Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 7,425, for Alexander Morrison, New Hampshire
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(3-1776)

SERVICE   N. H.

Morrison, Alexander
Rebecca

NUMBER  R. 7,425

CONTENTS
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Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.

[stamped] REJECTED [/stamped]

7425

P. O. _____
Rebecca Morrison

Service: _____

Enlisted:  _____, 18  .
Discharged: _____, 18  .

Application filed: _____,18  .

Alleges: _____

Re-enlisted: _____

Attorney: _____
P. O. _____

_____ Recognized.  _____ Contract.
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State of Vermont }
County of Essex  } ss.  On this thirty first day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty Eight personally appeared before the Subscriber a Judge of the County Court within and for said County of Essex Rebecca Morrison a Resident of  Canaan in said County aged eighty four 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 provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4th 1836; that She is the Widow of Alexander ^Morrison^ who was a Private in the Army of the United States during the Revolutionary War; and served under Capt. John Eulfe, or Capt. Joseph Parsons at New Castle then called Great Island, in the State of New Hampshire, in the year 1775 or 1776 she thinks he served not less than six months but more; but she cannot say how long he did serve.  She further States and declares that She was married to the above named Alexander Morrison on the Sixth day of July in the year Seventeen hundred Seventy three in the town of Rye in the State of New Hampshire and that her husband the aforesaid Alexander Morrison died on the 24th day of September in the year 1830 and that she has remained a Widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by references to the proof hereto annexed.
                her
Rebecca   x  Morrison 
                Mark

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me.  Archd Cumings} Judge of the County Court.
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And I the said Judge do hereby declare my opinion that the
within named Rebecca Morrison is the lawful Widow
of the Within named Alexander Morrison and she still
remains a Widow and that the said Alexander
Morrison was a Revolutionary Soldier.
And I further certify that the said Rebecca Morrison
from old age and bodily infirmity is unable to attend
Court
Arch Cumings 
Judge of the County Court
I further certify that Rebekah Morrison
and Moses Morrison are Peopleof truth
and veracity, and of good moral character
Arch Cumings Judge of County Court
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Rebecca Morrison
NH
14 July 36
3837
not 6 mo
I Moses Morrill of Canaan County of Essex
and State of Vermont depose and say
that I was aquainted with Alexander Morrison
and Rebekah Morrison his wife thirty five years
previous to his death and they alwas lived together
as man and wife and raised up a large family
of Children and I further state Rebekah Morrison
the wife of the [illegible] Alexander Morrison [illegible] is now
alive and remove his [illegible] and lives in the
neighborhood with me and I am now fifty Eight
years old
Canaan July the 31. 1834
Moses Morrill
Sworn to before me Arch Cumings Judge of County Court
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[illegible]
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V
Sett. Joshua Marshall
Apl 23 29
7425
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Free
LANCASTER NH
SEP 7
3851
N.H. Oct 3
4 July 1836
Hon. J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Office Washington DC
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Stratford  September 24th 1848

Hon. J. L. Edwards, Commissioner of Pension

Respected Sir,   The enclosed papers of Rebecca Morrison were forwarded to me by John Morrison son of the said Rebecca with a request that I would forward them to the War Department at Washington D.C.  There seems to be no proof how long the husband of the Applicant served and that is left to be determined by the Records that are at Washington -
Whether he served under the Command of Both of the Captains mentioned in his declaration she would not say neither how long he did serve, and there is no proof on that point - that can be obtained unless the records at the War Department furnish it. -
With due respect I remain your Obedient Servant
Joshua Marshall