Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 11,652, Gowen Wilson, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass.

Wilson, Gowen
Abigail

NUMBER
R. 11.652

CONTENTS
res of Chemsfield? & Columbia, Washington Co. Me.
d. June 22, 1825
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11,652
P.O.
Abigail Wilson
Service:
Enlisted:
Discharged:
Application filed:
The printed list of 1852
[REJECTED stamped]
The printed list of 1852 gives cause of suspension as; 
Service not fully specified - the amount is wanting.
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4742
Abigail Wilson, widow
Gowan, Maine
Act 4 July 1836 - Let to
A.G. Lane 24 Apl 1840(?)
11652
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Gaven Wilson A. 1825
Alegal Wilson M. 1768
14 day in [illegible] a (Schn?0)
a But Bng
e mi. Capt Smith
Semma A Machias Me.
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Pension Office
April 24 1840
Sir
The declaration of Mrs. Abigail
Wilson, widow of Gowen Wilson, made
before the Court of Probate for the County
of Washington of which appears you on the Register,  [illegible] Officer
in Sept last, as it was unaccompanied
by any letter, as the name of the Widows
Agent,
I have thought proper to report the
result of my examination of her claim to you.

The amount of the service cannot be
ascertained from her papers; three months
having been specified. Should the claim
hereafter be called up: proof of manage will
also be required
Her paper will remain
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upon our file. 
[illegible]

Albert G Lane Esqu
Register Probate Court
Washington
Me

July 4 1836 '40
4742

[Text written sideways to the right]
A G Lane
Aprl 24
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4742
Abigail Wilson (application
for a Pension. 
widow of Gowen
Maine
Act 4 July 1836
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State of Maine
On this seventh
day of Novem
ber 1838 personally appeared before
the Hon John C TalbotJudge of the
Court of Probate in and for the County
of Washington and State aforesaid
Abigail Wilson a resident of Stenben
in the County and State aforesaid
aged Eighty seven years, who being
and duly sworn according to law doth
on her oath make the following de
claration in order to obtain the [illegible],
of the provision made by the lot of
Congress passed July 4 1836 - That she
the Widow of Gen Wilson late
of Cherfield and formerly of [illegible]
in said County who was a
Soldier in the Revolutionary war
and on about three years was on
played at different time in guard
in the Court - he was frequently
called for and went be Machias
During his find service he assisted
in taking the most shamer
Charged in Machiasriver
and was absent on his
service about a fortnight-- the
was so afterwards sent be apt
in taking a portion of Twenty
years
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[illegible]
also at Machias, but under
what officer there and many
other services were performed
she does not now recollect-
Her husbands papers containing
the facts connected with his
revolutionary services were lost
and destroyed [illegible] after
his death. She remembers how
ever that in the same year when
he went to take the vessels afore
said her said husband as
[illegible] for three months to be
to Machias, under the command
as she thinks of Capt Smith. 
He was [illegible], led by [illegible]
Allen and served that regiment
She has no recollection of any other
particular services only that
he was frequently employed
during the war and during the
[perced?] before mentioned
in the service of his Country

She further declares
that she was married to the said
Gower Wilson on the fifth day of
May 1768 (Seventeen hundred
and sixty eight) - that her husband
the aforesaid Gen Wilson died
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the twenty second day of June
Eghteen hundred and twenty five
(1825), and that she has remained
widow ever since that period
as will more fully appears by
reference to the proof hereunto
annexed

Abigail A Wilson (her X mark)

Witness
Wm. Freeman
[illegible] and Subscribed on
day and year
above written

Before
J.C. Tullot, Judge of Probate

I the subscriber Register of the Court of Probate
within and for said County, do hereby certify that the
foregoing contains all the proceedings of said Court
in the matter of the application of Abigail Wilson
for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto
set my hand & the seal of said Court this 26th day
of November A.D. 1838. Albert G. Lane
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