Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23,343, William Halloway, Continental Mass.
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[top left corner](3 - 1776)
[top left] SERVICE
Continental
Mass.
[top center] Halloway, William
Holloway
Mary
[top right] NUMBER
W. 23,343
CONTENTS
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6061
Maine
William Halloway
Sergeant
Massachusetts Line War
[typed] in the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of [handwritten] the District of Maine
[typed] at the rate of [handwritten] -8 [typed] Dollars per month, to commence on the [handwritten] 1st [typed] of [handwritten] April 1818.
[typed] Certificate of Pension issued the [handwritten] 8 [typed] of [handwritten] Jany 1819 [typed] and [handwritten] [illegible]
R.C Vose Augusta Maine
[typed] Arrears to 4th of [handwritten] S [illegible] 1818-5 mo. 4/30-41.06
[typed] Semi-anl all'ce ending [handwritten] 4th March 1819 48.00
$89.06
[typed] Revolutionary claim Act 18th March, 1818
[handwritten]
Malta
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Notification sent the 10th July 182 [illegible] to
R.C. Vose [illegible]
Augusta Maine
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Maine
148
Mary Holloway widow
of Wm Holloway
Kennebec Co in the State of Maine 
who was a private in the company commanded
by Captain Pillsbury of the regt commanded
Col Wigglesworth in the Massachusetts
line for three years & the eve from 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
the rate of 80 Dollars Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
died 10 May 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 3 day of Nov
1836
and sent to Geo.
W. Morton Augusta
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 $440-
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mch 37 40

$480.
Revolutionary Claim,
Act [crossed out] June 7 1832.
4 July 1836
corded by Wm S Allison 
Clerk,
ok Vol. Page [crossed out]
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[illegible] 109
Wm Halloway
(6061)
Continue
March 1819
R.C. Vose, Augusta,
Maine.
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[handwritten] Omit

[typed] State of Maine.
I [handwritten] John Davis [typed] Clerk, for the County of [handwritten] Kennebec [typed] of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, embracing the counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and that the original was exhibited in open Court; and I
do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule,
including debts due to the declarant therein stated, is [handwritten] nothing [typed] [crossed out] dollars and cents; [typed] and deducting therefrom the amount of what the declarant owes, as set forth in said Schedule, the value of said property in the opinion of said Court, is [handwritten] nothing [typed] [crossed out] dollars and cents.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
Court, on this [handwritten] twentieth [typed] day of [handwritten] June [typed] 1820.
[handwritten] John Davis [typed] Clerk of said Court for the County of [handwritten] Kennebec
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[handwritten] (Copy) 
[typed] State of Maine.
KENNEBEC COUNTY, ss.
On this [handwritten] twenty fourth [typed] day of [handwritten] May [typed] 1820, 
personally appeared before [handwritten] Nathan Weston Jr
Chief [typed] Justice of
the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset,
being a Court of Record for said Counties, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having original jurisdiction, unlimited in amount, keeping a record of their proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, [handwritten] William Halloway [typed] aged [handwritten] seventy three [typed] years, resident in [handwritten] Malta
[typed] in the County of [handwritten] Kennebec [typed] within said Circuit, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows, viz. in the Company commanded by Captain [handwritten] Pilsbury and afterwards
Capt. Dean [typed] and Regiment commanded by Colonel [handwritten] Wigglesworth [typed]
of the line of the State of [handwritten] Massachusetts [typed] upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of [handwritten] During the war, that he was in the service
more than seven years that he was at the battle of Monmouth
[typed] that his original declaration was made before Judge [handwritten] Weston [typed] on the [handwritten] first [typed] day of [handwritten] April [typed] 1818; that he is now on the Maine Roll, and that his pension certificate is numbered [handwritten] 6061. [typed] And I, the said [handwritten] William
Halloway [typed] do further solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
[handwritten]
Witness A. Nichols
his
William x Halloway
mark
[typed]
The following is a Schedule of my whole Estate and income, necessary clothing and bedding
excepted, viz: [handwritten] I have no estate whatever except my necessary clothing & beding [sic]
I have no debts due to me, nor any income
direct from any property, trade or profession, my occupation is that of a laborer, but from age and infirmity am wholly unable to labor, my family residing with me consists of myself and my wife Molly, aged sixty five who is infirm and
able to labor very little
his
William x Halloway
mark
Subscribed, sworn to and declared, both the oath and schedule, on the twenty fourth day of May 1820
A true Copy
Nathan Weston Jr. CJ.
C.C.C. Pleas-
Attest John Davis Clk
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William Halloway, Malta, Kennebec Co Sergt Col. Smith's Mass Reg 1777 to 1783 
April 1. 1818-
Admitted
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[typed] Commonwealth of Massachusetts
[handwritten] Omit
[seal]
[typed]To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the United States
I the subscriber, being Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor, that [handwritten] William Halloway, [typed] a citizen of the United States, now resident in [handwritten] Malta, [typed] in the said County of [handwritten] Kennebec, [typed] in the District of Maine, on the [handwritten] first [typed] day of [handwritten] April, [typed] A.D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce & to transmit the same, and the proceedings had thereon, to your Honor; that he might be placed on the pension list of the United States, agreeably to the provisions of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed March 18, A.D. 1818, which declaration, and the other evidence produced by said applicant, is hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful consideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a [handwritten] private soldier [typed] in the war of the revolution, [handwritten text above] until the end [illegible] [illegible] [typed] upon the continental establishment, [handwritten text above] and [typed] for more than nine months, as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Court in which I preside, to be hereunto affixed, this [handwritten] twenty third [typed] day of [handwritten] May [typed] in the year of our LORD on thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
[handwritten] Nathan Weston Jun C [illegible]
C.C.C. Pleas E Circuit
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[typed]Commonwealth of Massachusetts [handwritten] Omit 
[typed]
KENNEBEC, ss.
The Subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Kennebec, hereby certifies, that the Honorable NATHAN WESTON, Junior, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, embracing the Counties of  Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of said Judge, I have affixed unto his Certificate bearing his signature, the seal of the said Court in which he presides.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand: Dated at Augusta, in said County of Kennebec, this tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. 
John Davis
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Honble Nathan Weston [illegible]
Sir A Mr. William Halloway an inhabitant of Malta informs us he is going to appear before your Honor to take the benefit of an act of Congress passed in favor of indigent officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army. We hereby inform your Honor that the said Halloway is a very poor man destitute of any property and stands in need of immediate relief from his country for his support. Malta March 28 1818
Honble Nathan Weston [illegible] 
Wm Hilton John Linn Jr Selectmen of Malta
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I William Halloway aged seventy one years, a citizen of the United States, born in Bridgewater in Massachusetts, but now of Malta in the District of Maine on oath testify and declare, that I entered into the service of the United States during the revolutionary war upon the continental establishment, first for the terms of eight months as a private soldier against the common enemy which ended on the first of January 1776 in Capt Samuel Tubbs company, Col. Walker's regiment of the Massachusetts line. In January 1776 I reenlisted into the continental service as a private corporal soldier, for the term of one year, into the company commanded by Captain Edward Seagrams, and regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Read of the Massachusetts line. This period I fully served out, and reenlisted as a private soldier into the continental service for the term of three years to commence in January 1777 in the company commanded by Capt Daniel Pilsbury, in the regiment commanded by Col Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts line. This period I fully served out, but about a month before it expired, I reenlisted for during the war to commence from the end of my three years, into the company commanded by Lieut. Walter Dean being the Major's company, and regiment commanded by the same Col Wigglesworth of the Massachusetts line. I continued to serve in the line upon this last enlistment when being taken sick I went into the hospital, where I remained sick near a year, when being unfit for duty, upon the certificate of Dr. McKnight, I took a furlough and returned home-while at home soon after I took my furlough, the war ended, and I never took a regular discharge from the army. I was at the taking of Burgoine, and at the battle of Monmouth. I wintered one winter at Valley Forge. I am indigent, and in need of a pension. And I do hereby relinquish all my [illegible] to carry pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States, if any; but I am not to my knowledge [illegible] on any pension list whatever. I request that I may be put upon the pension list for the District of Maine.
[illegible] Halloway
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec [illegible]
On the first day of April AD 1818, William Halloway within named, after having him carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration, by him subscribed-
Before me, Nathan Weston, Chief Justice C. Court
C. Pleas, second Eastern Circuit
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
I Valentine Prentiss of lawful age upon oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with the within named William Halloway. He served three years in the continental service in Col. Wigglesworth's regiment with me. He is indigent, in need of the pension and sustains the character of a man of veracity. I am of Harlem in the District of Maine.
his
Valentine x Prentiss
mark
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec [illegible]
On the first day of April AD 1818, Valentine Prentiss above named, after having him carefully examined, made to the truth of the following deposition by him subscribed-
Before me,
Nathan Weston [illegible] Chief Justice C. Court
C. Pleas, second Eastern Circuit
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State of Maine.
Kennebec County, ss.
On this thirty first day of August A.D. 1836, personally appeared before the Hon Nathan Weston Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State Mary Halloway a resident of Windsor in the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, aged seventy eight 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 July 4th, 1836; That she is the widow of William Halloway who was a pensioner of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 18 1818 that the said Halloway was a soldier in Captain Pillsbury company + Colonel Wigglesworth regiment, for several years, of the [illegible] that he lived in the county of Kennebec + state of Maine in a town then called Malta since Windsor at the time he made application for pension. She refers to the evidence furnished the war department by him. She further declares, that she was married to the said William Halloway on or about the first day of June in the year seventeen hundred and seventy four; that her husband, the aforesaid William Holway [crossed out] Halloway died on the tenth day of May 1831; and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. 
her
Mary x Halloway
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Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, 
Before me, Nathan Weston, 
Ch. Justice of the Superior Judicial Court of said state.
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State of Maine
On the thirty first day of August, 1836, Mary Halloway within named, being from age and infirmity unable to attend in open court, I examined her at her residence and took her oath to the within application. I have also taken the deposition of the Rev Asa Wilbur, whih is herewith forwarded. I am well satisfied that the applicant, Mary Halloway, formerly Mary Trask, was lawfully married to William Halloway, late a pensioner of the United States, in [illegible] 1774, that her late husband deceased on the tenth day of May 1831, and that she has ever since lived his widow.
Nathan Weston ch. Justice
of the S. Judicial Court
of said state

[typed text below]
STATE OF MAINE
ss.
I the subscriber [blank] hereby CERTIFY,
That [blank] before whom the proceedings
were had, is [blank]
I also CERTIFY, That the [blank] contains the original proceedings of the said [blank] in the matter of the application of [blank] for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this [blank] day of [blank] A.D. 183 [blank]
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.

March 19, 1924.

Harry L. Neall,
923 Fifth St.,
Eureka, Calif.

Sir:

I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.23343, it appears that William Halloway or Holloway was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, date
not stated. He enlisted in 1775, served 8 months as a private in Captain Samuel Tubb's Company, Colonel Walker's Massachusetts Regiment, and was discharged January 1, 1776.
He enlisted in January 1776 and served one year as a Corporal in Captain Edward Seagrave's Company, Colonel Joseph Read's
Massachusetts Regiment. He enlisted March 18, 1777 and served about 5 years as a private in the Major's Company and in Captain Daniel Pilsbury's Company, Colonels Smith and Wigglesworth's Massachusetts Regiment, and was at the battles of Saratoga and Monmouth.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 1, 1818, while a resident of Malta, Kennebec County, District of Maine, aged 71 years. He died May 10, 1831.
He married June 1, 1774, Mary or Molly Trask, born at
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Bridgewater, Massachusetts, date not stated. She was allowed pension on her application executed August 31, 1836, while a resident of Windsor (formerly Malta) Kennebec County, Maine, aged 78 years.
Reference is made to a family of children but no names stated.
The name does not appear as Hallowell.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
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WIDOW, &c.
File No. 23343
Mary Holloway
Wid of
Wm. Holloway
Priv. Rev. War
Act: June 7th 1832
Index:-- Vol. A, Page 351
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1924, Mch. 19. Hist. to
Harry L Neall
UM
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923 Fifth Street, Eureka, California, February 12/24
Chief of the Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
The pension roll that appears in the report of the first ses-
of the 23rd Congress Secreatry [sic] of War Pension roll of Revolutionary
pensioners, Statement of Kennebec County, Maine, I am informed contains a statement concerning William Halloway Hallowell who was
placed on the pension roll April 1, 1818 aged 84
and that he died May 10, 1831.
The family say that this pension was continued to his widow and as some of the present generation desire to join the D. A. R. we
would like to get a complete transcript of this record so as to prove the service and where it was rendered also the family information so
far as it may have been disclosed in the pension proceedings, particularly
as to the wife and children in addition to the personal data relating to the soldier.
According to our traditions this William Hallowell was enlisted at Bridgwater Maine [crossed out] Connecticut. Is this correct?
Thanking you for your attention to this request I am
Yours truly
Harry L Neall
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT
July [illegible] 1818
BY THIS I CERTIFY, That is appears by public, official documents remaining in this Department, that William Holloway served as a Soldier in Capt [crossed out] [illegible] Company, and Col. Smith's Regiment (being one of the Regiments in Massachusetts Line, and on the Continental Establishment,) in the American Army, in the War of the Revolution, from March 18 1777 to Dcer 31 1780, being three years and [illegible] months. [illegible]
Alden Bradford
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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Wm
Holloway Maine [illegible] 18 March 18[illegible]
at what rate last paid &
Par office
$ [illegible] 36
Died 10th May 1831, paid to that 
period
JH
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State of Maine
Kennebec County Ss
I, John A Chandler, 
Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of Kennebec
County, certify that the Hon. Nathan Weston
is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial
Court of the State of Maine + that the annexed signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
affixed my seal of office + subscribed 
my name, this seventh day of October 1836.
[seal on lower left corner]
JA Chandler
Clerk of the Court of Kennebec County
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Augusta, Me, October 8 1836
Sir
I enclose the application
of the widows of William Halloway, John Bailey
and Thomas Sewall, for pensions under the Act
of Congress of 4th July 1836, should their cases 
upon examination be satisfactorily proved to your Department, please transmit their pension certificates to me. 
Very Respectfully
Your
Obt Servt
Geo W Morton
J.L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
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I Asa Wilbur, aged seventy six years, upon oath testify and declare, that I was well acquainted with William Holway [crossed out] Halloway and with Mary Trask, both natives of Bridgewater in Massachusetts of which town I was also a native. The said William Halloway, late a pensioner of the United States, married the said Mary Trask, before the year 1775, when the war of the revolution broke out. I did not see them married, but I was a near neighbor to the family for about ten years, until they moved into Maine. In 1784 I moved into this state, then the District of Maine, and continued my acquaintance with the said Halloway and Mary his wife until his decease. They lived together as man and wife until his death. I always understood that they were lawfully married. That fact was [illegible] by all their acquaintances. I heard of this [illegible] and marriage at the time. There can be no doubt of the fact. They brought up a family of children, whose legitimacy has never been questioned. The said Mary now survives his widow, never having been since married. 
Asa Wilbur
State of Maine
On the seventh day of September 1836, the Rev Asa Wilbur, a minister of the gospel, to me well known, as a credible and respectable witness made [illegible] to the [illegible]. Before me, Nathan Weston c.f. s.f. court.
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No. 331
Mary Halloway
widow of
William Halloway
refd to [illegible]
+ admitted.
[crossed out]
died 10 May 1831
on Roll or [illegible]
$80
Geo. W. Morton
Augusta
Maine
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