Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 5441, for Samuel Huston, Massachusetts
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(3-1776)
Service   Number 
Huston, Samuel  R. 5441
Contents.
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State of Massachusetts - County of Norfolk

Be it known that before me Warren Bird of the peace personally appeared Sally Morse aged sixty years and Martha Rollins Houston aged fifty eight years         County of Suffolk ss
personally appeared Horatio Nelson Huston, aged forty years, who being sworn in due form of law, state that they are the children of Samuel Houston late of [illegible] in the County of Essex, who was a Revolutionary Soldier in Capt. Pearson [illegible] in the year 1776 in the State of Massachusetts; that said, Samuel Huston our father dies on the 19th of May 1835 leaving  me widow; that he was a native of said [illegible] and resides in South Boston.
By there presents, we constitute and appoint Doct. William Ferson of said [illegible] irrevocably and true and lawful Attorney, with however of substituiton, form and in our name and  stead to examine into, to prosecute, and to receive  for the U.S. Government and state officers  in all and in any manner of claim for increase or arrears of Pensions that  maybe due us as children of said Samuel Huston who died leaving the same undrawn, as in night of law we may be entitled 
In witness were we, the above named children,  have hereunto this first day of November, Eighteen hundred of fifty two set our hands and seals
Witness - S. C. Palmer
Witness - Warren Bird
Sally Morse 
Martha R. Huston
Horatio Huston 
Moses S. Jordan 
Andrew J. Pike
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Suffolk SS, November 4th, 1852
Then Horatio N Houston made oath to the foregoing declaration and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney by him sub scribed to be his free act before me 
H Montgomery Justice of the peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Suffolk SS, November 4th, 1852
[illegible] Sally Morse and Matha Houston made oath to the foregoing declaration and acknowledged the foregoing power of Attorney by him subscribed to be his free act before me 
Warren Bird, justice of the peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, Boston, November 10th, 1852
I hereby certify that at the date of attestations hereto annexed, Warren Bird was a justice of the peace for the County of [illegible] of Hugh Montegomery, a Justice of the peace for the County of Suffolk.
in the said Commonwealth, duty commissioned and constituted; and that to their acts and arrestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
Amasa Walker
Secretary of the Commonwealth