Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23394, George Michael Acorn, Continental (Mass.) And 21 Regt. U.S. Inf. 1813-1815
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(3--1776)
SERVICE                                           NUMBER
Continental (Mass.) Acorn, George Michael W. 23394
and                                          or  Michael
21" regt. U. S. Inf  1813-1815.        Margaret
CONTENTS
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Geo Michael Acorn
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[blank page]
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[hand written]
I George Michael Acorn of Waldoboro in the
County of Lincoln and and State of Massachusetts is here
by testify and declare that about the first of December
in 1775 I enlisted to serve as a private soldier in the Army
of the American Revolutionary War in the Massa-
chusetts line & on the Continental establishment
to serve against the common enemy of this Country
for the term of one year & that in [illegible] of said
Enlistment I did actually serve said full term
of one year in the Army aforesaid and in the Massa-
chusetts line on the Continental establishment and
against the common enemy. That the first part
of said year I was in Captain Fullers Company &
in Colonel Bonds Regiment. But that I was after-
ward transferred to Captain Smiths Company in
said Bonds Regiment and that after the death of
said Colonel Bond which took place toward the
close of my years service.  Lieutenant Colonel
Alden [illegible] was promoted to the command of
said Regiment and that I was in [illegible] Smiths
company & in the Regiment commanded by said
Alden when I was honorably discharged from the
service at Fish Kilns on North River on the twen-
ty fifth day of December AD 1776. Captain Agry
gave Conrad Flyer a pap in writing in which I was
included but the same cannot now be found. That I
have never received any pension from the United
States for Revolutionary services [crossed out] but that 
I do now receive a pension from the United States for
a wound in the late War received in the Battle of
Bridgewater of four Dollars per Month. Which pen-
sion I do hereby relinquish all claim to, subse-
quent to the present time. I furthermore testify &
declare that I receive said Pension by the name of
Michael Acorn which name I have been known by
for many years & which name I enlisted in the
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late war & that in the War of the Revolution I en-
listed by the name of George Acorn.  George Michael
being the names originally given by my parents.
That by reason of my reduced circumstances in life
I am in need of a pittance from my County for support
& therefore claim (respectfully) to be placed on this
pension list of the United States by virtue of this
act of Congress of March 10th [illegible] entitled "an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land & naval service of the United States in
the Revolutionary War."
George Michael Acorn
his X mark
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Notification sent May 14th 1821 to Nathaniel
Coffin, Esq.   Wiscasset, Maine.

Died in 1823
from A. B.
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[printed and hand written]
13,182   R
District of Maine
George Michael Acorn
Waldoboro in the [crossed out: state of] D of Maine
who was a Private in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Bond of the Massachusetts
[left side torn with parts missing]
ne for the term of one year
=========================
ed on the Roll of District of Maine
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
10 of April 1818
=========================
tificate of Pension issued the 14 of July 1819
and sent to Ebenezer Thatcher [illegible]
Thomaston D of Maine
=========================
rears to 4th of Mar. 1819               86.63
mi-anl. all'ce ending 4 Sep. 1819   48.00
                                                       ====
[illegible]                                   $134.63
30.31                                          ======

{Revolutionary claim,  }
{Act 18th March, 1818.}

Continued
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Michael Acorn 
[upside down] 14 Dec. 1815 

[upside down] 
Hon. Ben. Brown
Mass.
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[blank]
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E Pluribus Unum Eagle stamp
[written and typed form]
Henry Dearborn MAJOR GENERAL,
Commanding the First Military District of the
United States.
To all who shall see these presents, GREETING:
BE IT KNOWN, That E. L. Allen Surgeons's note
of the 21st Regt U. S Infantry
has issued the requisite Certificates by which it appears that Michael
Acorn -- a Private in the Company
of Captain Ropes of the 21st Regiment
of Infantry has been wounded or injured while in
the service of the UNITED STATES, in such manner as to disable him from
performing Military Duty; the said Acorn
is, therefore, hereby honourably DISCHARGED from the PUBLIC SERVICE.

Years of age.  Color of   Complexion   Height
                       Hair. Eyes,
44                   Dark  Dark     Light          5.6
and by PROFESSION when enlisted a Farmer

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my signature at
HEAD qUAARTERS, at Boston Mass tts
this 11th day of May in the year 1815
By the General,     H. Dearborn Maj- Genl
Jno R Bell
[illegible]
1262
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[hand written]
Boston, May 13, 1815
I certify that I have paid the within named Michael Acron [sic]
in full to the date of discharge, three months gratuitous pay &
Pay for travel home.  & all his bounties.
N Freeman
[illegible]
N. T. Ag
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[left fold]
Michael Acorn 
[upside down] 14 Dec. 1815 

[upside down] 
Hon. Ben. Brown
Mass.

[right fold: blank]
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George M. Acorne [sic]
13 182

C

W. Cobb
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[printed and hand written]
SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding ex-
cepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
1/4 acre land which I purchased with my pension money, with $50.
old furniture $f5.
I have nothing due to me I owe about ten dollars
George Michael Acorn
his X mark
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STATE OF MAINE.
LINCOLN, ss....At a Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the second Eastern Circuit, begun
and holden at [crossed out] Warren, within and for the County of Lincoln, on the [crossed out],
[crossed out]
[crossed out] second Monday of January AD. 1821
[crossed out] before the Honorable
JOSIAH STEBBINS & EBENEZER THATCHER, Judges of said Court.
ON this tenth day of January in the year 1821, personally appeared
in open Court
the same proceeding according to the course of the common law, having jurisdiction unlimited in amount,
keeping a record of their proceedings, and having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being
a Court of Record for said Circuit, George M. Acorn aged
sixty four years, resident in Waldoborough in said Circuit,
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolu-
tionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt.
Smith in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Bond
in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more
particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the tenth 
day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension,
numbered 13,182 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of
the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale,
or in any manner 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 18th day of March, 1818: 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 con-
tained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue
the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is par-
ticularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
George Michael Acorn
his X mark
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth}
day of January A. D. 1821}
BEFORE Eben. Thatcher  {One of the Judges of
{the said Court.
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2349
Maine
============================
Margaret Acorn
widow of George Michael Acorn
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18 March 1818
and who died on the 30th: April 1823--
of Lincoln Co in the State of Maine--
who was a private - in the [blank] commanded
by Captain [blank] of the Regt: --commanded
by Col. Bond in the Massachusetts
line for 1 year
=============================
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine
at the rate of 40 Dollars-----Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
==============================
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of April
1839 -- and sent to Isaac G.
Reed, Waldoboro Maine
==============================
Arrears to the 4th of March 1839          $120_00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept. '39 20__
                                                               $140.00
                                                    {Act July 7,}
                                                    {1838.   }
Recorded by Wm Stewart --Clerk,
pok. A __Vol._1 Page 1__
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[hand written]
Margaret Acor [side torn]
widow of Geo Michael
Me
Act 7 July 38
10 Sept '23
Married 1780
died 1823
Allow $40 per ann
12 mo [illegible]
Isaac G. Reed
Waldoboro
Me
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[blank]
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[hand written]
State of Maine
Lincoln ss.   Clerks Office
I Jacob Smith Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts within and for the County of Lincoln
do certify that the Hon. Nathaniel Groton
whose signature is affixed to the within certifi-
cates is duly commissioned and qualified as
Judge of Probate for the County of Lincoln.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and the seal of the
Supreme Judicial Court this twenty
fifth day of September in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty eight.
Jacob Smith, Clerk
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[handwritten]
at the time above stated, and still
remains his widow and has never been
married to any other person.
Margaret Acorn
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written.
Before Nath. Groton
Judge of Probate for the County of
Lincoln
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[handwritten]
State of Maine.
County of Lincoln ss.
On this twenty first day of September A. D.
1838, personally appeared before the Court
of Probate in and for the County of
Lincoln aforesaid,
Margaret Acorn a resident of Waldoboro in
the County of Lincoln and State of Maine,
aged seventy eight years, who being first sworn
according to law, doth on oath make the follow
ing declaration, in order to obtain the benefit
of the pensioners of an Act of Congress, passed
July 7th 1838, entitled "An Act granting half
pay and pensions to certain widows,"
that she is the widow of George Michael
Acorn, who was a private in the Army
of the Revolution and was inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the District of
Maine Agency, as appears by his pension
certificate, No. 13,182, which is hereto annexed,
in said Waldoboro until his decease.

She further declares, that she was
married to the said George Michael
Acorn, by the Rev. T. W. Schoeffer, now
deceased, on the first Thursday of January
in the year seventeen hundred and
eighty, and that her said hus
band, George Michael Acorn, died at
said Waldoboro on the thirtieth
day of April in the year eighteen
hundred and twenty three, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving
the service, but the marriage took place
previous to the first of January seven
teen hundred and ninety four, to wit
at the time above stated, and she still
remains his widow and has never been
married to any other person.
Margaret Acorn
Sworn to and subscribed on the day
and year above written,
Before Nath. Groton
Judge of Probate for the county of
Lincoln
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[handwritten]
State of Maine
County of Lincoln Js. At a Probate court holden
at Waldoborough, in and for said County on the
twenty first day of September A.D.1838
Be it known that Margaret Acorn of said 
Waldoborough, widow of George Michael Acorn
deceased, personally appeared in open Court, the
same being a Court of record and keeping a record 
of wills and estates of persons deceased within the
same county - and caused the annexed declara-
tion she reduced to writing and dictated the nurse
under oath and the nurse being read and con-
sented by her she subscribed her nurse there-
to and made solemn oath that the same
and every fact thereof was true.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
subscribed my name as Judge of
said Court and affixed the seal of
thereof the day and year aforesaid
Nath. Groton Judge of
Probate for the County of Lincoln
[official seal to left illegible]
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War Department.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY that, in conformity with the Law of the United 
States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
George Michael Acorn late a Private
in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed
on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine
Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to com-
mence on the Tenth day of April one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen
GIVEN at the War Office of the United
States, this Fourteenth day of July on thousand eight 
hundred and nineteen
J C Calhoun
Secretary of War.
[seal to left covered]
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13,182
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Amount of Property
$95.
E Thatcher
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Payable semi-annually. The first
payment on this Certificate will
be made on the 4th of September
next, in Portland D. M
at the Cumberland Bank
Revordell
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I, Charlotte Dalham of Wal-
doboro in the County of Lincoln and
State of Maine, aged eightytwo years,
do testify, depose and declare, on oath,
that I was present and saw George
Michael Acorn and Margaret
Schmause, now Margaret Acorn, of
Waldoboro, married by the Rev. W. Schoef-
fer then minister of the Gospel in Waldoboro.
They were married in the winter of Seven
teen hundred and eighty. They lived to-
gether, as husband and wife, till his
death, which occurred perhaps fifteen 
years ago, in this town, where she
now resides and has never been mar-
ried since. They were my nearest
neighbors. W, Schoeffer has been 
dead, as I have understood, between
forty and fifty years.
Witness             Charlotte Dalham
Issaac G. Reed     her X mark
Lincoln [illegible]
Sept. 21, 1838 [illegible]
Subscribed and sworn to before
me, the subscriber; and I hereby
certify, that Charlotte Dalham, 
the deponent, sustains a good
moral character and is entitled
to full credit & belief.
Isaac G. Reed  Justice of
the Peace.
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I, Mary Clouse of Waldoboro in the
County of Lincoln and State of Maine,
aged seventysix years, do depose, testi
fy and declare, on oath, that I was pres-
ent at, and saw, the marriage of George
Michael Acorn and Margaret Schm-
ause, both of said Waldoboro. They were
married by the Revd.W. Schoeffer,
at his house in Waldoboro, fiftyeight
years ago last winter. W. Schoeffer
then preached the Gospel in Waldoboro.
He afterwards removed to Warren and
has been dead between forty and fifty years. I remember W. John Prock
and Mrs. Dalham, now living in
Waldoboro, were also present and saw
the marriage. Mrs. Catherine Creamer
was also at the wedding, but whether
she went to Mr. Schoeffer's house &
saw the marriage I am not certain.
The party assembled at Mrs. Acorn's
father's house and then went togeth-
er to W. Schoeffer's where the marri-
age took place. They afterward return
ed to Mr. Schmause's and opened the evening.  I was well acquainted with
Mr. Acorn till his death, which happen
ed about fifteen years ago at 
Waldoboro.
I am also well acquainted with Mrs.
Margaret Acorn, his widow, who now
resides here and has never been mar-
ried a second time. They were mar-
ried soon after he came out of the army,
and before the year seventeen hundred
ninety four.
Witness                     Mary Clouse
Isaac G. Reed            her  X mark
Lincoln Jsd. Sept. 21.1838. Subscribed &
sworn to before me, the subscriber, and I
do hereby certify that Mary Clouse, the
above named deponent, is a person of good
moral character and that her state-
ments are entitled to full faith and 
credit.
Isaac G. Reed   Just. of the Peace.
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[handwritten]
I, John Prock of Waldoboro in the
County of Lincoln in the State of Maine,
and of the age of seventynine years, do
depose, testify and declare on oath, that George
Michael Acorn and Margaret Schmause
both of Waldoboro were married at said
Waldoboro nearly sixty years ago. I am not
so certain about the year as I am about the 
month. I remember that it was in January
& when I was about eighteen or nineteen
years old. Mr. Schmause, the father of Mrs.
Acorn, & my father were near neighbors &
I was present and saw the marriage.
I well remember the festival & many
incidents connected with it. They were
married by the Revd. W. Schoeffer, at
his own house, and the the bridal party
returned to Mr. Schmause's. Most of the
party are now dead. I think none survive
except Mrs. Acorn, Mrs. Mary Clouse, Mrs.
Catherine Creamer and myself. Mr. acorn
was a soldier in the Revolutionary war &
in the latter part of his life received a
pension. He has been dead about fifteen
years. Mrs. Acorn, his widow, now lives in
Waldoboro and has never been married
a second time.  He resided in Waldoboro
until his decease. A few years after this
marriage W. Schoeffer removed from
this town and died. I am well ac-
quainted with Mrs. Margaret Acorn &
know her to be the widow of George Michael
Acorn deceased. The marriage above
mentioned was after said George Michael Acorn's
return from the revolutionary army and
I think, upon consideration, in the year seven
teen hundred and eighty.
John Prock
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[handwritten]
State of Maine.
Lincoln ss.
Sept. 21. 1838.
Subscribed
and sworn to before me the sub
scriber; and I hereby certify, that
John Prock, the deponent, sus-
tains a good moral charac-
ter and that his statements are
entitled to full faith and credit.
Isaac G. Reed  Justice of
the Peace.
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I, Catherine Creamer, of Waldoboro
in the County of Lincoln in the State of
Maine, of seventyone years of age, &
testify, depose and declare, on oath, that in
January seventeen hundred and eighty
my sister, Margaret Acorn, widow of
George Michael Acorn, was married to
 him by Revd. W. Schoeffer, then minister
 of the Gospel in Waldoboro, but long since
deceased, as I have reason to believe and
do verily believe. Said George Michael
and Margaret, with a wedding party, 
left my father's house to go to Mr.
Schoeffer's to be married and returned
again, all saying they had been married
during their absence. The party opened 
the evening at my father's and said
George Michael & Margaret lived to-
gether as husband and wife till his
death about fifteen years ago. He had
recently returned from the army,
when they were married. She is now
his widow and was never married
to any other person. They always re-
sided in Waldoboro, where they raised
a large family of children.
Witness,
Isaac G. Reed   Catherine Creamer
                           her X mark
Lincoln Jsd.
Sept. 21.1838.
Sworn to and subscribed
 before me the subscriber; and I do hereby
certify that the above named deponent
is a person of good character for truth &
veracity and that full credit may be 
given to her statements.
Isaac G. Reed  Just. of Peace
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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 Coun-
ty of Lincoln, do hereby certify that Isaac G. Reed
Esq. whose name is affixed to the annexed papers as a JUSTICE OF THE 
PEACE is legally commissioned and
duly qualified to act as such, and that the name so affixed in his own prop-
er 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
25th day of September A.D. 1828
Jacob Smith CLERK.
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1928 July 18 Photos to E. V.
Martindale. A. D. Y.
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WIDOW, &c
File No. 13, 394
Margaret Acorn
wife of
George Michael Acorn
Pri  Mass Line
Act July 7th 38
Index: Vol A, Page 2
[Arrangement of 1870]
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G. M. Acorn
Mem: June 5, 1819
This man, according to
the within Documents,
was only 5 years of age,
when he enlisted!
They are retained,
withing issuing a pension
certificate3, in order that a
[illegible] example be made
of a character who thus
attempts to impose on the
government.

Connt
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[HANDWRITTEN]

War Dep
Pension Office
June 5, 1819

Sir,
[stamp THE ]
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
Enclosed is a pension certificate
for Mr. John Lafler.  This pension commences
on the 31st May 1818. It is usual in cases where
 the Judge does not certify positively as to the date
of the original Declaration, to
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Massachusetts  4
Michael Acorn  158.
Priv ate
Capt. Ropes Compy. 21st Regt.
US Infy.
Ratio of Disaby __ one fourth.
[illegible] of left knee fractured.
Date of discharge 11th May 1815.
Inscd. on the Roll of
Massachusett's at $2.50.
per month to commence the
12th of May 1815.
Cert: offered 14 Dec 1815.
to Hon. Ben. Brown. Maj
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Geo. Michael Acorn Me act 1818. was any payment
ever made to him.  G. W. C
Dec 1 38 
pain to Lt hip 1823
JH
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Mrs. Margaret Acorn's
case
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I, the subscriber, certify and depose, that I am
Town Clerk of the Town of Waldeboro in the County
of Lincoln in the State of Maine, that I have
the custody of the records thereof, that I have
carefully examined them, and that I can-
not find any record of the publishment
of the intention of marriage of George Mi-
chael Acorn and Margaret Schmause
or of their marriage. I further certify and
depose, that the records of publishments
and of marriages from the incorporation of
the town in 1773 to a period later than
the year 1794 are much torn, defaced
and the principal part of them lost and
destroyed.
Isaac Reed } Clerk of the
                  } town of Waldeboro
Lincoln ss. Dec. 11. 1838. Personally ap
peared the above named Isaac Reed and
made oath to the truth of the foregoing cer-
tificate by him made and subscribed
before me the subscriber. And I do hereby
certify that I am well acquainted with
Isaac Reed, that he is a person of truth
and veracity and that his statements
are entitled to full credit & belief.
Isaac G Reed  Justice of the Peace
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[handwritten]
[written sideways]
evidence relative to
G. M. Acorn
Rec'd. 16 July 1821
[stamp] THOMASTON
July 8  1 1/2 [crossed out] $150
James L Edwards Esquire
War Office Washington
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[Handwritten]
Thomaston July 6th 1821
Sirs,
Yours of 10th June was received in rela-
tion to the Pension case of George Michael Acorn. It appears
strange to be sure that on the descriptive list of the last
War in which he served as a private that he is called only
44 yrs old--how to account for that circumstance ex-
cept by mistake I know not. Possibly, as enlistments
were desirable & somewhat difficult to effect--and as
he was at that time, a good effective soldier--that the
recruiting Sargeant might have have set his age
at 44 - with a view to serve the existing emergency.
This I say is possible - sure it is that no person who
has seen the man can doubt as to his age being very
much more than that. I know the man (Acorn) per-
sonally. He is apparently between sixty & seventy-
and there are four or five men whom I also know
that speak as familiarly of his having been in the
Revolutionary War with them about a year as they
do of any other event. Indeed in this neighborhood
it is a matter of general notoriety. I take the
liberty to give you these facts as within my own know-
ledge. I have also enclosed evidence which I think
will be satisfactory to the Department and justify
a continuance of his pension.  [illegible] he will
be restored to the roll in season to receive his pay-
ment with the others in September next.
I am sir very respectfully yours
J L Edwards Esq.    Paid & sent
War Office  Washington    Eben Thatcher
Please to turn to next page
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[handwritten]
PS should any other evidence be thought ne
cessary it is hoped that notice may be given im
mediately - & it shall be furnished without delay.
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[written]
State of Maine.
County of Lincoln.
Personally appeared
before me, Isaac G Reed, Esq. a Jus-
tice of the peace for said county and a 
Notary Public therefor, John Fitz Gerald
of Waldoboro in said county, late a ser-
geant in the Company of Capt, Smith
in Col. Bond's Regiment in the Massa-
chusetts line on the Continental establish
ment, in the Revolutionary War; and on his
oath declares, that he is personally ac-
quainted with George Michael Acorn
of said Waldoboro, who is inscribed on
the pension list, Roll of the District of
Maine Agency, at the rate of eight dollars
per month, to commence on the tenth day
of April A. D. 1818, as appears by a certif-
icate from the War Office of the United
States, dated the fourteenth day of July
1819, now in his possession; that said 
George Michael Acorn enlisted and
served as a private in said company during the
year Seventeen hundred and twentysix
and that he was at that time eighteen 
or nineteen years of age, and during that time was on the Continental es-
tablishment.
John Fitz Gerald
State of Maine,
County of Lincoln, ss.  Subscribed and sworn to, at Wal-
doboro in said county on this second day of July in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twentyone; and I
do hereby certify, that the above named Fitzgerald, the de-
clarant is a man of veracity & that his declaration
is entitled to full credit.
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand &
seal notorial, the year & day last aforesaid.
Isaac G. Reed  {Justice of Peace
                       {& Notary Pub-
                       {lic for County 
                        {of Lincoln
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[written]
State of Maine;
County of Lincoln.
Personally appeared 
before me, Isaac G Reed, Esquire,
a Justice of the Peace for said county
& a Notary Public therefor, Christian
Hoffses of Waldoboro in said county,
to me personally known, late a private 
in the company of Capt. Smith in Col.
Bond's Regiment in the line of Mas-
sachusetts on the Continental estab
lishment, in the Revolutionary War,
and on his oath declares, that he is
personally acquainted with George
Michael acorn of said Waldoboro; 
who is incribed on the pension lists
roll of the District of Maine Agency, 
at the rate of eight dollars per month,
to commence [crossed out] on the tenth
day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and eighteen, as appears by
a certificate from the United States
War Office, dated the fourteenth day
of July one thousand eight hundred
and nineteen, now in his possession;
that said George Michael Acorn
enlisted, as a private, in the latter part
of the year seventeen hundred seventyfive
or early part of the year seventeen hun-
dred seventysix, & was at that time a-
bout eighteen or nineteen years of
age; that he, said Acorn, served as a
private, in the company and Regiment
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[written]
aforesaid during the year 1770, in
the Revolutionary War & on the Con-
tinental establishment.
Witness            Christian his Hoffses
Isaac G Reed                   X mark
Denny M Cobb

State of Maine,
County of Lincoln, ss.  Subscribed and
sworn to, at Waldoboro in said county,
on this second day of July in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and twenty-one; and I do certify, that
the above named Christian Hoffses,
the declarant, is a credible witness & 
that his said declaration is entitled
 to full credit.
In witness whereof I hereunto
set my hand and seal notorial the
day & year last aforesaid.

Isaac G. Reed  {Justice of
                        {Peace & a
                        {Not. Public
                         {for County of 
                         {Lincoln
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[written]
State of Maine
County of Lincoln
Personally appeared
before me, Isaac G Reed Esq. a Jus-
tice of the Peace and a Notary Public
for said County of Lincoln, George
Michael Acorn of Waldoboro in
said County, to me personally known,
and on his oath declares, that in the
latter part of the year seventeen hundred
& seventyfive he enlisted into Capt.
Smith's Company (then commanded by
Capt. Fuller in Col. Bond's regiment
in the Massachusetts Line on the Conti-
nental establishment in the Revolution-
ary War; that he served in said company
on said establishment a full year and
at the close of the year 1776 was honora-
bly discharged from said company &
that at the time of his said enlistment he
was about eighteen years of age.
He further on oath declares, that
he is the same George Michael Acorn,
who received & now has in his possession
a pension certificate from the War Office of the United States, dated July 14, 1819,
wherein he is said to be inscribed on the
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[written]
on the Pension List, Roll of the District
of Maine Agency, at the rate of eight
dollars per month, to commence on
the tenth day of April one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen.
Said Acorn further, on his oath,
declares that on the twentyfifth day of
March A. D. 1815, he was enlisted, by Lieut
Towning or Downing, into the twentyfirst
Regiment of United States Infantry
for five years as during the late war
with Great Britain; that at the time
of his said last enlistment he told his
real age to said Lieutenant, who informed
him that he could enlist none, whose
age should  exceed fortyfour years & that
from his, this declarant's, appearance
he [crossed out] would pass for a person
not exceeding that age & that he should
put him down accordingly, as of that
age; that he served in said Regiment
until sometime in May 1815, when he
was honorably discharged; that in the
month of September 1814, at a place
called Bridgewater in Upper Canada
he received a wound, in consequence of
which he was disabled and in the month
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[written]
of December 1815 he was inscribed on
the Pension List, Roll of the Massachu
setts Agency, which pension he has re
linquished for the pension under the 
law of the United States of March 18th
1818.
Said Acorn further declares on
oath, that [crossed out] on the fifteenth
day of March 1821, he was sistyfour
years of age, as he believes.
Witness
Denny M. Cobb   George Michael Acorn
                             his mark X
State of Maine.
Lincoln ss.
Subscribed and sworn to, at
Waldoboro in said county, on this second
day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twentyone.
In witness whereof I hereunto set
my hand and seal notarial, the year
& day last aforesaid.
Isaac G. Reed   {Justice of
                         {Peace and
                         {Notary Public
                         {for County
                         {of Lincoln.
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[written]
War Department
Pension Office
Washington
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[written]
Thomaston County of Lincoln State of Massachusetts
May 11th 1819
Mr Edwards -
I herein enclose the Pension certificate of
George Michael Acorn, otherwise called Michael
Acorn - which he relinquishes in order to obtain
the Pension granted by the Act of Congress of
March 1818. It was not know to us till very
lately that the former certificate must be re-
turned in order to obtaining the new one. M[illegible]
you have the goodness to let it be filed within
the Declaration of George Michael Acorn
which was forwarded by me to the War Office
and which is now there with the view of obtain
ing a pension for said Acorn---lest there
should exist any doubts as to the identity of the 
person I have made a certificated and an [illegible]
thereto.
Respectfully
Ebert Thatcher
I have also sent the Pension Certificate of
Peter Brown which I wish to have filed
with his papers - lately forwarded-
E T
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[written]
I Valentine Mink of Waterboro in the
County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts late of the Army
of the Revolutionary War of America as a private in
Captain Doren's Company & Colonel Randall's Regiment
on the Continental establishment and Massacchu-
setts line- certify & say that I am much acquainted
with George Michael Acorn late a soldier called
by the name of George Acorn late a soldier in said
War of the American Revolution in said Massachusetts
line and Continental establishment, but now of
Waldoboro aforesaid and that he actually and faith-
fully served the United States as a soldier from the
month of December AD 1775 to the month of Decem-
ber AD 1776 against the common enemy
in said Massachusetts line on the Continental
establishment at the commencement
of said term of service he was in Captain Nathan
Fullers Company in Colonel Bonds Regiment and that at the close of said term of service
he was in Captain Smiths Company & in Colo-nel Randalls Regiment- that he was dis-
charged at Fish Kilns on North River aforesaid
month of December 1776 by a paper in writing
from Captain Agry.
Valentine  his X mark Mink
State of Massachusetts
County of Lincoln SS.
On this 10th day of April AD 1818 per
sonally appeared Valentine Mink who has made his mark under the afore
going Deposition and made solemn oath that the facts therein contained
are all & in every part of them true - before me Ebenr. Thatcher
one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas for
the 2d Eastern Circuit & State of Massachusetts.
County of Lincoln ss.
June 26, 1819
I hereby certify that Valentine Mink whose mark is affixed to the above Deposition is a
credible witness.
Ebenr Thatcher
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[written]
I Conrad Hyer of Waterboro in
the county of Lincoln and State of Massachusetts
late of the Army of the American Revolutionary
War as private in the Company commanded by
Captain Smith in Colonel Randalls Regiment
in the Massachusetts Line and Continental es-
tablishment testify and say that I am well
acquainted with George Michael Acorn late a 
soldier in the said War of the Revolution of Ameri-
ca in said Massachusetts line & Continental estab-
lishment and known is said service only by his first (given) name George, now of Waterboro aforesaid
and that he actually and faithfully served
the United States as a soldier from the month of
December AD 1775 to the month of December AD
1776 against the Common enemy in said Mas
sachusetts Line & Continental establishment.
That at the beginning of said term of service he was
in Captain Fullers company in Colonel Bonds
Regiment and at the close thereof in Captain
Smiths company in Colonel Randalls Reg-
iment that in said month of December
2d 1776 he was discharged at Fish Kilns on
North river by a Pap from captain Agry in
writing.  
Conrad  his X mark Hyer
State of Massachusetts-
County of Lincoln ss.
On this 10th day of April AD 1818 Con-
rad Hyer who has made his mark under the above Deposition, person
ally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the facts con-
tained herein, before me Ebenr. Thatcher one of the Justices
of the C Court of Common Pleas in the 2d Eastern Circuit in the
State of Massachusetts
County of Lincoln 26 June 1819 {I certify that Conrad Hyer the above Deponent is a credible Wit-
{ness --- Ebenr Thatcher Justice as aforesaid...
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[written] 
10th April 1818
George Michael Acorn
Waldoborough
Enlisted 1st Dec. 1775, as a Private
 in Col Bonds Mass. Reg.
Served to 23 Dec. 1776
Ebenr. Thatcher Esq
Judges must certi-
fy to the credibility
of the witnesses.
Admitted
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

To the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War of the
United States.
I the subscriber, being a Judge of the Circuit court of Common
Pleas, for the Second Eastern Circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the
Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec and Somerset, do hereby certify to your Honor,
that George Michael Acorn, a citizen of the United
States, now resident in Waterboro, in the said
County of Linco9ln, in the district of Maine, on the
10th 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, agreeable to the provision of an Act, Entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons en-
gaged 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 are hereunto annexed.
And I do further certify to your Honor, that after a full examination of the said applicant, and a careful con-
sideration of the evidence in the case, it appears to me that the said applicant did serve as a Private
in the war of the revolution, against the common enemy, upon the continental establishment, for more that nine months,
as stated in his declaration aforesaid; and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country
for his support.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the said Court to be hereunto
affixed, this twelvth day of July in the year of our LORD one thousand
eight hundred and eighteen.
Ebenr Thatcher
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ss.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
LINCOLN, 
I the subscriber, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts, held within the said County of Lincoln, hereby certify that
the Honorable EBENEZER THATCHER, Esquire, before whom the annexed proceedings were held, is a Judge of the
Circuit Court of common Pleas, for the Second Eastern circuit of Massachusetts, comprising the Counties of Lincoln,
Kennebec and Somerset; and that by the direction of the said Judge, I have affixed unto this certificate bearing his
signature, the seal of the said Court in which he 
presides.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my my hand: Dated at Wiscasset, in said county of Lincoln,
this twelvth day of July in the year of our LORD one
thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Nath. Coffin
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Surgeons Certific
to M. Acorn
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MILITARY DISTRICT. No. One  (DATE)
Cantonment Pittsfield (Mss.) May 5th 1815
IT is hereby CERTIFIED, that Michael Acorn a
private in the company of Lieut. William Bowman
 in the 21st Regiment of the U. S. Infantry is rendered incapable
of performing the duty of a soldier, by reason of wounds or other injuries inflicted while
he was actually in the service aforesaid and in the line of his duty, viz:
By satisfactory evidence and accurate examination, it appears that on the twentyfifth day of July in the year 1814 being enga-
ged in an action with the enemy at or
near a place called Niagara Falls in the
Territory of Upper Canada he received a wound
in is left knee, fracturing the patella
and partially disabling him
and he is thereby not only incapacitated for Military Duty, but, in the opinion of the
undersigned, is one fourth disabled from obtaining 
his subsistence by manual labour.
Duplicate  E. L. Allen  Surgeons Mate of the
21st Reg. of U. S. Infy Hospital Surgeon.
H. W. Contok [illegible]
T. Harrison
Major [illegible]
Garrison Pittsfield
N. B. The blank in the last line but one is to be filled
up with the proportional "DEGREE" of Disabil-
ity; --for example :--"three fourths"-"one
half"--"one third," &c. &c. or, "totally"--as
the case may be.
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[written]
Michal Auhorn
Certificate
for Pension
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War Department. [illegible] 158

I CERTIFY, That in conformity with the Laws of the UNITED STATES, relative to their
existing Military Establishment,
Michael Acorn, late a Private in the Compy commanded
by Capt. ropes of the 21st Rgt. U S Infantry,
is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency,
at the rate of two dollars & fifty cents per month,
to commence on the 12th day of May one thousand eight
hundred and fifteen.

Given at the WAR OFFICE of the UNITED STATES,
this 14th day of December
one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.
Wm H Crawford
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[written]
Thomaston County of Lincoln  State of Massachusetts
I hereby certify that the person called
Michael Acorn in the Pension Certificate to which
this is annexed--and who was late a private in the
Compy commanded by Capt Ropes of the 21st Regt
U S Infantry--is the same identical person
who on the month of April AD 1818 made his
Declaration under oath that he served in the
A- &rmy of the United States in the Revolution-
ary War - which declaration he made by the
name of George Michael Acorn - and that in the town where he lives he has been sometimes
called Michael Acorn - & sometimes George
Michael Acorn.
Ebenr. Thatcher one of the 
Judges of the Circuit Court of
C Pleas in the State of Massachusetts
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SUBMIT IN DUPLICATE. 1-681 PHONE Branch 476
All inquiries regarding this job should refer to Requisition No. 24941-2
Requisition for Duplicating, Addressograph, Photostat, and Blue Print Work.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Washington
CHIEF, Division of Publications,
Room G 137.   July 6, 1920.
Please furnish work specified below.
Bureau ordering Pension HL  Deliver to Room No. 5033.
(ALL COPY FOR DUPLICATING WORK SHOULD BE PLAIN AND WRITTEN IN ELITE TYPE,
EXACTLY LINE FOR LINE AS IT IS TO APPEAR ON FINISHED JOB.)
Title and description of job photostatic copy of 1f page from Rev. War
pension claim of George Michael Acorn, W. 23394.
No. of copies  1 of each  Shall form be kept standing?  ..........       ......... days
For further information see Mrs. Finch      Room No. 5033     Phone No. 541
Approved:
A. D. Wilkinson               M M H Finch
Chief Clerk of Bureau.     Chief of Branch or Division
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below and approved by Chief Clerk of Bureau ordering ..........................................
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