Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 6831, for Jonathan Morrison, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N 16
Morrison, Jonathan
Esther
NUMBER
W.6831
BLWt17710_160_55.

CONTENTS
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102.825 Act Mar 3/5?
April 20 15
Esther Morrison wid Jonathan
Capt "pri
Col ""
N.H.Mil
War of the revolution

N.S. Benner
NH July 48-711
Ad:160 acres Feb:23/56
Boyton
Jne H McCutchon
Present

Capt H McCutchen Dec 14/55
Vol M2.Page 93

No 17 710 iss Mar 1/56
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711 Ports [page torn]
New Hampshire
Esther Morrison
widow of Jonathan
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
30 Dollars 77
Cents per annum, to commence on the 20th day of June 1848

Certificate of Pension issued this
23rd day of Nov 18 [page torn]
and sent to
W.M Taylor [page torn]
New Hampshire

Record on Roll of Pensioners under [page torn]
July 29th, 1848, Page 18, Vol. [page torn]
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10-612
New Hampshire
Jonathan Morrison
of Coventry inn the State of NH
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain – of the Regt commanded 
by Col Poor in the NH
une for 9 May 7 Days

Inscribed on the Roll of NH
at the rate of 30 Dollars 77 Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831

Certificate of Pension issued the 16th day of April 1833 and sent [illegible] Pierce Dover [illegible] 

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1833 $61.54
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 15.38
$76.92

{Revolutionary Claim, 
Act June 7th, 1832}
Recorded by J F McBlair Clerk
Book 6 Vol. 1 Page 102
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Hon. J. L. Edwards

Sir
After examining place to return to Nicholas M Taylor. Southampton County of Belknap State of New Hampshire
Your obedient servant
Nicholas M Taylor
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No
Declaration 
of Esther Morrison
wife of Jonathan
NH
29 July 1848
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of 2nd February 1848 entitled an act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution

State of New Hampshire
Belknap County on this twenty ninth day of August 1849 personally appeared before the subscribed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Belknap Esther Morrison a resident of Sanbornton in the Count and State aforesaid aged eighty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed February 2nd 1848 entitles on that making further provision of surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution.

That she is the Widow of Jonathan Morrison late of Sanbornton State and County aforesaid deceased who was a private in the Army of the Revolution that he was a Pensioner under the lot of 7th June 1832 at the rate of thirty dollars and seventy seven cents per annum  For proof of service reference may be had to the War Office produced when he obtained his Pension Certificate.
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She further declare she was married to him the said Jonathan Morrison in Sanbornton by the Rev Joseph Woodman of Sanbornton aforesaid on the ninth day of July in the year 1781 as will appear by proof hereunto. That her husband the above named Jonathan Morrison died at this residence in Sanbornton on the twentieth day of June 1848 as will appear by proof annexed. That she was not married to him the aforesaid husband prior to his leaving the army but the Marriage took place preview to the first day of January 1794 namely at the time above stated. She further declares that she was never afterward married and still remains a widow.

Esther Morrison

Subscribed and sworn to on the day and year above written before me 
Henry J. Simpson
Judge of the Court of Common Please

I certify that the above declaration was taken at the home of the declarant Esther Morrison. She being unable to appear in Court by reason of old age and bodily infirmity.

Hery M. Simpson
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
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I Simon Morrison a resident of Sanbornton in the County of Belknap and State of New Hampshire age forty years depose and say that Jonathan Morrison who was a Revolutionary War Pensioner of the United States died at his residence in Sanbornton on the 12th day of June 1848 that Esther Morrison is still living and is his Widow. I further depose and say that the accompanying record was taken from the inside of the cover of the family Bible which has been in the possession of the family from my childhood. I reside in the same family with my parents and have resided with them from my birth.

Simon R Morrison

State of New Hampshire
Belknap County August 27 1849
Sworn and subscribed before me Nicholas M Taylor [illegible] Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above Simon Morrison, that he is a reputable witness and his testimony may be relied on.  Nicholas M Taylor [illegible] Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Belknap SS Ebenezer S Lawrence Clerk of the Court of Common Please for said County, hereby certify that Henry G. Simpson is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, and that the forgoing signature purporting to be his is genuine in my belief.
In testimony where of I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of November A.D. 1839
E. L. Lawrence, Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Belknap S.J. Ebenezer S Lawrence Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County of Belknap, hereby certify that Nicholas M. Taylor is a justice of the Peace in and throughout said state and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine in my belief -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court this twentieth day of November A.D. 1849
E. S. Lawrence, Clerk
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THE age of Mr Jonathan Morrison & his Marriage

Mr Jonathan Morrison born June 28th 1750
Esther Morrison born August 3rd 1762
They married July 9th 1781
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IX 897
Jon. Morrison
Sandbornton
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State of New Hampshire County of Coventry } ss. Superior Court of Judication August Term 1832

On this 24th day of August personally appeared before the Judges of the Superior Court of dedication, Jonathan Morrison a resident of Sanbornton in the County of
Shafford and State of New-Hampshire, aged 73 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 _  with _ and served in the
regiment of the New Hampshire, under the following named officers: 

[handwritten] I Jonathan Morrison of Sanbornton aforesaid, formerly of Brentwood in said States, did enlist as a soldier in the war of the Revolution
in Capt. Peter Coffin's Company, and I think in Colonel Poor's Regt. sometime in the month of October 1775. I think for five months and we marched to Portsmouth and then to New Castle ([illegible] Island so called) and carried
[illegible] above named, then marched to Winter Hill and there stationed until some time in March 1776 at which place I was discharged from said service - I enlisted
again in said War sometime in September
1776 for three months in Captain Nathan Sanborn's Company I think in Col. Well's Regt. New Hampshire line and Militia and marched to Fishkill & Peakskill in
New York State and there stationed until I was discharged which was sometime in the month of December 1776 – and sometime in the month of September 1777, for three
months in Capt. Ambrose's Company, I think in Col. Welch's Regt. New Hampshire Militia and line as aforesaid I marched from Sanbornton aforesaid to Charlestown
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[handwritten] Company I think in Col. Well's Regt. New Hampshire line and Militia and marched to Fishkill & Peakskill in
New York State and there stationed until I was discharged which was sometime in the month of December 1776 – and sometime in the month of September 1777, for three
months in Capt. Ambrose's Company, I think in Col. Welch's Regt. New Hampshire Militia and line as aforesaid I marched from Sanbornton aforesaid to Charlestown formerly number four N.H. then to Manchester Vermont and then to Saratoga State of New York the place where we were stationed until my time of service expired which I enlisted for and was then discharged from said service – we were in sight of Burgoyne's Army – I do not know of any person living that was out with me on the last mentioned enlistment, and John Taylor Esqr of Sanbornton aforesaid knows of me being out on said last mentioned enlistment and knows of my returning home – On the last mentioned enlistment as above stated I was discharged the last of October instead of the expiration of my said three months services.
[end handwritten narrative]

[printed form] He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension of an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[signed] Jonathan Morrison

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
[signed] Andres A Pierce, Clerk

I Andrew Pierce, Clerk of the Sup Court of Judication to hereby certify, that the forgoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Jonathan Morrison for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of [illegible] Court this 24th day of August 1832
[signed] A Pierce, Clerk

J.M of Sandbornton [handwritten vertically, lefthand bottom of page]
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83077

FORM FOR BOUNTY LAND UNDER ACT OF 1855.
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NO. 1.
STATE OF   New Hampshire}
COUNTY OF Belknap           }  ss:
     On this fourteenth day of April , A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five   personally appeared before me, a justice of the peace, within and for the county and State aforesaid,  Esther Morrison  , aged  92 .  years, a resident of Belknap Co   in the State of New Hampshire   who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical  Esther Morrison who received, under act of [words crossed out:] 28th September, 1859 land warrant [end of crossed-out words] a pension for $3077 per year  [1 word crossed out:] acres certificate No. 10.612 for services [next 2 words crossed out: in captain of her husband in the [next 3 words crossed out:] company, in the War of the  [next 2 words crossed out:] regiment of  Revolution  next 5 words crossed out:] commanded by Col   [blank] war of  [blank] [entire printed line crossed out :] which warrant is sold, located, or herewith surren dered, and that he continued in actual service in said war for [remainder of sentence handwritten:] that she refers to said papers for proof of her marrige [marriage] death of husband &c and hereby declares that she is now the widow of Jonathan Morrison deceased.

[printed form:] She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled by the act passed March 3d, 1855. She hereby declares that she has not applied for or received Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress, [next 4 words crossed out:] except as above stated, and she hereby appoints JOHN H, McCUTCHEN, Attorney at Law, of Washington City, D.C., to prosecute her claim, and receive her warrant when issued.

Signature of claimant > Esther Morrison  X her mark
I certify that Mrs. Esther Morrison has this day exhibited to me her pension Certificate under Act June 7th 1832 and that I know her to be the person therein mentioned
John H Clark  J.P.
Act 29, July 1848,
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No. 2.

We, Simon R Morrison and Luther Morrison, residents of Sanborton in the State of New Hampshire upon our oaths, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Esther Morrison in our presence, and that we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she ("he" is crossed out) is the identical person she ("he" is crossed out) represents herself ("himself" is crossed out) to be.

Signature of Witnesses { Simon R Morrison
Luther Morrison

The foregoing declaration and affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person he represents himself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim. [102829 handwritten vertically in the margin to the right of this paragraph]
[signed] John H. Clark JP

(After the Justice of the Peace has signed the above, it must be sent to the County Court or any other Court of Record having a seal, the Clerk of which will fill up and sign the following under the seal of the Court. Then return the paper to me.)

State of New Hampshire
County of Belknap

I Samuel C Baldwin Clerk of the County Court, in and for the county and State above mentioned, do hereby certify, that John H Clark whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record, having general jurisdiction. I also certify that I have no interest in the result of the case, and am not concerned it its prosecution.

GIVEN under my hand and Seal of Office, at [illegible] this [illegible] day of April A.D. 1855
[signed] S C Baldwin, Clerk
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Jonathan Morrison
N Hampshire

[illegible] & 7 day (?)
$30.77.
12897

A Pierce E
Dover
NH
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BRIEF in the case of Johnathan Morrison
Co of Coventry in the State of NH
(Act 7th June, 1932.)

1. Was the declaration make before a Court or a Judge? [handwritten] before the Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?

3. How old is he? [handwritten] 73

4. State is service, as directed in the form annexed.

[FORM]
Period. [COLUMN 1]
In 1775 enlisted
Sep 1776 "
Sep 1777 "
Duration of Service. [COLUMN 2]
Years, Months, Days.
5 (months)
3 (months) [illegible]
x 3 [3 crossed out]
1 (months) 7 [illegible] roll of [illegible]
Rank. [COLUMN 3]
As a
Private
"
"
Name of General and Field Officers under whom he served. [COLUMN 4]
Gen.
Cap Coffin Col Poor [illegible]
Cap Sanburi Col Welch
Cap Ambrose " "

5. In what battles was he engaged? [handwritten] none mentioned

6. Where did he reside when he entered service? [no answer]

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [handwritten] Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? [handwritten] The papers are not attached agreeable to the regulation – there are no witnesses [illegible] any [illegible]

I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[Signed] George Taylor
Examining Clerk.
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[Left hand page]
Declaration
Esther Morrison
Under the Act of the 29th July 1848

Dee accompanying proof prepared in support of a claim for asserted by Mrs Morrison under the act of the 2 Feb, 1848 – relinquished [underlined] as advised by the Commissioner of Pensions in his letter of March 30th 1850 to the Hon C H Peaslee

August [illegible]
Please return to Nicholas M Taylor New Hampton County of [illegible] [illegible]
[signed] Nicholas M Taylor Agt.

John Bryant Agent [crossed out]
Meadow NH [crossed out]

[Right hand page]

No. 764
Declaration of
Esther Morrison
Widow of Johnathan
[illegible]
Act July 29, 1848.

Married before 1800
His deed is June 1848

[illegible] 7 days pre
$30.77 per annum
County June 1848

[illegible]

N.M. Taylor,
New Hampton
N.H.

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Declaration
State of New Hampshire
Belknap County

On this eighteenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and fifty personally appeared before Henry Y Simpson a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Belknap Esther Morrison a resident of Sandbornton in said County of Belknap aged eighty seven years who being duly sworn according to laws doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the Act of Congress passed on the 29th of July 1848 that she is the Widow of Jonathan Morrison of Sandbornton in the County of Belknap formerly Strafford who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution in the New Hampshire line and a Pensioner under the Act of 7th June 1832 at the rate of thirty dollars and seventy seven cents per annum. She further declares that she was married to him the said Jonathan Morrison on the 9th day of July 1781 at Sandbornton in the County of Belknap formerly Stafford by the Rev. Joseph Woodman of said Sandbornton. Her husband the said Jonathan Morrison died at Sandbornton in said County on the twentieth day of June in the year eighteen hundred and forty eight.

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that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the second day of January one thousand eight hundred by at the time above stated.

She further declares that she is now a Widow and that she has never before made any application for a Pension except under the Act of July 7th 183X and 22 Feb 1848 which has not been allowed to her.

[signed] Esther [her X mark] Morrison

Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written before

[signed] Henry Y. Simpson
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Belknap

I certify that the above declarant by reason of bodily infirmity cannot attend the Court

[signed] Henry Y. Simpson - Judge of the Court 

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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Office of Secretary of State.

I Thomas P Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Henry Y. Simpson is an acting Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Belknap duly commissioned and qualified; that his Commission was dated on the 4th day of Jany 1841 and will expire on the 30th day of Decm. 1867 and that his signature to the annexed instrument is genuine.

Given under my hand and the Seal of said State this 24th day of April 1850.

[signed] Thos. P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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I Esther Morrison of Sanbornton in the county of Belknap (formerly Strafford, in the state of New Hampshire, widow of Jonathan Morrison a Revolutionary soldier, late of said Sanbornton deceased, testify and say that I will make true answer to such interrogatories as shall be propounded to me.

1st. What is your age, what was your maiden name, where, to whom was you married?

Answer - I shall be eighty eight years of age if I live to the third day of August next (1850) according to the best of my knowledge; my maiden name was Esther Perkins, daughter of Abram Perkins of said Sanbornton, and was married to my late husband, the said Jonathan Morrison, when I was in my nineteenth year, at the dwelling-house of the Rev. Joseph Woodman in said Sanbornton and by him, the said Joseph Woodman.

2nd. Was there any record of your age and marriage if so, where by whom were they made?

Answer. I know of no record of my age & marriage except that made soon after we were

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married I think by David Johnson Esquire, (who has been dead a good many years) in our old family bible.

3rd. Have you always lived with said Jonathan Morrison as his wife since your said marriage up to the time of his death, if so, how many children have you had by the said Morrison, what were their names & ages?

Answer - I have always lived with said Jonathan Morrison since our said marriage as his wife up to the time of his death, and have had twelve children by the said Jonathan whose names and ages were a great many years ago entered of record in our old family bible. And their names were as follow. Jeremiah, Jonathan, John, Bradbury, Merriann, Molly, Abigail, Matthew, Anna, Elizabeth B., Abram P & Simon R and their ages I cannot state accurately, but they are all correctly recorded in said old family bible. 

[signed] Esther [her X mark] Morrison

State of New Hampshire
County of Belknap ss Be it known that on this fifteenth day of March A.D. 1850 personally appeared Esther Morrison and made oath that the answers to the foregoing interrogatories by her subscribed are


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are true.

Before me, Warren Lovell Judge of the Court of Probate within aforesaid county of Belknap.

I hereby certify that the above name deponent is, in my belief, entitled to full credit for trust and veracity – Warren Lovell, Judge of Probate

State of New Hampshire
Belknap SS I Ebenezer S. Lawrence Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for said County hereby certify that Warren Lovell is Judge of the Court of Probate for said County and that his commission is dated the 4th day of January A.D. 1841 and that his signature to the annexed papers is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have affixed the Seal of said Courts and subscribed my name this nineteenth day of March A.D. 1850 -
E. S. Lawrence, Clerk -

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State of New Hampshire
Belknap County
Town Clerks Office
Sandbornton March 7th 1850

I John Carr of Sandbornton in the County of Belknap and state aforesaid depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk of Sandbornton aforesaid that I have the records of said Town of Sandbornton in my possession that I have examined the record of said Town from the year 1775 to the year 1820 and cannot find any record on said Town Book of the Marriage of Jonathan Morrison and Esther Perkins that I have held the office of Town Clerk of Sandbornton from March A.D. 1846 to the present time that the records of said Town do not afford the evidence of any marriage of any person whatsoever from May 28th 1778 to the 3rd day of January 1782 that the Records of said Town do not appear regular and full but very irregular and do not raise the least presumption against the alleged Marriage within the Town of Sandbornton which is not found thereon

[signed] John Carr Town Clerk
State of New Hampshire
Belknap ss March 7 A.D. 1850 Sworn to and 
Subscribed before me [signed] Noah Eastman Just. Peace

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I hereby certify that I am acquainted with the above named John Carr and consider him entitled to full credit for truth and veracity.

[signed] Warren Lovell, Judge of Probate 
within & for said county of Belknap

State of New Hampshire
Belknap ss S. Ebenezer S Lawrence Clerk of the Superior Court of Judication for said County of Belknap, hereby certify that Noah Eastman is a Justice of the Peace for said County and that his commission is dated December 25 AD. 1845 and will expire Dec. 22 A.D. 1850 and that the within signature purporting to be his is genuine in my belief –

The testimony, whereof I have affixed the Seal of said Court and subscribe my name this nineteenth day of March A.D. 1850
[signed] E.L. Lawrence, Clerk

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I Simon R. Morrison of Sanbornton in the County of Belknap (formerly Strafford) in the State of New Hampshire, aged forty one years, testify and say that I will make true answers to such interrogatories as shall be propounded to me.

1st. How long have your lived in said Sanbornton & with whom have you resided?

Answer - I was born in said Sanbornton & have lived there all my days, except about a year & a half I worked out, & have resided with & helped take care of my father Jonathan Morrison a Revolutionary pensioner up to the time of his death, and my mother Esther Morrison who now lives with me in a feeble state of health.

2nd. How many brothers & sisters have you had, & what are their names & ages?

Answer – I have had eleven, myself being the youngest of the family making twelve children of us in all. Their names were as follows. Jeremiah, Jonathan, John, Bradbury, Miriam, Molly, Abigail

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Matthew, Anna, Elizabeth B. Abram P. & Simon R; and their ages according to the record of their births in the old family bible, which record was made before my remembrance, and the time of the birth of each is recorded as follows – Jeremiah born August 27, 1783. John, March 18, 1785, Bradbury, Jany 22 1789. Merriam, March 1st 1791, Molly, Feby 28th 1794, Abigail
March 25th 1796, Matthew, Jany 26th 1799.
Ann Feby 14th 1801. Elizabeth B. Novr
2. 1804, Abram P. Oct 5th 1806 & Simon R
Oct. 14th 1808.
[signed] Simon R. Morrison

State of New Hampshire
County of Belknap ss Be it know that on this fifteenth day of March A.D. 1850, personally appeared Simon R. Morrison - son and mad oath that the answers to the foregoing interrogatories by him subscribed are true.

Before me, Warren Lovell, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for the said county of Belknap.

I hereby certify that the above named deponent is, in my belief, entitled to full credit for truth veracity.
[signed] Warren Lovell, Judge of Probate

Sworn to March [crossed out]

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I Joseph Woodman of Sanbornton in the County of Belknap (formerly Strafford) in the State of New Hampshire, aged seventy three years, testify & say that I will make true answers to such interrogatories as shall be propounded to me -

1st. How long have you resided in said Sanbornton, what was the name of your father & where did he reside & what was his business or profession?

Answer – I was born in said Sanbornton & have always resided there where I now live. My father's name was Joseph Woodman who deceased about forty years ago at the age of fifty nine and resided up to the time of his death in the house where I now live. His business or profession was that of a minister of the Gospel of the congregational denomination, and was the first minister settled in said town in the year 1771.

2nd. Was your father in the habit of marrying people if yea, did he keep any
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record of his marriages.

Answer – I never knew of his keeping a record of his marriages before the War of the Revolution; after the Revolutionary War I heard him say that he made a memorandum of papers of his marriages & at the end of the year he would leave them with the Town Clerk of said Sanbornton, as he said.

3rd. Was there any church register kept by your said father or anyone else of Marriages, belonging to the church or society over which he was pastor as above state.

Answer. I never knew or heard of any.

4th. Did you  or not live with your said father until his death & have access to all his records of paper and upon his death were you or not appointed his Executor & if yea, was there ever any papers or record, showing any marriages by him or any other evidence of marriages, which come to your knowledge or possession?
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Answer. I did live with my said father until his death. I had access to all his records & papers & upon his death I was appointed his Executor & reviewed all his papers & books in my possession & I have never seen any records or papers showing or hearing evidence of his marriages, and I am satisfied that he never kept any book or records of any kind of his marriages, either as church or register of the church or as minister or otherwise.

5th. Where you acquainted with Jonathan Morrison of said Sanbornton a Revolutionary Soldier, & with Esther Morrison his widow; if yea, state how long you have known them as living together as man and wife & who she was before she was married to said Jonathan Morrison?

Answer. I was well acquainted with said Jonathan Morrison, now deceased, & his wife Esther, fifty or sixty years ago. And her name before she was married was Esther Perkins, daughter of Abram Perkins who lived a near
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neighbor to my father. And they the said Jonathan & Ester have lived together as man & wife & raised up a large family of children since my acquaintance with them as above stated, up to the time of his death a year & a half or two years ago.
[signed] Joseph Woodman

State of New Hampshire
County of Belknap ss. Be it known that on this fifteenth day of March A. D. 1850, personally appeared Joseph Woodman and made oath that the answers to the foregoing interrogatories by him subscribed are true.

Before me, Warren Lovell, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said county of Belknap - I hereby certify that the above named deponent is, in my belief, entitled to full credit for truth & veracity.
[signed] Warren Lovell. Judge of Probate

[The following is written at the bottom of the page sideways]

Joseph Woodman's 
Depo.
To be used in the case of Esther Morrison of N.H. Act 2nd Feb 1848

Please make further response re the above care of Joshua [illegible] Esq of Mendum N.H.
Nicholas M [illegible]

Should the claim of Mrs Morrison be admitted he was be pleased to have her pay [illegible] made payable at the Conrad Agency 
Nicholas M [illegible] Agt

Sworn to March 18[crossed out]
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Declaration of 
Esther Morrison
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I Jonathan Perkins a resident of Sandbornton in the County of Belknap and State of New Hamp. his age eighty nine years depose and say that I am a Brother of Esther Morrison Widow of Johnathan Morrison who was a Revolutionary Soldier and Pensioner of the United States that the above named Jonathan Morrison and Esther Perkins were married by then Joseph Woodman at his Home in Sandbornton in the summer about 67 or 68 years ago do not remember what month or day of the month. I have resided within five miles of him the said Morrison for seventy years that they have lived together a lawful man and wife all the time since they were married until his death and raised a large family of children. The oldest is now living and is more than sixty years old.
Jon Perkins

State of New Hampshire
Belknap County ss September 28th who sworn to and subscribed before me Nicholas M Taylor Justice Peace 
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Jonathan Perkins that he is of sound mind and a reputable witness and his testimony is entitled to credit.
Nicholas M Taylor Justice Peace
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 Know all men by these presents that I Esther
Morrison of Sandborton County of Belknap
State of New Hampshire widow of Jonathan Morrison
of said Southinton a revolutionary Pensioner for
and in considerate of
do hereby make and state and
appoint S Blanchard True of Washington City D.C.
my true and lawful attorney for me and in my
[illegible] to examine all papers in any Department or
office of Govent upon which a Revolutionary Pension was
granted to my late Husband the said John Morrison and
myself for the revolutionary services of my husband  been
and to obtain by all lawful means any and all additional amounts that may be due from the United States
to him or me by virtue of said service as a soldier
in said war
and for good and sufficient reason. I do hereby
and cancel any and all Power of Attorney and authority
which I may at any former time have given to any
person or persons for the above specified purposes and
I do hereby not the same inevitably in my said
attorney herein appointed, said S. Blanchard True
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and seal this 10th day of March AD 1857 in presense of us
[Signature] Esther her x mark Morrison
[Signature] Luther Morrison
[Signature] Simon R. Morrison

Pensioned at $20 per an see for increase
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State of New Hampshire
County of Belknap S. On this 8th day of March
in the year A.D. 1854 personally appeared
Esther Morrison before me J.A. Potter a Justice of the
Peace throughout the State of N.H. duly authorized
by law to administer oaths and take acknowledgement
in and for said County of Belknap the subscriber
to the above and acknowledged the foregoing Power of
of Attorney to be her free act and deed for the purposes
therein mentioned, made oath in due form of law that
she is personally interested as widow of said Jona Morrison
in said claim
and I further certify that the same
Esther is personally known to me to be the identical
individual represented
[signature] J A Potter Justice of the PEace the state of New Hampshire

Esther Morrison wid John Pensioner N.H

"suspd" for further proof of marriage" P21 [illegible] for increase
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New Hampton August 14th 1852
Sir
Agreeable to your direction I caused the accompanying
paper in the laws of Lydia Robinson and Esther Morrison
to be proposed in April last and they were forwarded
to the Pension Office by John Bryant Esqr of Merriam NH
for some reason did not present them
which is the cause of so long delay I presume
the evidence in the law will be satisfactory
of
the papers can soon be examined you will much
oblige the poor old widows who are still living
Your obedient Servant
[Signature] Nicholas M Taylor Agent

Please report to Scholas M Roger N Hampton
County of Belknap S.
Nichols M Toyle Aget

Hon J L Edward
Commissioner of Pensions
City of Washington DC
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which these
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
Jonathan Morrison 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 amout of pension
he is entitled? yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of
June 7, 1832? no
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? yes
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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? yes
XIV.
If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness
or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath,
certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the
regulations direct?
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?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And,
if not, which of them is not so answered?
yes 1-2-3
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; Formonths
, anddays
, I served as a-
-- For --
days, I served as a -; and for such service I claim a pension.
months
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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 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 objection
able. It must in every case be clearly shewn 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
ployed in any civil pursuit.
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not em-
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
prove his service by two
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must
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 official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authentialing 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 paper authenticated, the certificate
must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass
attached to the certificate.
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
certifying officer, should accompany of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
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No
Esther Morrison
N H
Let to Hon C H Rasbee
March 30 50
let to N M Taylor Feby 16. 1850
New Hampton
19 July 1848
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Mrs Esther Morrison
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1831
Esther Morrison 
Wid
Jonathan Morrison
Privt Rev War
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Act: July 29.
1848.
Index: - Vol. M, Page
Arrangement of 1870.]
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Rev '29 July, 48. N.H.
Boyton
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17710
Boyton
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on evidence
Esther Morrison
widow of
Jona
Morrison
Act 3d March 1855
Bounty Land
D.C. Suspended
Boynton
Jo McCutchen
Present
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State of New Hampshire
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE.
I DO 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 office, it
appears that the name of "Jonathan Morrison "
is borne upon the Vol. 2, Page 12 Roll of Capt.
Company as a
in said Company Pay Roll of Captain
Nathaniel Ambrose's Company in Col.
Welch's Regiment of Volunteers, marched
from Mouttenborough and Towns adjacent
Sep 30th 1777 and joined the continental Army under General Gates at Saratoga, and after the surrender of General
Burgoyne marched with the Guard as
for as North Hampton in the State of Massachusetts
Bay and were there discharged.
James Jonathan Morrison" "Entry"Sop 30"
discharge" "Nov 5"
"Time he service 1. 17.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said State, this
thirtieth day of January 1856
[Signature] Lemuel N. Pattee Secretary of State