Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 25048, for Robert Sproul, Massachusetts
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(8-1776)

SERVICE
Mass.

Sproul, Robert
             Jean

NUMBER
W 25048

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CONTENTS
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18.306
Maine
Robert Sproul
of Lincoln Co in the State of Maine
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Turner of the regt commanded
Col Cary on the  (illegible few words?)
(cut off in front ) for  1hrs.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
the rate of 36 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 8 day of August
1833 and Sent to
  Waldoboro
===
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 $73.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 18.33
                                                        $91.65
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by W. L. Williams   Clerk
Book C  Vol.   (illegible?) Page 54
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Robert Sproul
9
18978
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State of Maine.
I NATHANIEL COFFIN, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County
of Lincoln, do hereby certify that the annexed paper, signed by the Judge and attested by the Clerk, contains the original proceedings
of the                    Court of Common Pleas, at a special session thereof holden at Waldoboro in said county, by the Hon. John Ruggles one of the Judges of said Court on the Seventh day of August A.D. 1832, in the matter of the application of Robert Sproul for a Pension.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 14th
day of August A. D. 1832.
Nathe. Coffin CLERK.
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State of Maine.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
LINCOLN, ss -- I JACOB SMITH, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Warren Nice 
Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed paper, as a JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
is legally commissioned and duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed is his own
proper signature, to me well known.
IN TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the
Court of Common Pleas this 8th day of October
A. D. 1838
Jacob Smith CLERK
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THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS
POSTEAL STAMPED:
FRAMINGHAM  MASS
1:33 PM
AUG 5 
1936
Stamp on right corner ONE CENT 

HANDWRITTEN ADRESS:
Veteran's Administration
Washington D.C. 

STAMPED:

RECEIVED AUG 11 1936
PENSION INDEX

2nd STAMPED:
(Faded)
Received
AUG
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Winslow, Wash.
Oct. 11, 1924
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Will you please send abstract of Revolutionary service
of Robert Sproul of Lincoln Co., ME, and all family history contained
in his application. Thanking you for such service,
Sincerely yours,
(Capt. B.T.) Harriette Norton Tilton,
Winslow, Washington, Box 88

stamp
PENTAGON U.S. OFFICE
OCT 18, 1924
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 Postal mark at the top: FRAMINGHAM  MASS
SAXCAV. STA.
July 3 2 PM


THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS

Handwritten:
Veteran's Administration,
Washington D.C.

Stamped:

RECEIVED 
JUL. 6 1936
    U.S. DIV.
READER  36
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August 20, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Annie P. Corson
Framingham
Massachusetts
ROBERT SPROUL
W. 25049
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your communication of August 5, in which you desire to know whether the date of death of Jean Sproul is
shown in her application for pension based upon service of her husband, Robert Sproul, in the Revolutionary War, also, whether any
names of children are given. You request, also any data appearing on pension papers of Elizabeth Sweet, widow of Benjamin Sweet of
Rhode Island service.
The Revolutionary War records of this office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found which has been made to
the United States by an Elizabeth Sweet as widow of Benjamin Sweet, under any spelling of the name, based upon his service in that war.
The papers on file in pension claim, W. 25048, of Robert Sproul, widow, Jean, do not show the date of death of the widow, nor the
names of any children. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of the person paid and possibly the
date of death of Jean Sproul, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following:
Jean Sproul
widow of
Robert Sproul
Certificate No. 3091
Issued June 4, 1839
Rate, $36.66 per annum
Commenced March 4, 1836
Act July 7, 1838
Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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M.C.S.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Section
November 3, 1924
Harriette N. Tilton
Winslow, Box 88
Washington
Madam:

I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 25048, it appears that Robert Sproul was
born, date not stated, in Bristol, Massachusetts (later Maine).
While a resident of said place, he enlisted in June,1775, and served six months as private in Captain Caleb Turner's Company,
Colonel Cargill's Massachusetts Regiment.
He enlisted in June or July,1776, and served five months as private in Captain Daniel Warner's Company, Colonel Cary's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 7, 1832, while a resident of Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine, aged 77
years. He died there April 26, 1835.
He married June 29, 1780, at Bristol, Jean Greenlaw. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 13, 1838, while
a resident of Bristol, Maine, aged 78 years.
There is no further data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner