Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8217, Dearborn Heath, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Heath, Dearborn
...............Mary

NUMBER
W. 8217
B.L.Wt. 13018-160-55

CONTENTS
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103979  Act Mar 3 55
Apl 27  55

Mary Heath wid.
Dearborn Heath  Priv

Private [underlined]  El Gilman
N.H.  Mil'a

Ent
Dis

Revy War

Revy pensioner
Wisc'n  Feby 53--4591

Ad. 160 acs  Dec 18/55
Dodge

Jonathan W. Earle
Pardeeville   Wis.

[written diagonally across page]

13018  Dec 21/55
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33.281
Wisconsin
======================
Dearborn Heath, decd.
of-----------in the State of------------
who was a private in the----------commanded
by Captain-------of the---------commanded
by------------in the Revolution
line for-----------------------
========================
Inscribed on the Roll of Milwaukee
at the rate of 65 Dollars 00 Cents per
annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. & end 22d August 1831.
========================
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th day of
November 1854 and Sent to
J.W. Earle
Pardeeville
Wisc

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-anl. allowance ending

(Revolutionary Claim,  )
(Act  June 7, 1832.       )

Recorded by G.T. Getty  Clerk.
Book E 2.    Vol. 8.    Page 137.
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1854 Let to J. W. 
J. W. Earl, Oct [illegible]
Rep
No 4591.
Wisconsin,
Mary Heath
widow of
N H Dearborn Heath,
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Private.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 65 dollars ----- 
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
14th day of Oct., 1854,
and sent to 
J. W. Earle,
Pardeeville,
Wis.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 2 of Vol. A
W. R. Wilson.
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Application of
Mary Heath
for Pension under
Law of 1848
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State of Wisconsin
Columbia County SS.
On this 4th day of August
A.D. 1851, personally appeared before the Hon. Joshua J. Guppey, County Judge, in open
Court, in and for the County of Columbia and
State aforesaid, Mary Heath, a resident of the town of Wyocena in the County of Columbia and State of
Wisconsin, aged seventy years, who being duly
Sworn according to law, doth on her oath make
the following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress
approved on the 29th day of July 1848, and all
such other laws as have from time to time passed
That she is the widow of Dearborn Heath, who
C
was a private in a company of Militia (The
but under Capt. Peabody, Lieutenant Jacob Elliot in the
fully New Hampshire
in a regiment
from the State of
in the service of the United States: That she
was married to the said Dearborn Heath, at Cabot
Caledonia County Vermont, on the 16th day of May
1811, and that her husband, the aforesaid Dearborn
Heath, died on the 22d day of August 1831, at
Woodbury, County & State aforesaid and that
he enlisted at Old Chester New Hampshire, and
served three years, and that she has remained a
widow ever since that period, as will more fully
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appear by reference to the proof hereunto annexed
that she has no documentary evidence of her
husband's service but the certificate of their
marriage is hereunto annexed; that the said
Dearborn Heath left three children under sixteen
years of age, to wit, Simon Heath, Isaiah Heath, and
Jeremiah H. Heath
Mary Healy
Sworn and subscribed
in open Court, the day
and year above written
Joshua J. Guppeg
County Ridge
At the same time and place came Gilman
H. Hoyt and Elisabeth Hoyt his wife, two credible
and respectable witnesses and residents of said
County and State, who being by me duly sworn
say on oath that they know the before mentioned
Mary Heath to be the widow of the late Dearbon Heath: That they believe she was legally married
to the said Dearborn Heath at Cabot Caledonia
County and State of Vermont, as afore stated
[crossed out ] and that her husband, the aforesaid Dearborn Heath
and above stated, that he has
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and that her husband, the aforesaid Dearborn
Heath, died as above stated, and that she has
remained a widow ever since that period and
is known in the neighborhood as the widow of
Dearborn Heath
Sworn and subscribed
to
open Court this
Gilman. H. Hoyt
Elizabeth Hoyt
4th day of August 1837
John S. Guppy,
County Judge
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State of Wisconsin, so
Columbia County, SS
I James Delany, dr
Clerk of the County and circuit courts
in and
for the County and State aforesaid, as hereby certify
that the Honorable Joshua J. Guppy, before
whom the within affidavit was sworn to
was, at the time of swearing the subscribing
Witnesses thereto, an acting Judge of the County
Court in and for said County, and that as
such officer he had full power and authority
to act in the premises. And I further certify
that I am well acquainted with the hand
writing of said Supply, and believe the
signature thereunto annexed to beganthe

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand, and
affixed the seal of the County
Court, at Fort Winnebago,
in said County, this 4th day
of August, A.D. 1857
James Delany Ir-
Clerk & C.
---
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Record of Marriage
&C.
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State of Vermont
Caledonia County
Be it remembered that at Cabot in the
County aforesaid on this sixteenth day of May in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Eleven Dearbon Heath and Mary Hays both
of Cabot in the County aforesaid were duly joined
in marriage by me
John W Dana Justice of Peace
State of Vermont
Caledonia County
Town of Cabot ⎬
Town Clerks office
I hereby certify that the above is a true copy
of the record of marriage of Dearbon Heath and
Mary Hays, as recorded in first book of marriages
page (28) with the exception of the date of
the record and the signature of the town clerk
which are expressed on the record in fair
legible letters and figures as follows: to wit:
Recorded July 20th 1811
attest
That Osgood
Town Clerk"
attest Thomas Osgood Town Clerk
S. Thomas Osgood above named depose and say
that I hold of Town Clerk in the County, Town, and
State aforesaid, and that the above is a true
extract from the records of said book of Marriages
with the exceptions above named as certified
by me
Thomas Orgood Town Clerk
sworn before me this
23d day of May 1853
Roswell Farr Justice of the Peace
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State of Vermont ⎬
Caledonia Co. ss.
LOS
J
I, G. A. Burbank Clerk of Caledonia
County Court, in the State of Vermont
do hereby certify, that Roswell
Farr Esq whose genuine signature as
pears to the foregoing certificate of the
and qualified
they an acting Justice of the Peace in
and for said County, duly commissioned
and qualified

Given under my hand and the seal of said Court at the County Clerk
Office in Danville, this 23d day of May
A.D. 1833
G. A. Burbank
Clerk as aforesaid
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103978
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Ste
Co
late of Wisconsin ⎬ ss
Cumbia County
On this 13th day of April 1855
personally appeared before me a Justice
of the Peace in and for the County and
State aforesaid, Mrs. Mary Heath, resident
of Columbia County in the State aforesaid,
who being duly sworn, declares that she
is the widow of Dearbon Heatle, deceased,
who was a private in the Revolutionary war,
and for whose services therein, on due
proof, she obtained a pension certificate
Dated Oct 14th 1854, No. 459, recorded
in Vol. A. page 201, as appears from the
minutes endorsed upon said Certificate
and that she still remains a widow
She makes this declaration for the purpose
of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she
may be entitled under the act passed
March 3d 1855; never having received Bounty
land, or knowing that she is entitled
except under the provisions of the last
mentioned act, and that no Bounty
Land was ever received by her said husband,
She hereby revoke any application for
Bounty Land previously made, or that
may have been presented in her name
and she hereby constitutes and appoints
Jonathan W. Earle of Pardeeville, Col. Co. Wis
her true and lawful attorney to prosecute
the above mentioned claim, and to receive
for her benefit the Bounty Land Warrant
to which she may be entitled
Mary Heath
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Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged
before me, the day and year first above
written, and on the same day personally came
before me Gilman H Hoyt & Elizabeth Hoyt
residents of Columbia County in the State above
named, to me known as credible witnesses, who
being duly sworn, declare that they are
personally acquainted with Mary Heath
widow of Dearbon Heath, who has made and
subscribed the foregoing declaration; that
they were personally acquainted with Dearborn
Heath, and his wife, during the lifetime of
the former, and know that they lived together
as man and wife; that Dearbon Heath
is now dead, and Mary Heath is now a
widow. And they further swear that they
are disinterested
Gilman H. Hoyt
Elizabeth Hoyt
Sworn to and subscribed before me, and
I certify that I am not interested in the
claim, or concerned in the prosecution of it,
Chas. J. Ferris
Justice of the Peace,
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State of Wisconsin
Columbia County Ss.
I, S.K. Vaughan, Clerk
of the Circuit Court in and for said County
and State, do hereby certify that Charles I.
Ferris whose name is subscribed to the Proof
or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument
is and was at the time of signing said instrument
(on the 13th day of April 1855) an acting Justice
of the peace in and for said County duly Elected
and qualified, and authorized to take the same,
I further certify that I am acquainted with
the hand writing of said Justice of the
Peace and believe his said signature to be genuine,
and that said Instrument is executed in
accordance with the Laws of the State of Wisconsin
In Witness whereof I
have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Seal of our said Court
at my Office in the City of Portage
this 17th day of April 1853

S. K. Vaughan Clerk
Circuit Court Col Co
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State of Vermont
County of Caledonia
Town of Cabot } ss
Thomas Osgood
of the Town, County and State aforesaid who
being duly sworn on oath according to law
doth depose and say that the following is a
true Copy of the marriage Record of
Dearborn Heath and Mary Hayes remaining
on record in my office
State of Vermont
Caledonia County } ss Be it remembered
that at Cabot in the County aforesaid on
this Sixteenth (16) day of May in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Eleven (1811) Dearborn Heath and Mary
Hayes both of Cabot in the County aforesaid
were duly joined in marriage
By me John W Dana Junr. Justice of Peace
Thomas Osgood above named depose
and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in County
Town and State aforesaid and that the above is a
true extract from the records of said Town
with the exception of the figures being added
in the above date as certified by me
Thos. Osgood
Subscribed and sworn before me this second
day of June AD 1851
Marcus O. Fisher Justice of Peace
Town Clerks Office Cabot June 2d 1851
This certifies that Marcus O. Fisher is an
acting Justice of the Peace in the County of Caledonia
and State of Vermont residing in the aforesaid
Town as appears by the Town Records
attest Thos. Osgood Town Clerk
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O. W. & R. Dir
J R.W
#8217 W S
Rev. War
Waupun. Wis 5/26/03
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC
Dear Sir
Kindly send me
statement of the Military
history of Dearborn Heath
a soldier of the Revolution-
ary War.  Particularly
state the time and place
of birth.
Yours truly
Jennie Heath
Waupun, Wisc
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Jany 14 - 1903
Marion Heath
Waupan Wis

Sept. 5 -1903
Jennie Heath
Waupun Wis.

Revy WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8217
Mary Heath
Wid.
Dearborn Heath
Privt Rev. War
Act: Feby 3d 1853
Index: - Vol. A, Page 324
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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13018
[illegible] Ann
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No. 2477
Mary Heath
Wid. of
Dearborn, -
Let to J.W. Earle
Sept. 14th 53
Hon. J.B. May 17th Mch: /54
[illegible] J.W. Earle Au. 9th /52
Allowd. $65 per annum
to [illegible] Feb 3/53
Oct. 3d Feb. 1853
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Pers: undr. Act 18. or 32, N.H.
I have examined Jacob Elliott's papers, & find he was a
Lieut; for 1778 & 9 in Capt. Reynolds Com. & Col. Peabody's
Reg.  Identity pretty strong.
hus. died Aug 22, 1831, at Woodbury Caledonia W.  "Boynton"
19 mo. 15
Allow 17 mos: & 11 [illegible] Service if identity Correct
"Boynton"
Aug: 9" Recr. Ex. of Ma: of a good case if last let: is complied with
"Boynton"
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1853 May 11. Ho. J.W. Earle

Mary Heath
Wis.
Act 29 July 1848
Rejected
Married 1811
Let to Ketchean & Earle 25 Sep. 1837
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Application 
of
Mary Heath
widow of 
Dearborn Heath
for a 
Pension
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State of Wisconsin
Columbia County SS }

On this fourth day of May
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty three personally appeared
before the County Court of the County of
Columbia and State of Wisconsin, Mary Heath
a resident of the town of Wyocena, in the County 
of Columbia and State aforesaid, aged Seventy
two years, who being duly sworn, according to
law, doth on her oath, make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefit
of the provisions made by the act of Congress,
passed on the third day of February A.D. 1853
and all such other laws as have from time
to time been passed heretofore.
That she is the widow of Dearborn Heath who
was a private, a volunteer, in the service of the
United States in the war of the Revolution.
That in consequence of age and weakness of
memory, she is unable to state positively with
regard to all the particulars mentioned below
but that according to the best of her recollection
the following items are substantially correct.
That the said Dearborn Heath, first enlisted at
Old Chester in the State of New Hampshire
in the New Hampshire Regiment of Militia
that after serving about nine months he
returned home and spent about six months
when he again returned to the army, and
as she believes entered the regular army as a
private, and spent three years, when he
received an honorable discharge and returned
home; that she is not able to say precisely
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2
the time when he entered the Army, nor in
what particular actions he was engaged, beyond
the following to wit; he was in the New Hampshire
Regiment at the Battle of Bennington, and
was with that portion of the army under General
Sullivan in what is known as Sullivan's
Retreat. That she is unable to give the number
of the Company or the Regiment in which he
served, but that he served under the following
officers, to wit: General Sullivan Colonel
Rankins, and Captain Peabody, whose given
names she does not now recollect; and
Lieutenant Jacob Elliot and Drummer Thomas
Roby. That after the war, his house was burned
and all his papers, and that therefore she
has no documentary evidence of his service;
That she was married to the said Dearborn
Heath at Cabot in Caledonia County State of
Vermont on the Sixteenth day of May
one thousand eight hundred and eleven
and that her husband the aforesaid Dearborn
Heath died on the twenty second day of
August one thousand eight hundred and
thirty one at Woodbury in the County of Caledonia
and State of Vermont, and that she has remained
a widow ever since that period, as will more
fully appear by reference to the proof hereunto
annexed, and that she has never before made
application for a pension under the present law
but that her applications under the former acts
were rejected on the ground that she was not
married previous to the year one thousand
eight hundred, and that the said Dearborn
Heath left at his death three children
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3
under the age of Sixteen years two of whom
are now living, and that her maiden name
was Mary Hays
Mary Heath [signature]
Sworn & subscribed
before me in open Court
the day and year first
above written
Joshua J. Guppey
Judge &c

and the said Court do hereby declare
their opinion, after the investigation
of the matter, and after putting the
interrogatories prescribed by the War
Department, that the statements made
by the above applicant are true.
Joshua J Guppey
Judge &c
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4
At the same time and place came
Gilman H. Hoyt and Elizabeth Hoyt
two credible and respectable witnesses
and residents of said County of Columbia
in the said State of Wisconsin, who
being by me duly sworn, say on oath that
they know the before mentioned Mary Heath
to be the widow of the late Dearborn Heath
and that her husband the aforesaid Dearborn
Heath, died in the month of August one
thousand eight hundred and thirty one
as above stated by her, but on what day
of the month they are unable to State; and
that she, the said Mary Heath has remained
a widow ever since that period and is known
in the neighborhood as the widow of Dearborn
Heath; that they were both well acquainted with
the said Dearborn Heath before his
death, and were then and are now well
acquainted with the said Mary Heath, his widow.
that in the community when the said
Dearborn Heath lived and died it was
uniformly understood and believed that the
said Dearborn Heath was, for some
years in the service of the United States
in the war of the Revolution
Sworn and subscribed
in open Court before me
this fourth day of May
A.D. 1853
John I Guppey
Judge &c
Gilman H. Hoyt
Elizabeth Hoyt
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at the same time and place came
Gilman H. Hoyt, Jeremiah H. Heath
and Simon Heath, three credible and
respectable witnesses and resident of
said County of Columbia and State of
Wisconsin, who, being by me duly sworn
say on oath, that they were well acquainted with
the said Dearborn Heath during
his lifetime; that the said Dearborn Heath
during his lifetime, to wit: at Cabot in the
County of Caledonia County and State of
Vermont, in Autumn of one thousand
eight hundred and thirty, as near as they
can recollect the date, made his application
for a pension, which application was accompanied
by the affidavits of two Soldiers of the Revolution
to wit: by Jacob Elliot and Thomas Roby, which
affidavits were read in their hearing; which
affidavits stated among other things that the
said Dearborn Heath had served in the
war of the Revolution in the service of the
United States for the term of three years at
one time; that the said application with its
accompanying papers were forwarded to the
War Department at Washington, as was
understood and firmly believed by them, by
one Judge Deming who was a member of
Congress at that time; that the said Deming
died on his way to Washington to wit: at
Saratoga in the State of New York; that the
papers in said application were lost; and the
said Jeremiah H. Heath for himself further says
that he saw and read the said application
of the said Dearborn Heath at the said time
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6
that the said Dearborn Heath was about
forwarding the same to Washington as aforesaid
in which said declaration, by the said Dearborn
Heath so made among other things asserted
that he, the said Dearborn Heath had served
in the war of the Revolution at one time
to the amount of three years
Sworn and Subscribed
in open court, before me
this fourth day of May
A.D 1853
Joshua J. Guppey
Judge &c
J.H. Heath
Simon S. Heath
Gilman H. Hoyt

State of Wisconsin
Columbia County, ss.
I, James Delaney, Jr.
Clerk of the County Court in and for said
County, in said State, do hereby certify that
Joshua D. Guppey, before whom the forego-
-ing and annexed Declaration and depositions
were sworn to, was, on the fourth
day of May, A.D. 1853. Judge of said
Court, duly elected and qualified; that I
am well acquainted with his hand writing,
and know the signatures attached to
said Declaration and Depositions, purporting
to be his, to be genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and affix
ed the Seal of said Court, at Portage
City, this 4th day of May, A.D. 1853
Jas. Delany Jr Clerk
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Pardeeville Columbia County Wisconsin
Feb. 22d 1853

Dear Sir:-
Some time in the Summer of 1851
as one of the firm of Ketchum & Earle, I
forwarded to your office the application
of Mary Heath, widow of Dearborn Heath
for a pension, together with the documentary
evidence &c, and rec'd in answer a letter of
which the following is a copy:

"Pension Office
"Sir:
September 25th 1837
In answer to the application of Mary Heath
widow of Dearborn Heath for pension, I have
to inform you that widows of Revolutionary
men who were married subsequent to the 1st
January 1800, are not entitled to a pension under
any law of Congress
It appears from the Declaration of
Mrs Heath that she was married in 1811
The claim is, therefore, rejected
I am respectfully
Your Obt Servt,
John Wilson
for Commissioner
Messrs Ketchum & Earle
Portage City, Wisconsin"
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It will be perceived from this communication
that her application was rejected, on the ground
that there was no law of Congress authorizing a
pension to widows, who were married subsequent
to 1800. There has been a law passed the
present winter covering this case, I believe
and placing those married subsequent to 1800
on the same footing with those married previous
to that time.
Under this Law I wish to renew for
Mrs. Heath her application, and therefore
refer you to her papers previously forwarded,
if the same are on file in your office. If the same
have been destroyed, I wish you to inform
me of the fact, and also forward me the
Pension Laws of Congress together with the Rules
and Regulations & forms to be observed by
applicants for pension, and such other
instructions as may be necessary, & I will
pay whatever charges you may have for the same
If the papers forwarded in there Heath's
application, are on file but do not make
out the case sufficient to authorize you to
allow a pension I wish you would return the
papers to me, with directions as to what may
be necessary in addition, that I may supply
the deficiency.
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One more subject I wish to refer to,
just before the death of Dearborn Heath
the husband of the said applicant he made
an application for a pension under the laws
of Congress passed previous to that time and
forwarded the same by private conveyance
to Washington. The messenger died on
his way, but forwarded his papers to the
Office at Washington. This was, as near as
can ascertain about the year 1830. Since
that nothing has been heard from the application
Those papers contain matter which would
put the present application beyond a doubt
and which, we think, would entitle the
heirs of Dearborn Heath to whatever of pension
he was then entitled to.
Can you inform me whether those papers are
on file in your Office?
An early reply is respectfully solicited
by - Your obt. servt.
J. W. Earle
Atty for applicant.
J.E. Heath, Commissioner &c
Washington D.C.
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Mary Heath
to
Jon'a W. Earle
===============
Power of Attorney
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Know all men by these presents that
Mary Heath, of the town of Wyocena,
County of Columbia and State of Wisconsin
have made constituted, and appointed,
and by these presents, do make, constitute 
and appoint, Jonathan W. Earle of
Pardeeville County and State aforesaid
my true and lawful attorney, for me
and in my name, place and stead
to transact all business connected with
my application to the Department of
the Interior for a pension under act
of 3d February 1853, and receive for
me, my certificate of pension if one
should be granted;
Giving and granting unto my said
Attorney, full power and authority to do
and perform all and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises,
as fully, to all intents and purposes
as I might or could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that my said attorney
shall lawfully do or cause to be done,
by virtue hereof.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and seal this 8th day of June 1853
Signed, sealed & delivered
in presence of
Peter Dow
Simon Heath} Mary Heath
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Pardeeville Columbia Co. Wis.
June 9th 1853
Dear Sir:
  I forward a new application of Mrs. 
Mary Heath, for a pension under act of 3d Feb. 1853 
and such other previous acts as you may decide 
she is entitled to obtain pension under.
  I think we have succeeded in establishing all 
that could be expected at so long a date from 
the service.  Should there be anything further 
absolutely necessary in order to your granting 
the pension, you will please inform me. 
Some or all of the officers named by her, were 
pensioners in their life time, and if you can find 
their muster rolls, you will most likely find 
Dearbon [Dearborn] Heath's name on the same roll.  I am 
informed that the said Elliott & Roby, at all events 
were on the pension list.
  I suppose it will depend on what construction 
you give to the act of 3d Feb. 1853, how far back 
you place Mrs Heath as rigars [regards] pension, whether 
under act of 1848, or 1832, or some other.
  I hope you will give as favorable a 
construction as possible for her, for the old lady 
is really needy and without any doubt entitled to pension.
  Under act of (I think) 1832, I believe she
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is entitled to pay of her husband from  4th March 1831
to his death, Aug. 22d 1831.
Hoping that you will find the papers all right and grant this application
I remain
Yours &c,
Jonathan W. Earle 
Atty. for applicant

Hon L.P. Waldo.
Commissioner &c.}
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103979.
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Pardeeville Columbia Co. Wis.
April 19th 1855
Dear Sir:
Inclosed I send to your Department 
such papers as I supposed might be necessary 
(in addition to such as I sent in the application 
for a pension) for the purpose of obtaining 
a Bounty Land Warrant for Mrs. Mary Heath 
under the late act of Congress.
Should other papers be required by 
the Department please inform me what 
further is necessary.
I saw a proposition was introduced 
into the last Congress to increase the pay 
of certain pensioners, from $65. per annum 
to $96. I am not aware whether the 
Act passed or not; will you please 
inform me, as, if such is the fact, 
Mrs. Heath will desire a change in her 
Pension Certificate.
Hoping to hear from you at your 
convenience. I remain

Yours &c
Jonathan W. Earle
Atty. for Mrs. Heath

To the Commissioner of Pensions &c,
Washington D.C.
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Pardeeville, Col. Co. Wisconsin
Sept 25th 1858
Commissioner of Pensions
Dear Sir.
In 
the year 1854, I obtained a 
pension for Mary Heath, widow
of Dearbon [Dearborn] Heath under act
of 3d Feb 1853. At that time
it was decided that she was
not entitled to any pay
previous to the time of the passage
of the Act.
I have since learned
that a different construction
now obtains at your office
and I am anxious [illegible] to learn
whether under the present
decision she would be entitled
to back pay & how far back
and whether in case of her decease
her heirs can obtain the
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amount to which she would
be entitled if she were
alive. An early reply is
desirable.
Respectfully
Yours &c
J. W. Earle
Atty & Conservator &c
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Pardeeville, Col. Co. Wis.
Nov. 20th 1854

Dear Sir:

The Pension Certificate of Widow Heath
is recd. and in reference thereto I would like
a little information. First, cannot the back pay
up to the 4th of Sept. last be drawn in Milwaukie [Milwaukee]
before the 4th of March next? Milwaukie [Milwaukee] is more than
100 miles distant, & I do not like to go upon
an uncertainty. I have written to Mr. Larkin, the agent,
about it, & can get no answer. Again, does this Department
construe the back pay of the widow under act Feb. 3, 1853
as commencing only at the date of the passage of
said act? It has been supposed by many of
our best Attorneys in this state, that according to this last act, widows would commence drawing
from the same date of those who were married
previous to the year 1800. Again, in not Widow
Heath entitled to a Land Warrant?
Are not the heirs of Dearbon [Dearborn] Heath by Law
entitled to amt of the pension to which Dearbon [Dearborn] Heath
was entitled at his death? If so what further
proof than you now have must I send to the
Department to obtain a certificate of the same?
If you have in pamphlet form the Pension Law,
with the forms & proceedings, I wish you would
send me a copy with the price thereof attached
& I will forward the same to you.
Please answer soon, & oblige
Yours &c
J.W. Earle
Atty for Mrs Heath
L. P. Waldo
Commissioner &c
Washington D.C.
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Pardeeville, Col. Co. Wis.
Oct. 2d 1854

Dear Sir:
In accordance with the requisition
contained in your last communication,
I herewith inclose additional affidavits
from Charles McDuffee of Grand Isle Vt.
and James Marsh and Ezra Hoit of
Cabot Vt. and also certificates of
their characters & credibility; & also the
authentication of the official character
of Jabes [Jabez] Ladd, Marcus O. Fisher and
T. E. Wilson, before whom these affidavits
were attested and verified.
In addition to these I send another
additional affidavit from one Abel Webster
of Cabot Vermont, which, among other
things, confirms the widows statement
with regard to one place in which the said
Dearbon [Dearborn] Heath was in the war, to wit, at
Sullivan's Retreat.
In accordance with the intimation in your
last, I shall expect a favorable reply.
Respectfully
Yours &c. 
J. W. Earle
Atty for applicant
To S. Cole
acting Com. &c.
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I Charles McDuffee of Grand Isle in the
County of Grand Isle & State of Vermont of
lawful age being duly sworn, do depose, testify
& say that I was acquainted with Dearbon [Dearborn] Heath
of Chester in the County of Rockingham, in the
State of New Hampshire said Dearbon [Dearborn] Heath
I was acquainted with as early as 1789 and at
that time & ever after whilst he lived, during all
that time he had the reputation of having been
a soldier in the American Army in the revolutionary 
war, when I first become acquainted with said
Heath he resided in the town of Chester afore
said & he afterwards removed to Vermont
I was acquainted with him there also
and further this deponant [deponent] saith not
Charles McDuffee
State of Vermont 
Grand Isle County }
At Grand Isle this 8th day 
of September A.D. 1854 There
Charles McDuffee of Grand Isle in the County of
Grand Isle personally appearing, and after being
carefully examined and duly cautioned, made solemn
oath, that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
contains the whole truth, & nothing but the truth.
Before me
Jabez Ladd County Judge
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I hereby certify that the before named Charles
McDuffee, and whose deposition I also took
sometime in last June, I think, (I do not recollect
the exact date) is a respectable and credible
person in whose statements I place the utmost
confidence
Jabez Ladd County Judge
State of Vermont
Grand Isle County SS. ⎬
I Lyman Clark Clerk of Grand Isle County Court (being
a Court of record) do hereby certify that Jabez Ladd,
before whom the within and foregoing Deposition was
taken, was at the time of taking the same, and for the last six
months previous thereto, was a legally appointed, and acting Judge
of the County Court, within and for said County of Grand Isle,
and that his name thereto subscribed is
genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court at North
Hero this 13th day of September A.D. 1854
Wyman Clark, Clerk
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I Ezra Holt of Cabot County of Caledonia & State Of Vermont Hereby depose & state that I first became acquainted with Dearborn Heath in the town of Cabot aforesaid where he then resided in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred & Ninety Seven 
Ezra Holt 
Cabot  September 5th 1854.
Personally appeared before me this day Ezra Holt the signer of the above Deposition & made oath that the same was true & correct 
T. E. Wilson Justice of Peace 

I hereby certify that the above named Ezra Holt the signer of the above Deposition & whose deposition I took also on the 30th day of June last is a [illegible] & credible person in whose statement I put the utmost confidence. 
Theophilus E. Wilson  Justice Peace

State of Vermont Caledonia Co. [illegible] 
[Seal of State of Vermont Caledonia County Court.]
I G.A. Burbank Clerk of Caledonia County Court, in the State aforesaid, do herby certify that Theophilus E. Wilson Esqr. whose two genuine signatures appear to the foregoing certificates was at the date thereof and still is an acting Justice of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned & qualified.
Witness my hand & the Seal of said Court, this 6th day of September A.D. 1854.
G.A. Burbank Clerk as aforesaid
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I James Marsh of Cabot County of Caledonia and State of Vermont hereby Depose & State 

1st  That I first became acquainted with Dearborn Heath as near as I recollect I then being young in the Town of Chester in the State of New Hampshire in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Two or One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty Three Where he then resided

2nd  I depose & State the said Dearborn Heath was reputed to have served in the Revolutionary War as a Soldier   he was so reputed in the Town of Cabot aforesaid but at what periods of the War I cannot say
James Marsh
Cabot  September 5th AD 1854  

Personally appeared before me this day James Marsh the signer of the above deposition & made oath that the said Deposition is true and correct
Marcus O Fisher  Notary Public

I hereby Certify that the above named James Marsh & whose Deposition I took also on the 30th day of June last is a reputable & credible person in whose statements I put the utmost confidence
Marcus O. Fisher    Notary Public

State of Vermont   )
Caledonia Co. fs.   )

I, G.A. Burbank Clerk of Caledonia Co. Court in the State aforsaid, do hereby certify that Marcus O. Fisher whose genuine signatures appear to the foregoing certificates, was at the date thereof, now is and has been since December 1st 1853, an acting Notary Public in & for said County--and as such Officer duly authorized by the Laws of this State to administer oaths for general purposes.  Witnefs my hand & the Seal of said Court, this 6th day of Sept. 1854.
G.A. Burbank, Clerk as afores'd--

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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I Abel Webster of Cabot County of Caledonia & State of Vermont Hereby Depose & State I am Seventy five years of age.  I further Depose that I became acquainted with Dearbon Heath (who resided in Sd Cabot) about the year A.D. 1796   That in Subsequent acquaintance I often heard him Sd Heath state that he had served in the revolutionary war that he
was at Rhode Island serving as a soldier in the army at the time that the American army evacuated Long Island & the British took pofsefsion of it. 

I furthermore depose that he the sd Heath frequently told me that he was entitled to a Pension as  much as any of the soldiers But why he never applied for a Pension or if he
did apply why he did not get one I never knew
Sd Heath married a Miss Mary Hayes for his second wife
Abel Webfter
Cabot September 5th AD 1854

Personally appeared before me this day Abel Webster the signer of the above deposition and made oath that the same was true & Correct
Marcus O. Fisher Notary Public

I hereby certify that the above  named Abel Webster is a respectable and Credible person in whose statement I place the utmost confidence. 
Marcus O. Fisher Notary Public
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To
Mary Heath
widow of Dearborn
Wis
Act 29 July 1848
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Portage City Aug 9th 1851

Dear Sir
Enclosed please find application
of Mrs Mary Heath for Pension
Yours Truly
Ketchum & Earle
Attys for applt
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Pardeeville Wis. July 24th 1854

Dear Sir: 
In accordance with the suggestions
contained in your last communication of 17th 
of last March, I have obtained & herewith transmit
to you 5 documents relating to the Application
of Mary Heath, for a Pension: to wit: 

1st The certificate of the Secretary of State of N. Hampshire.
2nd The certificate of our county Judge of the credibility
of the witnesses in the application
3rd The affidavit of Chs. McDuffee of Grand Isle Vt.
aged 75 years, confirming the testimony of the four
witnesses in the application, that this same Dearborn
Heath was reputed to have been a Revolutionary soldier, 
serving also to identify the Dearborn Heath of Cabot Vt. 
with the one in Chester N.H. 
4th & 5th The Affidavit of James Marsh of Cabot Vt. aged 79 years, that of Ezra Hoit of the same place, aged 78 years, both serving to identify the Dearborn Heath of Chester N.H. with that of Dearborn Heath of Vt. the husband of Mary
Hays &c. From Chs McDuffie's affidavit, you will
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also perceive a confirmation of the witnesses
in the Application, that this same Dearbon Heath
in his lifetime took steps to obtain a pension
for himself. 

I think I have succeeded in identifying 
him to your satisfaction

Hoping for a favorable result & a speedy
answer
I remain
Yours &c
J. W. Earle
Atty. for Applicant.

L.P. Waldo
Commissioner &c
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In the matter
of the Application
of Mrs. Mary Heath
for a pension
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I Ezra Hoit of Cabot County of [] & State of Vermont
hereby depose & state that I was born Sept 10. 1776 I also depose & 
state that I was for many years acquainted with Dearborn Heath
in said Cabot I also depose that I was knowing to his having
married a Miss Mary Hays in sd Cabot That I was personally
acquainted with said Mary Hays from a child  Sd Dearborn
Heath had Three sons by sd Mary. Viz  Jeremiah, [?] & Simon Sd Dearborn Heath died in Woodbury Vermont & his
widow with her three sons subsequently removed to Wisconsin
This was his Second marriage his first wife being a
Miss March
Ezra Hoit
Cabot Vt June 30 1854

Personally appeared the above named Ezra 
Hoit and made oath before me that the above
statements are true [this day]
T. E. Wilson Justice of Peace
Cabot, June 30tth 1854
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I James March of Cabot County of [ ] & State
of Vermont Hereby Depose & state that I was born on the
23 day of July 1875  I further depose that while
young I was acquainted with one Dearborn Heath who then 
resided in Chester New Hampshire State That S'd  Heath
married my sister & subsequently removed to Cabot aforesaid
I was acquainted with him for many years in S'd Cabot
His wife dying he was again married to a lady with whom
i was not acquainted previous to her marriage nor do
I now [?] her maiden name. By her he had
three sons viz Jeremiah, Isaih[?] & Simon
That Dearborn Heath died in Woodbury Vermont
and that his Widow with her Three sons afterward
removed to Wisconsin
Cabot June 30. 1854 James Marsh

This day personally appeared before me & made oath
according to law the above named James Marsh
that the above statements are true & correct
Cabot July 1st 1854
Marcus O. Fisher Notary Public
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I Charles McDuffee of Grand Isle Vermont
of lawful age being duly sworn do. depose
testify and say that I was acquainted
with one Dearborn Heath of Chester in the state
of New Hampshire and also when he lived in
Cabot Vermont that he the said Heath
served in the war of the revolution and it 
was so believed by the people of Chester & Cabot that the said Heath sent by me to
Londonderry to take Wm Adams deposition to obtain a pension under the
first pension Law the said Heath married
Mary Hays in Cabot Vt I am 75 years 
of age 
Charles McDuffee

State of Vermont 
Grand Isle County}


Grand Isle June 14th A.D. 1854 Then Charles McDuffee of Grand Isle in the County of Grand Isle
personally appearing and after being carefully [?]
[?] and duly cautioned made solemn oath
that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
contained the whole truth and nothing but
the truth
Before Me 
Jabez Ladd County Judge
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State of Wisconsin County of Columbia} ss. 

In the matter of the Application of Mrs. Mary Heath 
widow of Dearborn Heath
for a Pension.
This may certify, that Gilman H. Hoyt 
Elisabeth Hoyt, Simon Heath & Jeremiah H. 
Heath, witnesses examined by me in the 
above mentioned application on the
fourth day of May A.D. 1853 are
respectable and credible persons in
whose statements I place implicit
confidence.
Joshua [?] Guppey, County Judge

Dated this 20th day of June 1854}

State of Wisconsin
Columbia County [?] I, Arthur W. Delaney,
Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said
County & State do hereby certify, that Joshua
J. Guppey, whose signature is attached to the
foregoing instrument is, and was, at the
time of signing said instrument on the
20th day of [?] 1854 an[d] acting 
County Judge, for said County, duly elected
and qualified;
That I am well acquainted with
the handwriting of said Joshua [?] 
Guppey and believe said signature
to be genuine.
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In witness whereof, I have
hereunto put my hand, and
affixed the Seal of said Court,
at the City of [?], in said
County, this 22nd day of June, 
A.D. 1834,
A.W. Delany
Clerk
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of States Office.

I do hereby certify that from an examination
of the Books and Documents relating to Military
Services in the war of the Revolution, which
remain in this office, I do not find but
one Dearborn Heath named as having
served from the town of Chester

In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the State
this 20th day of April 1854.
John L. Hadley,
Secretary of State
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No. 38.830
Wisconsin
Dearborn Heath, dec
private
Act 7 June 1832
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Breif in the case of Dearborn Heath, Private in Revolutionary War
County and State of Wisconsin
act 7 June 1832

Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?

Mary Heath the widow of Dearborn 
has been inscribed on the Roll under the
2nd sect. Act of 3rd February 1833.
Dearborn, her husband died Augt 22, 1831,
(and before the passage of the Act of [7?] June 1832)
The widow is entitled under Act of 4 July 1836, 
to the rate which the husband might have claimed, commencing 4 March 1831 terminating 22nd
August 1831 when her husband died.

R. McRae Examining Clerk.


Name and residence of Agent
J.W. Earle
Pardeeville
Col. Co Wisc.
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BRIEF IN THE CASE OF Mrs. Mary Heath widow of Dearborn 
Columbia County and State of Wisconsin
act of February 3, 1853

CLAIM, ("original," or "for increase") $65.00 per annum allowed

PROOF EXHIBITED, (if original) Documentary & Parol

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Service of Dearborn Heath (husband) proved by certificate of Secretary of State of New Hampshire, which thus his service from the military rolls of that state 19 month and 15 days of his identity is established by such credible witnesses, two of whom served with him. The said Dearborn is shown to have died August 22, 1831

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Marriage is proved by public record
Death of husband proved by three credible witnesses
Identity of claimant shown by circumstantial evidence and one credible witness.

Papers in due form

Name and residence of Agent
J.W. Earle Esq
Pardeeville Wisconsin

Examining Clerk
J H Gray
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Pardeeville, Wis. Oct. 20, 1853

Dear Sir,
I here with transmit certified records from the State Department of New Hampshire with regard to the Revolutionary services of Dearborn Heath, for whose widow Mary Heath, an application, an application for a pension has been made by me, and which is suspended for want of proof of service.
I trust you will find the proof now forwarded sufficient to remove all hesitation in the matter.
You will perceive that the place of his enlistment corresponds with that in her Declaration.
There may be a slight discrepancy in the names of the officers, although I see Peabody's name in both.
You will however remember that she is now an old lady, her memory poor and somewhat confused, and that all she ever knew of these officers' names, was what she heard from Dearborn Heath himself, and that she or anyone else would be likely to get the names confused, from barely hearing them named among many others, by another person.
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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the State this 11th day of October 1853.
John L. Hadley
Secretary of State
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State of New Hampshire
Secretary of States office.

I do hereby certify that from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the war of the Revolution, which remain in this office, it appears that the name of Dearborn Heath is borne upon a "Muster and Pay Roll of men in Capt. Saml McCommals company Colo. David Gilmans Regiment raised out of the Regiment commanded by Colo. John Webster to reinforce the Continental Army as New York and mustered and paid by said Colo. Websters Mustered Dec. 1776," with an allowance for "1 months wages paid" of £3.c travel to New York £2.8; whole amount, £5.8 c

And upon "A Pay Roll of Capt. Saml McCommals Company in Colo. Dave Gilmans Regiment is borne the name of Derborn Heath as a pribate in said company. Time engaged, Dec. 5; time in service, 3 months 11 days.
At the bottom of the foregoing Roll is the following:
In Committee on Claims}
June 11th 1777              } There has been no action made of twenty nine of the above men said to be raised out of Col. Daniel Moores Regt and mustered
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and paid their advance wages by him. The then part of this Roll agrees with the original muster Rolls of Col. Jno. Webster and Maj. Jno. Pinkerton of Colo. Thorntons Regt..  Joseph Gilman"

And upon a "Pay Roll for Captain Daniel Reynolds Company in Col. Stephen Peabodys Regiment; which Regiment was raised by the State of New Hampshire for the Continental service at Rhode Island" is borne the name of Dearborn Heath as a private in said Company Engagement Mar. 1. 1778 Discharge Jan. 4 1779; time in service, 10 months 4 days.

And upon a "Muster Roll of part of Capt. Daniel Reynolds Company in Col. Stephen Peabodys Regiment raised by the State of New Hampshire for the Continental Service. mustered and paid by Wm. White Mus. Mass. Mar. 1778 is borne the name of Dearborn Heath with an allowance for one mo. advance wages" of £4.10.

And upon a pay abstract of wages and subsistence money due to Capt. Daniel Reynolds this company in Lieut. Colo. Stephen Peabodys regt from Jany 1s to Novr 16. 1778 is borne the name of Darbon Heath as a private in said company a time of payment. From
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Sept. 16 Nov 16, 2 months; wages for month  [pound] £ 2,0; Wages due 4.0.0; Subsistence money 0 c; Whole amount of wages and subsistence money £4,00c
And in Vol.7 Page 120 is the following:

"State of New Hampshire, Chester September 6th, 1779 In obedience to orders from the Honorable Committee of Safety for said State dated at Exeters July 24th 1779 directing me to said four men out of my regiment to serve at Portsmouth in the Forts there for the term of two months after they arrive there under the command of Coll. Dame in obedience to said orders I have inlisted the following men:

Date of inlistment / Mens names  / Place of abode / Towns they go for

July 28 1779 / Davy Hardy / Chester / Chester
July 28 1779 / Dearbon Heath / Ditto / Chester
July 28 1779 / John Fox / Raymond / Raymond
July 28 1779 / John Patton / Camdia / Camdia

The above said men have all been mustred by me and I ordered them to proceed to Portsmouth without loss of time and put themselves under the care of Col. Dame, the above is a true return errors excepted by me 
John Webster Coll.
To the Honorable Committee of Safety as Exeters."
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES  
Form VAM - 51   
12-5-41
BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veteran's Administration Archives

Name  Heath, Elias  Grade Corporal  Line Massachusetts

Warrant Number 4368  Acreage 100  Issued July 21, 1789 to Jonathan Cass

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in Volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are  registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates.  Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800.  Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.