Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18395, John Evans, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER
N.H.|Evans or Evens, John|S.18395
Carded
CONTENTS
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Maine 8022
John Evans of Hammons (Harmony) in the State of Maine who was a Pri in the Com commanded by Captain Clement of the Reg commanded by Col. Long in thee ['Massa' crossed out] N.H. line for 9 mo. 
Inscribed on the Roll of Me at the rate of 30 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of March 1833 and sent to R. C. Vose Esq. Augusta Me. 
Arrears to the 4th of March 33: $60.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending Sep. 4, 33 - 15.00
$75.00
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, 
Book D Vol. 1st Page 72
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John Evans
adm'd
9 months private
$30
R. C. Vose
Augusta Me.
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State of Maine. 
KENNEBEC, ss. - I, JOHN A. CHANDLER, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that Peter Folsom before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Peace of said State; I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said [blank] in the matter of the application of John Evans for a pension. 
[court seal] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this twentieth day of October A.D. 1832. 
/s/J. A. Chandler
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Declaration. 
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. 
STATE OF MAINE, 
['KENNEBEC' crossed out] Somerset COUNTY,}ss. 
On this twentieth day of October A.D. 1832 personally appeared John Evans before Peter Folsom a Justice of the Peace for said County of ['said' crossed out] Somerset in said State, John Evens a resident of Harmony in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged seventy five 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 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1776 with Captain Clement and served in Col. Long's regiment of the New Hampshire line or troops under the following named officers: viz, Clement Capt. and Long. Col. that he enlisted in that company & regiment as a private in March 1776 for nine months, marched to Great Island at the mouth of Piscatugua river, where he remained 'till the July or August following, when he volunteered (by permission of his officers) under Capt. William Harper to go to Canada, marched in said Harper's company, thro' New Hampshire & Vermont to Ticonderoga, where after serving out the remainder of his term of enlistment he was verbally discharged the last of December 1776. While in Capt. Harper's company Wyman was Colonel, & Senta (Senter) Lt. Col. 
That Long's regiment was first commanded by Col. Gilman, & that he knew a Capt. Caleph, a Capt. Brown & a Capt. Hodgdon in that regiment. That in Wyman's regiment he knew Capt. Chandler.
That he recollects Col. Stark's & Col. Poor's regiments which lay adjoining Wyman's on the West & Col. Wingate's on the South. Sam'l Connor was Lt. Col. of Wingate's regiment & Dan'l Moore & -- Fry (Frye) were Capts. in Stark's regiment. That the troops were stationed on Mt. Independence. 
/s/John Evans
I Robert Evans of Harmony in the County of Somerset and State of Maine do testify and say that I am knowing to the above named John Evans's enlisting into the service in the year 1776 and marching to Great Island in the Mouth of Piscatugua river where he remained till July or August following then Marched to Ticonderoga the time of his inlistment was in March or April in the above mentioned and that he returned home from the service the last of November or ['first of' crossed out] December following 
/s/Robert Evans 
Somerset ss Then personally appeared the above named Robert Evans and made oath to the above declaration by him subscribed before me 
/s/Peter Folsom Justice of Peace 
And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born in Allenstown in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire, March 10, 1757, where he presumes his age is recorded where his home was during his revolutionary services & where he lived until 1783. That he then removed to Readfield, Maine, where he lived until 1806 & then removed to Harmony where he has ever since lived. That he enlisted was not drafted or received as a substitute & never received a written discharge. 
That any of his neighbors will testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his services. 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of ay agency of any State. 
/s/John Evans
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid the applicant is very infirm & unable to go from home to make his declaration & their being no Judge of a Court of record who could conveniently visit him 
/s/Peter Folsom Justice of the Peace. 
And the said Justice does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. 
/s/Peter Folsom, Justice of the Peace
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P 18305
INVALID. [initials: own]
File No. 18,395
John Evans
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7" 32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 117
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I Noah Marsh of Cornville Maine, of lawful age upon Oath testify and declare that I am well acquainted with the above named John Evans, I fully believe he served the period of nine months above stated by him - I served six months of the above period in the same Company & regiment with him 
From his reduced circumstances in left and inability to labor, he is in need of assistance, in my opinion, from this country for support. he sustains the character of a man of truth. - 
/s/Noah Marsh
Subscribed & sworn to April 21, 1819
the deponent being a credible and disinterested witness. 
Before me /s/Nathan Weston C.J. C.C.C. Pleas
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[addressed envelope]
W. Waterville (Me)
14 Sept free
Harvey Evans P.M. W. Waterville (Me)
Robert C. Vose Esq.
Augusta
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[handwritten letter]
West Waterville 12 Sept 1832

Dr Sir, 
Inclosed is the substance of the certificate which my father will make whatever you wish to send him, please send to me, & I will forward it 
Yours respectfully, 
/s/Harvey Evans
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[addressed envelope]
[postmark: WATERVILLE MAINE MAR 28] Paid 6
R. C. Vose Esq
Augusta
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[handwritten letter]
Waterville 27 March 1829

Sir, 
Please inform me, in language that I can not misunderstand, what steps are necessary to place the name of my father, John Evans of Harmony, on the pension list. As he can not travel without great inconvenience, we wish, in the first place, to ascertain that the necessary proof can be made. You told me that Robinson would testify to the service, but I am informed that he says he knows nothing about it. If you will give me the names & residence of any others likely to have knowledge of it, I will inquire of them. Please inform me exactly what testimony is necessary. It will be much more convenient for my father to attend the court at Norridgewock than Augusta. 
Yours &c
/s/Harvey Evans
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[handwritten letter]
Waterville 20 May 1829

Sir, 
I am sorry to trouble you so often, but my father has been talking of a pension till 10 years have passed away, & I fear that, unless I attend to the matter for him, he will never obtain it. 
If it can not be obtained, I wish that fact to be ascertained, & the question put to rest. 
I shall visit my father on monday next, when I can confer with him; & if there are any persons in that direction who can probably give the testimony necessary, I can see them. If you will name any persons in any other section, I will make inquiries of them. What evidence are you certain of obtaining? 
Robinson, I am told, says he knows nothing of the matter. Success must be, as far as practicable, ascertained before my father can, on account of his decrepitude, undertake to go to court. What evidence is now necessary with regard to property? Please write as early as Saturday. 
Respectfully, 
/s/Harvey Evans
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John Evans, private 
Col. Long's New Hampshire Reg't March 1776 to December 1776 - 9 mo
April 21, 1818
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the
United States.
[court seal] 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 John Evans, a citizen of the United States, now resident in Harmony, in the said County of Somerset, in the District of Maine, on the twenty first day of April A. D. 1818, made application to me to receive his declaration under oath, and such other evidence, as was in his power to produce; and 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 the 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 private soldier, in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment 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 twenty seventh day of May
in the year of our LORD one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Nathan Weston Jun.  C. Just. C. C. C. Pleas 2d E. Circuit.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
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 the 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.
/s/John Davis
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I Josiah Gorden, of lawful age of Chesterville, Maine do upon oath testify and declare, that I well knew John Evans within named, a continental soldier in the war of the Revolution, to my knowledge he enlisted into Capt. Clements Company & Col. Long's Reg't & served to my knowledge the first five months by him stated, as I served in the same Reg't with him & in Capt. Brown's Company during that period - I have no doubt he served the full term by him stated. - We were enlisted all for the remainder of the year 1776 then nine months - 
/s/Josiah Gorden
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kennebec ss. Oct. 9th 1819. Personally appeared Josiah Gorden above named, tome well known, as a credible witness, and he made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed.
Before me /s/Robert C. Vose Justice of the Peace
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I, John Evans, aged sixty two years, a citizen of the United States, born in Allenstown, New Hampshire, now a resident in Harmony, District of Maine - do upon oath certify and declare that I enlisted in the war of the revolution against the common enemy upon the Continental Establishment, for the period of nine months. I first joined Cap Clements company and Col. Long's New Hampshire Regiment in March 1776 - and continued to serve in said Regiment  the full Term of my Enlistment and was Honorably though verbally discharged at Mount Independence, the last of December 1776. or first of January 1777. I served at Ticonderoga the last six months of my service - and now by reason of my advanced age and reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance of my Country for support. and I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the U. States if any, and request to be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine - 
/s/John Evens
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Kennebec ss - On the twenty first day of April AD 1819 John Evans above named made his declaration before me under oath; and on the eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, he made oath to the amended declaration by him subscribed. 
Before me, /s/Nathan Weston Jun. C.J. 
C.C.C. Pleas
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
I John Evans, aged sixty two years a citizen of the United States, born in Allenstown Hampshire, but now a resident in Harmony District of Maine, upon Oath testify and declare that I Enlisted into the continental establishment during the revolutionary war, against the common enemy in the month of March 1776 for the period of nine months into the company commanded by Cap Clements and regiment commanded by Col. David Gilman afterwards by Col. Long of the New Hampshire troops or line - served about 3 months and was then transferred into Cap. Harper's Company and Col. Wyman's Reg. of the same New Hampshire troops or line. Served in said last mentioned regiment the full period of my enlistment and took my final and honorable discharge from the army at Ticonderoga in Dec'r 76. Verbally by permission of my officers - there was only continental service - The deposition annexed together with the above facts is all the evidence in my power at this time to furnish - From my reduced circumstances in life I am need of assistance from my Country for support - I hereby relinquish all claim to any pension heretofore allowed me by the laws of the United States if any; but I am not to my knowledge borne on any pension list whatever, I request that I may be placed upon the pension list for the District of Maine. - 
/s/John Evens
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
Somerset ss. On the twenty first day of April A.D. 1818, John Evans above named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by him subscribed. 
Before me /s/Nathan Weston Jun'r C. Just. C. Court C Pleas 2d Eastern Circuit
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Somerset ss. 
On the twenty first day of April A.D. 1818 Noah Marsh within named, after having been carefully examined, made oath to the truth of the within deposition by him subscribed. 
Before me Nathan Weston Jun C. Just C. Court C. Pleas 2d Eastern Circuit 

Jno Evans
New declaration made
John Evans 
New declaration made
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John Evans 
Declaration
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Harmony, Maine 4 Sept 1832
I John Evans of said Harmony was born in Allenstown, in the County of Rockingham & State of New Hampshire, March 10, 1757. 
I enlisted for 9 moths in Captain Timothy Clements' Company, in Col. David Gilman's Reg't in the former part of March 1776, in Pembroke in New Hamp. & passed muster in Hopkinton in New Hampshire I resided in said Allenstown at the time of my enlistment. 
I immediately after we passed muster, I was marched to Great Island, at the mouth of Piscatugua River, where I remained till July or August, when an officer, one Capt. William Harper, being permitted to raise volunteers from our Reg't to go to Canada, I volunteered for that purpose, & marched, in said Harper's Company, through Greenland, Stratham, Nottingham, Concord, Boscawen, Unity, Charlestown, across Connecticut River, through Vermont to Ticonderoga. There I remained, suffering many hardships, fatigue, hunger & sickness, till the expiration of my time of enlistment, when I was verbally discharged.
While in Capt. Harper's company, our Col. was Col. Wyman, Senter was our Lieut. Col. The Major, name I have forgotten. From Ticonderoga, I returned to Allenstown in N.H. where I resided till 1783. I then removed to Readfield in the
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State of Maine where I lived till 1806, when I removed to Harmony (Me) where I have lived ever since. I knew a Capt. Calph, & a Capt. Brown, & a Capt. Hodgdon in Gilman's Reg't. In Wyman's Reg't I knew Capt. Chandler, the father of Gen. John Chandler, now Collector of Portland. 
Noah Marsh late of Cornville (Me) who knew me at Ticonderoga, having died within a few years. I know no person who can testify to my service as a revolutionary soldier, nor have I any documentary evidence of said service. 
I recollect Col. Stark's & Col. Poor's Regts. which lay adjoining Wyman's on the West, & Col. Wingate's, on the South. Sam'l Connor was Lieut. Col. of Wingate's Reg't Daniel Moore & -- Fry (Frye), Capts in Stark's Reg't.
Robert Evans, now of Harmony, know me when I left Allenstown, knew when I returned from Ticonderoga, & has known me ever since. 
He, & Joel Bartlett Esq. & Thomas Herrick Esq of Harmony will certify to my veracity &c. 
Seneca Stanley a Clergyman of Cornville in the vicinity of Harmony will make the necessary certificate. 
N.B. All the Regt's which I have mentioned as being stationed at Ticonderoga, were on Mt. Independence. I have used Ticon. as it has always been customary with revolutionary soldiers, speaking of Mt. Indep.
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['I think that as I' crossed out] there was, about the time I left Great Island, a change among the officers of Gilman's Reg't Gilman being removed & Col. Long supplying his place. Had I remained in the Regt/ in which I served at Great Island, I should have been entitled to a pension equal to full pay ever since 1818, undoubtedly. And it seems to me that I ought not to be precluded by having volunteered on a service attended with more danger & greater hardships. It seems to me that my service was, to say the least, equivalent to nine months service in Long's Reg't Had I been discharged from the service on which I volunteered before the expiration of the period for which I enlisted in Clements' company, I suppose I should have been bound to return to Long's Reg't having been absent from Long's Reg't only by permission of the Col. I concur that I did, ['in fact serve' crossed out] virtually serve in Long's Reg't till I left Ticonderoga