Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,558, William Gould, N.H.
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(3-1776)
Service  Number
NH
Gould, William
S45,558
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17004

NEW HAMPSHIRE
WILLIAM GOULD

OF ROCK'N COY IN THE STATE OF N. HAMPSHIRE WHO WAS A PRIVATE IN THE COMPANY COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN CALEF OF THE REGEMENT COMMANDED BY COLONEL LONG IN THE N HAMPSIRE LINE, FOR THE TERM OF ONE YEAR FROM AUGUST 1776 TO AUGUST 1777

INSCRIBED ON THE ROLL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AT THE RATE OF EIGHT DOLLARS PER MONTH, TO COMMENCE ON THE 18 DAY OF DECEMBER 1819

CERTIFICATE OF PENSION ISSUED THE 19 OF MAY 1820 AND SENT TO WM. BADGER SIG. ROCHESTER N.H.

CONTINUED ON THE ROLL ON 1ST DAY OF NOVEMBER 1831 AND NOTIFICATON SENT TO P. CHADWICK ESQ. AT EXETER N.H.

PENSION COMMENCING ON THE 31ST OF OCTOBER 1831.

AMOUNT DUE ON THE 4TH OF MARCH 1832
$33.29

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM, 
ACTS MARCH 18, 1818, 
MAY 1, 1820
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5653
WILLIAM GOULD
ROCKINGHAM CO. N.H.
18 DECEMBER 1819

COL. LONG'S REGIMT
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
LINE, ONE YEAR
AUGUST 1776 TO AUGT 1777

FOUND ON THE ROLLS

ADMITTED.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

STRAFFORD SS ---SS) DEVEMBER 18TH 1819

ON THIS EITHTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1819, BEFORE ME THE SUBSCRIBER, ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEASE FOR SAID COUNTY OF STAFFORD PERSONALLY APPEARS WILLIAM GOULD AGED SIXTY ONE YEARS, RESIDENT IN NEWTOWN IN THE SAID STATE, WHO BEING BY ME FIRST DULY SWORN ACCORDING TO LAW, DOTH, ON HIS OATH, MAKE THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION, IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE PROVISION MADE BY THE LATE 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:" THAT HE THE SAID WILLIAM GOULD ENLISTED IN NEWTOWN IN THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IN THE COMPANY COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN CALEF AND REGIMENT OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LINE COMMANDED BY COL PEIRCE LONG THE FOREPART OF AUGUST 1776 FOR ONE YEAR; THAT HE CONTINUED TO SERVE IN SAID CORPS, OR IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES, UNTIL THE 7TH OF AUGUST 1777, WHEN HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE IN SARATOGA OR STILLWATER STATE OF NEW YORK; THAT HE WAS IN NO GINERAL BATTLES AND THAT HE IS IN REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES, AND STANDS IN NEED OF THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS COUNTRY FOR SUPPORT ; AND THE HE HAS NO OTHER EVIDENCE NOW IN HIS POWER OF HIS SAID SERVICES.

SWORN TO AND DECLARED BEFORE ME, THE DAY AND YEAR AFORESAID.

WILLIAM BADGER

I, WILLIAM BADGER, JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEASE FOR SAID COUNTY AS AFORESAID , DO CERTIFY, THAT IS APPEARS TO MY SATISFACTION , THE THE SAID WILLIAM GOULD'S CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SUCH THE HE STANDS IN NEED OF THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS COUNTRY FOR SUPPORT AND THAT HE DID SERVE IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AS STATED IN THE PRECEDING DECLARATION, AGAINST THE COMMON ENEMY; AND I NOW TRANSMIT THE PROCEEDINGS AND TESTIMONY TAKEN AND HAD BEFORE ME, TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF WARE, PURSUANT TO THE DIRECTIONS OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ACT OF CONGRESS.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND HAVE CAUASED THE SEAL OF SAID COURT TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED THIS 7TH DAY OF JANUARY A.D. 1820.

WILLIAM BADGER

BY ORDER OF JUDGE BADGER
A. PEIRCE, CLERK
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Schedule 
Of the Estate of William Gould (his necessary clothing and beding  excepted) exhibited March 16th 1831
Viz
one Table $1.00 
1 old Kitchen Chairs $1.00- 2.00
one Iron Pot 80 th
one ax 50th
one pair fire dogs 25th - 1.05
one old Syth 17th 64
3"72
by
William Gould
mark

State of New Hampshire
County of Rockingham
at the Court of Common Pleas holden
at Exeter within and for the County of Rockingham on
the third Tuesday of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one
Present the Honorable
Arther Livermore Chief Justice
Josiah Butler Assonate Justice
On this sixteenth day of March 1831 personally
appeared in open Court aforesaid being a Court of Rabed
for the State of New Hampshire holden in and for said
County of Rockingham William Gould resident in Newtown
in said County aged seventy two years who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the provision made.
by the acts of Congress of the 18th March 1818, and the 1st
of
May 1820; that he the said William Gould enlisted for the
term of one year some time in the month of August 1776 in
the company commanded by Captain John Calef in the
Regiment commanded by Colonel Pierce Long in the line of
the State of New Hampshire on the continental establishment, that he continued to serve in said corps until
in the month of August 1777, when he was discharged from the service at Stillwater in the State of New York
- that he hereby relinquishes every claim what ever to a pension except the present; that his name is
not on the roll of any State except New Hampshire. that
he has been placed upon the pension list and seek - there
from that the number of his pension certificate is 17.004
The following are his reasons for not making earlier application
to be restored to the pension list that in
1820 he was possessed of property valued at three
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Hundred dollars and understood that no person was restored to the pension list who was in possession of the amount of property. That his son Thomas Gold (who was of age in July 1817) continued to live with and labor for him until April 1822. (Two years of which time he the dulacant was sick) When to pay said Thomas for what he was justly owing him for near five years labors and paying his Doctors bill he sold said Thomas all his real and personal estate except a few articles of furniture and clothing and bedding and put him in possession of the same. but did not make a deed to him until the 3rd of this present month-that since April 1822, he and his wife have lived with said Thomas and have been in part supported by him that so long as Thomas was able to render him and his wife Passestance he had declined making application to be restored to the pension list but now owing to the large family of young children and small property of said Thomas Gould he is unable longer able to render him any assistance.
And in pursuance of the art of 1st May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day f March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift sale or any manner disposed of my property on any part thereof with intent
 thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision of an act of congress intitled "An act to provide for certain person
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 per trust for me any property or securities contract or debts due to me: nor have any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed.
The following are the articles contained in my schedule RVZ. One TablSox old kitchen chairs. .
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able to do labour enough to support my self I have no children of sufficient ability to support me-- and
have no means of support without the aid of government except by private or public charity-
That since the 18th day of March 1818 the following change
have been made in my property
Description of
Property
About 30 acres
of poor land with a house & barn
old and much out of repair
Two Cows
one pair small steers
five sheep
1 Broad Ax
Name of the person to whom sold
James Gould
Thomas Gould
Time of Sale
April 1822
Deed quen
March 3d 1831
April 1822
amount of money or desception of
property received in return
for 300 dollars to pay in part the
debt I was owing said Thomas Gould
for labour performed for me from July
1817 to April 1822 and paying my
Doctors & other bills while I was
sick for forty two dollars to pay in
part what I was justly owing
said Thomas Gould for services performed and many paid
as above stated
his
William Gould
Mark
Sworn to and declared in open Court this 16th day of March
AD 1831 before the Justices aforesaid
Attest
P
Chadwick Clerk
I Peter  Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for
the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire do
hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule
thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the
said 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 is three dollars
and seventy two cents
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand, and affixed the seal of the said
Court on this sixteenth day of March
Anno Domini 1831
P Chadwick Clerk
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Please to direct notice to Peter Chadwick
Exeter New Hampshire
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New Hampshire
17004
William Gould
of Rock Co in the state of N. Hamp
who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Long, of the N. Hampshire, for the term of one year.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire, at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 18 of December, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of May, 1820, and sent to William Badger, judge
Rochester, N. Hampshire,
Arrears
to 4th of March, 1820. $26.64.
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4. Sept. 48
2 mos 18/31 } 1820
$68.64
{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.}
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Ray
45558
INVALID.
File No.
45558
William Gould
Pri Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
1st May 1820
Index: -- Vol. 3, Page 202
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Deed
William Gould
to
Thomas
Gould
Rockingham Records
Recd 4th March 1831
Recorded Lib 263 Fol 120
Exam. Seth Walker R
A true copy of record Examined
Attest Seth Walker R
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Know all Men by these Presents, That
I William Gould of Newtown in the County of
Rockingham and State of New Hampshire, Husbandman
For and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars
to me in hand, before the delivery hereof, well and truly paid by
Thomas Gould of Newtown in the County of Rockingham
and State of New Hampshire, Husbandman
the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, sold, and by
these presents, do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, convey and confirm unto the said Thomas Gould
his heirs and assigns, forever,
 A certain tract of land situate in said Newtown containing thirty acres more or less bounded Northerly on the
highway leading from Kingston to Newtown
westerly on land of Mary Gould the County and South easterly on said land to land of Nathan Gould, thence North Parterly partly on land of Nathan Gould & partly
land of Jacob Rowell to the highway before mentioned thence north westerly on said highway about forty rods Theme
acrop said highway on land of Jacob Rowell to land of [illegible] Charles Northerly on land of said Charles Roland
work it thence Westerly on land of said Wort to land of my Gould, South westerly on land of said [illegible] to land of Eley & Mary Gould, south westerly on said Eley & Mary to the High [illegible]
mentioned near my dwelling house thence on said highway to the
first mentioned with the buildings thereon it being my real estate
To have and to hold the said granted premises with all the privileges
and appurtenances to the same belonging, to him the said Thomas Gould
and his heirs and assigns to his and their only proper use and benefit forever
And the said William Gould and my
heirs, executors, and
administrators, do hereby covenant, grant and agree to and with the said Thomas Gould and his heirs, and assigns, that until the delivery hereof, I am the lawful owner of the said premises, and am 
seized and possessed thereof in
my own right in fee simple, and have full power and lawful authorty to grant and
in the same in manner aforesaid; that the said premises are free and clear of all
and every incumbrance whatsoever, and that I and my heirs, executors and administrators, shall and will warranty the same to the said 
Thomas Gould and his
heirs and assigns against the lawful claims and
demands of any person or persons whomsoever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this third
day of March
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
in presence of us,
Henry Russ
Joseph Hoit
his
William Gould ℗ (seal)
Joseph Hort
Mark
State of New-Hampshire Rockingham ss. March third 1831.
Personally appearing the abovenamed William Gould
acknowledged the above instrument to be her act and deed, before me,
Joseph Hort
Justice of the Peace.
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A true copy of record Examined
Attest Seth Walker Reed
Deed
William Gould
to
Thomas Gould
Rockingham Ruecords
[illegible] 20th March 1831
Recorded  [illegible]
Exam Seth Walker Reed

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Rockingham & State of New Hamshire
do hereby certify that Seth Walker whose name appears
to the certificate on this copy is Register of Deeds for said
County of Rockingham and the signature to said Certificate
is in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said Court
this fourteenth day of March 1831

P Chadwick Clerk
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I Jabez Falch of Weare in the County of Hillsborough
and State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was
knowing to William Gould of Newtown in the County of Rockingham and State aforesaid performing the
Service as a Private Soldier for the term of One year in the Company commanded by Capt John Calfe viz from the month of August 1776 to the Month of August 1777 in the Regiment commanded Colonel Pierce Long in the Revolutionary War
under the Continental Establishment and
New Hampshire line and that said William
Gould received his discharge at Stillwater in
.said month of August 1777 and that there
were no written discharge given
October 19, 1819
Jabez Falch
State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough ss
Weare October 19: 1819
Then Personally appeared
the above named Jabez Falch and made Oath
that the above Affidavit by him subscribed was just and true Before me
Samuel Eaton, Justice of the Peace & Quorum
October 19, 1819. I hereby certify that I am well
acquainted with the above named Jabez Balch and
consider him a man of truth and veracity
Samuel Eaton, Justice of the Peace & Quorum
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John Emmons Deps
for William Gouth
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I John Emmons of Alexandria in the County of Grafton and State of Newhampshire depose and say that previous to the revolutionary War I knew William Gould now of
Newtown in County of Rockingham & State aforesaid that
in August 1776 I enlisted into the Company commanded
by Captain John Calfe and Regiment commanded by Col Peirce Long Newhampshire line for one year and served
until sometime in August 1777 and that I perfectly and
distinctly recollect that the above named William
Gould did serve in the aforesaid Company and Regt
the whole of the year above named (Viz) from some time in August 1776 until sometime in August
1777 when he was regularly dismissed from the service at Saratoga in the State of New York
I further testify and say that I have no interest
whatever in the pension claim claim of the above named William Gould-
Nov 30th 1819
his
John Emmons
mark
Present Benjn Emmons
William Badger

State of Newhampshire
Shafford Nov 30th 1819 personally appeared the above
named John Emmons who is a credible witness and
made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed
by his mark is the truth before
William Badger Jus. Peace
Judge as aforesaid
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Wiliam Gourd
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I Andrew Whitcher of Gilford in the County of Strafford and State of
Newhampshire aged 59 years depose and say that I have always
been acquainted from a schoolboy up to the present time with William Gould now of Newtown County of Rockingham and State aforesaid
and that sometime the forepart of August 1778 we both enlisted into
the service of the United States in the revolutionary army for one
year in the company commanded by Captain John Calf and
Regiment commanded by Col Peirce Long of the Newhampshire line
and that we continued to serve in said company until the seventh
day of August 1777 when we were regulary dismissed from the service at Stillwater of Saratoga in the State of New York and both
set out for home together further
testify and say that I have
no interest whatever in the aforesaid Goulds pension claim
Andrew Whittier
December 18th 1819

State of Newhampshire
Stafford for Due 18th 1819 personally appeared the above named
Andrew Whitcher who is a credible witness and made oath
to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed before me
William Badger Jus. Peace
Judge &c as aforsaid
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Samuel Thomson
affidavit
I hereby certify that
Samuel Thomson within
named is entitled to
full credit
the
Joseph Hoit Justice of peace
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I hereby certify that
Isreal Gale within
named is entitled
to full credit
Joseph
Hoit Jus Peace
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I Isreal Gale of Newtown, in the County of
Rockingham and State of Newhampshire, certify
that for the number of thirteen or fourteen years
last past, I have attended to the family of M Wm
Gould, in affording medical aid and that the
nature of his disorder, (Hydrother) is such, that
it has rendered him quite unfit for business for
weeks or even months together, and that his son Thomas Gould has settled all the bills of his father for the time aforesaid, without exception
Rockingham ss. March 18th
1831
Israel Gale
then Isreal Gale
made solemn oath to the
truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed
before me
Joseph Hoit Justice of the peace
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Jacob Rowell
affidavit
I hereby certify that
Jacob Rowell
within named is
entitled to full credit
Joseph Hoit Jus Peace
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I Jacob Rowell of Newtown in the County of Rockingham of Lawful
age Depose and say that I am near Neighbour to William & Thomas
Gould and know that Thomas Gould has lived and worked with
his father William Gould since he was twenty one years of age
to the present time which is more than twelve years and should
suppose that he had paid him a valuable consideration
for his property Jacob Browell
of Rockingham ss. March 3d 1831 then Jacob Rowell made solemn
oath to the truth of the above affidavit
before me
Joseph Floit Jus. Peace
I Jacob Rowell of Newtown in the county of Rockingham of Lawful age 
Dipose and say that I was well aquainted with the Estate of William
Gould in the year 1818 being near neighbour
and should in my judgment value it worth about three hundred dollars.
Jacob Rowell
Rockingham ss. March 3d 1831 then
Jacob Rowell made
solemn oath to the truth of the above
affidavit before me
Joseph Hort Jus Peace
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Henry Rus
affidavit
I hereby certify that
Henry Russ within
named is entitled
to full credit
Joseph Hoit. Justice of the peace
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Henry Ross of Newtown in the County of Rockingham of Lawfully
Depose and say that I am a near Neighbour to William and Thomas
Gould and know that Thomas Gould has lived & worked with father
William Gould since he was out of his time more than twelve
years and should suppose that he had paid him a reasonable
compensation for his property
Henry Russ
Rockingham ss. March 3d 1831
then Henry Russ made solemn
oath to the truth of the above affidavit, before me
Joseph Hat Jus. Peace
I Henry Kuss of Newtown in the County of Rockingham
of Lawful age Depose and say that I was well aquainted with the
Estate of William Gould in the year 1818. being near
neighbour and should in my judgement Call it worth
about three hundred Dollars, Henry Russ
Rockingham March 3d 1831 then Henry Rus made
solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me
Joseph Hoit
Jus. Peace
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I Samuel Thomson of Kingston in the County of Rockingham of
Lawful age Depose and say that I am near neighbour to William
and Thomas Gould and know that Thomas Gould has lived and
worker continually with his father William Gould since he was
twenty one years of age to the present time which I think is more than
twelve years and should suppose that he had paid him a
valuable consideration for his property
Samuel Thomson
Rockingham ss. March 3d
1831 then
I Samuel Thomson of Kingston in the county of Rockingham of lawful age depose and say that I was well aquainted with the estate of William Gould in the year 1818 being a near neighbor and should in my judgement value  it worth about three hundred dollars
Samuel Thomson
made solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit before me
Joseph Hoit
Jus. Peace
Samuel Thomson of Kingston
in the County of Rockingham of
Lawful age Depose and say that I was well aquainted with the Estate
of William Gould in the year 1818, being a near neighbour
and should in my judgment value it worth about three
Hundred Dollars
Samuel Thomson
Rockingham ss. March 3d
1831 then Samuel Thomson made
solemn oath to the truth of the above affidavit. before
Me
Joseph Hoit
Jus. Peace
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named is entitled to
Samuel Thomson [illegible]
affidavit
I hereby certify that
Samuel Thomson within Samuel Thomson within named is entitled to full credit 
Joseph Hoit Justice of the Peace

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham
in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify
that Joseph Hoit whose signature appears to the Certificates on this and the annexed papers is a 
Justice of the Peace in aforesaid County of Rockingham and is the proper officer to administer oaths & take affidavits
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court this
19th March AD 1831
P Chadwick Clerk
8
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I Thomas Gould of Newtown in the State of
New Hampshire aged thirty four years testify
and say that I lived with and worked for
my father William Gould of said Newtown
for  [illegible] five years after I was of the age of twenty  one years namely from July 1817 to
April 1822 that during that time my
father was much out of health
and I had to labour the whole time
for his support
and for money to repair the buildings
that he then owned and
lived in that I paid
to the Physiician who attended on
my father during the time of his [illegible]
while I was with him
as aforesaid his 
( the Physicians) bill amounting to about thirty
Dollars. 
In the year 1822 my father 
agreed to give me all his real and personal estate for what he was then owing me and from that time I have livied on the land
which was my fathers and carried it on in my own way as my own. Although the 
deed of said land was not actually
made and delivered to me by my father
until March 1831. Since 1822 I have 
supported my parents by my own industry
with what little labour they were able
to perform - at the time the bargain for
the land personal property was made
in 1822, I received of my father two cows
one yoke of these five sheep and one road
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axe that my father and mother have
become so decreed that I, having a family
of children to support, am no longer able
to support my parents and they have
no means of support
except from public or  private charity
Thomas Gould
Rockigham ⎬ March 16. 1831
Then Thomas Gould
personally appeared and made solemn
oath that the foregoing affidavit by him
subscribed is true
Before me John Kelly Justice of the
Pease

I Peter Chadwick Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for the County of Rockingham in
the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that John Kelly is a Justice of the Peace in and for said
County of Rockingham and is the proper office to administer Oaths and take affidavits and that the above is in his own hand writing
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand affixed the seal of said
Court this 19th day of March AD 1831
P Chadwick Clerk
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I P Chadwick Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of Rockingham in the State of New Hampshire do hereby certify that it was
proved to the satisfaction of said Court at the
October Term AD 1831- holden at Portsmouth
in said in said County that the real estate
which was conveyed by William Gould
Newtown in said County of Rockingham to
his son Thomas Gould by deed dated March
1831 was of the value of these hundred
dollars and no more -
In testimony whereof I have here
unto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of said Court this Tenth
day of October Anno Domini 1831
P Chadwick Clerk of the
Court Rocking County
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J L Edwards Esq
City of
Washington
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Exeter New Hamp
March 19 1831
J.L. Edwards Esquire
Sir
accompanying this
you will receive
the declaration of William
Gould
You will notice that the Justice
neglected
to certify to the character of Thomas
Gould on account
of his not living near enough to the deponent to enable him to certify from his own
knowledge-- I have made
enquiries respecting his character and can
hear nothing to his disadvantage and
his appearance is that of a simple plain
man of correct habits and principal
Very
respectfully
Your
Obt
Sevet
Peter Chadwick
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To the Secretary of War
City of Washington
Pension Office
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Exeter New Hamp June 15 1831
Sir
In the regulations of the War Department
as communicated to me by your favor of the 10th instant (which was the first knowledge I had of their existance)
I most cheerfully acquiess-- as they
will save me some labour & much trouble
which I have heretofore been
subjected without compensation-
I did not before know that an agent was
necessary in a case of this kind-- and had [illegible] advised many of the poor fellows to avoid the expense of one
I am not however an
agent of William Gould in any sense he
lives in a remote or more correctly
speaking
in an out of the way town in this County
and as his poverty would not suffer him
to remain here until his papers were prepared
he (as many had before done requested me
to forward them to the pension office and request
that the result might be communicated to him
through me -  I made the second enquiry to them
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learn of the papers had been duly received on
 receiving a message from him that he had not
heard any thing from them-- I have trust discharged this duty of a neighbour to Mr
Gould and shall extremely regret it, if I
have,[crossed out] through my ignorance placed any impediments in the way of his receiving Justice
Of 
a known agent is necessary for the
completion of the business you will confer
a favour on I believe
a very poor man by giving
him the information-
He lives in Newtown County
of Rockingham State of
New Hampshire
I am respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Peter Chadwick
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Pension Office
June 10 1831
Hon John H Eaton
[illegible day] of War
Pension office
City of
Washington
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Exeter N.H
J.L. Edwards Esqr,
Sir
About the 20th of March
last I enclosed as directed to the Pension Office
a copy of the declaration of William Gould with
the affidavits take to support the same - 
From the circumstance that no answer
has been re. Mr Gould is apprehensive
that the Package may have miscarried
and has requested me to inquire of you
if the same has been rec., that if it has not
he may forward duplicates-
Very respectfully
Your most obident
Servant
Peter Chadwick
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Hon. Lewis Cass
Secretary of War
City of Washington

[Written perpendicular to above]
con.
ren to com Oct 31
1831
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Exeter New Hampshire October 24 1831
Honorable Lewis Cass
Secretary of War 
I take the liberty to
forward to you personally the accompanying
certificate and to so [] you attention to the
case of Mr Gould- The certificate is in compliance
with a requisition of Mr Edwards Clark
of the Pension Office by his letter to Mr Gould
under date of June 22 1831. Where in after stating
that the papers had been examined and
that the evidence there in contained was not 
deemed sufficient  he proceeds "It would 
appear that you deposed of property to the
amount of $300. to your son in consideration
of labor alleged to have been performed for
you.  This conveyance renders your case
doubtful. It must be cleared shown that 
the transfer of the property was a bona fide
transaction. The Court of the Common Pleas for 
Rockingham should give their opinion certified
by their clerk as to the value of the property
so
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and you should show that there was a written
contract between yourself and your son prior to
the performance of the alleged labor on account of
which you conveyed to him your property"
The last requirement cannot be performed because
there was no written contract between the Father
and Child and I am proud to say that instances
of such agreements in the writing between parents
and children in this section of the Country are
rare-indeed. so rare that no one instance
of the kind has come to my knowledge. That the
son by his industry and and exections has assisted
to support his parents in sickness & health so
long as he was able and that the father has
paid him all that he can ever pay fully appears
from the declaration & papers on file as it
appears to me- Additional evidence to any amount
can be offered [strike out] that the son performed the labor if
it is necessary, but I cannot so think it -
Mr Gould the applicant is extremely poor and
ignorant though I believe of an unexceptionable 
moral character- He is know to no person who
has
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has personal influeance at the pension office nor
has he any means to employ an agent in this
embarressed situation he solicits me to call your
attention personally to his case which I now do -
though nothing but a full conviction of the justice
of the case and compassion for the suffering of an 
old soldier could have induced me to trouble
you on the subject. And I do it now not as an
agent but assigned to him as a poor honest man-
With great respect
Your very obident
Humble Sevant
Peter Chadwick