Hawes, Platiah.
NUMBER
B. 33285
CONTENTS

193
Massachusetts Roll.
Pelatiah Hoares, 4 Capt Grainger Private Massachusetts Line 1778. 3 yrs the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd of June 1818 and sent to Hon. Edward Bangs, Worcester, Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818 semi-ann. all ce ending
4 months 4/30 $ 33.36
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Concord
Samuel H. Hovey

Notification sent July 19 th 1820 to Abijah Bigelow, Worcester, Mass. U.S.

33 285 Reorg INVALID.
File No. 88,285
Salatiah Hawes
Dis Per Inv
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 175
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Joseph Vay found in St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 1911 Philadelphia Evening Post March 1911 Corral D11
N. B. Case of Joseph Vay. 1911
(See documents filed in Joseph Vay's case.)

* In the Month of January A.D. 1876, I entered & was engaged in the aforesaid service of the United States, for the term of one year, and served during that time. — Early in the year nineteen hundred and seventy eight, I enlisted in the aforesaid service for three years, and served until that term was fully ended.
In nineteen hundred and eighty, I enlisted, and served in the aforesaid service, from that time to the end of the war.

State of Massachusetts
I Platiah Hawes — a Citizen of the United States, now resident at South Braintree in the County of Worcester in the State aforesaid, do on oath testify and declare, that in the War of the Revolution, on or about the first day of May  seventeen hundred & seventy five
I entered and was engaged in the Land service of the United States on the continental establishment, and served accordingly from that time to about the first day of January A. D. 1776 which completed eight months service .
as a Soldier against the common enemy, without any interruption or absence that I belonged to in either of the aforesaid enlistments. That I belonged to the Massachusetts line of Infantry, fifth Regiment commanded by Col. Rufus Putnam and company commanded by Capt. Daniel Shays  and  John Frotter and that I left the service on the day of June  seventeen hundred & eighty three ; and received an honorable Discharge, with two Badges of Merit for six years faithful service , which discharge I have lost and that, by reason of my reduced circumstances in life and poverty, I stand in need of assistance from my country for support, being now of the age of sixty three years .
And I hereby relinquish all claims to every pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States, if any may be or hath been so allowed.
Platiah Hawes
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this first day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen pursuant to a law of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," made and passed on the 18th of March, A. D. 1818, personally appeareth before me, Samuel Minter  Authorized by Commission of Edward Bangs Esq. Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the western Circuit in said State
the abovenamed Platiah Hawes and after due examination and caution to testify and declare the whole truth, he maketh oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribes the same in my presence; and, on examination duly made by me the said Judge , it appeareth to my satisfaction that the said declaration is true.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of said Court, the day of the date aforesaid.
Samuel Minter Esq. Just of the Peace

The within named Patiah Hawes was a soldier in the fifth Massachusetts Regiment - and I frequently saw him in said Regiment - and many times on duty, for several years, at which time I was a soldier in the sixth Massachusetts Regiment - John Woods.
Westerly May 1 st 1810 -
I personally appeared the above named John Woods , and after due examination and caution to declare the whole truth, made oath to the declaration aforesaid, and subscribed the same in my presence. -
Samuel Hixson Nat. Peace -

Schedule of the Estate of Pelatiah Hawes of New Braintree in the County of Worcester, and Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, Applicant for a pension under the Act of Congress of
May 1. 1820.
1 doz Fork-handles $1.00 1 Axe 1.00 1 Shave .50 1 wooden Pit-Stock & 2 bits .70 1 Trunk 1.00 Money unexpended of my pension 10.00 $14.20
My occupation is that of a farmer; my health is now bad, and has been for 8 years past; during which time I have received assistance from my friends, and the publick, until I received my pension. I have no family.
Pelatiah Hawes

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COUNTY OF WORCESTER, ss.
ON this twenty first day of June, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Worcester, established as such by the laws of said Commonwealth, Belatiah Hawes aged sixty five years, resident in New Braintree in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: - In Col. Larned's Regt. Capt. John Brainerd's Company 8 months in 1775; In Col. Shepard's Regt. Capt. Peter Hubbard's Company 1 year in 1776. Early in 1778 I enlisted in Col. Rufus Putnam's Regiment. Capt. Daniel Shay's company, and served more than 5 years, to the close of the War, and was discharged on the 9th June 1783. The last mentioned Company was commanded by Capt. Jos. Stoddard, towards the close of the War: all which was in the Mass'ts line. My original application was dated May 1 st 1818. The number of my pension certificate is 793 and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Belatiah Hawes.
Sworn to and declared, on the twenty first day of June, 1820 before the said Court.
Attest, Abijah Bigelow. Cler.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, holden within and for the County of Worcester, do hereby certify, that the foregoing Oath, and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule, is fourteen dollars and twenty cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June 1820.
Abijah Bigelow Clerk of the Court for the County of Worcester.