Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 7774, Timothy Holden, Continental N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
Continental  
N.H.  

Holden, Timothy
Catharine

NUMBER
W. 7774
B.L. Wt. 16.114-160-55

CONTENTS
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Let. [Letter] to Hon H. Hubbard, Dec 4, 1834
[second column]
15930   [strike out *15920*] 
N Hampshire
Timothy Holden of N. Hamp. in the State of Sullivan who was a private in the Comp commanded by Captain Kimball of the Reg. commanded by Col. Hutchinson in the Mass'ts [Massachusetts] line for 15 mos 12 ds,
Inscribed on the Roll of N. Hamp at the rate of 51 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 day of Augt 1833 and sent to F. A. Sumner
Charlestown
Arrears to the 4th of Ma '71  $102.64
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep '71  25.66
$128.30
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by Geo C Stiles Clerk,
Book E Vol. 3 Page 90
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[illegible] sir H H Sylvah Jany 22/56
Vol. No. - 54 -
[second column]
119306 Act Mar 3,
May 5 } 55
Catharine Holden wid
Timothy Holden Priv.
Private
Col Hobart
N. H. LINE
Ent
Lois
No 16114 /ss /Feb 15 / 56
Revy. War
Revy. Pensioner
N.H. Feby 28-3265
Cld. 160 ac's Feb 11th /56
Dodge
H H Sylvah
Charleston N. H.
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Increase.  No. 3260 
New Hampshire
Catherine Holden
widow of Timothy Holden
Mass 
who served in the Revolutionary War,
as a Private.
Concord agency.
Rate 96 Dollars
cents per annum 27 July 1868.
Commencing July 27th 1868
Deduct payments made since,
Certificate dated 6' May 1870
and sent to George F. Nourse
Newport, Sullivan Co.
N.H.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, and July 27, 1868.
Page 160  Volume 96
Sent Gardiner Cl [clerk]
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan Ss.
I, T. M Gilmore Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Henry Hubbard Jr and Thomas Whipple are before whom the within instruments were subscribed and sworn to, were at the dates thereof acting Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and qualified, and that the signature of the said Justices herewith are genuine [*SEAL*] Given under my hand & the seal of the Court the 8th day of December A.D. 1853.
T M Gilmore [signature] Clerk
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Declaration of Catharine  Holden
State of New Hampshire
County of Sullivan    }     S. S.

On this thirtieth day of November A. D. Eighteen hundred and fifty-three personally appeared before the Court of Probate of Wills etc. etc. within and for the said County of Sullivan, Catharine Holden a resident of Charlestown in said County of Sullivan aged Seventy five years, who first being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the pensioner made by the Act of Congress, passed on the 3rd February 1853, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Timothy Holden who was a private in the Army of the Revolution, and received a pension from the United States, in his lifetime, a reference
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to the Evidence filed in his application for his said pension, will fully prove the service rendered by him as a private in the Army aforesaid.
She further declares that she was
married to the said Timothy Holden on
the Twenty-third day of September in the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Sixteen, that her said husband died on the eighth day of August AD Eighteen Hundred and thirty three, at
Charlestown aforesaid, that she was not married to him prior to the Second of January A.D. Eighteen Hundred, but at the time above stated. She further declares that that her said husband drew his pension aforesaid under the
act of June 7th A.D. 1832 and he was paid at the agency in Concord New Hampshire. She further declares that she is now a widow 
Catherine
Holden
attest  Mark Lane
her X mark
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Sworn to and subscribed on the day and
were [crossed out: before] first above written in open Court Before me John L. Putnam Judge of
Probate Sullivan County
N Hampshire
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan Co., T W. Gilmore Clerk
of the Superior Court of
Judication within and for the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that John L. Putnam is the acting Judge of Probate within and for the County and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified
and that his signature herewith is genuine
Given under my hand and
the seal of the Court the
8th day of December AD 1853
T. W Gilmore Clerk
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Transcript from the Town-Records of Charlestown in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire

Timothy Holden and Catharine Hubbard of thie town were joined in Marriage, the twenty second day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixteen, by F. A. Sumner Jus. Peace
I Samuel L. Wilder Junior of said Charlestown certify that it is a true copy of the record with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows
Sept 22, 1816
Samuel L. Wilder Jr.
Town Clerk of Charlestown
Charlestown N. H.
Dec. 6th, 1853 }
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I Samuel L. Wilder Junior 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 extract from the records of said Town of Charlestown, with the exception above
named as certified by me

Samuel L. Wilder Jr.
Clerk of the Town of
Charlestown, in the
County of Sullivan and
State of New Hampshire


State of New Hampshire
County of Sullivan } ss

Sworn to and subscribed
this Sixth day of December A.D. Eighteen Hundred & fifty three.
Henry Hubbard Jr.
Jus. Peace
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I Peggy Hubbard of Charlestown in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire - aged sixty five years do upon my oath depose and say that I am well acquainted with Catherine Holden of said Charlestown and have known her for the last fifty years. I also was well acquainted with Timothy Holden late of said Charlestown deceased who was at the time of his death as I verily believe, and have been creditably informed, a pensioner of the United States
(at the time of his death)[crossed out].
And I further depose and say that I was present and witnessed the marriage of the said Timothy to the said Catharine. The marriage ceremony was performed at my house (said Catherine being then an inmate of my family -) by Frederick A Sumner late of said Charlestown deceased, a Justice of the Peace said Sumner has
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been dead many years. The exact date of said marriage I cannot now recollect but to the best of my knowledge and belief it took place in the year (1816 )[crossed out] year, Eighteen hundred and Sixteen.
After their marriage the said Timothy
& Catharine continued to live in this
town, and in my neighborhood, and
I know that they lived together as
man & wife until his death, which
to the best of my knowledge &
belief took place in the year
Eighteen Hundred and thirty three.
The said Catherine I have known ever since his death, and she has remained his widow ever since that event. And I
further depose and say that the above named marriage was performed with but few besides myself present, and none of the witnesses as I now recollect are living
Peggy Hubbard
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County } SS

Sworn to & subscribed this 3d
day of November A.D. 1853
Before me,
Thomas Whipple, Justice of the Peace

And I the said Thomas Whipple certify
that I am well acquainted with
Peggy Hubbard the deponent above
named, and know her to be a
credible witness, and that her character for truth & veracity is undoubtedly good.  I have no interest whatever in the result of the application Catherine Holden
is about to make for a Pension

Thomas Whipple, Justice of the Peace
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We the subscribers all of lawful
age residents of Charlestown in the
County of Sullivan and State of
New Hampshire, do upon our several
oaths depose and say that we
were well acquainted with Timothy
Holden in his life time late of said
Charlestown, deceased, and he was
at the time of his death as we
are credibly informed & verily believe
a Pensioner of the United States [(when he died,) crossed out] We are also well acquainted with Catharine Holden his widow. To the best of our knowledge and belief they were
married about the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixteen.  They have lived in our neighborhood ever since that time until his death as man & wife, and
were reputed to be lawfully
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married.  We never heard the
marriage doubted, and have
no doubt they were so married.
We have also known the said Catherine ever since his death and she has remained his
widow & is still his widow and unmarried.
And we further say that said
Timothy died on or about the
year one thousand eight hundred
and thirty three.

Horace Metcalf
Charles Allen
Elizabeth Allen
David Hubbard
John M Glidden
Hiram Putnam
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan County ss }

December 3, 1853
Personally appearing the within named Horace Metcalf, Charles Allen,
Elizabeth Allen, David Hubbard
John M. Glidden and Hiram Putnam
made solemn oath that the within deposition by them signed is true,
Before me,
Thomas Whipple, Justice of the Peace,

And I certify that I am well
acquainted with the above named deponents and that they are credible witnesses and I know that their general reputation for truth and veracity is  undoubtedly good
Thomas Whipple Justice of the Peace.
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119306
H H Sylvester
Charlestown
N H
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State of New Hampshire}
Countyof Sullivan} SS
On this 28th day of April AD.
One thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared
before me, a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid Catharine Holden, aged Seventy six years 1771, a resident of Charlestown in the State aforesaid, being duly sworn according to
law, declares that she is the widow of Timothy Holden de. [deceased] who was a soldier in the war of the revolution and a pensioner under the act of June 7 1832 on the agency of N. H. at the rate of $50.32 per annum and that he died in Augt. 1833.
She further declares that she was married to the said Holden on the 23 day of Sept AD 1816 - and that she is  still a widow and a pensioner of the United States.
In proof of her declaration herein set forth she offers to the report pension papers of her late husband, and of her own now on file in the Pension Office.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the County land to which she may be entitled under the act approved March 3 1855

Catherine  Holden
her X mark

We Mark Lane and Sanford H. Winston
residents of Charlestown NH upon our oath, declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Catharine Holden in our presence, and that we have personal knowledge of the facts set forth therein; that we also knew her late husband Timothy Holder, and that she is now his widow.
Mark Land 
Sandford H Winston
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The foregoing declaration and affidavit were
sworn and subscribed before me on the day & year above written, and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, and that I have a personal knowledge of the facts set forth in the declaration having known the said Tim Holden & his present widow for
a past number of years and that I have no doubts in this claim.
Enos Stevens Jus. Peace

State of New Hampshire}
County of Sullivan Ss. }
 I T. W. Gilmore Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County hereby certify that Enos Stevens is an Acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified and Authorised [sic] to administer Oaths etc. and that the above signature of the said Justice is in my belief genuine.
Given under My hand and the Seal of the Court the 28th day of April AD 1855
T. W. Gilmore Clerk
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
183
Sir:
The evidence in suport of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned.  The following is a statement of 
your case in a tabular form.  On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed.  The notes and the regulations will shew[sic] what is
necessary to be done.  Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ).  You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing[sic] the Service of Timothy Holden Sullivan County New Hampshire

[Table with six columns, headed:]

Period when the service was rendered || Duration of the claimant’s service - Years. Months. Days. || Rank of the claimant || Names and rank of the field officers under whom he served || Age at present and place of abode when he entered the service || Proof by which the declaration is supported.

Enlist January 1776 ||1 year - months - days|| Private || Captain Kimball, Colonel Hutchinson || 72 years - Winter Hill, Massachusetts || Traditionary evidence and five witnesses certified credible - papers [crossed out]. The declaration not authenticated or properly attached.
Vol 15th June 1777 ||- years - months -21 days ||Private ||Captain Walker, Colonel Bellows ||
Sub  || - years - 2 months - days || Private || Captain Walker, Major Heywood ||
Vol 1780 || - years - months -21 days || Captain Witherbey || 
1 year, 3 months, 42 day [total]

I am , respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards,
Commissioner of Pensions.

101..36
 25..24
_______
126.70
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia" and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engagedin guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of
Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory or District of County of [blank]
On this [blank] day of [blank] [blank] personally appeared (a) before [blank]
[blank] A. B. a resident (b) of [blank] in the county of [blank] and
State, Territory or District of [blank] aged (c) [blank] years, 
who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the
following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) [blank], with [blank] and served in the [blank] (e) regiment of the [blank] line, under the following named officers :
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under
more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of [blank]
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of [blank] do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter ofthe application of [blank] 
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this [blank]
day of [blank]
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be
found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia,
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the [blank] and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with [blank],
who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be [blank]
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier
of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the [blank] 
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the [blank] 
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, [blank]
Clerk of the Court of [blank]
do hereby certify that the foregoing.
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
[blank] for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal
of office, this [blank] day of [blank]
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission
; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if
possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of these
services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light
upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will
also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful
in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his-
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Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832
State of New Hampshire, County of Sullivan ss.

On this fifteenth day of January 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Timothy Holden a resident of Charlestown in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United Stated under the following named officers and served as herein stated

That he enlisted in Captain Benjamin Kimball company and Colonel Hutchinsons Regiment in the Massachusetts Line in the Revolutionary war with great Britton on the first day of January AD 1776 for the term of one year. He joined the army at Christians Hill nigh Boston. Was stationed there, and at Cambridge, Boston, and Dorchester until about the first of August . Then went [illegible] with his company and regiment were ordered to New York. The next service [illegible] in New Jersey there he was stationed untill the last of December of the same year when he compleated [sic]  his years service . For that service on the sixth day of November A.D. 1819. 
He was placed on the pension list Roll of the United States for .. M= & [illegible] [illegible] to the act of congress passed the 18th day of March AD 1818; and again on the 20th day of July  A.D. 1820 he was [illegible] for the pension list Roll of the United states & will affirm by the ... hereto annexed by ... of his having a small property ... claimant further states that on or about the twenty fifth day of June AD 1777, He volunteered his services as a soldier and he thinks [illegible] Captain Abel Walker's company of militia and Colonel Bellows Regiment [illegible] [illegibl [illegible] ordered to march to Ticonderoga where he served and there was stationed at that place and  [illegible] duty as a soldier [illegible]

Orders came to evacuate the place, The army left Ticonderoga. The enemy followed us untill the army had marched or rather retreated as far as Hubbardton in Vermont. Colonel Bellows Regiment was in front, and British attacked the rear of the Army and we ordered back to support those who were attacked, we soon met the wounded and were informed the battle was [illegible], the firing was^ceased [illegible— torn off] ordered to march on, we did so [illegible— torn off] when we encamped [illegible— torn off] that night [illegible— torn off]

Revised after me:
Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
State of New Hampshire, }
County of Sullivan ss.}

On this fifteenth day of January 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judge of the Court of Probate, now sitting, Timothy Holden a resident of Charlestown in the County of Sullivan and State of New Hampshire aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated

That he enlisted in Captain Benjamin Kimball company and Colonel Hunthinsons [sic] Regiment in the Massachusetts Line in the Revolutionary war with Great Britton on the first day of January AD 1776 for the term of one year. He joined the army at Christians Hill nigh Boston. Was stationed there, and at Cambridge, Boston, and Dorchester until about the first of August. There until December with his company and regiment were ordered toward New York. The next service [illegible] in New Jersey. There he was stationed untill the last of December of the same year, when he compleated [sic] his years service. For that service on the sixth day of November A.D. 1819. He was placed on the pension list Roll of the United States for [illegible ] any pension agency according to the act of congress passed the 18th day of March AD 1818; and again on the 20th day of July A.D. 1820 he will [illegible] the pension list Roll of the United states and will affirm by the certificate hereto annexed by [illegible: virtue?] of his having a small property [illegible] declarant further states that on or about the twenty fifth day of June AD 1777, He volunteered his services as a soldier and he thinks joined Captain Abel Walker's company of militia and Colonel Bellows Regiment [illegible] [illegible] ordered to march to Ticonderoga where he served and there was stationed at that place and on duty as a soldier untill
orders came to evacuate the place, The army left Ticonderoga. The enemy followed us untill the army had marched or rather retreated as far as Hubbardton in Vermont. Colonel Bellows Regiment was in front, and British attacked the rear of the Army and we ordered back to support those who were attacked, we soon met the wounded and were informed the battle was [illegible], the firing soon ceased [illegible— torn off] ordered to march on, we did so [illegible— torn off] when we encamped [illegible— torn off] that night [illegible— torn off]
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I enlisted Captain Abel Wackers company as a [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] ordered to march to Ticonderoga where he served I think [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] at that place and [illegible][illegible] as a [illegible [illegible]
orders came to evacuate the place, the army left Ticonderoga the enemy followed us untill [crossed out: the rest of] the Army had marched or rather retreated as far as Hubbardton in Vermont
Col. Bellows Regiment was in front, & British attacked the rear of the Army & we ordered back to support those who were attacked, we soon met the wounded and were informed the Battle was [illegible], the firing was ceased & we were again ordered to march on, we did so & continued our march untill dark when we encamped and your declarant well remembers being on guard that night
the next day there being no further service for us we were dismissed and returned home.  He further states that he was in the service of his country at that time three weeks, the
evidence of this service is the affidavits of Nathan Allen and Thomas Putnam, hereto attached.

Your declarant further states that immediately after he returned home from the above service, orders came to raise men for two months to go to Cavendish in Vermont about twenty miles from this place to guard the frontiers against the inroads made by the enemy.  Moses Wheeler of this town came to me, & said he must go to Cavendish or
hire some one to go for him.  I then agreed to go and serve his term of duty and did immediately join Captain Abel Walkers company and marched to Cavendish where we were stationed and doing duty.  Scouting about the frontiers of the inhabitants, untill [sic] the information came, that there
had been a battle at Benington, there was one other company stationed at Cavendish at this time, commanded He thinks by Captain Ford and both companies commanded
by Major William Heywood.  We were on the hearing of the battle aforesaid ordered by our commandant to march immediately for the westward and did so and continued on
untill [sic] we arrived at Stillwater in New York, under the command of Major William Heywood aforesaid
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food after we arrived at Stillwater, all under the command of Maj. Haywood (say in one week) were ordered to Bemis Heights, your declarant being unwell was ordered to stay at Stillwater, did so untill his term of service two months was out, he was dismissed and went home.
The witness of this service is Thomas Putnam [crossed out] Lemuel Royse and Barbabus Ellis accompanying this declaration.
He further states in the summer of 1780 when Royalton in Vermont was burned he again volunteered as soldier and joined Capt. Samuel Wetherbee's company, and immediately marched for Royalton. When we had got within ten miles or thereabouts of that place, we were informed that the enemy had left Royalton and gone to Newbury in Vermont on Connecticut River and our company was ordered to march immediately for that place. We marched to Newbury. Then the company with other companies were stationed untill our company was dismissed. Your declarant says he was stationed at Newbury two weeks and was gone from home in the service of his country three weeks. He does not recollect distinctly this time when he left home nor the time he returned but recollects he was absent, as much as three weeks as above stated. The evidence of this service for accounting this affidavit of the Hon. Seth Putnam.
Your declarant further states that including his years service aforesaid he did faithfully serve his country in the revolutionary war with Great Brittan fifteen months & one half --  In answer to the questions proposed by the court he says -- he [illegible] 1760 July 12th, resided there as [illegible—page ripped]
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home in the service of his country [illegible - corner of page is torn off] recollect distinctly the time when he left home [illegible - corner of page is torn off] the time he returned but recollects he was absent as much as three weeks as above stated— The evidence of this service he attaches the affidavit of the Hon. Seth Putnam.

Your declarant further states that including his years service aforesaid he did faithfully serve his country in the revolutionary war with Great Brittain fifteen months & one half—

In answer to the questions proposed by the court he says  He was born Groton Massachusetts 1700 July 12th, resided there as his father told him one year, from thence came to this location with his father & family where has ever since resided.  That he entered the service of his country in manner as above stated according to his best knowledge & belief. He was never drafted but served as above stated, supposes he served were hired by Mr. [illegible - may be William Warner] as a substitute.  Never had any written discharge to his knowledge or recollection -- does not recollect any other officers except Col. Wait while at Newbury. Your declarant is acquainted with Horace Hall & George Olcott esquire of this place who can attest as to their belief as to his service in the revolutionary war. 

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, Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.  
[sig] Timo. Holden before me. Frederick A Sumner Judge of Probate.

We, Horace Hall residing in Charlestown and George Olcott residing in Charlestown hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with  Timothy Holden, who has subscribed and sworn to the above obligation; that we believe him to be 72 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. 
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
[sig] Horace Hall
[sig] Geo Olcott
Before me Frederick A Sumner Judge of Probate.  

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court certifies, that it appears to them that the same Horace Hall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident in the town aforesaid and that George Olcott Esq, who has also signed the same is a resident in the town aforesaid
and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 
[sig] Frederick A Sumner Judge of Probate.  

I, Aaron Nettleton Jr., Register of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Timothy Holden for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this 15th day of January A.D. 1833
[sig] Aaron Nettleton Jr., Register of Probate.
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SCHEDULE,
CONTAINING the whole estate and income of Timothy Holden of Charlestown (his necessary clothing and bedding excepted) by him subscribed, exhibited to the Court of Common Pleas for the county of Cheshire
in the State of New-Hampshire, on the Eleventh day of July 1820, and annexed to his oath, viz.

Home farm containing about 85 acres, with buildings 1500.00
Sixty acres of Upland 400.00
5 Cows at 14 dollars per head –70     70.00
13 sheep & 7 lambs $20.00 - 1 yoke of oxen 40.00 60.00
1 black mare $45.00-- 1 horse 35. 3 three year old steers 50  130.00
3 two year old heifers 27.  - 3 yearlings. 17.00
44.00
1 two year old heifer 9. 4 calves 12
21.--
3 old hogs & 7 pigs 48 — 1 cart & 2 bodies 15 - 63.00
1 Horse Waggon & harness 25. – ox chains 3. –crowbar 2 — 30.00
2 harrows 2.67 - 1 corn harrow .75 - 3 old plows 3.75 — 7.17
1 Chain & harness 15.00 - 2 ox sleds  1.50- sleigh & harness 12 — 28.50
1 old pair of waggon wheels & 2 old waggon bodies 3.50    3.50
old earthen milk pans .83
Strainer cupboard 1.50, 1 reel 34 1 churn & 2 Keeler .75 — 2.59
1 hatchett 1.00- 1 old loom & harness 2.50 - 2 Wheels 2.00  5.50
1 old Saddle 1.50, 2 portmanteaus $2.00, 2 scythes & snaths 1.00 4.50
old casks & hogshead 5.00 - 4 barrels of cider 4 — 9.
1 Ox yoke & rings 1.00 & 2 small forks 34 cherry desk 5-- 6.34
1 stand table 75 1 large table 3. looking glass. 1.50 -- 5.25
8 family chairs 6- 1 pr fire dogs 75 14 plates 1117 7.92
2 tea pots 25 -- 1 Sugar Bowl & Creamer 25
50
Set of cups & saucers 25 - 3 fancy bowls 25 50
1/2 doz Knives & forks 50 - 1 tin coffee pot 25 75
8 wine glasses & watter 1.00, 1 pr fire dogs 1.00  2.00
1 case of drawers an old stain table 50 1 clothes basket 12  62
Nine old Kitchen chairs. 1.50 - two tables 1.00
2.50
Pair of shovel & tongs 150, hand irons - 50
---- 1.00
Small looking glass 25 cram & hook 75- old side saddle 2.00 3.00
2 small spinning wheels. 1.50 copper kettle 3.25 4.75
Small brass kettle $1.00, iron pot 1.00 - 1 dish Kettle 75 - 2.75
1 tin Kettle - 50 - 2 Spiders 75 - 5 augers 75 2.00
3 large & 2 small tubs 1.33 - 2 pails 33 — 1.66
7 tin dishes 75 - 6 pewter plates 1.17 — 1.92
20 kitchen plates 60 2 clothes chests 1.00 - tin water pot 34 1/2 doz kitchen knives & forks 25 tramps & saucers- tea basket 50- 11 silver tea spoons 3 - 8 spoons 25 — 5.94

74 acres of land in Middlesex Vermont 70  --51.80
80 acres in Duxbury VT  25 -20.00
[total] $2505.27

My wife Catharine by a former husband
has a right of Dower in her former husbands estate in common with one Josiah Hubbard, which rented the last year for 45 dolls. should the same be divided it would be of
little or no value & in case of the demise of my
wife it ceases entirely.
(over)
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Schedule of Debts which I owe
Robert Rand 1115.83
Aaron Dean 490.16
Samuel Farrington 99.27
Hubbard Glidden 65.00
Eldrich Huntley 70.00
Asa Powers 44.00
Benj. Pierce 20.00
J B Batehills 17.87
Ol[ive]r Hastings 17.83
Fred A Sumner 20.00
Catharine Fiske 11.00
Oliver Farnsworth 20.00
[sub-total] 1986.96
[minus] 259.67
[total] 1727.29

Schedule of Demands in my favor
Timothy Balls note $200.00
Eli Page 23.00
Putnam Barron 20.00
Abel Willard 9.67
Jacob Bartlett 7.
[total] 259.67

[sig] Timothy Holden
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Cheshire ss.] STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
On this 11th of July A. D. 1820 personally appeared in open court
before the Justices of the the Court of Common Pleas in the county of Cheshire
being a Court of Record, in and for the said county, having the power of fine and imprisonment, Timothy Holden aged sixty years, resident in Charlestown in said county, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War, as follows: viz. he enlisted into Capt Benjamin Kimballs
Company in Col. Hutchinson Regt in the Massachusetts line
in the revolutionary war with Great Britain on the first of
January 1776, for the term of one year, joined the army
at Winter Hill mar Boston, was stationed there, Cambridge,
Boston & Dorchester until near the first of August when
he was with his regiment ordered to New York, from there
to Morristown in New Jersey, where he was stationed until
discharged about the last of December of the same year
being sick & unable to do duty

The date of my original declaration in order to obtain a pension is the 6 day of July 1819
The number of my pension certificate is 15,685 I have received a pension. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift,
sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so
to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States,
in the Revolutionary War,” passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not,
nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me;
nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. My occupation is that of a farmer. I am not of
sufficient ability to pursue it having naturally a feeble constitution and for
twenty years last past have not been able to perform but
little labour and on continually failing
in family residing with me I have Catherine my wife 42 years of age
Caroline my daughter 17 years old, Willard my son eleven
years old- Sarah nine years old - Timothy three years old and
Catharine my daughter four weeks old
Their capacity to contribute to their support is my wife is of slender constitution
can do but little towards her support my daughter Caroline
is a feeble person, her constitution slender, is now & has been
sick under the case of a physician and by him said to


Sworn to and declared at Charlestown in said county on the 11th day of July A. D. 1820, 
before
Elisha Huntley Judge of the said Court.
I Salma Hale Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas, for the County of Cheshire, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record f the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property [obscured by affixed seal] aforesaid schedule, is $2505.27, exclusive of the income from his wife's dower which has been $45 annually.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court on this 14th day of July A. D. 1820
S. Hall Clerk of the said Court.
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be in a decline. My son Willard is of slender constitution and always has been and probably always will be so much so as not to be able to get a living by labour - My daughter Sarah is nine years old of a tolerable constitution, my son Timothy three years old of good constitution. My daughter Catharine is four weeks old should she live must be an
expense many years. I have a daughter named Tryphina twenty nine years old, who is not at this time in my family yet I am liable to support her & have so done at great expense. She is a cripple and not able to support herself
[sig] Timo. Holden
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3 -- 525
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION
AMB.
W. 7774

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. [blank], 192
In reply to your request of [blank] for the history of Timothy Holden, a soldier of the Revolutionary War, the following is taken from the soldier's & widow's claim for pension.
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
Jan 1. 1776
June 25 1777
Summer 1780
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
1 yr
almost 3 mos
2 Wks
RANK,
Pri
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.
Benj. Kimball
Abel Walker
Samuel Heatherbed
Israel Hutchinson
Bellows
Mass
N. H
Battles engaged in, none stated
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Charlestown, N. H.
Date of application for pension, July 1819. His claim was allowed
Residence at date of application, Charlestown, Cheshire Co. N.H.
Age at date of application, Born in Groton, Mass. July 12 -1760
Remarks: He died Aug. 29, 1833. Soldier married in Charlestown
N.H. Sept. 22 - 1816, Catharine Hubbard, she was allowed
pension on her application executed Nov. 30, 1853 while
living in Charlestown, N.H. aged 75 yes. Children referred to in 1820-
Tryphena, aged 29 yrs, Caroline aged 17 yrs. Willard aged 11 yrs, 
Sarah aged 9 yrs, Timothy aged 3 yrs. & Catharine 4 weeks,
Respectfully,
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
name not used as it was illegal and Commissioner
[crossed out] * Captains names not used as it was illegible and could not be found by books.
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H of R.

Rev'y WIDOW, &c.
File No. 7774
Catharine Holden
Wid"
Timothy Holden
Prvt Rev War
Act: Feb 3rd 1853
Index: -Vol. A Page 34
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[stamp] MAY 26 1893
H B Webb
bookkeeper
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15.685 R
New Hampshire
Timothy Holden of Charleston in the State of New Hampshire who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hutchinson of the Massachusetts line, for the term of one year

Inscribed on the roll of New Hampshire
at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of July 1819.

Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Nov 1819 and sent to F. A. Sumner Esquire
Charlestown New Hampshire

Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819   $15.76
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March 1820 $48.00
[illegible] [total] $63.76

{Revolutionary claim,
Act 18th March, 1818.} 

Discontinued

See letter to Pensioner 
3 October 1832

[Sideways in right margin:]
Notification sent to Frederick A Sumner Postmaster Charlestown N.H. July 21 1821
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H.H. Sylvester  Sept 17/ 57
Same Aug 12/ 58

3263
New Hampshire, Concord
Catharine Holden
widow of Timothy
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a private

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of
51 Dollars 32
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 3d February, 1853.

Certificate of Pension issued the
19th day of Decr 1853.
and sent to 
Henry Hubbard Jr
Charlestown
N. H.

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
February 3, 1853, Page 16.   Vol. A
(32)
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[envelope]
[stamped] FREE
[stamped] Charlestown NH MAY 3

119306

Hon. L. P. Waldo
Commr Pensions
Washington City DC
Page 36

No 3.894
D 9 Aug 33
$57.32

Will the 3d Auditor please
state the time of the death 
of pensioner, and to when paid.

F. Burt Esq.}     
3d Audr.     }     
Dec.16, 53 }   
   
Respectfully,
Yr obt servt
[sig] S. Cole
Gov. Comm'r

Timothy Holden, Act 1832
$57.32 per annum
Died 9 August 1833, paid

                         [sig]  F. Burt
                          Auditor
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16.114

[illegible]
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Charlestown N H
Feby 6 1856

Hon J. Minot [illegible]
In the case of Mrs Catharine Holden, No 119306. I send the Statement of the Secy of State of NH. Showing the service of
Timothy Holden
I have the honor to 
be Respectfully
H H Sylvester
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[envelope]
[stamp] FREE
[stamp] Charlestown N.H. FEB 6

119306 Catharine Holden
Wid Timothy

Hon. J Minott
Commr Pensions
Washington City DC

[written across] S Boyntons
Page 40

State of Newhampshire
Chesshire ss July 6th 1819 then before Elisha
Huntley a Justice of the Court of Common pleas in and for said County of Chesshire
Personally appeared Timothy Holden within
named and made Solemn Oath that the
within declaration by him subscribed contains
the truth and nothing but the truth and it
having been made to appear to my satisfaction
that the said Timothy Holden did serve in
the Revolutionary war against the Common
enemy in manner as by him as stated in
said declaration also that by Reason of
his reduced circumstances in life he stands
in need of the assistance of his country for
Support all which I hereby certify
to the Honorable John C. Calhoun
Secretary War

[sig] Elisha Huntley
one of the Justices
of the Court of
Common Pleas
for said County

[Upside down at bottom:]
Timo. Holden
Affidavit
Page 41

I Timothy Holden of Charlestown in the County of Cheshire & State of New Hampshire aged fifty nine years, depose & say that on or about the first day of January Seventeen hundred & seventy six, I inlisted [sic] into the Continental army in Capt Benjamin Kimball's company & Col Hutchinsons Regiment in the Massachusetts line for the term of one year, which time I faithfully served my country in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy for the first of my service I was stationed in Boston and its vicinity untill [sic] August we were then ordered to New York, then to Fort Washington where we stayed untill [sic] October, from thence to fort Lee, from thence to Morristown in New Jersey, & some of the last days of December in 1776 I was discharged from service & sent home being sick & unable to do duty for a short time before that. I further depose and say that I am in reduced circumstances & am in need of the assistance of my country for support and further your deponent saith not 
[sig] Timo. Holden
Page 42

[envelope]
5206
Case of Timothy Holden
---
F A Sumner
Postmr.
Charlestown, N. Hamp.
Rec'd Nov. 3. 1819.

[written across] Hon J. Calhoun
Secy of War 
Washington City

[top left]
Charlestown
N.H. [illegible] 24

[across and upside down] Admitted
Page 43

Charlestown N.H. Oct 28 1819 
Hon  J.C. Calhoun 
Dear Sir
I inclose [sic] you the necessary papers & evidence to procure Timothy Holden of this town placed on the pension role. Should they prove sufficient please to inclose [sic] his certificate to me directed to this place.

I am forever much y[our]
obed. servt.-
[sig] F. A. Summer
Page 44

Ellis for Holden
Page 45

I Seth Putnam of Middlesex county of
Washington State of Vermont aged 78 years do testify & say that I am well acquainted with
Timothy Holden of Charlestown New Hampshire & know that in 1780 at the time Royalton was burnt by the Indians there was an alarm at Charlestown where I then resided, that said Timothy Holden & myself volunteered & marched as far as Newbury V.t. being about 80 miles tarried there a while until it was fully ascertained that the Indians had retreated & that the danger was over when we returned & were gone three weeks or more -
[sig] Seth Putnam
Subscribed & sworn to before me 
this 2d day of January A.D. 1833
[sig] Nathaniel Carpenter Justice of the Peace

I certify that I am well acquainted with
Judge Seth Putnam above named whose
character is good for truth & veracity
[sig] Nathl Carpenter Jus. of Peace

State of Vermont}
Washington ss/}

 I Joshua Y. Vail clerk of this county court within and for the county of Washington do  hereby certify that Nathl Carpenter Esq.
before whom the foregoing affidavit 
was taken is a Justice of the peace duly appointed and acting under the authority of this State and that His name thereto as such is his own proper hand writing -

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 
my hand & Seal of office this 2d day of January AD. 1833.                      
[sig] Joshua Y. Vail  clerk
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I Nathan Allen of Charlestown in the county of Sullivan
state of New Hampshire seventy two years old depose and
say that I was knowing [sic] to Timothy Holden volunteering as a soldier
into Captain Abel Walkers company & Capt. Bellows Regiment in
summer of 1777 to go to Ticonderoga at the time that Ticonderoga
was evacuated.  We went together & returned together.  The reason
why I know this fact is I volunteered at the same time & went
home together.  We were absent about four weeks according to the best of my recollection.
[sig] Nathan Allen

State of New Hampshire} 
Sullivan S.s. Charlestown Aug 9th 1832
Personally appeared Nathan Allen
and made solemn oath that the forgoing affidavit by
him signed is true, Before me Frederick A Sumner Jus. Peace
I do hereby further certify that Nathan Allen who subscribed & swore to the forgoing affidavit is a man of truth & veracity
so considered & believed, & that his testimony as a witness should have full credit
[sig] Frederick A. Sumner Jus. Peace
Page 47

State of New Hampshire}
Sullivan ss}
I Aaron Nettleton Junior Register of Probate
for the county of Sullivan aforesaid do hereby certify that Frederick A. Sumner who took and certified the two depositions on this sheet is a justice  of the peace within and for said county and that the signatures thereto, purporting to be
his, are genuine.

As witness whereof I have set my hand
and affixed the seal of said court to the same
this ninth day of August AD 1832
Aaron Nettleton Junior Register of Probate
Page 48

I Thomas Putnam of Charlestown in the county of Sullivan & state of New Hampshire seventy four years of age depose & say that I was knowing to Timothy Holden of this time being at the evacuation of Ticonderoga in Capt Walker's company in the summer of 1777 
He was gone two weeks or more the reason why I know the above fact I was then with him & see him on the way home & returned with him.
[sig]   Thomas Putnam

State of New Hampshire
Sullivan county}
Sullivan ss.       } 

Charlestown August 1st 1832
          Personally appeared Thomas Putnam signer of the foregoing affidavit & made oath to the truth thereof  Before me Frederick Sumner Justice of the Peace
I do hereby further certify that the same Thomas Putnam sustains a good character as a man of truth & veracity, & full credit should be given him as a witness
                        [sig] Frederick Sumner Jus.Peace
Page 49

I Samuel Royse of Langdon in the County of Sullivan & State of New Hampshire seventy-five years of age depose & say that in the 
fore part of July AD seventeen hundred & seventy seven, then living in Charlestown in said County, I inlisted [sic] as a soldier for two months into Capt Abel Walkers company
of Militia, and at the same time Timothy Holden then & ever since of the same Charlestown, inlisted [sic] into the same
company for the same term of two months, the fore-part of said service we were stationed at Cavendish in Vermont, where we staid [sic] untill [sic] the news reached us of the Battle at Bennington, where we were ordered to march for Stillwater in New York, soon after we arrived at Stillwater we were ordered to March to Bemises Heights, where we remained untill [sic] the expiration of our time & we were discharged & returned home - I further depose & say that I was at the time of inlistment [sic] & ever since have been well acquainted with the said Holden & we have never lived more than ten miles distance from
each other and that the same Timothy Holden is now living & present with me, & has heretofore been on the pension list Roll
of the United States.
[sig] Samuel Royse

State of New Hampshire}
Sullivan SS} 

Charlestown June 28th A.D. 1832
The Samuel Royse personally appeared
before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the peace within & for said County & made solemn oath that the forgoing deposition by him subscribed, contained the whole truth
& nothing but the truth for the purpose for which it was taken
[sig] Frederick A. Sumner Justice of the Peace

Sullivan SS
June 28 1832 
I further certify the above named Samuel Royse lives in Langdon in said County & that I have been acquainted with him for more than thirty years last past & that he signed the foregoing affidavit & that he is a man of truth & intitled [sic] to credit as a witness
[sig] Frederick A Sumner Jus Peace
Page 50

State of New Hampshire}
Sullivan County}
I Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of
Probate for the County of Sullivan
aforesaid Do hereby certify that Frederick A Sumner who took & certified the forgoing affidavit of Samuel Royse is a justice of the peace & that the signature purporting then his affixed thereto is genuine.
In Witness whereof I have hand
affixed the seal of the court of
Probate this 28th day July AD 1832
Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of Probate
Page 51

I Barnabas Ellis of Claremont in the County of Sullivan State of Newhampshire more than Eighty six years
of age depose & say that in July A.D. Seventeen hundred & Seventy
seven I was then residing in Claremont I was Lieutenant in Capt [illegible] Walburn 
Company of Militia and Timothy Holden these and [illegible] of the Town of Charlestown inlisted into said Company for the
term of three months. the fore part of said service
we were stationed at Cavendish in Vermont where we staid untill
the news of Benington battle reached us where we were ordered to
March for Stillwater in New York Soon as we are at Stillwater
we were ordered to march to Bemis Height where he remained untill
the [illegible] of our time of service & we were discharged & returned
home - I further depose & say that I was at the time of enlistment & was
since have been acquainted with the said Holder & that we have
never lived more than ten miles distance from such other &
that the same Timothy Holder is now living & present with me
B. Ellis

State of Newhampshire
Sullivan SS

[Illegible Clement] June 29th A.D. 1832
The Barnabas Ellis personally appeared before
me the subscribed on of the Justices of the Peace within for said County
made solemn Oath that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed
contained the whole truth & nothing but the truth for the purposes
which it was taken
Isaac Hubbard Justice of the Peace

I hereby further certify that the said Barnabas Ellis
is considered the the neighborhood when he
is a man of truth & veracity & he is entitled
credit as a witness
Isaac Hutsan Justice Peace

State of New Hampshire 
Sullivan County SS
I Aaron Nettleton Jr Register of Probate
within & for the County of Sullivan
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Isaac Hubbard, who took
and certified the foregoing affidavit is a magistrate, & that the
signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Witness whereof I have set my hand
appeared the [illegible] of Probate
this thirtieth day of July AD 1832
Aaron Nettleton Register of Probate
Page 52


War Department, No 15.685
PENSION OFFICE,
21 July 1828.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the Secretary of War does not, on account of the amount of your property, consider you entitled to a Pension under the Acts of the 18th March, 1848, and 1st May, 1820; and has, therefore,
directed your name to be stricken from the Pension List.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr. Timothy Holden,
care of F. A. Sumner, Esqr
Charlestown, N.H
Page 53

I Elkanah Barton of Mansfield in the County of Windham
in the State of Connecticut do depose, testify and say 
that about the first day of January AD 1776 I enlisted as a
private soldier in Capt Benjamin Kimballs Company
in Col. Israel Hutchinson Regiment, in the Massachusetts Line of the Continental Army, in the revolutionary 
War, for the term of one year, and served therein untill 
discharged which was last of December, 1776, or beginning
of January 1777 - and that before and after the term of 
my said service I was well acquainted with Timothy
Holden of Charlestown in the State of New Hampshire
and know that he enlisted as a private soldier in Capt 
Kimballs company, in Col. Hutchinsons Regiment 
and that he served therein untill [sic] sometime in December
1776, when the deponent was detached from the 
Regiment for a guard at the Hospital, and was on the
Guard when the Regiment was discharged and I
further depose, that the said Holden Enlisted at the same 
time, the deponent enlisted, and we Tented together
the whole of the Campaign - and I served with said 
Holden, at Boston, New York, New Jersey, and various other places - And further the deponent
saith not.

Dated at Windham /in Conn't./ the 14th day of Sept. 1819
[sig] Elkanah Barton

State of Connecticut
County of Windham ss Windham Sept. 14, 1819
Then Elkanah Barton the signer of the above deposition
came personally before me Jabez Clarke Esqr. a Justice of the peace
for said County, and made Solemn Oath to the truth of the
facts stated in the above Deposition and I further certify
that I am well acquainted with said Elkanah Barton 
and believe him to be man of Good character, and
full Faith & Credit ought to be given to his Testimony
Attest [sig] Jabez Clarke Justice of the Peace for
Windham County, Connecticut
Page 54

David C. Bolles Clerk of the County Court in & for the County
of Windham in the State of Connecticut do certify that
Jabez Clark Esquire, before whom the within affadavit
was made, is duly enrolled as a Justice of the Peace in & for Windham County, that the within signature is in his hand writing, full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts as
such. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name & affixed the Publick [sic] Seal
of sd. Court at Windham in sd County
this 14th day of September AD 1819
[sig] David C Bolles
Page 55

State of Newhampshire
Cheshire County towit ⎬
Whitman Jacobs of Croydon in the County
aforesaid of the age of sixty years being
duly sworn according to law deposes and
says that I was well acquainted with
Timothy Holden of Charlestown in said
County in the State of Newhampshire, who
has applied for a pention [sic] under the act
of Congress of 3 of March AD 1818 and for
whose benefit this affidavit is taken, and
does well know that said Timothy Holden
did enlist into the service of the United 
States on or about the first of January
1776 into Capt Kimballs company and
Col Hutchinsons Regiment in the 
Massachusetts line for the term of one year we were stationed [crossed out: we were stationed] Near and in Boston till sometime in July or August when we were ordered to New York from thence to fort Washington from
there to fort Lee from that to Morristown
in New Jersey where we remained till sometime
about the last of December of the first of
January when we were discharged and
Mr. Holder being sick I Bought a horse
and helped him home.
Page 56

He further deposes that said Timothy
Holden did faithfully serve as aforesaid
more than nine months at that time
to wit, the time aforesaid and that [crossed out and]
said deponent did serve in the same Regiment with him at the time aforesaid 
Croydon July 28th 1819
[sig] Whitman Jacobs

Subscribed and sworn before me this twenty
eight day of July A.D. 1818 and I certify the
above deponent to be a credible witness
witness in my opinion
[sig] Stephen Eastman Jus Peace

Cheshire ss.  Oct 19. 1819.
I Salma Hale Clerk of the
Judicial Courts in said County
certify that Stephen Eastman is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said
County & that the foregoing is his
signature
In testimony whereof I hereunto
affix the seal of our Superior Court
of Judicature
[sig] S. Hale
Page 57

[seal stamped]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
MAR 28 1875
PENSION OFFICE
Page 58

Published and sold by EDSON C. EASTMAN, dealer in all kinds of Law and Pension Blanks, Concord, N. H.

DECLARATION FOR ARREARS OF PENSIONS.
State of New Hampshire.
COUNTY OF Sullivan, ss.
On this 22nd day of March
A.D. one thousand eight hundred
and seventy
personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace
Court within and for the State and County aforesaid, Catherine Holden aged 92 years, a resident of North Charlestown in the State of New Hampshire who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the identical Catharine Holden to whom was granted Pension Certificate No. 3265 payable
at the Agency at Concord NH. dated
December 19. 1853.
That under the limitations of the Act of [blank] was denied a full pension from the date of the [blank] of [blank]
And believing that she is entitled to the same, under the 15th section of the Act of July 27, 1868. She makes this declaration in order to secure the arrears accrued thereunder
Her Post Office address is North Charlestown N.H. and she requests
her Certificate to be sent to George W. Nourse of Newport N.H. whom she hereby constitutes and appoints her Attorney to secure her claim before the proper department with full powers of substitution.
Witness
[sig] Emma Leane
[sig] Charles C Keimball

X Catherine Holden [her mark]

Charles C Kimball
Also personally appeared Louisa Lane
and Emma Lane residents of Charlestown
N H
persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn,
say that they were present and saw Catharine Holden
sign her name to the foregoing declaration. And they further swear that they have every
reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant, and their acquaintance with her
that she is the identical person she represents herself to be; and they further swear
that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Louisa Lane
Emma Lane
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this twenty fourth day of March
A. D., 1860, and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect
, in the prosecution of this claim.
Charles Kimball
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire,
.
SULLIVAN COUNTY, SS
I, SHEPHERD L. BOWERS, Register of the Court of Probate, within and for the County of
Sullivan, in the State of New Hampshire, having by law the custody of the Seal, and all the Records, Books,
Documents and Papers of or appertaining to said Probate Court, said Court being a Court of Record in said
State, hereby certify that Charles C. Kimball, Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the
annexed certificate, was at the date of said certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Sullivan in said State, duly commissioned and sworn, and authorized by law to administer oaths
and take acknowledgment of deeds: that the signature to said certificate, purporting to be his, is genuine, and
that said instrument is in conformity with the laws of said State of New-Hampshire,
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court this
26 day of March, A.D 1870
[sig] Shepperd L. Bowers. Register of the Court of Probate for said County
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15,685
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WAR DEPARTMENT
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, Timothy Holden late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on Pensions list, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month to commence on the sixth day of July on thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day November [illegible] hundred and nineteen.
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.
[seal is affixed]
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ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
PENSION OFFICE
January 22d 1856.

Sir
The claim of Catharine Holden for bounty land under the act of the 2d March
1855, No. 119.306, has been examined and suspended.
The revolutionary service of Timothy Holden the husband of the applicant, does not appear of record in this office.
The 3d section of said act requires a service of "FOURTEEN DAYS" to be established by "RECORD EVIDENCE."
Upon the production of such evidence of service, the claim will be favorably considered.
IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED that the recorded action of this office, admitting a revolutionary soldier to the list of pensioners upon parole proof is not considered "record evidence of service" within the meaning of the aforesaid.   In all applications for bounty land under this act, the papers of the soldiers or their widows, who have applied for of record pensions, as well as the rolls in this office, are carefully examined for record evidence of service, before the circular is issued. 
Respectfully,
J. Minot,
Commissioner.

H. H. Sylvester, Esq.
Charlestown
N. Hampshire

[Sideways in left margin:]
Service under Col Hutchinson & Col Bellows &c, of the Mass militia afterwards.  Apply to Secretary of State at Boston for record evidence.  

[Diagonally in top left corner:] 
Col Bellows was of N. H. and not Mass.
H.H.S.
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Concord NH Secr of State Office
January 29th 1856

My Dear Sir
Yours of the 28th is just at hand in answer thereto I say that I have examined the Books and Documents relating to the Military services of the war of the Revolution which remains in this office,  and find that the name of Timothy Holden is borne upon Vol 1 Page 15.'C'. as follows--"Pay Roll of Col Benjamin Bellows's Regiment of Militia in the State of New Hampshire which Regiment went and reinforced the garrison at Ticonderoga when besieged by the enemy on June 17, 1777 "Time of engagement June 28th. "Rank" Private. "Time of discharged 1777 July 9"  "Time in service" "12 days"
Also I find in Vol 1. Page 4 the following "Pay Roll of Capt Abel Walkers Company in Colo. David Hobarts Regiment in Genl Stark's Brigade which Company marched from Charlestown and Land adjacent in the State of
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New Hampshire July 1777 and joined the Northern Continental Army at Saratoga July 21st.  "Names" "Timothy Holden" "Rank" "Private" "Time of discharge" 1777 Sep 22 Time in service "2 mos 2 days' and should you wish a certificate please write me. and for which certificate together with the examinations & I shall charge one dollar
Very Respectfully & truly yours
[sig] Lemuel N. Pattee

H.H. Sylvester Esqr
Charlestown 
NH
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
WIDOW'S PENSION 
No. 3260
I certify that in conformity with the 2d section of the act of February 8, 1848 Catherine Holden, widow of Timothy Holden who was a private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of fifty-one dollars and thirty-two cents per annum, commencing on the 3d of February, 1858, and continuing for life, unless she should marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.  

Given at the Department of the Interior this nineteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
 R Mc Clelland
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned.
L.P. Waldo
Commissioner of Pensions.

57 Goshen
Sept 1865. 64 years
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Brief in the case of Catherine Holden, widow of Timothy
Sullivan County and State of New Hampshire 
act Feb. 8. 1853

Claim ("original,")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls?  If either, state the substance.
Marriage and credibility proved by 3 witnesses, & the evidence.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim?  If so, what?)
Allow, for $51.22 per annum from Feb. 3. 53.

Name and residence of Agent
Henry Hubbard, Jr. 
Charlestown, N. H.   
J.F. Adams Examining Clerk.
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Charlestown, N H
Apr 4, 1858


Hon GD Whiting Judge

Allow me to call your attention to the case of Mr. Holden and Mr. Locke.
The enclosed letter from you will show you the condition of the claims.
I have the honor to be 
Respectfully,
H H Sylvester

PS.  What has been the final decision of the Sec'y of the War in relation to the allowance of claims to children for amount of pension found due decd [deceased] pensions.
HH Sylvester
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[Black oval Stamp]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PENSION OFFICE
MAR 28 1870
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Newport N.H. March 26th 1870
Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir
Please find Claim of Catharine Holden North Charleston N.H. for Arrears of Pension under Act of July 27, 1868, old Certificate surrendered with the Certificate of her Family Physician that she was not able to travel to anyone having custody of a Seal.
Respectfully Yours,
George W. Nourse
by J. G. Stearnse
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Charlestown N. H.  April 14, 1923
Commissioner of Pensions
Dept Int Washington DC 
Rev War
Dear Sir,
Mrs. Joseph Fisk applies to me for membership in the Daughters of 1812 on record of her grandfather Timothy Holden b. in Holden Mass 1760, d in Charlestown N. H. 1833; served when only 17 in Rev for Charlestown  N. H. in Col Hobart's Regt. -- is said to have drawn a pension.  Have you a record of his service as claimed in pension?  Any information will be gratefully received.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. C. H. Spooner

State Pres.  N. H. Daughters of 1812
Charelstown, N. H.
Rev. W 7774
Seal from C.S. Pension Office April 18, 1923
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Charlestown New Hampshire
Decr 10th. 1853
Sir
Entered is the application of
Catherine Holden Widow of Timothy Holden
for a pension under the act of Feb'y 1853
Very respectfully
Yr Obt servt [your obedient servant]
Henry Hubbard Jr
Hon L. P. Waldo
Comr of Pensions
Washington D.C
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3.265 Increase
Brief in the case of Catharine Holden, Widow of Timothy Holden, Private Revy War No. Charlestown Sullivan County and State of New Hampshire 
Act 2d Sec Feb 3 1853

CLAIM FOR NEW PENSION CERTIFICATE  Inc 13th Sec Act July 27, 1868.
PROOF EXHIBITED,
A Pensioner on the roll of New Hampshire, at $51.32 pr ann -- She returns her certificate and applies for increase pension, as provided by 13th Sec Act July 27 1868

Identity properly shown said to be 92 years of
age.
Admitted April 1. 1870 to pension at the rate of $96 pr ann to commence July 27 1868 deducting pay since.

W. E. Trask
Examining Clerk

Name and residence of Agent.
George W. Nourse
Newport,
Sullivan Co.
N. Hampshire. 

[illegible initials in bottom corner of page]
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To whom it may concern
This is to certify that Mrs. Catherine Holden of Charlestown Sullivan County N. H. is ninety two (92) years of age; and that in my opinion,
 she is too feeble to leave the home, and under no circumstances is she able to travel to any person who has the custody of a Seal.

Charlestown, N.H.} 
March 20, 1870 }
James M. Whitaker, M.D. 
Attending Physician

State of New Hampshire
Sullivan S.S.
I hereby certify that James M. Whitaker is a physician in good
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standing and functions in the town of Charlestown in said County.
Witness my hand and seal this 2nd day of March A.D. 1870
George Abott
Notary Public for the State of New Hampshire

[Seal] GEORGE ABOTT NOTARY PUBLIC CHARLESTOWN NH
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Pension Office
September 17, 1857
Sir, 
I have received the application of Catharine
Holden, for what she terms arrears of pension due her from 4th March 1848 to 3d Feb. 1853, and have to inform you that a pensioner under the act of 3d February 1853 cannot be allowed to draw her pension for any
period preceeding [sic] the passage of the act aforesaid. Pensions under the act of February 3d 1853 do not commence on the 4th of March 1833.
I am very respectfully
Your Obt. Serv't [your obedient servant] of
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner
H H Sylvester, Esq
Charlestown
N. H.
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Pension Office
April 20, 1837.
Sir, 
In reply to your letter of the 14th inst.
you are respectfully informed that it is understood the Court of Claims has decided in a recent case that pensions under act
of February 3, 1853, should commence from 4 March, 1848; but this decision must be confirmed by Congress before it can
become operative. As soon as Congress shall have passed a general law upon the subject, the proper forms will be prepared and
transmitted to those requesting them.
The affidavit of Lucy Lock has been filed with
the papers upon which she was pensioned
Very respectfully,
Your Obdt Servt. [your obedient servant] 
Geo C Whiting
Commissioner

H. H. Sylvester, Esq.
Charlestown, N. H.
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Cath Holden

H. H. Sylvester
Charlestown
NH
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State of New Hampshire}
Sullivan }
On this fourth day of Septr, 1857 personally appeared before me, Henry H. Sylvester, justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly authorized to administer oaths, Catherine Holden of Charleston in said
County, aged seventy nine years widow of Timothy Holden, late of said Charlestown decd and made solemn oath that she is the identical person who now received a pension
under the act of Feb. 3. 1853, as the widow of said Timothy Holden, decd and that she has received said pension from the date of the said act up to the 4th day of March last past at the rate of [left blank]
She further states that she is now informed that by a recent construction put upon said act at the Department, her said pension should have commenced on the 4th day of March, 1848, instead of the 3d day of Feb
1853.
She therefore makes this declaration in order to obtain the arrears now due her under the act of Feb 3d 1853
Catharine Holden [Her mark]
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written.
Josiah H Hubbard
Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire}
Sullivan SS}

On this fourth day of September 1857, personally appeared Mark Lane & Franklin W. Putnam of Charlestown, in said County, of lawful age, after being duly sworn, on their oaths declare that they are well acquainted with Catherine Holden, who has subscribed to the foregoing declaration; that she is
the widow of Timothy Holden, decd and the identical person who now receives a pension under the act of Feb. 3d 1853 as such.
Mark Lane
Franklin W. Putnam
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written.Josiah H Hubbard Justice of the Peace

I further declare that I am well acquainted with Catherine Holden, the declarant, and also with the affiants whose names are above written, and know from personal knowledge that their respective statements are true.
Josiah H Hubbard [signature]
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State of New Hampshire
Sullivan ss.

J. T. W. Gilmon Clerk of the Supreme
Judicial Court for said County certify that Josiah Hubbard Esq. before whom the foregoing acknowledgements were made was at the date an acting Justice of the
Peace within and for the said County duly authorised to take such acknowledgements and that his signature thereto are in my belief genuine
Given under my hand and the seal of the court this 4th day of Sept 1857
G. W. Gilmore Clerk
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[Black oval Stamp]
CONGRESSIONAL
Apr 1 1898
U.S. Bureau of Pensions
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[letterhead]
OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.
WASHINGTON, D. C. 3-- 29--1898
[pencil]
Richard Holden
Wm Warner

[ink text]
Hon H. Clay Evans
Commissioner
of Pensions
Washington D.C.

My dear Sir & Comrade
Will you please cause to be forwarded
to me the record of service in the Revolutionary war of the parties mentioned in the annexed the said information is desired by several persons in order that they may join the Sons & Daughters of the Revolution. I
assure you that your kindness will be
be duly appreciated by all interested
including my self.
Fraternally Yours
H. B. Webb
Doorkeepers Office
House of Reps
Washington D.C.

[stamped]
To Chf.   Div.
Action.
APR 2 1898
COMMISSION
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[letterhead]
OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,        , 189 [blank]

Please furnish the Record of service in Revolutionary war of Stephen Martin
who enlisted May 1777  at Mansfield, Windham Co Connecticut under Capt Nathaniel Hull in Col Gallups Regt Also Sept 1777 at Mansfield Ct in Capt Nathaniel Wales Co Col Lattimore Regt
Also May 1778 at Mansfield by Major Ripley a
recruiting Officer under Capt Shumway in
Col Starr's Regt Gen Huntington's Brigade
Also Feb 1779 as substitute for one Bushnell of Hebron Ct under Col. Nathaniel Lincoln
Also July 1st 1779 under Capt. Webb, Col. John Durkee's Regt. Gen Parson's Brigade

[stamped]
To Chf. Div.
Action.
APR 2 1898
COMMISSIONER
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Office of the Doorkeeper
House of Representatives U.S.
Washington, D.C. 189 [blank]

The record of service in the revolutionary war is desired of Richard Holden who enlisted at New Hampshire 1775 captured and supposed to of been starved to death on board a prison ship in New York Harbor.

Also the record of Richard Holden of New Hampshire 
Col Bellows Regt May 7 1777

[stamp] 
To Chf. [blank] Div.
Apr 2 1898
COMMISSION
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OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S. 
WASHINGTON D. C.      189 [blank]

The record of service on the Revolutionary war is desired of William Warner & Lupton Warner who served in Col Bradfords Whiting 17th Albany Co Regt - King's Div - New York under Capt Aaron Kellogg 2nd Company

Stamp
To Chf [blank] Div.
Action [blank]
Apr 2 1898
COMMISSIONER
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OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U.S.,
WASHINGTON D. C.,         ,189 [blank]

Does the name of Catharine Holden widow of Timothy Holden appear on the rolls as drawing a pension up to about 15 years ago


[Stamp]
To Chf [blank] Div.
Action [blank]
Apr 2 1898
COMMISSIONER.
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OFFICE OF THE DOORKEEPER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S.,
WASHINGTON, D. C.      189

The record of service on the Revolutionary war is desired  of Timothy Holden of New Hampshire who enlisted 1775 at the age of 15 years as a piper in the same Co. with his father but - at the division of the Army at Fort Lee they were separated he going with Washington's army and his father Richard Holden was captured and it is supposed was starved to death on prison ship in New York Harbor.
On the roster of New Hampshire Regts is found the following which no doubt relates to his later entitlements.
Timothy Holden Capt. Abel Wa[l]kers Company 
Col Bellows Reg. New Hampshire  June 1777
engaged at Ticonderoga discharged July 9th 1777  service 12 months Rate 4.10 per month
Claim signed Richard Holden Sergt. Richard Holden Col Bellows.  Regt. May, 1777  discharged June 21, 1777 This however may have been the brother of Timothy
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This Bureau can furnish the military record of only such Revolutionary soldiers as were pensioned or whose widows were pensioned for their services. 
Such of the original muster and pay rolls of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 as are now in the possession of the Government are on file in the Record and Pension Office, War Department.  Original rolls and other records pertaining to service in the Revolutionary War may also be found on file in the archives of many of the original States.

[Typed in top right corner:]
L. W. B. 
W. 7774,
W. 16337.

[Letterhead]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C. 

O. W. &  N. DIV.
REVOLUTIONARY.


[Typed]
May 24, 1898.
Sir:-
Replying to your recent communication you are advised that Timothy Holden made an application for pension on January 14, 1833, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, and his pension was allowed for fifteen months and two days' actual service as a private in the Mass. troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Captain Kimball and Walker and Colonels Hutchinson and Bellows.  He enlisted at Winter Hill, Mass.  His widow, Catharine, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
Stephen Martin made an application for pension on February 19, 1833, at which time he was 72 years of age and residing at Lima, New York, and his pensions was allowed for fifteen months and twenty days' actual service as a Private in the Conn., troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time he served under Capt. Webb and Col. Stark.  He enlisted at  Mansfield, Conn.  His widow, Bethia, made application and received a pension for the service of her husband as above set forth.
A very careful search has been made and from the data given the data given [sic] the names of Richard Holden and William Warner have not
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been found upon the Revolutionary war pension or bounty land records or files in this Bureau.
Very respectfully,
[no sig]
Commissioner

Mr. H. B. Webb
Office of Doorkeeper,
House of Representatives, City,
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[Written top right corner:]
AWF

[Typed:] 
Rev. War Section.

June 12, 1923.

Mrs. C. H. Spooner,
Charleston, N. H.

Madam,
In response to your letter of April 14, 1923, I have to advise you that Timothy Holden, Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 7774, it does not appear that he ever served in the War of 1812.
Respectfully, 
[no sig]
Commissioner.