Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5164, Edward Holman, Mass.
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Service   Mass.

Holman, Edward
               Martha

Number R.5164
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2366
New Hampshire

Edward Holman of Cheshire in the State of NH who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain               of the reg't commanded by Col. Bryant in the NH line for 6 Mos.

Inscribed on the Roll of NH at the rate of 20 Dollars ~~ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24th day of Nov 1832 and Lieut. Levi Chamberlain Fitzwilliam NH

Arrears to 4th of Sept 1832                  $30 ~~
Semi=anl, allowance ending 4 Mar 33   10 ~~
                                                              ======= 
                                                                 $40 ~~
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.

Recorded by J. H. McBlain, Clerk
Book D.  Vol. 1st   Page 160.
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1755
Martha Holman.

SW. 4th

5164
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Declaration.
I 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 fourth day of September A.D. 1838 personally appeared before Fredrick Vose Esq., Judge of Probate in aforesaid county in open Court Martha Holman a resident of Fitzwilliam in the County of Cheshire aforesaid aged sixty-nine/nev next/ 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 Edward Holman who was a private in the Revolutionary Army, and served according to the best of her knowledge and belief as follows viz - three months in 1779 at Rutland Mass guarding prisoners in Captain [Sibleys CROSSED OUT] Glovers company. - three months in 1782 - at West ____ in Mass Militia, in Captain Sibleys company.-

That her husband the said Edward Holman was a Pensioner under the act of 1832 - made his declaration in said County of Cheshire, and resided at the time at Fitzwilliam aforesaid.-

She further declares that she was married to the said Edward Holman on the twenty-fourth day of December in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six; that her husband, the aforesaid Edward Holman died on the twenty eighth day of February 1837; 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 to any other person - that her maiden name was Martha Hemenway.-

Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before Frederick Von Judge of Probate, [signed Martha Holman] 
*The word surety crosed before the oath _ & the word Sibley - & the word Glover underlined. - & the word August crosed & closed & the word September inserted -  Frederick Vose Judge of Probate.
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I Elijah Sawyer Registry of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the aforesaid Court in the matter of the application of Martha Holman for a pension.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this sixth day of September A.D., 1838 -

Elijah Sawyer Reg.
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9041
Edwd Holman
Pr
6 Months

Admitted

M.E.

$20

Levi Chamberlain
Fitzwilliam
NH
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9041

BRIEF in the case of Edward Holman of Fitzwilliam of Cheshire Cy. in the State of New Hampshire (Act 7th June, 182.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge?   a Court

2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?    ~~

3. How old is he?   66

4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 

Period. June 1779 
Duration of Service. 3 Months.
Rank. Substitute
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Oliver Holman -- Col. Bryan [CROSSED OUT] Capt. Roper [CROSSED OUT]

Period. thinks, 30 Augt 1782 to Nov.
Duration of Service. 3 Months.
Rank. Private
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Capt. Sibley - Col. Drury - Gen. McDougal

5. In what battles was he engaged?  none

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Athol Mass.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?  2 living Witnesses.

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect?   No [_____] 

I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

[SIGNED]   W. C. Easton
Examining Clerk.
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Martha Holman
Evidence of Marriage
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester

The following have been married by me Joseph Lee December twenty first seventeen hundred and eighty six, Edmund Holman Jr. of Athol and Martha Hemenway of Royalston
Peter Woodbury, Pension Court

Royalston August 10th 1838 I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record and is fain legible figures as follows Dec 21 1786
Barret Holland  Clerk of the town of Royalston

Barret Holland above named depose and say that I hold the office of Pension Clerk in the county [____]  and State afore said and that the above is a true extract from the records of said Royalston with the exception above named and certified by me.
Barret Bullock  Clerk of the town of Royalston

Worcester  August 10 1838
Barret Bullock the subscriber to the above statement swore an oath to the truth of the same
Before me  Stephen Batcheller Jus. Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Sept. 10. 1838.

I hereby certify that the [wa___] Stephen Batchelder is a Justice of the Peace for the county of Worcester, & was such at the date of his attestation.
Witness the Great Seal of the State
~John P. Bigelow
Secy of the court
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Martha Holman,
Wid. of Edward Holman
claim for Pension
Act 7 July 1838

P. of Atty. to examine papers

Col. Anderson

S. J. Bowen  Atty
Present
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            State of New Hampshire,

County of Chesire Ld. Be it known that on this
twenty third day of May 1854 Before me George F Starhweather a Justice of the Peace in and for 
Said County personally appeared Edward Holman resident of Keene in the County aforesaid and made oath according to Same the he is a Son of Edward Holman + his wife Marthe Holman { } also that he is Admin of the estate of his Said mother  Martha that his said father was a Revolutionary pensionair of the United States. that he is credibly informed that his mother Martha Holman now deceased was in her lifetime entitled to pension that arrears may be obtained that he is directly interpeted and here by appoints + constitutes S J Bowen his Attorney to prosecute the claim. which was in his mother's in her life time to experiance all papers + documents on file in the Department at Washington D.C. + elsewhere with full polwer of substitution and with power to do any + all needful acts in the premises. 

                     
         Edward Holman

Sworn to and subscribed the day + year above said before one and I certify that said Holman is a credible person and is in my belief interested as the child + Admin of Marthe Holman
           George F. Starkweather Justice of the Peace
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Washington City DC
May 29, 1854

Sir,

Enclosed you will find Power of Atty. from Heir and Sons of Martha Holman (widow of Edward Holman, decd. who was a Pensioner) who claimed Pension under Act 7 July 1838. I wish to examine papers on file in support of her claim.

Yours truly
S. J. Bower
for A. McGangeaverl

Hon. L. P. Waldo
   Com of Pensions
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Application
of
Edward Holman
Fitzwilliam
N.H.

No. 9041


Vol. 231-46
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State of New Hampshire }
County of Cheshire          }
On this twenty first day of August 1832 personally appeared in above county before the Justices of the Court of Commons Pleas now sitting at Keene written and for the County of Cheshire

Edward Holman a resident of Fitzwilliam in the County of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire aged sixty-six years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath relate the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress  passed June 9, 1832. 
      That he entered the service of the United States under the following officers and served as herein stated.
       In the month of June 1779 the said Edward then being almost thirteen years old a detachment  was made from the militia company in State of Massachusetts commanded by Captain Oliver Holman and Edward Holman father of this deponent {___} living in said Athol and member of said company now deceased was drafted for this service. The detatchment was for three months duty at Rutland Massachusetts to guard  the Hessian prisoners. Upon his father being drafted it was suggested to join by Capt Holman and this deponent then went to Winchendon was examined by Col Bryant,  {____} minister and went to Rutland and took the place of his said father as his substitute and did duty there as a guard for the term of three months and was then dismissed. The officer commanding at that place was Capt. Ropier of Ward. and this deponent did not know at the time nor does he now know whether the troops with which he served
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were attached to any particular Regiment nor does he recollect the names of any Regimental officers, or of  any  other officers present at Rutland and he knows of no one who served with him who was present on duty with him and who is now living.

In 1782 in the month of August, he thinks the first of the month this deponent enlisted onto a company of Massachusetts Militia or State troops for three months - commanded by Capt. Sibley of Royalston. The other officers of the company recollected by this deponent were Lieutenant Woodbury and Orderly Sergeant Munroe. The company marched thro Springfield, and Litchfield Conn. to West Point New York and was annexed to Col. Drury's Regiment of Grafton in Gen. McDougal's Brigade. Adjutant French was adjutant of this Regiment and this deponent does not recollect the names of any other officers there. He was sixteen years old while on this service. He remained on duty at West Point, except about a fortnight when he was detached to cut wood, below Robinsons farm, thro the said term of three months and was discharged in November 1782.

He was born in Sutton Massachusetts September eleventh 1766. He has no record of his age. He was living in Athol when called into the service. Since the Revolutionary war he has lived in Royalston Massachusetts and Chesterfield New Hampshire and for twenty five years past in Fitzwilliam aforesaid. 

He never received any written discharge from the service, and has no documentary
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evidence and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure who can testify to his service, except the persons whose affidavits are herewith transmitted. 

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any state.
          Edward Holman [signature]
Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
          S. Hale Clerk  [signature]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, & after putting the investigation prescribed by the War Department the the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states.

I Salma Hale clerk of the Court of Common Pleas do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Edward Holman for a pension.

In testimony thereof I hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this 29th day of August AD 1832
          S. Hale Clerk  [signature]
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Rev. War Section.

August 8, 1919.

Ella F. J. Tofe,
1314 Brad Street
Los Angeles, California.

Madam:

In response to your letter dated the twenty-ninth ultimo, you are furnished the following history of the only Edward Holman found on the Revolutionary War records of this Bureau.

Edward Holman, R. File No. 5,164 Rev. War, was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire where he had lived for the past twenty-five years.

He stated that he was born at Sutton, Massachusetts, September 11, 1766, and was a resident of Athol, Massachusetts when in June, 1779, being about thirteen years old, he substituted for his father Edward Holman, for three months, in Captain Oliver Holman's company, and guarded the Hessian prisoners at Rutland where he was discharged.

Enlisted in August, 1782, in Captain Sibley's company, Colonel Drury's regiment, served at West Point and Robinson's Farm, and was discharged in November, 1782.

The papers in the claim also show that the soldier, Edward Holman Jr., of Athol, married December 21, 1786 Martha Hemenway of Royalston, who was born in November, 1769.  After the War they resided at Royalston, Masachusetts and Chesterfield, New Hampshire.  

Soldier died February 28, 1837, and in 1838, his widow Martha Holman of Fitzwilliam aforesaid, applied for a pension, but the claim was rejected upon the ground that a reexamination of the case showed that the soldier's pension had been improperly allowed for services commencing before he was thirteen years old.

In 1854, their son Edward Holman of Keene, New Hampshire stated that his mother was deceased, but did not give the date of her death.

Very respectfully,

    Commissioner.
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5164.           REJECTED

Martha Holman
Service: widow of Edward

- List of rejected claims printed in 1852 shows cause of rejection as follows:  "Under age."

1919 Aug. 8: Hist. to Ella F. K. Tofe etc.
1936 Aug. 21: Hist. to F. W. George Ill.
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I John Holman of Royalston in the County of Worcester & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Aged sixty seven years testify and say that in the summer of 1779 as near as I can recall it, my father Edward Holman was drafted as a soldier for the United States service in the Revolutionary War in the Massachusetts Militia for three months to go to Rutland to guard the [2 words, illegible] there. I then lived in my fathers family in Athol Massachusetts, and my brother Edward Holman now of Fitzwilliam New Hampshire lived with us. My father at that time belonged to Capt. Oliver Holmans company of residence n Athol and I recollect that after my father was drafted it was suggested to him by Capt. Holmans [third] he might procure my brother Edward to take his place as a substitute - and that my brother, then about thirteen years of age, took my fathers place. My brother soon after left the family and was [ILLEGIBLE], I verily believe at Rutland in the service, for three months. The family frequently heard from him in his absence and altho I did not see him at Rutland I have a distinct recollection of his absence and of the conversation of the family, on the occasions would have no doubt of his having been there.

I further state that in the summer of 1782, as near as I can recollect, my brother Edward, then being about sixteen years engaged in the United States service in the Massachusetts Militia for three months in a company commanded by Capt. Sibley of Royalston. That said Edward soon after left home and as it was stated and as I verily believe went to West Point in New York. I well remember that on the return of said Sibley from said expeditions, he came to see my father & told him that Edward was sick on the way - that my father went after Edward - was absent for some days and returned with Edward - who had been absent from home for more than three months. On my fathers return he stated
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that he found Edward, sick at the home of one Knapp, in Peekskill. 
               John Holman

State of New Hampshire Cheshire  
August 11- 1832  John Holman personally appears and made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him subscribed before me.
                Levi Chamberlain, Justice of the Peace

I certify that the above named John Holman is known to me as a credible witness.
                Levi Chamberlain, Justice of the Peace
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I Elijah Phillips of Fitzwilliam in the county of Cheshire and state of New Hampshire aged sixty eight years, testify and say that I lived in Athol Massachusetts in 1782 - and for many years previous - that at that time I was acquainted with Edward Holman, then of said Athol and now living in Fitzwilliam aforesaid. That in the month of August 1782, the said Edward Holman and myself enlisted into a company of Massachusetts militia commanded by Captain Sibley of Royalston for three months in the United States Service. That the company went thro Springfield. Later [illegible] on to West Point, and there joined Colonel Drury's Massachusetts Regiment and remained there until we were dismissed in the latter part of November 1782. The said Edward marched with the company, remained on duty until I was dismissed and stayed with me to return home; but on account of sickness was soon left in the rear, and I came home without him. On my arrival at Athol the said Edwards father came to see me and inquire where the said Edward was.

             Elijah Phillips

State of New Hampshire 
Cheshire  August 16, 1832  Sworn to and subscribed 
Before me   Levi Chamberlain Justice of the Peace.
I certify that Elijah Phillips above named is a credible witness.  
             Levi Chamberlain Justice of the Peace
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Cheshire fs.  Aug. 21. 1832

I Salma Hale Clerk of the Judicial Courts in said county certify that Levi Chamberlain is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and that the four foregoing official signatures are in his own hand writing. ~ In testimony whereof I hereunto affix the Seal of our Superior Court of Judication

        S. Hale, Clerk



affidavit for
Edward Holmans case
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Martha Holman
Evidc Identity
1
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We Daniel Spaulding and Amos H. Parker of lawful age depose and say that we were acquainted with Edward Holman late of Fitzwilliam in the County of Cheshire, State of New Hampshire, deceased --

that he was a Revolutionary Pensioner under the act of 1832. -

that he died on the twenty eighth day of February A.D. eighteen hundred and thirty seven - that he left a widow Martha Holman who still survives and remains his widow. -

          Daniel Spaulding
          A. A. Parker

Cheshire.
Sept. 13th 1838  Subscribed Sworn to Before me
          Curtis Coolidge Jus. Peace

I certify that the above deponents are credible persons
          Curtis Coolidge Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Cheshire County fs

I Henry Coolidge Clerk of the Superior Court of Judication for the County of Cheshire, certify that Curtis Coolidge was on the thirteenth day of September instant and still is a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Cheshire, duly commissioned and sworn - and that his name within written is his genuine signature. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed the seal of said court, at Keene this fifteenth day of September anon Domini Eighteen hundred and thirty eight

            H. Coolidge Clerk
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Hon. H. Hubbard
February 2d, 1839
O.C.
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Depart of War
Pension Office
Feb 2 1839

Sir.

The [claim of the CROSSED OUT] widow of Edward Holman claims for a pension for the services of her late husband. He was allowed, and as now believed, improperly, under the Act of June 7 1832, for 3 mos service as a substitute for his father as agreed at Rutland, commencing before he was 13 years old, in Capt. Oliver Holman Co., 3 mos. in Capt Sibley's Co. in 1782. No roll of Capt. Holman Co. can be found, and it can hardly be supposed that he would receive lads of the age of 13 in place of [drafted CROSSED OUT] able bodied men, and [nothing short of the  CROSSED OUT] who had been regularly drafted for that purpose. The claim therefore cannot be allowed. The papers are placed upon on July

         I have the honor

Hon. H. Hubbard                     GO
USS                                           July 7 1835
                                                  1755
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9041
Edwd Holman







Levi Chamberlain
Fitzwilliam
NH
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Edward Holman which require further proof or explanation.

I.   Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  YES
II.  Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  YES
III.  If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?  ~~
IV.  Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served?  YES
V.   Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled?  YES
VI.  Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations?  YES
VII.  Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?  YES
VIII.  Has the Court given their opinion?  YES
IX.   Has the Clerk given his certificate?  YES
X.   Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?  YES
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XI.  Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  NO
XII.  If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  NO
XIII.  If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  ~~
XIV.  *If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?  YES
XV.  Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  YES
XVI.  *Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  YES
XVII.  Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily?  And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  NO AS TO 5th

           EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V.  In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For ___ year ___ ___ months and ___ days, I served as a _____. For ___ months and ___ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase {about three or four months} is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions objectionable. 

*QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.

*QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who has authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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                             24 [Han ILLEGIBLE] & env wid
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.   Rev. Sec. CSW

Some days ago I wrote you regarding the service of Edward Holman a Revolutionary Soldier who was granted a pension in 1831-3. I
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think my letter must have been mislaid. This information is very important and I would appreciate an Early reply.

Sincerely, 
Mrs. J. F. Tafe
1314 Bond St
August 12, 1919  Los Angeles California [UNDERLINED]


[STAMPED "PENSION OFFICE  U.S. AUG 18 1919"]
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Holman who served in the Revolutionary War The information will be greatly appreciated and this record is very important.

        I am
        Sincerely
        Ella F. J. Tofr.
        1314 Bond St.
        Los Angeles 
        California
July 29, 1919. 


[BEARS STAMP]
US PENSION OFFICE
Aug 4 1919
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[HEAD OF PAGE; PARTLY LEGIBLE] 
24 Haven't received [ILLEGIBLE]
Rev. Sec. / CSW

Bureau of Pensions
Washington DC.

What information regarding service in the Revolutionary War can you give me for Edward Holman? There were two Edward Holman's that served in the Revolution. One I find, by N.H. State papers, received a pension in 1831-32. He served in a Mass. Company and was [POSSIBLY READS "eleven"] years of age


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at the time of the war. This man was the son of my ancestor and I feel sure that my ancestor served from Athol Mass. 

Royalston claims young Edward.

According to "Hertman" an Edward Holman served as 2nd Lieut in Glover's Regiment in May 1775. 

An Edward Holman rendered service in Capt. Whipple's Company as a guard in 1778.
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The Athol Edward Coleman was a private in Capt. Oliver's Co. from Sept 28, 1777 to October 18, 1777. Services 28 days including 7 days travel home (140 miles) marched to reinforce Nation's [OR Northern] Army. Also Capt. Sibley's Company, Col. Dryer's Regt. enlisted Aug. 9, 1781, discharged Nov. 21 1781 service 3 mos. 23 days including 10 days (200 miles travel home). It doesn't seem possible that a child of eleven years could render this service. 

If from your records you can give the service of all Edward 

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Holmans who served in the Revolution the information will be greatly appreciated and the record is very important. 

I am
Sincerely
Ella F. J. Tofe
1314 Bond St.
Los Angeles
California.

July 29, 1919

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Thirteen Hundred Steele Street,
Denver, Colorado, Aug. 4, 1936.

Veterans Administration,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-

Edward Holman of Cheshire Co., New Hampshire, appears as a Revolutionary War pensioner in Senate Document v. 249, p. 81.

Will you kindly give me his military record and any items of interest which appear in his pension record?

Very truly yours,

F. W. George

[stamped with Vets. Adm. Received stamp dated 8 Aug 1936]
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August 21, 1956.

BA-J/ILL
Edward Holman
R. 5164

F. W. George
1300 Steele Street
Denver, Colorado.

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Edward Holman, a pensioner of Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

The data given herein were found in pension claim, R. 5164, based upon service of Edward Holman in the Revolutionary War.

Edward Holman, a son of Edward Holman, was born September 11, 1766, in Sutton, Massachusetts; the name of his mother was not shown. He lived with his father in Athol, Massachusetts, during part of the Revolutionary War. Edward's brother, John, was living in Athol also at that time.

Edward Holman entered service in June 1779, as private in Captain Oliver Holman's Massachusetts company and served three months, engaged in guarding the Hessian prisoners at Rutland; this service was rendered as substitute for his father, no relationship between said Captain Oliver Holman and the family of Edward Holman was stated. Edward Holman enlisted sometime in August 1782, served as private in Captain Sibley's company, Colonel Drury's Massachusetts regiment, a part of the time at West Point and at Robinson's farm, and was discharged in November 1782.

After the Revolutionary War, the soldier resided in Royalston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and afterwards in Fitzwilliam, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

He was allowed pension on his application executed August 21, 1832, at which time he resided in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire; he had
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resided there then about twenty-five years. The soldier stated that his father was deceased at that time. Edward Holman, the pensioner, died February 28, 1837, in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.

The soldier married December 21, 1786, Martha Hemenway of Royalston, Massachusetts, who was born in November 1769. His name was recorded Edward Holman, Jr. of Athol, at the time of his marriage. The names of Martha's parents were not shown.  

In 1828, the soldier's widow, Martha Holman, resided in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.

In 1854, Edward Holman, son of the above noted soldier and his wife, Martha, was a resident of Keene, New Hampshire; his mother was deceased at that time, the date of her death not shown.

In 1832, John Holman, the brother of Edward Holman, the pensioner, resided in Royalston, Massachusetts, aged then sixty-seven years.

Very truly yours,

A. B. MILLER,
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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In reply to your request of ____, received ____ for a statement of the military history of Edward Holman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 

R. 5,164
Dates of enlistment or appointment: June 1779 
Length of Service: 3 mos.  Rank: Private.
Officers under whom service was rendered:
Captain Oliver Holman  State: Mass. 
Soldier served as a substitute for his father Edward Holman guarding prisoners at Rutland.

Dates of enlistment or appointment: Aug. 1782 
Length of Service: 3 mos.  Rank: Private.
Officers under whom service was rendered:
Captain Sibley.  Colonel Drury.  
Stationed at West Point, N.Y.

Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment,  Athol, Massachusetts.
Date of application for pension,  Aug. 21, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date at application,  Fitzwilliam, Cheshire Co., N.H. past 25 yrs.
Age at date of application, born Sept. 11, 1766, at Sutton, Mass.
Remarks: soldier Edward Holman Jr. of Athol married Dec. 21, 1786 Martha Hemenway of Royalston, born in Nov. 1769. He died Feb. 28, 1837. Their son Edward resided at Keene, N.H. in 18

Respectfully,
after war resided at Royalston, Mass 
& Chesterfield, N.H.    Commissioner.