Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 25637, Nathaniel Gordon, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass
Gordon, Nathaniel
Alletha or Allethea
NUMBER
W25637
B.L. Wt. 29727-160-55

CONTENTS
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1779 Act March 3/55
June 25/55

Alletha Gordon
widow of Nathl Gordon private

leaf Wm Cobbs also
[illegible] Wentworth
Ent
Dis
Revy War

the Feby 53 5365
Ad 160 Ac June 12 /56
Boynton
 
A. Waterhouse
North Pownal
Maine

Vol. G. 98.
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5365
Maine
Aletha Gordon
 
widow of
Nathaniel Gordon
who served in the Revolutionary war
, as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of
25
dollars
31
cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
22d
day of July 1855
and sent to
John M Ayer
North Pownal Me
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 165
Vol.
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Claim of Allethea Gordon widow of Nathl Gorder
for Bounty Land
claim for Revolutionary
service
by act of March 3e
1855.
Ai Waterhouse
agent,
North Pownal
Maine
177902
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Revolutionary
Bounty Land
claim of Aletha
Gordon widow of
Nathaniel, under
act of March 3
1885
Ai Waterhouse
North Pownal
Maine
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We the subscribers, Brother & Sister Joshua Gordan & Huldah F. Merrill, resident of Portland
in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine,
aged seventy, and sixty four years, on oath Depose and say, that we are children of Nathaniel
Gordon, deceased, that our mother died on the 18th of
September 1808. That her maiden name was Hannah
Fisher & was married with my said father Nathl
Gordan in 1783, And that our said father married
with Allethea Mitchell of North Yarmouth on the
7th day of Feby AD 1809 for his second wife, that we
have heard him say that he served two tours
in the war of the Revolution, one under Capt
Wentworth of Cape Elizabeth in 1778 at Cambridge
about 6 months. Also that he again served in
William Cobbs company of Falmouth in
1779, at Bagaduce, or Penobscot expedition about
three months. We also testify that our said father
died in 1818, at St Bartholomew,
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Gordon was at the place where he died, and
I saw men who tended him in his sickness, & that
they told me that he died in the fall of 1818 & that
his last wife our mother in law, he is now
living in this city Portland & has not again
married, and is now a widow,
Witness Ai Naterhouse
Frederick Fox
Joshua Gordon
Huldah F Merrill
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State of Maine
County of Cumberland S.S. On this 4th day
of
June A.D. 1855, personally appeared the above
named affiants Joshua Gordon & Huldah F. Merrill, who an well known to me to be credible
witnesses and made oath in due form of law
that the foregoing affidavit by them signed is
true before me
Frederick Fox Justice of the Peace
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We, Joseph Batchelder And Emily
Batchelder
resident of Rutland in
the County of Cumberland and State of Maine age
41 & 48 years on oath depose and say, that we
are well acquainted with Mrs. Allethea Gordon
and have been for many years, that she is the
widow of Nathaniel Gordon, who was reputed
to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and who
was reputed to have died at St. Bartholomew
in 1818, that she has not again married & is
now a widow, a resident of Portland, that we believe
her statements in her declaration to be true,
and that we are not interested in her claim or are
disinterested witness, Joseph Batchelder
Witness, Ai Watercase Emily Bachelelder

State of Maine
County of Cumberland S.S. On this 4th day of
June, A.D. 1855, personally appeared the above named
affiants, who are well known to me to be credible
witnesses, and made oath in due form of law
that the foregoing affidavits by them signed
is true before me
Frederick Fox, Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston
June 11th 1855
I Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the
Books
and Documents relating to Military Services in the War
of the
Revelation.
which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nathaniel Gordon is borne on Pay
Roll of Capt John Wentworth Comb, Col.
Tash's Regt of Guards stationed at
Cambridge from July 22d to Dec. 22d
1778.
5 mos

Also on muster
Roll of Capt. Wm
Cobbs Compt Col. Jon Mitchells Regt
from July 8 to Sept. 25 1777 2 mo 17 days
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
of the Commonwealth, the date above written
E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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L. S.
Application of Alethea Gordon, widow of Nathaniel Gordon
deceased, both residents of Portland
formally Falmouth, Mass.
This applicant very
Respectfully requests the Secretary of Massachusetts Boston, to furnish all the evidence of the Revolutionary service of her said husband
that can be identified by this application
She states that her husband was a resident of Portland formally Falmouth, in the time
of the Revolution & that he was a soldier in Capt. Wentworths company of Cape Elizabeth in Cumberland
County, and was stationed at Cambridge Mass in 1778
about five months and also was a soldier in Capt
William Cobbs company in 1779 about three, 3, months in the execution at Penobscot. she states that
he died in 1818, but well recollects that he told her
these facts from time to time, she request the said
secretary to furnish from the Rolls and other Millitary documents in his office all of said evidence as
as possible & direct it to A. Waterhouse North Pownal Maine, the fee therefor, is enclosed,
 Althea her x mark Gordon
Witness, Mrs Mary J. Rice
State of Maine
County of Cumberland S.S. On this 4th day of June
A.D. 1855. Signed & declared to by Allethia Gordon Before me
Waterhouse Justice Peace
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State of Maine County of Cumberland and Town of North Yarmouth. In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine February seventh Nathaniel Gordon of Portland and Allithea Mitchel of North Yarmouth were joined in marriage By Amasa Smith Minister of the Gospel. I certify that the above is a true copy of the record of the marriage od said parties, with the esception of the date, which is expressed in the record, in fair legible figures as follows 1809 Feb. 7. Nathaniel Gordon of Portland and Allithea Mitchel of NO. Yarmouth By were joined in marriage by Amasa Smith Minister of the Gospel.
Attest William Osgood Town Clerk of North Yarmouth.
I William Osgood above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a true copy of the recorss of said town with the exception above named, as certified by me. 
Attest William Osgood Town ClerkNorth Yarmouth
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this 17th day of May A.D. 1855
John W. Gookin Justice of the Peace
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Bounty Land claim by
Act of 3 of March 1855
State of Maine
County of Cumberland S.S. June 4th 1855.
On this fourth day of June A.D. 1855. Eighteen hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before
me a Justice of the peace, within and for the county aforesaid Allethea Gordon aged 88 years a
resident of Portland in said County & State, who
being duly sworn according to law on oath declares that she is the widow of Nathaniel Gordon
deceased, who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and a resident of Falmouth, or Portland,
formally Falmouth, and served as a soldier in Capt. William
Cobbs company, about three months in 1779, at the Penobscot expedition, or Bagaduce, and served also, in Capt Wentworth's company of Cape Elizabeth, adjoining Falmouth, or
Portland, about 6 months, at Cambridge Mass, in 1778.
and for proof of the fact, she refers to the rolls & other
Millitary Documents suposed to be in the pension department, and for proof of identity she refers to the paper
are herewith presented, she further states that she was
married with said Nathaniel Gordon in North Yarmouth
by Mr. Smith, a Clergyman, on the 7th day of February
1809, that her Maiden name was Allethea Mitchell, that
her said husband died at St. Bartholomew, in 1818 &
that she was so informed by persons who knew the fact, &
that she is now a widow, not having again married
since his death in 1818. she swears that she has not
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made at any other time previous to this  application
for Bounty Land under any other act of Congress
granting the same, she makes this declaration in
order to obtain the benefit of the Bounty Land act
approved March 3d 1855, granting Bounty Land
to certain widows whose husbands served 14 days or
more in the war of the Revolution, & other wars
since 1790, in which this country has been engaged
And for the purpose of this application, I hereby
legally empower, as my agent and attorney, & that he
may substitute for the benefit of this claim in the premises
Ai Waterhouse and address me at North Pownal
Maine, & I allow the words more attorneys to be interlined
Witness
Joseph Batchelder
Emily Batchelor 
Alletha her x mark Gordon
We Joseph Batchelder
and Emily Batchelder
residents of Portland, in the County of Cumberland
and State of Maine upon one
the
declare that the
foregoing declaration was signed and
acknowledged by Alletha Gordon in our
presence and that we believe from the
appearance and statements of the applicant
herself
that she is the identical person she represents
to be and that she is now a widow
Witnesses
Joseph Batchelder
Frederick Fox
Emily Batchell
I hereby certify that interest thereby me before the
signing of the above named witnesses and Declarant. Frederick Fox
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The foregoing declaration
and affidavit
were
sworn to and subscribed
and the Power of
attorney acknowledged
before me, on the day
and year above written, and I certify that I
know the affiants
to be credible persons that the
claimant is
the person she represents
herself to be
and that I have no interest in this
Claim
Frederick
Fox
Justice of the Peace
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United States of America.
MAINE DISTRICT, SS.
FIRST CIRCUIT.
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I, George F. Emery, Clerk of the
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
,
Within and for said MAINE DISTRICT, certify that Frederick Fox is a
Justice of the Peace for the County of Cumberland in the State of Maine duly
commissioned & qualified & fully authorized to administer oaths and take
acknowledgements, and all the signatures on the papers annexed purporting to be
his are genuine. I further certify that John W. Gookin was in the 17th day
of May last an Acting Justice of the Peace,
Within and for the County of Cumberland in the State of Maine that he is [illegible] DULY COMMISSIONED
AND QUALIFIED to act as such; is [illegible] fully authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements, and
that EACH SIGNATURE appended to the papers hereunto annexed, purporting to be his is GENUINE
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my
Hand and affixed the Seal of the said Circuit Court, this
fourth
day of June
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five

Geo F Emery
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT,
 U.S. FOR MAINE DISTRICT.
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O. W. & N. Div.
W 25637
L. W. B.
 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C.,
October 22, 1896.

Madam;
Replying to your request for information concerning the military
record of Nathaniel Gordon, a soldier of the Revolutionary War
, you are advised that Alletha Gordon, widow of Nathaniel Gordon
, made aplication for pension June 5, 1855, at which time she
was 88 years of age and residing at Portland, Me., and her pension
was allowed for the actual service of her husband as a private
in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary War, for a period of seven
months and eighteen days; a part of the time he served under
Capt. John Wentworth and Col. Gerrish; place of enlistment not
stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Miss Carrie Bull,
512 East Monroe Street,
Springfield, Ills.
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29.727
[illegible]
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5791
Alletha
Gordon
wid of
Nathaniel

Let: [illegible]  M. Ayer June 15/55.
Same June 30 1855
[illegible at bottom]

Elizabeth Day, Joseph & Emily Bachelder, Joshua Gordon
& Huldah Merrill
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Springfield Ill.
Oct 16. 1896.
Hon. Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington D.C .

Sir,
In a circular just
received from Mr
Frank Kimball
Root, Secretary Illinois
Society Sons of
the Revolution.
53
Jackson Street, Chicago
, Illinois, it is
stated that you
will furnish a record
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of the
military service
of members of the
Continental Army who were granted
Pensions in 1813 and
1832
Kindly favor the
undersigned with the
record of the military
service of Nathaniel
Gordon, a soldier
in the Revolutionary
War.
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My grandfather
Nathaniel Gordon
enlisted at Newburyport
Mass.

Yours respectfully
Carrie Bull
512 E. Monroe St
Springfield Ill.
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Revy 
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 25. 637
Alletha Gordon
wid of
Nathaniel Gordon
Pri Rev War
Act:
Feb 3d 53
Act: -- Vol. A, Page 282
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Oct 26 '90 sold pens I
to Carrie Bull
Springfield, Ills
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Alleathie Gordon
Wid of Nath'l

BL claim #177.902

29727-160
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North Pownal
Maine
---
Sept. 17th 1855.
To the Court of Pensions
City of Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, Allethea
Gordon, widow of Nathaniel Gordon a Soldier of the war of the Revolution is a pensioner of the U.S. at 25 dollars a year under
act of March or rather Feby 3, 1853, and her
Bounty Land Claim No. 117,902. and in as
much as the Revolutionary claimants are
being answered, & their claims are being
granted first in preference to others, it is
respectfully represented, that she is a
lady of very poor health & wholly suported
by charity of her church, to which she is a
worthy member, & as the whole claim is well
identified in itself in every particular &
also a pensioner, it is hoped that her claim
will be granted on the reception of this letter
by her request.-
Very respectfully yr 
---
Ai Waterhouse
Atty in the [illegible]
North Pownal
Maine
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston,
June 5, 1855.
I 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 Department, it appears that the name of
Nathaniel Gordon is borne on Roll for the States pay due to non commissioned
officers and private in Capt John Wentworths Co, Col Gerrish's Regt.
of guards stationed at Cambridge from July 22 to Dec 22. 1778.
5 mos. 1 days service as private

Also, On Muster Roll of Capt William Cobb's Co. of Militia
raised in the County of Cumberland for an expedition against
Penobscot, in a detachment commanded by Col Jonathan Mitchell
from July 8, 1779 to Sept 25th 1779. " 2 months 17 days" as private
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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L. S.
 
Application for evidence
of Revolutionary service
---
To the Secretary 
of State of Mass. Boston,
Allthea Gordon
widow of Nathaniel Gordon
now deceased represents that her said
husband, was a soldier of the Revolution
that he was a resident of Falmouth
now Portland, in the time of the war.-
Also, that he served two tours, one under
Capt William Cobb of Falmouth in
1779 in the expedition at Penobscot, about
three months
Also, a second tour under Capt
John Wentworth in 1778 or 1780, at Cambridge, about 6 months. the request that
a thorough search be made, of the Books, Rolls & all
all other documents relating to Millitary service
in said war, and the evidence of all her said husbands service be granted, & sent to Ai Waterhouse at North Pownal Maine, as soon as possible
Witness, Mrs Mary J Rice
State of Maine,
Allethea her x mark Gordon
County of Cumberland, S.S. May 31st A.D. 1855
signed by Allethea Gordon, & acknowledged
Before me, A Waterhouse Justice Peace
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Personally
To the Hon L. P. Waldo
Commr of Pensions
City of Washington D.C.

In the case of
Allethea Gordon
widow of Nathaniel
suspended on the 15th
of June, 1855.
J. M. Ayer
Agent
North Pownal
Me
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Copy
Pension Office
June 15th 1855.

Sir,
The claim of Mrs. Allethea Gordon, widow
of Nathaniel, has been examined and (filed or) suspended,
Evidence must be filed that, identifies the
husband of the applicant, as the soldier who served as
certified by the secretary of the State of Mass.
It is questionable if the same person performed the tours of service certified.
I am very respectfully
Your obt servt
Signed, L.P. Waldo,
Commissioner
L.M. Ayer Esq
North Pownal
Maine

June 25th 1855.

Will the Hon. L.P. Waldo, Please re-examine the
papers refered to and see if it is not equitable to grant the claim refered to on the ground that
those periods of service was rendered by Gordon a resident of Falmouth now Portland, under 2 Captains of that
vicinity & town, Wentworth of Cape Elizabeth adjoining Falmouth, and in the prime of life. He was married in 1783 to one Hannah Fisher of North Yarmouth &
again married in 1809. to Allethea Mitchell of North
Yarmouth, who is now feeble of health & is very poor &
lives on charity wholly, & is not able to pay for such

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as the objection may require. I do not think
it much likely that the testimony required can be recovered, or rather obtained, testimony of that character 
is not very plenty, at this late day, & worse than 
all, the town Records of Falmouth have been burned 
& therefore could not obtain what would show some
facts that he was the man who performed the
service claimed by his widow. - It does seem
all most positive that the Husband of claimant performed the service set forth by claimants declaration and evidence - Joshua Gordon
the soldiers son is an aged man, and a man of
high respectability, as a sea captain, and was a
captain of a vessel, and at sea when his father
died, & called to fetch home his father, when
he was told by persons at St Bartholomew, who 
tended him during his sickness that his father Nathaniel Gordon was dead. And it does seem that 
Joshua Gordon one of the witnesses could not be in 
possession of the facts as they appear on testimony 
in the case unless the circumstances had not been 
familiarly rehearsed by his parents from time
to time, & it is hoped on re-examination that
it will appear justifiable to grant the same.
Very respectfully &c, per order
J. M. Ayer
North Pownal
Me
To the Command 
in Person, to be carefully & judiciously re-examined 
& reported, as soon as possible by him.
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Brief in the case of Alletha Gordon widow of Nathaniel 
County and State of Maine
act 3 Febry 1853
========================
Claim, ("original," [crossed through "or "for increase"])

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Record of service,
Record of marriage,
Reputation of service connecting her husband with the
Record by Elizabeth Day who knew him from her infancy,
and knew that he was in the army
[crossed through"(If for increase.)"]
[crossed through "Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?"]
The identity of the widow, her husband's death
& her present condition by Elizabeth Day,
Joseph & Emily Batchelder, Joshua Gordon &
Huldah Merrill all properly certified

Name and residence of Agent
Mr M Ayer Esq
North Pownal
Maine
Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.
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Aletha Gordon
Widow of Nathaniel 
Maine
Adm 3d Feby 1853
7 mos & 8 ds pn $25.31
per annum from
3 Feby 1853

Cert to
John M Ayer Esq
North Pownal 
Maine
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Revolutionary
Pension claim of Allethea
widow of Nathaniel
Gordon,
Act of 3 of 
February 1853 - 

J.M. Ayer
agent
North Pownal
Maine
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Pension claim under act of February 3d
A.D.1853
State of Maine
County of Cumberland. S.S. June 5th 1855.
On this forth day of June A.D. 1855, Eighteen hundred 
and fifty five, personally appeared before me Ashur Ware Judge of the W.S. Court, (it being 
a Court of Record) in and for the district of Maine
Allethea Gordon aged 88 years a resident of Portland
in the country and state aforesaid, who being duly sworn
according to law, declares that she is the widow of
Nathaniel Gordon deceased, who was a private 
soldier in the company commanded by Capt William Cobb of Falmouth in the war of the Revolution, 
that he served under said captain in 1779 with
expedition against Penobscot about 3 months and also 
her husband served one other tour at Cambridge
about five months in 1778, under Capt. Went-
worth, she believing that her said husband served
as a private soldier, that he served in all about
eight months, and for proof of said service she refers 
to the Rolls & other documents supposed to be on 
file in the pension department. -- She further
states that she was married to the said Nathaniel 
Gordon by Rev. Amasa Smith, on the 7th day of February, AD 1809, that her name before her marriage
with her said husband was Allethea Mitchell.
That her said husband died in the year 1818 at

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St. Bartholomew, & his son by his first wife, who
is Joshua Gordon, who is now living in this City was positively and credibly informed, that his said father, my last husband, died at St. Bartholomew
as aforesaid, that he was at that place aforesaid
was told that his father died, & had a decent burial by the ttendants while he was in his last sickness, in AD 1818. That she has not again married & is now a widow, 
and for proof of her identity she refers to the proof
hereunto annexed, & for proof of service she refers to 
the rolls, & other documents, relating to millitary 
service in the war of the Revolution as a private
of Capt. Cobbs & Wentworth's companies, in 1778 &
in 1779, supposed to be on file in the pension
department. - And she makes this declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the 
act of Congress passed on the third day of February,
A.D. 1853, in the second section of said act granting 
pensions to certain widows of the Revolutionary soldiers. -
And for the purpose of this application she legally
appoints as her agent and Attorney with power of restitution
of one or more attorneys for the benefit of my said
claim John M. Ayer at the North Pownal (address) Maine
Witness Ai Waterhouse Witness in the [illegible]

Alethea her X mark Gordon

[rest is indecipherable]
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I hereby certify that on account of the ill health
and bodily infirmity of the declarant who signed
in my presence the foregoing declaration she appeared before me at her residence in Portland, Maine -
Ashur Ware
District Judge of the W.S. for
the State of Maine

Maine District [illegible]: Office of the Clerk C.C.U.S.
I Geo. F. Emery Clerk of the Circuit Court of the
United States hereby certify that Ashur Ware, whose genuine 
signature is above written, and all of whose signatures above are 
genuine, was at the time of [illegible] the same District Judge of the
United States for the District of Maine, duly commissioned and qualified
and fully authorised to act in the premises and the above containing his
original proceedings in the matter of the application of Alithea Gordon
for a pension.
I further certify that Frederick Fox was on the 4th day of June 1855 
a Justice of the P
Peace for the County of Cumberland & State of Maine duly commissioned
& qualified and fully authorised to administer oaths & take acknowledgements
and all the signatures anexed to papers hereto attached purporting to be his are genuine.
I further certify that John W. Gookin, whose genuine signature is 
written on a paper hereto annexed was on the 17th day of May 1855 
a Justice of the Peace for the County of Cumberland & State of Maine duly commissioned and qualified to administer oaths & take acknowledgements.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed
seal this fourth day of June 1855
Geo. F. Emery
Clerk Circuit Court W.S. for 
Maine District
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We Joshua Gordon & Huldah F. Merrill who are residents
of Portland and County of Cumberland, and state of
Maine, (who are children of Nathaniel Gordon deceased)
on oath depose and say, that we call our selves aged
seventy & sixty four years, that our mother died on the
eighteenth day of September 1808, Eighteen hundred & eight
that our said father Nathaniel Gordon, again married
in the year 1809 one Allethea Mitchell of North Yarmouth, that our said father died at a place called
St. Bartholomew, after a short sickness, in the year
A.D. 1818. And I, said Joshua Gordon was at that time a
sea man, & my said father was also a seaman at that
time before he was taken sick at St. Bartholomew & that
was the reason of being sick (and died) at that place
after a severe gale at sea and a hard voige.
I was afterward at St. Bartholomew, and was credibly
informed that my father was sick as aforesaid, and
died in the year A.D. 1818, after a short sickness, And
that our mother in law Alletha Gordon, has not again
married, and is now of feeble health and is a widow, a
resident of Portland, Maine,-- We further state that
we well recollect of hearing our said father state
that he served two tours in the Revolution, under
Capt. William Cobb, and Capt Wentworth in 1778 & in
1779 about 8 months in all,-
Joshua Gordon
Huldah F. Merrill
Witness, Frederick Fox
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State of Maine
County of Cumberland, S.S. June 4th AD. 1855.
Then personally appeared, the aforesaid officiants Joshua Gordon & Huldah F. Merrill brother
and sister, and are well known to me to be very
respectable witnesses and credible persons, and
made oath in due form of law, that the foregoing
affidavits by them signed is true
Before me,
Frederick Fox Justice Peace
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We Joseph Batchelder and Emily Batchelder
residents of Portland in the County of Cumberland
and State of Maine aged 41 & 48 years, on oath depose and say that we are well acquainted and have
been for many years with Allethia Gordon Widow
of Nathaniel Gordon deceased, who was reputed to
have been a soldier in the war of the Revolution and
to have died in the year 1818, at St. Bartholomew
that his widow Alethea Gordon has not again mar
, and is now a widow.
Witness
Ai Waterhouse

Joseph Batchelder
Emily Batchelor

State of Maine
County of Cumberland S.S. On this 4th day of June
A.D. 1855, personally appeared the above named
affiants who are well known to me as credible
witnesses and made oath in due form of law
that the above affidavit is true before me
Frederick Fox, Justice of the Peace
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State of Maine, County of Cumberland Town of North Yarmouth
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and nine February Seventh - Nathaniel
Gordan of Portland and Allethea Mitchell of
North Yarmouth were joined in marriage by
Amasa Smith Minister of the Gospel,
I certify, that the above is a true copy of the
record of the marriage of said parties with the
exception of the date, which is expressed in the
record in fair legible figures as follows -
1809 Feby Nathaniel Gordon of Portland and Miss
Alithea Mitchell of North Yarmouth were joined in
marriage
by
Amosa Smith Minister of the Gospel
Attest William Osgood Town Clerk of North [illegible]
William Osgood, above named, depose and say, that
I hold the office of Town Clerk in the Town, County, and State aforesaid, and that the above is a
true copy of the records of said Town with the
exception above named as certified by me
Attest William Wood Town Cert of Ryan
month
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this 17th
day of May A.D. 1855
John W Gookin Justice of the River
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North Pownal, Me
July 13th 1855.
To the Hon, Leon P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir. In the case
of Alethea Gordon widow of Nathaniel for
a pension, under act of Feb 3d 1853 which claim
was suspended on the 15th & 30th June last, for
proof of identity, as the widow of the soldier
whose services are certified by the Secretary
of State of Mass. I would respectfully say
that Mrs. Gordon has complied with the requirements of the letter of the the 30th ult. & also
has complied with the objection of the 15th ult as
far as she is able to do.-- She cannot find any
people now living, who could if living, give
testimony as required by letter of the 15th ult,
therefore she hopes that the department will be
as reasonable as consistent at this late day.
she has tried to identify by hand writing
but has failed to do so, as you may discover
by the proof now presented, & she knows of no
other method by which to sustain her claim, & the
now submits her proof, hoping a favorable report
by granting her claim. Her late husband
was, but a laborer in his lifetime, therefore was
over
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not of course, very extensively known, &
if any every aged people should be living
who would or might have known him had
he been a man of note, they do not on that
account now recollect him, even since the
year 1800. & he having died so early as 1818
and al was living in Falmouth & Portland except when away at work, the poor class, who of
course was his acquaintance are dead & have
left the vicinity as is always the case with the
poor class mooving
around, & therefore
she among all this difficulties, she is rather
unsuccessful of finding proof among those
who formally could have perhaps given
such evidence as is, or was required & I
hope the department will take all there
things into consideration, and admit the case
to be proved & allow the same. The evidence
shows that he, Nathaniel Gordon, was of the
vicinity of the commanding officers, both the
company & Regimental officers, & as it is
very likely that he was called into the service
by many causes that he was the identic person
who served as set forth in the sect certificate
of Mass.- And again, the evidence is in her
favor by her own perfect recollection, as
set forth in her application for the evidence
obtained from the office of the secretary of
Mass. & again as is set forth in her declaration
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before the Hon Ashur Ware Judge of the
U.S. circuit court within & for the District
of Maine, & again the last evidence now
transmitted shows clearly, that he is all
the man of that name that shows service
in the office of the Secty office of Mass.
from the vicinity of New Casco, or Falmouth
or Portland it being one and the same
vicinity. And it dose appear from
positive, & circumstancial proof that
her claim is now clearly proved,
---
Very respectfully &c
per order
John M. Ayer
Agent
North Pownel ME

Hon Leon P. Waldo
Commr of
Pensions
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I, Elizabeth Day of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State of Maine, aged Eighty seven years next Dec
on oath depose and say, that I was born in Falmouth now Portand Cumberland County 
State of Maine and have lived here ever
since, that I well recollect when the town of Portland was distroyed by the Enemy in the Revolution, our house was burned
and one widow Gordon & her sons, lost their house, who lived near
us, whom I was well acquainted with, they were no relation
to me, but was intimate friends, from my earliest recollection, widow Gordon lost her husband in the french & Indian war
before the Revolution so it was believed widow Gordon had
two sons, & two daughters, who I was mates with the sons were Josh
and Nathaniel Gordon, Nathaniel was in the war of the
Revolution so reputed, at Cambridge & Bagaduce, I verily
believe that he was, and was always acquainted with him
before he was married & after he married his second wife
I never knew any other, or heard of any other Nathaniel Gordon except his son Nathaniel Gordon who is now dead, the soldier Noth
and Gordon married Hannah Fisher of North Yarmouth who
I became well acquainted with after their marriage about
1783, they had a family & two sons of the soldier were Nathaniel
& Joshua Gordon Nathl is dead & Joshua is now living the only son
of the soldier, who has been a sea captain, & is a very respectable
and wealthy man, & have testified that the book of his fathers
counts were kept by him, his father the soldier which is to be
believed as his father was a joiner, and said book is in my
presence & I have seen the soldiers name Nathaniel Gordon
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signed as receipting payment of his customs, and it appears
that he charged for the services of his son Joshua Gordon
who testifies in behalf of his fathers wife & who is his second
wife and is now a widow not having married since
the death of her husband the Revolutionary soldier in
St Bartholomew about the year 1818, as was always
reputed & his son while at sea & was captain of a vessel
told me that he called at St Bartholomew to fetch
home his father & behold when he got there for that
purpose, he was told, that his father was dead, and I
have always so believed it to be.-- He the said Nathaniel
Gordon, left his last wife whose maiden name was
Allethea Mitchell of North Yarmouth a widow, who
is now a widow to my certain knowledge,
I have been so well acquainted with those people from
my earliest recollection that they were like very near friends
and especially those mates of mine the soldier Nathaniel &
Joshua who is now living + is a respectable man, & never shall
forget the incidents of the Revolution, while in my youth & what
become of my youthful school mate as was Nathaniel
Gordon the soldier as was so reputed, & he is all the person of
the name, except his son that I ever knew, or heard of,

Elizabeth Day
Witness Maria Thomas

State of Maine County of Cumberland July 4th 1855
Subscribed and duly sworn to before me on the above date

Cyrus Cummings Justice of the Peace
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I hereby certify that the foregoing witness Elizabeth Day
is a Credable witness, and of sound mind, and of a very
extraordinary memory, the foregoing affadavit was read to
her in my presence, all the facts therein stated appeared
perfectly fresh in her memory
Attest Cyrus Cummings

Maine District
Office of the Clerk C.C. U. S.
I Geo. F. Emery, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the
United States for Maine District hereby certify, that you
Cummings, whose signatures to the foregoing certificates are
genuine is a justice of the Peace for the County of Cumberland
in the State of Maine, duly commissioned and qualified and
fully authorized to administer oaths and take acknowledgements
said Cummings is also a Clergyman
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and official seal this fourth day of July A.D. 1835
Geo F Emery
Clerk Circuit Court
N.S. for
Maine District
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Boston;
July 9th 1855

Sir:
I am unable to give a facsimile
of the hand writing of Nathaniel Gordon, but I have
given another certificate that my answer your
purpose. I find the name of Nathaniel Gordon
in 1777 in Capt. Thomas Braydon's Comp and
the said Capt. Bragdon was from York, he enlisted
Aug 19, 1777
but no service is given him, for he
deserted.
Both of the services for your
Nathaniel Bordon were subsequent to that
of the Nathaniel Gordon in Capt. Braydon's
Company
all the evidence of service
appears on a copy, consequently I have no
original signature of Nathaniel Gordon
At Waterhouse Esqr
I am most cordially

Your Obt. Servt.
N. Lyman Strong
Clerk of Pensions

Ai Waterhouse Esqr
North Pownal
Maine
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Additional
in the case
now pending in
behalf of Alethea
Gordon widow of
Nathaniel Under
act of Feb 3, 1853.
which was rejected
on the 15th & 30th of
June ult
per order
J. M. Ayer
North Pownal
Maine
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
.
Secretary's Office, Boston
July 9th 1855
I 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 Department, it appears that the name of
Nathaniel Gordon is borne on roll of Capt. John Wentworth's Comp Col Genish's Regt of Guards stationed at
Cambridge from July 22 to Dec. 22, 1778. 5 mos. 1 day
as private Capt. Wentworth was from Cape Elizabeth
Also on pay roll of Capt. William Cobbs Comp Col. Jonathan
Mitchell's Detachment of Militia, raised in Cumberland Co
for an expedition against Penobsent from July 18 to
Sept. 25, 1779. 2 mos. 17 days, from New Caseo
No other man by the name of Nathaniel Gordon shows
service on the rolls in this office
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal
of the Commonwealth, the date above written
E M Wright
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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To the Secretary of the State of Mass. Boston,
Allethea Gordon widow of Nathaniel Gordon
deceased, respectfully requests additional evidence, of her said husbands revolutionary
service under Capt Wentworth at Cambridge, and under Capt Cobb of Falmouth, at the
Bagaduce expedition, by certifying, whether
or not their appears the name of her said
husband on any receipts in his office
which appear in his own hand writing, and
to give a fact [illegible], or in other words
likeness of his said acknowledgement
for pay or otherwise, as the same may
appear written by him, on any Documents, this is requested to help prove
that her husband was the same
man who performed the service
certified by his Clerk of late in her
case.-- And to return it to A. Water
use at North Pownal M
Witness
Emily Sutcheler
Nathan Gordon
State of Maine
County of Cumberland 85, July 4th
1855, subscribed by Allethea Gordon
Before me
A Waterhouse Justice
of the Peace
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Form VAM-51-
12-5-41

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name
Gordon Peter
GRADE.Private
LINE Hazen's Regiment

WARRANT
NUMBER 1312
ACREAGE 100
ISSUED January 23, 1790
to- not shown-

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.