Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3444, Joseph Farnum, N H
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NH
Farnum, Joseph
Farnham
Farnam

Number R3444
BLW 36657-160

Edith
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109.054   Oct-Mar. 3
                May10 (?)   55

Edith Farnum wid of 
Joseph Farnum/Priv
Capt. Shepherd's Company
          also Lieutenant in 
Capt. Ballard &
Col. Nichol's Regt.
         also a Lieutenant in
Capt. Bradford's Company
Col. Nichols
       Revolutionary Way
Refers to application for pension
Lieutenant (crossed out Private) Ralph (?) Bradford N.H.  ???
?? 160 ac's Aug. 5/56
              Dodge

Let. to N Bruce, Dec. 29/55
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Edith Farnum
109.054
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State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough County } SS. 
On this ninth day of April A.D. one 
thousand eight hundred and fifty five 
personally appeared before me, a Justice 
of the Peace within and for the County and 
State aforesaid, Edith Farnum, aged Eighty 
years, a resident of Mont Vernon in the 
aforesaid State of New Hampshire, who, being 
duly sworn according to law, declares that she 
is the widow of Joseph Farnum, deceased, 
who was a private in Capt. Shepherds 
Company in the Continental service, also as
a Lieutenant in Capt. Ballards Company 
in Col. Nichols Regt also as a Lieutenant 
in Capt. John Bradfords Company in Col. 
Nichols Regiment in the Revolutionary 
war, that her said Husband enlisted first 
July [?] 1776, and continued in actual 
service several months, and on the twenty 
ninth day of June 1777 he volunteered as 
Lieutenant to go to Ticonderoga and marched 
part way and had news of the evacuation 
of the place, and returned July 12th 1777, 
this service was under Capt Ballard, he again 
entered the service as Lieutenant in Capt John Bradfords Company in Col. Nichols Regiment July 19, 1777 and continued untill honorably discharged which was September 27, 1777 
at Bennington Vermont. 

She further states that she was married to 
the said Joseph Farnam [Farnum] in Mont Vernon 
on the twenty ninth day of March A.D. 1820 by one Mr [illegible] a Minister of Mont Vernon, and that
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her name before her marriage was Edith Smith, that her said husband died at Mont Vernon aforesaid on the tenth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty four, and that she is now a widow.  For proof of her said husband's services and her marriage to the said Joseph Farnam her identity, and her husband's death, she refers to papers on file in the Pension Office, which she furnished to prouve (?) pension.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled under the Act approved March 3, 1855.
                    (signed) Edith Furnam

We Jesse Smith and Lauranin (?) Smith residents of Mont Vernon in the state of New Hampshirt upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Edith Farnum in our presence; and that  we believe, from the appearance and statements of the applicant, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be.
(signed) Jesse Smith  Laurenia (sp?) Smith

The foregoing declaration and affidavitt were sworn to and subscribed before me, on the day and  year first above written; and I certify that I know the officients to be creditable witnesses, and persons, that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
Nathaniel Bruce, Justice of the Peace
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State of New-Hampshire. 
County of Hillsborough ss. 
I, Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County 
and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Nathaniel Bruce 
whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in 
and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified; that his commission is dated on the 
25th day of June A.D. 1850, and will expire in five years 
from that date; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas is a Court of Record.

Given under my hand and seal of Office at Amherst, this 24th day of April A. D. 1855. Perley Dodge CLERK
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Edith Farnum
Declaration
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State of New Hampshire
Hillsborough County SS
On the fourth day of July AD one thousand eight hundred and fifty four personally appeared before William C. Clarke, Judge of Probate Court at Amhurst, holder on the day aforesaid; Edith Farnum a resident of Mont Vernon in the County of Hillsborough, aforesaid, aged eighty years, who being sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the second section of the act of Congress, passed on the third day of February AD 1853; That she is the widow of Joseph Farnum who was a private and lieutenant in the Revolutionary War during the years of seventeen hundred and seventy six and seven; that she knows nothing about said service, only what she obtained from her said husband; That he stated that he served in the Northern Arm as a private, six months in Capt. Shepherd's Company in seventeen hundred and seventy six, and at or near the close of his service
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in Capt Shepherds Company he was 
appointed second Lieutenant in the second Company in the Fifth Regiment of Militia 
in the State of New Hampshire, by Meshech Weare, President of the Council, December twentieth, one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, as appears from a commission which 
was left amongst his papers at his decease, and which he had often spoken about in his 
lifetime. That afterwards the said Farnum served a short term in seventeen hundred 
and seventy seven in Capt Ballards Company in Col. Nichols Regiment, as Lieutenant; 
and that afterwards in the year last named 
he also served two or three months as second Lieutenant in Capt John Bradfords Company in Col. Nichols Regiment. 
That she was married to the said Joseph 
Farnum on the twenty ninth day of March 
in the year one thousand eight hundred 
and twenty at Mont Vernon by Rev. 
Mr Chuver[?] minister of the gospel 
That her said husband, Joseph Farnum 
died on the tenth day of May 
one thousand eight hundred and 
twenty four. She further swears that
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that she has not again married and continues his widow; that she has no applied for a pension previous to this; that her name prior to her marriage aforesaid was Edith Smith; that the reason why she has not applied before is that she has been absent from the State; that she knows of no record of her marriage aforesaid. 
(signed) Edith Farnum
State of New Hampshire
Hillsboro At a court of probate holder at Amherst in said county on the 4th day of July A.D. 1854 personally appeared the said Edith Farnum and made solemn oath that the foregoing declared by her subscribed is true
Before me
Wm. C. Clarke
Judge of Probate
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The State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough SS.
I Perley Dodge Clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby 
certify, that William C. Clarke is an acting 
Judge of Probate of Wills and granting letters of  
Administration in the County and State aforesaid, 
duly commissioned and qualified; that his 
Commission was dated on the 9th day of September 
A.D. 1851 and according to the Constitution 
of this State, has a series of years yet to run. That said Court of Probate is a Court of unlimited Jurisdiction in the Probate of Wills 
and granting letters of Administration, having 
a Clerk or Register and seal, being a Court of 
Record, and that the signature of the said William C. Clarke to the paper hereto annexed is genuine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 
set my hand and affixed the seal 
of this Court, this 25th day of August A.D. 1854.
Perley Dodge Clerk
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3444  REJECTED

P.O. Edith Farnum
Service:  wid. of Joseph
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36657
{ New[?] Ones[?]
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I Sophia Jones of Amhust in the County 
of Hillsborough in the State of New Hampshire 
aged fifty seven years, depose and say, That I 
lived in the family of Lieu. Joseph Farnum 
of Mont Vernon in said County of Hillsborough 
three years during the lifetime of the said Farnum 
That I have frequently during my stay thence 
heard the said Farnum talk over his service 
while in the Revolutionary war, with 
Henry Treavitt and others, telling the hardships he endured in his services as a private 
and an officer, that he endured hunger 
and cold, that his first service was as a 
Private, and about the expiration of that term of service, he received a Commission 
as Lieutenant, that he was out twice 
that I recollect of as Lieutenant, as he said, 
once he started and before he arrived at the place of destination they received orders that they returned, That I do not distinctly recollect 
all the officers that he said he was under, but 
I do recollect the name of General Stark that he 
was under, at Bennington Battle 
Sophia Jones 

State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough County SS. 
Subscribed and sworn to this day Before me
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that I am acquainted with 
the within deponent, Sophia Jones, and have been for many years that she is a woman of unblemished character, and is a creditable witness 
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace
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I Alonzo Travis of Mont Vernon 
in the County of Hillsborough and 
State of New Hampshire of lawful 
age testify and say, That I hold the 
Office of Town Clerk for said town of 
Mont Vernon for the present year, 
being the political year of one thousand 
eight hundred & fifty four; 
That I have examined the records of 
said town of Mont Vernon to asentain 
[ascertain] if there was a record of the marriage 
Joseph Farnum to Edith Smith, 
and I am fully satisfied that there 
is no record thereof upon any of the 
Books of Record belonging to said town 
of Mont Vernon 
Alonzo Travis

State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough SS July 27. 1854. 
Subscribed and sworn to this day Before me Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace 
I hereby certify that the word (,record,) 
interlined in the above affidavit was done before it was signed, 
Nathaniel Brown Justice of the Peace
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I Rebecca Codman of Mont Vernon in the county of Hillsborough and state of New Hampshire aged seventy six years, depose and say, That I am acquainted with Edith Farnum widow of Lieu. Joseph Farnum, that I was present at the marriage of the said Edith, that she was married to the said Joseph Farnum on or about the last days of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty by Rev. Mr. Churen at said Mont Vernon; that I was present at the marriage in company with Erna Langdill & wife; that the said Joseph Farnum died about four years after his marriage to Edith Smith, that the said Edith has not again married, but continues the widow of the said Joseph Farnum.
(signed) Rebecca Codman
State of New Hampshire, Hillsborough SS August 5, 1854.  Subscribed and sworn to before me & I certify that the above deposement is a creditable witness.
Nathanial Bruce Justice of the Peace
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wife and Rebecca Codman were also 
present at said marriage, That the 
said Joseph Farnam died the fore 
part of May one thousand eight 
hundred and twenty four leaving 
the said Edith his widow, that she 
has not again married but continues 
his widow still. That said deponent 
further says that the town of Mont 
Vernon was set off and formed from 
a part of Amhust about the year 
one thousand eight hundred and 
three; That the aforesaid Joseph 
Farnum, deceased, left a property 
worth two thousand dollars or nearly 
& was ever considered as a man of 
property from my first knowledge 
of him, which was when I was a boy 
Ezra Langdell

State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough SS. July 29. 1854 
Subscribed and sworn to before me, 
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of Pea
I hereby certify that the above deponent is a creditable witness and that the word (lived) was interlined before Signing
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace
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heard it doubted by any one, That I do 
not distinctly recollect the names of any of the 
officers which he was under except General Stark 
That the aforesaid Mont Vernon was formerly 
a part of Amhust Prior to one thousand 
eight hundred and three. 
Mark D Perkins 

State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough County Ss August 5, 1854 
Subscribed and sworn to this day Before me, Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace 

I hereby certify that the above deponent 
is a creditable witness, personally known 
to me, and I also certify that the words 
(to those) interlined in the foregoing deposition was done before signing 
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace
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[con]tinues his widow and resides in 
said Mont Vernon. The said Joseph 
Farnum bore the title of Lieutenant 
as long as I can remember 
Ezekiel Upton

State of New Hampshire 
Hillsborough County ⎬ SS 
May 29 - 1856 Personall [personally] appeared 
the above named Ezekiel Upton 
and made oath that the above 
deposition by him subscribed is true, Before me 

Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace 

I hereby certify that the above deponent is known to me as a person of undoubted 
veracity, a creditable witness 
Nathaniel Bruce Justice of the Peace
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THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SS. 
Office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County, June 23 1856. 

I hereby Certify, that at the date of the attestation hereto annexed, Nathan Bruce was a Justice of the Peace within and for said County in the said State, duly commissioned and constituted, and to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, both in and out of Court, and that I believe the signature of said Justice to be genuine. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas, at the date above written. 
Perley Dodge Clerk
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Deposition of 
Ezekiel Upton
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Amherst N.H. March 15th /56 

David P. Perkins Esqr 
Dear Sir, Will you 
take the trouble to examine into 
the claim of Edith Farnum of 
Mont Vernon for a pension under 
the act of Feby 3rd 1853 She 
is the widow of Joseph Farnum 
and her application was filed 
probably in 1853 by Nathaniel 
Bruce Esqr. Not having been 
originally in the case I am 
not posted up in it I 
would be glad to learn 
the state of the claim & 
what more is 
requisite to be done in 
the case in order to make 
it out- was he a Lieut.
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and is his Joseph Farnums 
commission on file with 
the papers. 
Our Election has 
passed and you know 
the result. We could have 
wished it had gone a 
little different, but after 
all it is a great victory 
to reduse [reduce] them as we 
did. We have contested the 
ground inch by inch - and 
the democrats have gained 
in Amherst 41 votes over 
last year. We can lick 
them next fall for a 
certainty -- If there are 
no new issues coming 
into the canvass- 
Truly Yours, 
Charles Richardson
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N.B. I have a power of Attorney from the widow. 
C. R.