Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15,434, John Guild, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Guild, John
S 15,434
CONTENTS
Carded

Amount 28.260 28 260
John Gulliver of Orange, in the State of who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Adams of the Regt commanded by Col. ... in the ... line for ... (Mass. av.)
8 No 24 ss, Fr $27.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont at the rate of 29 Dollars 32 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of April and ... 1831
Arrears to the 14th of Nov 31 - 88.95 Semi-ant. allowance ending ... 14.66 $ 102.66
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. G. Gulliver Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 07

in the history of States office in the State of Massachusetts Copy of which is herewith transmitted, though he cannot tell any particulars of said train as to the time & place where when it was performed. He also states that he never was John Guild for while he lived in said Houghton, his father's name being John Guild & he knows that his father did not perform any train as a soldier in the war for the Revolution as he was at that time lame with a fear sore upon one of his legs & was wholly incapable of render- ing military service.
He answers to the first interrogatories presented by the war department & propounded by the Court the said applicant answers that he was born in Wolston in the State of Massa- chusetts the 28 th of Augt 1760 that he has no record of his age except in his father's family Bible now in the possession of his brother Amos Guild now living in said Houghton. That he lived in said Houghton in Massachusetts when called into the service that when he was 23 years old he moved into the Town of Oxford in New Hampshire. That soon after he moved into West Fairlee, where with the exception of a short residence in the towns of North & Strafford in said Orange County he has since then resided. That he entered the service as a substitute for his brother Amos the first time and afterwards as stated above. That he cannot tell more particulars as to the names of officers & other cir- cumstances of service than stated above. That he heard the whole time as a private & never had any written discharge. That he has no documentary evidence of his service except what is herewith transmitted vizt the Certificate of the Secretary of State of Massachusetts & copy of Records of Capt. Saml. Dabbs, attested by Jas. Fulbort That he knows of no person now living who can testify of his service except it be his brother Amos who now resides in said Houghton. That he refers the Court & the war department to the Hon. Elisha Dyer, Darius Child Esq. of said West Fairlee & to Col. Saml. Darius, William Hutton Esq. David Dyer Esq. as persons in his neighborhood who will testify to his belief of his service & to his character for truth & veracity.

John Guild
Application -
re 24 Aug 34
Admitted
8 Mo 2/6s Pr
26.66 2.22 44 29.32
Return to be much to Simon Root Weyford
Assessment

State of Vermont,
Probate District of Bradford in the said County of Orange —
COUNTY OF Orange
On this 29 th day of January A D 1833 personally appeared in open court, before the Probate Court the court of Probate in S. District now sitting, John Guild last will and testament a resid of West Fairlee in the county of Orange and state of Vermont, 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, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United states under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That in the month of May A D 1779, as he thinks, at Houghton in the State of Massachusetts his brother Amos Guild, was drafted as a militia man to go on to Dorchester Heights near Boston & that this applicant went as a substitute - this service thinks that he was attached to Capt. Jeremiah Southworth's Company of said Houghton & was stationed on Dorchester Heights at least three months & seven days nights about the middle of Aug. the precise day he does not recollect the Col. name he does not recollect - He thinks there were not many troops stationed there at the time & he cannot state more particular in this term of service - That in the month of fall of 1779 that he enlisted voluntarily into the Company of Capt. Moses Adams Company of militia as he thinks Col. Benja. M c Gill kept at said Houghton in Mass for the term of five months & that he was stationed at Cambridge near Boston the whole term of five months or four months & 28 days seven days nights, that there was a large number of troops stationed there at the time, but he does not now distinctly recollect the names of any officers but those above named. That previous to the above service, to wit in Sept 1777 as he thinks he was drafted out of the train band & taken on list at said Houghton for the term of one month to assist on an expedition to Rhode Island, however that is not certain - the place south of Providence, the name of the place he does not now recollect - to Capt. Samuel Talbot's Company of said Houghton - Service of said Company. This term of service was so short the being the particulars concerning it -
Attached this is to the is applicant

South of Providence, the name of the place he does not now use. to Samuel Talbot, Company of said Housatonic Artillery. said Company. This term of service was to short the being further states that he recently is going to Capt Robert Lewis of Housatonic. He thinks he must have heard in his Company the term of 24 days agreeably to a record in the books & documents relative to military service in the war of the rebellion.
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 in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of Vermont.
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
John Guild
We, Timothy Spalding a clergyman and in the County of Orange in the State of Vermont residing in the Mtford William Newton residing in the Mtford hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Guild who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 72 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.
Timothy Spalding William Newton
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 Timothy Spalding who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in the Town of Mtford and that William Newton who has also signed the same, is a resident in the said Town of Mtford and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Simon Root Clerk or Register of the court of Probate upon oath do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Guild for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 29 th day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty two thirty three
Simon Root Reg.

Recd Com
15434 INVALID.
Oct. 11-19 at Mrs. Augusta W. Greenwich
File No. 15434
John Emile Br Geo War
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Revolutionary

"Rock Ridge" GREENWICH, CONN.
Oct 6 th , 1901
Hon. Com. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
I am very desirous of obtaining any information which you have in your possession concerning my Great Grandfather, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.
His name was John Gaild.
He died about 1852, and was then a pensioner.
He was about 90 years of age at the time of his death. He died in West Fairlee, Vermont, where he lived for a

2 number of years preceding his death.
His Father's name was John Guild.
His Wife's name was Olive Stuart Guild.
Where he enlisted, how long he served, or what his position in the army was, I do not know.
I am an applicant for membership in the "Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution," and any information which you will have the courtesy to send me I shall greatly appreciate.

Will you kindly give this the earliest attention consistent with the duties of your honorable office; also enclose me your bill for any expense which this service may entail?
By referring to the Hon. Carroll D. Wright, Chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, you will receive any knowledge which you may desire concerning me personally.
Mrs) Very Sincerely Yours, Augusta W. Reed

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
By His Excellency LEVI LINCOLN , Esquire, Governor and Commander in Chief in and over said Commonwealth.
To all whom it may concern
Know Ye, That Joel Saltonstall Esquire, is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Norfolk;
Levi Lincoln

in the said Commonwealth, duly constituted and commission- ed, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In Testimony Whereof , I have caused the Public Seal of the Commonwealth to be hereunto affixed, this twentieth day of September, A. D. 1832, and in the Fifty eighth Year of the Independence of the United States of America.
By His Excellency the Governor.
Edward D. Dangs Secretary of the Commonwealth.

"Stoughton Sept 24 th 1777
we had orders to Draft 5 men out of the Train Band & alarm list to go upon a Secret Expedition for the term of one Month from the 1 st of Oct. accordingly we met & Draughted the following Persons (Viz)
Elizah Fildes & he hired Will m Fildes John Guild Jr in Person Logan Pope & he hired Thos Allen & gave 30 doll s Jesse Manley & he hired James Allen & gave 32 Doll s Silas Rinsay & he hired B Esty Williams & gave 25 Doll s these men had no bounty their wages 10 Dollars pr Month & they Marched for Road Island ,,
I Benjamin Bisbee of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy three years testify and say that I have examined the company record kept by Samuel Talbot from April 19 th 1775 to April 21 st 1880 and that the above is a true copy from said record and I further say that I know it to be a record that was kept by said Samuel Talbot in the time of the Revolutionary War and is now in the possession of his son Benjamin Bisbee
Norfolk ss Sept 18 th 1833 Subscribed and sworn to before me and I hereby certify that the said Benjamin Bisbee is a credible witness & a man of veracity
Joel Talbot Justice of the Peace

I James Capen of Stoughton in the county of Norfolk and commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy Six years testify and say that I entered the Revolutionary Service as a private in the company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Capt Moses Adams about the first of November 1777 and continued to serve in said company at Cambridge until the about the first of April 1778 and that John Guild jun r then of said Stoughton was a soldier and served as a private in the same company and for the same time I did
James Capen
Norfolk ss September 18 th 1833 Subscribed and sworn to before me and I hereby certify that the said James Capen is a credible witness and a man of veracity
Joel Talbot Justice of the Peace
I John Holmes of Stoughton in the county of Norfolk and commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy Six years testify and say that I entered the Revolutionary Service as a private in the company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Capt Robert Swan about the middle of April 1777 and continued to serve in said company at Bristol R.I. three weeks. and that John Guild jun r (then) of said Stoughton was a soldier and served as a private in the same company and for the same time I did
John Holmes
Norfolk ss September 18 th 1833 Subscribed and sworn to before me, and I hereby certify that the said John Holmes is a man of veracity and a credible witness
Joel Talbot Justice of the Peace

I Asa Waters of Stoughton in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy three years testify and say that I entered the Revolutionary Service as a private in a company of Massachusetts Militia commanded by Captain Issedechiah Southworth in Col Robinsons Reg t  to serve about the first of February 1776 and continued in said company at Dorchester until about the first of April of the same year being a period of two months and John Guild Jr r (then) of said Stoughton was a Sallier and served as a private in the same company and for the same time I did. Asa Waters
Norfolk ss September 10 th 1833 Subscribed and sworn to before me, and I hereby certify that the said Asa Waters is a credible witness and a man of veracity
Joel Fabbott Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Aug t . 13 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 Guild is borne  open the pay rolls of the company under the command of Capt Robert Swain in Col Benjamin Gills Regt for the period of twenty four days from April 18 th 1777.
Also in Capt Moses Adams company in Col Brooks Regt four months and twenty eight days from Nov 5 th 1777
Edward D Bangs. Secy.
I further Certify, that on examination of the Rolls no Roll can be found of any company commanded by Capt Southworth. The Rolls on file in this Office are very incomplete.
Edward D Bangs. Secy
Sept. 20. 1833.