Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W, 16822, Oliver Bacon, Continental N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental
N.H.

Bacon, Oliver
Rebecca

NUMBER
W. 16822
B.L.WI. 74-20D-Lieut.
Issued Jan. 16, 1793 to Samuel Emery-
No papers. 

CONTENTS
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II.918R
New Hampshire.
Oliver Bacon
of Jaffrey in the state of N. Hampshire who was an ensign in the regiment commanded by
Colonel Hale of the New Hampshire line, for the term of six years.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 22d of March, 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15th of June 1819 and sent to Levi Woodbury, Amherst, N.
Hampshire.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819. 5mo [illegible] 109.11
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 00.00
$109:11
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818}
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Oliver Bacon..

Adm?
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I Oliver Bacon, formerly of Ridge N.H.) and [illegible] Faffney N.H.) depose, that in Jan 1776 I entered into Capt Mays Company in Col. Vaughn Regiment in the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Service as a Private Soldier and served them faithfully till Oct. 1776.
In March 1777 I enlisted as a Sargent in Capt. Lieut. Blodgets Company in Col. Halls Regiment being the 2d. New Hampshire
and there served till Aug 13, 1781, when I received the Commission of Ensign; and as an Ensign with a [illegible] Lieutenancy a part of the time, I served faithfully in said Regiment till after the close of the war and was then honourably discharged. The commission is annexed I further depose that I never received any pension from the United States: am
now sixty three years old have a family and [illegible] than one thousand dollars and need assistance from my country for a [illegible] support March 22. 1898.
Oliver Bacon
Hillsborough & State of New Hampshire March 22, 1819. There personally appeared before me said Oliver Bacon and made oath to the truth of
the deposition by him [illegible] & it hath satisfied me that said Bacon served as an Ensign more than nine months at one period in
the N.H. line in the Continental service during the Revolutionary War and that he has stated the truth as to the value of his property
Levi Woodbury A.Y Seals Ch. N. H.
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Oliver Bacon

11.910
[illegible]
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
CHESHIRE COUNTY SS.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
On this fourth day of July 1820 personally appeared In open Court being a court of record for said county, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, and keeping a record of its proceedings, Oliver Bacon aged six four years, resident in Suppey
in said county, who being first duly sworn, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows: 

[In June 1776 I enlisted as a private of one year in Capt May [illegible] Co. in the Regt commanded by Col Ben I went to Cambridge thence to New York and then marched to St Johns, and
Chemblee in Canada and then came back to Crown point, and that point I was discharged from the hospital at fort George in Oct 1776
In 1777 April I enlisted as a Sergeant in Capt Jack Bladget Com. the Regt commanded by Col Nathan Hale I went to West point and
in 1781 I received an Ensigns commission and continued in the army thee until 1st Nov. 1785

The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the twenty second day of March 1819.
The number of my pension certificate is 11.918 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 contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. my occupation is farming my health is not good can do in a whole day about half as much as a well person could do in half the day
My family consists of a wife Rebecca age 64 in tolerable health for a person of her age and two children viz Merry aged 32, and Rebecca aged 30: Mary is in delicate heath
Oliver Bacon


Sworn to and declared at [illegible] in said County, on the fifth day of July 1820 before
R Vase Judge of said Court.

I, SALMA HALE, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record 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 in the aforesaid schedule, is
dollars and  cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this   day of
A. D. 182
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SCHEDULE,
Of the whole estate (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) and income
of Oliver Bacon- of Jaffrey
in the County of Cheshire and State of Newhampshire, Applicant for
a Pension under the act of Congress of May 1st, 1820. 

Real Estate 100 acres of land- $1140.00
1 horse 3 cows [illegible] heifer -92-
2 Stags  [illegible] 81-
1 Cart & Plows 1 [illegible] 2 chairs-17
1 Horse [illegible] 9
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Notes on envelope addressed to:
T M Edwards
Keene NH
Aug 27

673 Rebecca Bacon
wid of Oliver dec
Declaration
NH
Married 1756
died 1835
Act 7 July '38
Allow.
Ensign 15 mos $150
Lieut 9 mos $120
Per ann $270
N H line

Ens March 1781
Reed Regt fr 141
pension as Lieut; under 
Act May 15, 1828
Promoted to Lieut in
spring of 1783
Paid to Nov 1783 [illegible]
final Lieut certificate

I, [illegible] duly commissioned and sworn [illegible] that his name subscribed to the within certificate is in my belief his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at [illegible] this fifteenth day of August AD eighteen hundred and thirty eight.
H. Coolidge, Clerk
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Cheshire County ss.
On this thirteenth day of August AD 1838 personally appeared before me, Frederick Vose Esq, Judge of Probate in and for said county at her dwelling house Rebecca Bacon, a resident of Jeffrey, in the county of Cheshire aforesaid aged eighty two years, who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision  made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Oliver Bacon who was, according with the best of her knowledge and belief, a Lieutenant or an Ensign in the army of the Revolution and served as follows viz. from April 1777 to November 1783, the first part of the time as Sergeant in Captain Blodgel's company in Col Nathan Haley's Regiment, New Hampshire troops and in other [illegible].
That he was a pensioner under the act of 1818 and of 1828, made by his declaration in the County of Cheshire, aforesaid, and was in the roll of the New Hampshire agency and lived at the time in Jaffrey aforesaid.
She further declares that she was married to the said Oliver Bacon on the eighth day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six, that her husband, the aforesaid Oliver Bacon died on the twenty fifth day of March AD 1835, that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated that she has never since been married, that her maiden name was Rebecca Jewett.
Rebecca Bacon
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me, Frederick Vose, Judge of Probate.
I certify that the above applicant is unable to appear
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State of New Hampshire 
Cheshire County fs

I Henry Coolidge, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Cheshire, certify that Frederick Vose was on the thirteenth day of August instant and still is Judge of Probate, in and for the County of Cheshire duly commifsioned and sworn - and that his name subscribed to the foregoing certificate is his genuine signature--

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Superior Court at Keene this fifteenth day of August anno Domini Eighteen hundred and thirty eight--
H. Coolidge Clerk
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We Mary Bacon and Rebekah Bacon of lawful age depose and say that we were acquainted with Oliver Bacon late of Gaffrey in the County of Cheshire, New Hampshire deceased. That he was a Revolutionary Pensioner. That he died on the twenty fifth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty five. - 

That he left a widow Rebecca Bacon, who now survives and remains his widow - and is the same person mentioned in the declaration hereto prefixed.--
Mary Bacon 
Rebekah Bacon

State of New Hampshire 
Cheshire  fs.
Augt 13. 1838 
Subscribed and sworn to 
Before me Luke Howe Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above deponents are credible persons.--
Luke Howe Justice of the Peace.
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State of New Hampshire 
Cheshire County fs 

I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Cheshire, certify that Luke Howe was on the thirteenth day of August instant while is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire duly commifsioned and sworn - that his name subscribed to the within certificate is in my belief his genuine signature. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Keene this fifteenth day of August A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty eight. 
H. Coolidge Clerk

[written vertically on left side of page]

673 
Rebecca Bacon 
wid of Oliver dec 
Declaration. 
NH
Married 1786
Died 1835 
Act 7 July '38
Allow
Ensign 15 mo $150
Lieut 9 mo 120
per. ann $270
NH line 

Ens. March 1781
Recd Reg'l p 141
pensioned as Lieut. under Act May 15, 1828
promoted to Lieut in spring of 1783
Paid to Apr 1783 for final LW certificates

T.M. Edwards
Keene NH
Aug 27
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"requested image could not be found"
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I Andrew Wallace Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for the County of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby certify that Benjamin M. Farley within named is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Hills-borough as within mentioned, and that the written signatures, (two in number) pur-porrting [purporting] to be his, are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have here unto affixed my Seal of Office, and subscribed my name at Amhurst in said County this seventeenth day of August Anno Domini 1838. A. Wallace Clerk
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Let. to E. Sawyer
Nov 6th1843

1330.
New Hampshire. Con. 
Rebecca Bacon widow of Oliver Bacon who was a Lieut + Ensign in the N. H. line N.H. for 9 months Lieut
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 270 Dollars -- Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 4th day of August 1843 and sent to Tho. M Edwards 
Keene, N.H. [Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 4. Page 14.
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State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss
I Rebecca Bacon, do hereby declare that I am the daughter of Oliver Bacon and Rebecca Bacon wife of said Oliver, and that myself, Jacob Bacon, Jr. Jewett Bacon and Mary Bacon are the only surviving children of the said Oliver and Rebecca Bacocon [Bacon], aforesaid, late of Jaffrey in said County, deceased, that said Oliver Bacon was a Lieutenant in the [stricken] the [end stricken] G Regt. of the New Hampshire line, in the war of the Revolution, and also that he was a Quartermaster in said war of the Revolution. That I am advised that the act of the 7th June 1832 gives to the children, there being no widow living the pay for the staff office which he held. Therefore I, Rebecca Bacon, for myself and in behalf of my Brothers and sister above named, make this declaration, under oath, and ask for the pay or pension to which my father would have been entitled, by said act of 7th June 1832, were he living to be granted to me and my said brothers and sisters. I further state, that the evidence of the staff office held by my father, as aforesaid, is in the pension office at Washington, among the papers, in my father's appli-cation [application] for a pension, to which reference may be made. Sworn [signed] Rebekah Bacon
Cheshire ss Court of Probate held at Keene in said County on the first Tuesday of October A.D. 1845 The above named Rebeca Bacon made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration by her subscribed Before me in open Court Larkin Baker Judge of Probate for the County of Cheshire
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We Arthur Taylor and Benjamin Cutter both of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, of lawful age depose and say that we were well acquainted with Oliver Bacon, late of said Jaffrey, deceased, that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner, that he died on the twenty fifth day of March A.D. 1835 that he left a widow, Rebeckah Bacon, with whom we were also acquainted, that she also was a Revolution-ary [Revolutionary] pensioner, that she died on the twenty fifth day of June A.D. 1843 that she left the following named children who were at her decease, and now are the only surviving children of the said Oliver Bacon and Rebecah Bacon, to wit, Jacob Bacon Jr. Jewitt Bacon, Mary Bacon and Rebecca Bacon. Sept 24th 1845 [signed] Arthur Taylor Benjamin Cutter
Cheshire ss Sept. 27th. 1845 Sworn to before me Levi Fisk Just. Peace I certify that I am acquainted with the above named affiants and that they are credible persons. Sept. 27th 1845 Levi Fisk Just Peace
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State of New Hampshire Cheshire County ss
I Elijah Sawyer Register of the Court of Probate, for said County, do hereby certify that within, or foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Rebeckah Bacon for a pension, as aforesaid. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my hand and seal of said Court of Probate this eighth day of October A.D. 1845. Elijah Sawyer Regr.
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WIDOW, &c. 
File No. 
Rebeca Bacon widow of Oliver Bacon Lieut. Rev War Act March 3, 1843 Index: - Vol. A, Page 36 [Arrangement of 1870.]
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45 512 INVALID [illegible] File No. 45512 Oliver Bacon Ensign Rev War
Act 18 March 1818
Index: - Vol. 3, Page 25 [Arrangement of 1870]
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180
Concord N Hampshire
Rebecca Bacon widow of Oliver Bacon decd. who was a pensioner under the Act of 1838 and who died on the 25th March 1835 of Cheshiree in the State of N.S. who was a Lieut & Ensign in the company commanded by Captain Blodgets of the Regt commanded by Col Hale in the N. H. line for 9 months Lieut
Inscribed on the Roll of Concord N.H. at the rate of 270 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Sept. 1838 and sent T.M. Edwards Keene N.H.
Arreas to the 4th of Sept 1838 $675.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 March '39 - $135.00
$810.00
Act July 7, 1838
Recorded by D.D. Addison Clerk Book A Vol. 1st Page 34
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED
[seal affixed] To Oliver Brown Gentleman Greeting. We, Reposing especial trust and confidence in your Patriotism, Valour, Conduct, and Fidelity, DO by these presents constitute and appoint you to  an Ensign in the second New Hampshire Regiment in the Army of the United States, to take rank as such from the 30th day of March 1781 You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of an Ensign by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging. And we do Strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers, under your command, to be obedient to your orders, as Ensign. And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as you shall receive from this, or a future Congress of the United States, or Committee of Congress for that purpose appointed, a Committee of the States, or Commander in chief for the time being of the Army of the United States, or ay other your Superior Officer, according to the rules and discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you. This Commission to continue inforce until revoked by this, or a future Congress, the Committee of Congress beforementioned, or a Committee of the States.
Witness His Excellency Thomas McKean Esq. President of the Congress of the United States of America, at Philadelphia the 13th day of August 1781, and in the Sixth Year of our Independence. 
/s/Tho. M. McKean President
Entered in the War Office and examined by the Board
Attest, //s/Jos. Carleton Secretary of the Board of War
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Oliver Bacon
22 marched [crossed out]
15 June [illegible]
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Oliver Bacon
APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTFICATE
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
County of Cheshire, ss.
On this twenty second day of May 1820 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Cheshire, personally appeared Oliver Bacon who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly was an Ensign in the company commanded by Captain Hans Dustin, in the regiment commanded by Colonel George Reed in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Newhampshire; that he received a certificate of that fact, under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on our about the 15th day of March 1820, [illegible] delivered to Nahum Parker, Esquire, accompanied with a power of attorney, authorizing Amos A. Parker to [illegible] the money due on said Certificate the 4th of March last, to deliver to said attorney; and that he [illegible] certificate is now lost, by being stolen from said attorney on the  night of the [illegible] of April 1820 by which theft he  has lost his certificate.
Oliver Bacon
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.  Nathum Parker, Just. Peace
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Cheshire ss.
On this 24th day of May 1820 before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Cheshire,  personally appeared Amos A. Parker, and made oath that the abovementioned Certificate was stolen from his possession at [illegible] said county on the night of the 15th April 1820 and has not since been recovered.
Amos A Parker
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Nahum Parker, Jus. Peace

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
CHESHIRE SS.
I, Salma Hale, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature in and for said County certify that Nahum Parker is an acting Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and the above is his signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this 30th day of May1820.
S Hale, Clerk
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Lieut. Oliver Bacon
Declaration
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815   828

[illegible] of original pymts 593

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Augt 28, 1828

Oliver Bacon of Jeffrey, in the county of Cheshire, in the state of New Hampshire, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution,' approved on the 15th of May, 1828.  He states that he was an officer on the Continental line, and served as such to the end of the war, at which period he was a Lieutenant in the Second regiment of the New Hampshire line; that he received commutation certificates for the five years full pay granted to the resolve of 22 March, 17834; and further that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far these several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary,
A. Dickins

TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Third Auditors Office,
2nd September 1828

It appears by the records in this office, that final settlement certificates have been issued for the commutation of five years full pay to Oliver Bacon, Lieutenant in the New Hampshire line amounting to sixteen hundred dollars.
It further appears that Oliver Bacon is not now on the pension list of any agency, and has not been since the 3rd March 1826.
Peter Hagner, Aud.
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REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS
[A.]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Officers.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of an act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain " Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May 828. I, Oliver Bacon of Jeffrey in the county of Cheshire, in the State of New Hampshire, do hereby declare that I as an officer in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, and served as such* to the end of the war at which period I was a Lieutenant in the Second regiment of the New Hampshire line. And I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates (commonly call commutation certificates) for a sum equal to the amount of five years' full pay; which sum was offered by the resolve of Congress, of the 22d of March 1783, instead of the half pay for life, to which I was entitled under the resolve of the 21st October, 1780. And I do further declare, that I have received of the United States as a pensioner since the 3d day of March, 1826, nothing.
Witness my hand this sixteenth day of July the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Oliver Bacon

Before me, Wiliam Ainsworth, a Justice of the Peace, duly empowered to administer oaths in the county of Cheshire, in the State of New Hampshire, personally appeared this day Joseph Cutter, Esquire and Samuel Buss, Esquire, both of Jeffrey , of the said county, who did severally make oath the Oliver Bacon by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been an officer in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this sixteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight.
William Ainsworth, Justice of the Peace

I, Salma Hale, Clerk of the Court of the county of Cheshire, in the state of New Hampshire, do hereby certify, that William Ainsworth, before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, as, at the time, a Justice of the Peace, and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court, this eighteenth day of July AD 1828.
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Hon. J L Edwards
Comm. of  Pensions
Washington City, DC


Oct 17, 1845
be: Rebecca Bacon
stamped: Reen, Oct 10 N.W.
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Keene, N H Oct 8, 1845
Dear Sir,
I enclosed an application for a pension on account of services as a staff officer in the Revolution, as it is a new case here, the papers may not be sufficient. If not, we will try to [illegible] them when we leave the defects.
Please address Elijah Sawyer, Keene, N H
Respectfully,
E. Sawyer

Hon. J L Edwards
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1462
Declaration
of 
Rebecca Bacon

$270 per ann
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DECLARATION
 In order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress of the 3d March, 1843, grating pensions for one year to certain widows who have received pensions under the Act of July 7, 1838.
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County, ss
On this twenty third day of March 1843 personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Cheshire, and state of New Hampshire, Rebecca Bacon a resident of Jeffrey in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, aged eighty seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3d day of March, 1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Oliver Bacon, who was a lieutenant and ensign in the evolution, that he lived and died in said Jeffrey.  That she was a pensioner under the Act of July 7, 1838, at the rate of two hundred and seventy dollars per annum, and was paid at the agency in Concord, state of New Hampshire.  She further declares that she still remains his widow.
Rebecca Bacon
Sworn to and subscribed o the day and year written above, Before me [illegible] , Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
[illegible]

I, Leonard Bisco, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, it being a court of record, certify that Saban Rice is one of the Justices of the Peace for said county, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that his signature is genuine as within written.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court of Common Pleas, this 23d day of May AD 1843.
Samuel Bisco, Clerk
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We Mary Bacon and Rebekah Bacon of Jaffrey in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire of Lawfull age depose & say that we were acquainted with Oliver bacon late of Jaffrey in said County deceased.
That he died on the Twenty fifth day of March AD 1835. That he left a widow Rebecca Bacon, who was a pensioner under the act of July 7th 1838. And who still survives and remains his widow. 
/s/Mary Bacon
/s/Rebekah Bacon
State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County ss} March 23 1843
Subscribed and Sworn to 
Before me /s/Laban Rice Jus Peace 
I certify that the above deponants are credible persons.
/s/Laban Rice Jus Peace
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Act 1828
Settled at Treasury
Cons'd with Invalid file #45.512
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

To all whom it may concern,
Know ye, that Albe Cady, Esquire, whose certificate is borne on the paper hereunto annexed is a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of Merrimack in said State, duly constituted and sworn, and that to his Acts and Attestations, as such, full Faith and Credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court, within and out of the State.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the State, at Concord, this fourteenth day of July in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight and in the fifty third year of the independence of the United States of America.
Richard Bartlett, Secretary of State
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Affidavits of
R B Wilkins and
John Weeks
in support of Bacon's decclaration
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I Robert B. Wilkins of Concord in the County of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire - on Oath declare that I was a Lieut. in the New Hampshire line, in the Continental Revolutionary Army - and was personally & well acquainted with Oliver Bacon, who inlisted the forepart of the year 1777 into the 2d New Hampshire Reg't as a Sergeant and served faithfully as a Sergeant aforesaid until March 1781 and then was promoted to an Ensign in which capasity he served until the forepart of the  year 1783 and then was promoted to a Lieutenant in the Said Regiment and returned in Cap't Wm. M. Bell's Company & continued to serve in that capacity to the end of the war and I further declare that said Bacon was returned and paid as a Lieut. and received the Commutation Certificates as such, but in consequence of some mistake or misfortune he did not receive the Lieutenant's Commission and Oliver Bacon of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire in said state and now in my presence if the Identical Gentleman - 
/s/Robert B. Wilkins
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County ss. On the 14th day of July, 1828, before me Albe Cady, one of the Justices of the Peace for said county came Robert B. Wilkins and made solemn oath that the above Declaration by him subscribed is just and true. 
/s/Albe Cady, Jus. Peace. 
(See other side)
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I John Weeks of Concord in the County of Merrimack in the state of New Hampshire, on Oath declare that I was a Soldier in the New Hampshire line in the Continental Revolutionary Army enlisted during the war & served to the end of the same and was personally & well acquainted with Oliver Bacon who enlisted the forepart of the  year 1777 as a serjeant in the 2d New Hampshire Regiment of said line, and continued to serve faithfully as a serjeant aforesaid in said Reg't until March 1781 and then he was promoted to an ['Lieutenant' crossed out] Ensign in said Regiment, and was promoted to a Lieut in 1783 and was returned in Cap't William M. Bell's Company & continued to serve in said capasity to the end of the war - and I further declare that said Bacon was returned, did duty, was respected & paid as a Lieutenant, but in consequence of some neglect, mistake, or misfortune he did not receive the Lieut's Commission and Oliver Bacon of Jaffrey in the County of Cheshire in said state and now in my presence is the Identical Gentleman 
/s/John Weeks
State of New Hampshire
Merrimack County, ss. On the 14th day of July 1828, before me Albe Cady, one of the Justices of the Peace for said county, personally came John Weeks and made solemn oath that the above Declaration by him subscribed is just and true. 
/s/Albe Cady, Jus Peace. 
(see other side)