Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,735, Joseph S Coombs, Mass.
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(S-1776)
service.  number
Mass.   Coombs, Joseph S.   S. 16.735
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contents
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Maine
Joseph S. Coombs
of Cumberland Co in the State of Maine who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Merrill of the regt commanded by Col. Brewer in the Masstts line for three years from 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 day of September 1832 and sent to John Massey Portland Me.
Arrears to 4th of September 1832 $120. -
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 1833  40
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$160.

{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded Wm S Allison Clerk,  Book D  Vol. 1. Page 52
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Joseph S. Coombs
application for a pension July 1832 a private Jul 31. 1832
Pension Office}
$80 per ann
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MAINE DISTRICT SS.
AT a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the twenty fifth day of July A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-two On this twenty fifth day of July -- aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Joseph S. Coombs a resident of Brunswick in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, 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 7th, 1832. That he was placed on the pension list roll of the District of Maine Agency, and a Certificate of pension granted to him on his application made on the 25 day of April 1818. That his name was stricken from the pension roll on account of his property - That he served as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Merrills Company in the Regt commanded by Colonels Phinney & Brewer - in the line of the State of Massachusetts & served four years - That he now resides in Brunswick aforesaid, and resided there when he made his first application in April 1818. that he served as a private.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine -
Joseph S. Coombs  X his mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before Arthur Ware } U.S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I John Mussey --- Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty ninth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two John Mussey {Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to the the subscribed, viz.
Real estate - Eighty acres of poor land in Brunswick a great part of it is sand and some of it a bog - very unfit for cultivation - a small house with only two rooms, - in an unfinished state -
Personal estate - a few old chairs & two chests and a few necessary utensils - two cows - one pair of oxen and five young cattle - ten sheep - I have no income but what I force from my poor land with hard labor - which I am not able to pursue -
Joseph S Coombs  X his mark. 
Witness Jos. Pope
Sworn to Before Albion K. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge

SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Joseph S. Coombs who by occupation am a Farmer - which I am not able to pursue constantly - rheumatism and faintness occasioned by hard work.

Names./ Ages./ Capacity of each to contribute to their support.
Wife - Bulah/ 68/ a very feeble woman
Lucy/ 24/ a weakly child - unable to support herself
Joseph S. Coombs. X his mark
Witness Jos. Pope
Sworn to Before Albion K. Parris U. S. Dist. Judge
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MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, John Mussey Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of 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 hundred, ninety-two dollars and sixty cents. and no more
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this twenty first day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Jun'r {Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

$392.60