Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7,037, James Dockum, N.H.
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Service: N. H.
Dockum, James
Dockum, Polly

Number: W. 7.037
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0874

Ohio Cincinnati
Polly Dockum
widow of James Dockum, NH, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private.

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of 1857 and sent toDickens & Coombs presents. 

Recorded o nRoll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1818, Page 339 Vol. 4.
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Ohio. 7.819

James Dockum of Madison in the State of Ohio, who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Duston of the Regiment commanded by Col. Reed in the New Hampshire line for six months. 

$20.00

Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio at the rate of 20 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 9th day of April 1833 and sent to John Moore, […] London, Marion Co., Ohio.

Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - $40.

Semi-annual allowance ending 4 […] 1833 — $10.00

[Total:]
$50.00

{Revolutionary Claim, Act Jun 7, 1832}

Recorded by Wm R Palmer, Clerk

Book 6, Vol 8, Page six
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act of congress passed June 7th 1832.

The state of Ohio Madison County on this [blank] day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the judges of the court of common pleas now sitting James Dockum a resident of the township of Pike in the county of Madison and state of Ohio aged seventy one years who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7th AD 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated [illegible] Col. Reed, Lieutenant Col Dearbourn, Capt Duston, Adjutant [illegible - Belk?], that he entered the services about the month of July AD 1780, left the service at the expiration of his enlistment, then at the time he entered the service he resided in the town of Poplin, Rockingham County of State of New Hampshire that he enlisted into the service ^for the term of six months^ was in no battle, that he marched through the state of Connecticut to Springfield, from there to West Point joined the main Army there, from there marched into the state of New Jersey, that he obtained a discharge at West Point can not recollect by whom his discharge was signed said discharge is later on misslaid; that he has no documentary evidence, knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares
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That his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year
John Moon [illegible] James Dockum
1st was born the 20th of October in the year
1761 in the town of Green Lord Rockingham
County State of New Hampshire 

2 that he has no record of his age

3 that when he was called into the service he lived in
the town of Poplin Rockingham Cart set of
New Hampshire; His resided since the Revolution
any War, some years in the said town of Poplin
in the County of Set aforsaid, remaned from there into
the town of Greenland in the County & state aforsaid
from the [illegible] into the Province of Mane
resided son years from thee to the State of Vermont
resided there six or seven years, from there to the
nty of Deer and Province of Lower Caniday
resided there six or seven years from the to
the State of Ohio resided in vonous ports of this not
has under eighteen or nine years in the Conty
of men and now reside in the same

4 that he was called into the service by establishment

5 that he can make no further statement then he has med in the body of his declaration to what he [illegible]

6 that he did receive a written discharge from
the services, does not recollect by when it was signed, that the same is lost or destroyed

7 that he is known in the neighborhood where
he now reside to the following persons who can testify
to his character for veracity and ably of his
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[handwritten]

Services as a soldier of the revolution, towit, Moses
Palmet John Rathbone George Jones Micheal Rosbury
Nathan Bond Philip Lewis John Moore Henry Worner
Stephen Moore Palmet McLene George Fullington
Moses Fullington Amos G Thompson, Johnson Harrel
and Robert Hume
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesd
James Dockum
John Moore Clerk
We John Rathbone a clergyman
residing in
the county of Medina and State of Ohio and
a resident of the County and state aforesaid
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with
James Dockum who has sworn to and 
subscribed the above declaration; that we beleve [sic]
him to be seventy one years of age, the age
he presents himself to be; that he is reputed and
believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to
have been a solder of the revolution, and that we
concur in that opinion
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforsaid
John Moore Clerk 
John Rathbone
Moses Patrick
And the said Court do hereby declare there [sic] opinion after the
investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant
was a soldier of the Revolution and served as he states
and the court further certifies that it appears to them that John
Rathbone who has signed the preceding certificate is a
Clergyman resident in the County of Medina and state aforesaid
and Moses Palmet
who has also signed the same is a [?]
of the County and state aforesaid and is a credible person and
that their statement is entitled to credit
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[handwritten]

I John Moore Clerk of the Court of Common pleas of the
County of Madison in the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter
of Application of James Dockum for a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal of office this 20th day of September
A.D. 1832

13,313
James Dockum
Declaration for pension
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[handwritten]

13394
Polly Dockum
widow of James
Ohio
act 7 July 1838
Married 1788
Rejected
husband did not serve
6 mo per rolls Servis [sic] for 1780

13,394 July 2/41
Polly Dockum
Act July 7 38
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Declaration of Polly Dockum of Madison County in the State of Ohio
in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th of July 1838
entitled an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"" and
the several amendatory and additional acts
The State of Ohio Madison County
On this Twenty fifth day of June
A.D. 1884. personally appeared before the undersigned one of the Judges of the Court of Common
1
Pleas in and for said County Polly Bockam a resident of Somerford
1
Township in the County
ty of Madison aforesaid, aged seventy six years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on
1
her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act
of Congress passed July 7 1838, entitled"An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows"
1
1
that she is the widow of James Dockum who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and
who drew a pension for services in said army, as will appear by the annexed certificate of pension
The further declares that her maiden name was Polly Barker that she is a native of the Town of
Parsonfield, County of York and State of Maine, when on the twenty third day of November in the
year seventeen hundred and eighty eight (1788 has married to the said James Dockmen,
as will appear by the annexed family Record marked "That the marriage did not take place
nor to her said husbands leaving the service, but it took place in or to the first day of January 1794
Viz at the time above stated. This declarant further states that the annexed Record marked it is the
&
original family record taken from the family bible belonging to her said husband and is the handwriting
of
and that for many years prior to his death it
was regarded by him, and by this declarant since the death of her said husband it has been regarded by her
on the family Record, in which he and this declarant, have lied for evidence of the date of their aforesaid
marriage, and that it contains a correct statement of the time of the said marriage to this declarants knowledge
This declarant further states that her husband the said James Dockum died on the fifteenth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three 1833 that since his death she has not again married, but remains his widow
Sworn and subscribed before me this
25th
her
Polly Dockum
day of June
mark
Thos Jones at Judy
The above mark attested by
E Wilson
Thos Jones
A.D. 1847.
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and I hereby certify that by reason of old age and infirmity of bow; the above named declarants unable
to [illegible] to appear in open Court, And further Certify, that satisfactory evidence has been adduced
before me that the above named James Dickens died on the fifteenth day of September Eighteen hun
Lord and thirty three (1833, and that the above named declarant has not since married, but
The on 1st July
as his widow
The State of Ohio
Madison County
J. A. A. Hume Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Madison County in the
State of Ohio, the same being a Court of Record, expreply so made by the Constitution and laws of the
State of Ohio, do hereby certify that Thomas Jones
---
above named is a Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid, and was such Judge at the time of the foregoing attestation duly
Commissioned and qualified, that his Term of Office, commenced on the 17th
March
AD 1841 and will expire on the Seventeenth day of March
day of ┃
and that his signature above written is quine
AD 1888
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 26th
day of June
A.D. 1847
Act June C
4
The State of Ohio Madison County
Personally came before me the undersigned one of the Judges of the
Court of Common Pleas of Madison County in the State of Ohio Hannah Ward and
Rebecca Fullington
---
persons to me well known who being sworn say that they were
personally acquainted with the within named James Dockum, and know that he died on the
fifteenth day of September in the year eighteen hundred and thirty three (1833) that they were present at
his Burial and that they an also personally acquainted with the within named Polly Dockum sand know
that she is the person he represents herself to be, that she is the widow of the said James Dockum
Will unmarried, and that she as they believe by reason of bodily infirmity and old age unable to appear
in open Court, and that the within named James Docker is the identical person named in the
annexed pension certificate
Sworn and subscribed before me
25th day
Thos Jones
Mark Ward
Nichols Billinton
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Know all men by these presents that I Polly Docker of Somerford Township
in the County of Anderson and State of Ohio a revolutionary pensioner of the United
State do hereby constitute and appoint Joseph E. Anthony of springfield
in Clark County in the State of Ohio my true and lawful attorney for me in
my name to receive from the agent of the United States for paying pensions
in the State of Ohio and also from the proper Department at Washington City
my pension under and by virtue of the foregoing declaration and claims
and all monies due or to become due to me on account of said pensions
Witness my hand and seal this twenty fifth day of June A.D. 1847
sealed and delivered in
Polly
her
Dockurn
℗
presence of
Wilson
The Long
mark
The State of Ohio Madison County Be it known that on the 23
day of
June A.D. 1847 before the Subscribed one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Madison County in the State of Ohio personally appeared Polly Doran above named
and acknowledged the foregoing power of attorney to be her act and deed
W
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year last above written
Thos Jones Judge
The State of Ohio Clark County Be it known that on the tenth day of
in and for said County duly authorized by
1
the laws of said State to administer oaths personally appeared Joseph E. Anthony
the attorney named in the foregoing power of attoney and made oath that he
has no interest whatever in the money in authorized to receive by virtue of
the foregoing power of attorney either by any pledge mortgage date assign
mentor transfer and that he does not know believe that the same has
been so disposed of to any person whatever
Sworn & subscribed the day and year last
above mentioned before me
Reuben Miller Notary Public
The erasures and initiations in the above a knowledgement, in the second
line made before signing
Reuben Miller Notary Public
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Mr James Dockum
Born Oct. 20th 1761
Mr Polly Barker
Born Jan. 6th 17
And were Married.
NOV 23rd 1788
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The State of Ohio Madison County
Personally came before me the undersigned one of the
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Madison County in the State of Ohio James
John son of the said James Dockum mentioned in the annexed pension certificate
who being duly sworn says that the annexed family record is the same as is
forth by his mother the declarent in the foregoing petition that it has been kept
by him and been in his possession since the death of his father
Sworn & subscribed before me
this 26th day of June 1847
James Dockum
Thomas Jany
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13373 - 7819
James Dockum
Adm for 6. ana from 1780
$20
John Moore Clk
Landry No.
of
Madison Coy
Chas
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Brief in the case of James Dackum of Pike Township County
of Madison
in the State of Ohio
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 71
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
Period.
enlisted July In 1780
Duration of Service.
Years,
11 Months. Days.
Rank.
As a
private
Names of General and Field Officers
under whom he served.
Col Reed N Hampshire
Capt Dustan [illegible]

5. In what battles was he engaged?
[illegible]
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?
Paplin,
Rockingham Coy N. Hampshire
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by
incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [illegible]
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?
[illegible]
certify that the foregoing statement
and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
Chas G Welsch Examining Clerk
-
20. Feby 1833
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Brief in the case of Polly Dock, widow of James Madison
County and State of Ohio
act 7 July 1838 & c
Claim, (original, [crossed out] or for increase.)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner
Record proof of marriage
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent.
Dickens & Coombs
Present
S. Cole
Examining Clerk.
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9.115
Chio Cincinnati
Polly Dockum
widow of James
who was a
Private
in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 20 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued
the
13" day of Decr 1857
and sent to
Dickens & Coomly
Present

[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June
17, 1844.}
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2
Page 202
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11. 218
Ohio Cincinati
PollyDockum 
widow of
James Dockum
who died in the year 1833
of Madison in the State of Ohio
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain of the Regt Commanded by 
Cal in the Revolution
for 6 mo
Inscribed on the Roll of Cincinnati
at the rate of 20 Dollars
00
Cents
per annum, to commence on the 4th day of
March, 1836
Certificate of Pension issued the 13th day of Decr 1837 and sent to 
Dickens & Coombs
Arrears to the 4th of
Semiannual allowance ending Present
(Revolutionary Claim
Act July 7, 1838.)
H R Weightman Clerk
Rcorded by 
Page 385
Book [illegible]
Vol. 1
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Dear Sir
Secretary
of States Office
Concord, N.H. July 21, 1847
I have examined the
Revolutionary
Records in this Office
and find that James Dockum of
Meredith, served in Rowells Compy in
Reid's Regt. 4 mo & 7 days in 1780, and
12 months in 1781. If this is the
James Dockum whose service you wish
to establish, and it is the only person
of that name which appears upon our
records, the fee for examining Records and
for certificate will be $5-
Very Respectfully
Thos P. Freadwell
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Sept 23 47
[illegible]
New Hampshire [illegible]
James Dockins
J. L. Edwards
Washington City
Commissioner of Pensions
D. C. 
[seal affixed]
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Springfield Sept 18. 1847

Sir By the death of my son J.E. Anthony Esq his business devolves upon me. I am in receipt of yours of Mar 13th directed to him.

The enclosed letter from the Secretary of State of New Hampshire shows that there was but one person by the name of James Dockum upon the rolls of their office. The certificate
forwarded to you was not critically examined by me and may be erroneous. I therefore send the letter. From reptation this James Dockum was a faithful solder of the revolution and I am [illegible] that a pension should be desired his widow in poverty if the objection to granting it can be removed.
Very Respectfully
C. Anthony
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those
answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of
James Jackson 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? 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? 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? Yes
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
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? 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.
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3
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
in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed
in any civil pursuit.
+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 official character and signature of the magistrate
must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
++QUERE  XVI Mode of Authenticating Papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying office 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
under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly
attached to the certificate.
[hand icon] In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of
office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY - Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Polly Dockum
widow of James Dockium dead hereby
constitute and appoint J. J. Coombs of Washington City
my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute [crossed out] the Claim of my claim
for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, [crossed out ] or increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize
my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments
at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate
which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself
to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I
might or could do were I personally present. Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney
and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 24 day September A.D. 1851
her
Polly
Dockum
Signed and Sealed in thesence of
J. J. Johnson
T. Stanley
T. Willes Manley
STATE of Ohio
mark
COUNTY of Madame
On this 24th
day of September
A. D. 1851
before me, the subscriber, a Justce of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared
Polly Dockins 
mark
Signed and Sealed in the presence of }
J. J. Johnson
T R Stanley
J. Peace.
State of Ohio
County of [illegible] } ss
On this 24th day of September  A. D. 1851
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid Personally appeared Polly Dockum and
acknowledged the foregoing Power,
of Attorney to be her act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my  hand
the day and year aforesaid.
J. J. Johnson
J. Peace
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Polly Dockum
Ohio Madison 38
[illegible] J. J. Coombs
Oct e 1851

[Crossed out ]
State of
County
}ss
Be it Known, That on this day of
A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty
before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared a resodemt pf
in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of
Dollars per annum : that has been
informed that the said Pension ought to be increased: that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be held with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use is prosecuting said claim. 
Sworn to and subscibed, the day and year aforesaid, before me } J Peace. 

I J. J. Johnson Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that
Polly Duckum who executed the foregoing paper is a
respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
J. J. Johnson J. Peace

State of Ohio
Madison County} SS
I A A Hume clerk of the Court of Common Pleas [crossed out] court in the county and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that J. J. Johnson Esq.
before whom the
foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and
affixed my official seal, this 27th
day of
September
A. D. 1851
A. A. Hume Clark
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Washington, Oct. 3d 1851

Sir:
I have this day filed a power with the papers in your office, authorizing me to prosecute the claim of Polly Dockum, of Madison Co. Ohio, for a pension under act of 1838.

Mrs. Dockum's claim was rejected some years ago, for want of evidence of her husband's service. As he was himself a pensioner, however, under Act of 1832, as as his widow is still living, I now claim for her the benefit
of the joint resolution of 1st July 1848.

Very respectfully
Your obt servt
J. J. Combs
Jos. E. Heath Esq
Comr of Pensions
P.S. The power of Atty to me, is in the file
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August 28 47 
Add by Polly Dockum
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.
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Springfield Aug 23. 1847
Sir
In compliance with your letter of July 10 to my son J. E. Anthony who is ill and at his request I herewith endow the privy of service of James Dockum as a [illegible] you who perceives that he served [illegible] war remembered by his widow where the declaration was made. If any change is necessary to be made in the papers to give her the full benefit of the law please
advise me.

We have been applied to on behalf of a widow aged about 90 who holds the certificate granted to her husband for a pension. They were [illegible] and married about 70 years ago in Pennsylvania according to the order of that church without license and no record is
made. Her age is such that there are no living witnesses who were present at the marriage or acquainted with them at that time. Her own inlaw or [illegible] and preacher aged about 65 can prove that 40 years ago and upward she and her husband lived together as man & wife [illegible] and also that that sect marry without license and makes no record. I would be thankful for instructions in the case.
Very Respectfully
C. Anthony
Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner
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No 13.394
Polly Dockum widow of James
[illegible]
Act 7 July 1838.
Married 1788
Hus. died 1833
Adm [illegible next two words] 20
[illegible next three words] 4 March '31
Acts
38
43 & 44
48
[Cir]
Dickens & Coombs
Present
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The State of Ohio Madeson [Madison] County Township of Somerford
The Secritary [Secretary] of State of the State of New Hampshire is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the Rolls in his Office of the Service of James Dockum in the War of the Revolution He was a native of the Town of Greenland in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire He enlisted from the Town of Meredith in the County of Stratford and State of New Hampshire in the year 1780 as a private in Rowells Company in Col. Reeds Regiment   he was at or near west point at the time that Arnold made arrangements with Major Andre to deliver that post to the British troops The applicant further states that she thinks her husband James Dockum performed other service whether before or after the above named service she is not able to state nor under what officer but thinks it was probably under Capt. Moses Dusten in Reeds Regiment for the term of six months.
I am now seventy six years old and my memory does not enable me [me] to state the service more fully than above stated
  Witness my hand this fith  [fifth] day of August A.D. 1847 Signed by said Polly Dockum in my presence and also Sworn to } Polly Dockum X her mark
J M Houston    J P seal 
over
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The State of Ohio Madison County p [ss]
  I A A Hume Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county do hereby certify that J. M. Houston is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly Commissioned and qualified according to law.
In testimony whereof I have hereto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court at London this 5th day of August AD 1847
A. A. Hume Clerk
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James Dockum of Meredith Rowells Comp.y. D
1781 Paid by Blanchard L 4" 3" 2" - 4 3 2 
1783 Jan 7 24 Gave Mr. John Prescut [Prescot] Lovering a Certificate 9 16 
Paid by Blanchard brot [brought] down
July 28 Certificate to J. Prescot Lovering, ord. to Theo Lovering}  19 16 10
L 24 " [16] " [10] 
Contra Cr.
Augt [August] 4th 1780 muster'd by Col. S. Gilman
1781 - 3 Co. By 4 Months & 27 Days in 1780  9 16 1
By 12 Months in 1781  L 24
State of New Hampshire. Secretary of States Office.
I, Thomas P. Treadwell, Secretary of the State aforesaid do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true and correct transcript of the original, from Reids Regimental Ledger. Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 16th day of August A.D. 1847.
Thomas P. Treadwell
Secretary of State
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Springfield O. June 38 1847
Sir
Enclosed I hand you the [Illegible] application of Polly Dockum for a pension which I hope will be found correct and satisfactory.
Very Respectfully
[Illegible]

Hon JL Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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[illegible] September 15 1833 in Pike township  Madison 

At Cincinnati
By [Illegible] Bank
Agent for paying Pensioners in the Agency of Ohio


Recorded in the Pension Office in Book E. Vol 8 Page 6 by Wm R Palmer
Clerk
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[Illegible] to be made
[Illegible]
[Illegible]
For paying pension
The Agency of Ohio

In the Pension of
Book E. Vol.8,
By Wm R Palmer
Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Revolutionary Claim

I certify that, in conformity with the law of he United States of the 7th June 1832 James Dockum   of the state of Ohio who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Twenty dollars per annum during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March 1831 and payable semi.annually on the 4th of Marck and 4th of September every year

Given at the War Office of the United States this ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.

Lew Cass
Secretary of War

[Illegible] [illegible]

JLEdwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No.  7037
Polly Dockum
Wid
Jas Dockum
[Illegible] [Illegible]
Act. Feby, 2 1848
Index: - Vol. A, Page 188

Arrangement of 1870
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V
No1334
Polly Dockum
O
Let to J.E. Anthony Inquiry
[Illegible] [Illegible] [Illegible] 13 [Illegible]
Rejected
 Set to Hon R.S. Cauby with 
Copies of [Illegible] May 1848

Act July 1838
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[Heading Left Side]
The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

[Heading Centered]
BOUNTY LAND WARRAND RECORD CARD*

[Heading Right Side]
Division of Veterans’ Administration Archives

[Body of Form]
Name Dockum, William
Grade Private
Line Cranes Continental Artillery (Massachusetts)

Warrant Number 4071Aceage  100
Issued Jan. 26 2790
to John May

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of “Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800” which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776 and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.   Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in the National Archives.