Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18871, Isaac Heath, Mass.
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Service - Mass.


Heath, Isaac


Number - S.18871


contents


carded
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11.430

Maine

Isaac Heath

of Lincoln Co. in the State of Maine
who was a Pri. in the Company commanded 
by Captain Scott of the Regt. commanded
by Col. North in the Massachusetts
Troops

6 months Private   $20.00


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

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Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of April and sent to R.C. Vose Augusta Maine
1833

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Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 - $40.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 1833  10.00

$50.00


{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.}

Recorded by J.P. Sprague  Clerk
Book E Vol. 1 Page 20



Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4th Sept. 1837 to the 4th March 1838
Agent notified 20th Deceased 1838.
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2653

Isaac Heath

Private Massachusetts troops

Scott's Company North's Regiment

3 months

Hales Co. McCobb's Regt.

3 months

Six months as a private by credible witness.


$20.00


Applicant infirm certified.
by Judge April 4, 1833.


R.C. Vose
Augusta
Maine
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.

State of Maine
Kennebec County, ss.

On this fourth day of July AD 1832 personally appeared before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Junior, a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, of said State, Isaac Heath a resident of Whitefield in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine, aged seventy five 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 7, 1832.  


That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1777 with Captain Scott
and served in Col. Joseph North's regiment of
the Massachusetts line or troops under the following named officers: 

viz Scott Capt & North Col. That he enlisted in said company & regiment on the first
of January 1777 for the period of three months, [sd] period he fully served out & was discharged at the end thereof at Little Compton R.I. 
That afterwards in June or first of July 1779 he enlisted into the company commanded
by Capt Hale in Col. Samuel McCobb's regiment of the same troops for three months marched to Camden on Penobscot bay, then across the bay to Bagaduce neck. was there defeated by the enemy, retreated
& went to Coxe's head at the month of Kennebec river where he completed his term of enlistment & was discharged the last of September of the same year,


And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the department,
he answers: 

That he was born at Plaiston in New Hampshire, in September
1756 that he believes his age to be of record in that town. That .. 

..his home was at Whitefield aforesaid
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And to the interrogatories propounded under the instructions of the war department, he answers:
That he was born at Plaiston in New Hampshire, in September 1756 that he believes his age to be of record in that town. That during the Revolutionary war his home was at Whitefield aforesaid & he has resided there ever since. That he enlisted into the  service was not drafted or received as a substitute. That during his first service in Col. Norths regiment James Hunter was his Major & Can Barker Lt [asn] Capt Scatt's company. That he never received a written discharge from the service.
That any of his neighbors will testify as to his character for veracity & he names David Crowell, John Crowell, Rufus [Laboree] & Reuben Lewis, Esqrs. John Bailey of Pittston & Thadeus Bailey of Albion have testified to his services as he has
stated & their affidavits will be annexed to this declaration.

He hereby relinquishes every claim 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.
Isaac Heath

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Before
Nathan Wester [honl] S.J.C.

And the said Judge does hereby declare his opinion that the above named applicant was a
Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.

State of Maine
Nathan Weston

April 4, 1833. It has been made to appear to my satisfaction that the above named applicant by reason of age & infirmity
without prejudice to his health, appear in open Court to renew his & again to make oath to the same,
Nathan West
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State of Maine


Kennebec, ss.   I, John A. Chandler, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts held within and for the County of Kennebec, hereby certify that the Hon. Nathan Weston, Junior, before whom the within proceedings was had, is a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State: I also certify that the within contains the original proceedings of the said Judge, in the matter of the application of Isaac Heath for a pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this 14th day of July 
AD 1832.

J.A. Chandler
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In reply to your request of ....., received..... for a statement of the military history of Isaac Heath a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.

S. FIle 18871

Dates of Enlistment or Appointment - 

Jan. 1 1777

June or July 1779


Length of Service - 

3 months

3 months


Rank - 

Private


Officers under whom service was rendered - 

Capt. Daniel Scott/Col. Joseph North
Capt. Heald/Col. Samuel McCobb


State - 

Mass.



Battles engaged in, Bagaduce Neck

Residence of soldier at enlistment, 
Whitefield Lincoln Co. Maine

Date of application for a pension, July 14, 1832.  Allowed.

Residence at date of application, Whitefield Lincoln Co. Maine

Age at date of application, Sept. 1756 at Plaistow N.H.


Remarks:
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18871

INVALID



File No. 18,871

Isaac Heath

Pri. Rev. War


Act:  June 7, 1832

Index:-Vol. 1, Page 171


[Arrangement of 1870]



1910 February 24. Hist. to Frank H. Heath
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Isaac Heath
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State of Maine.

David Young, a Clergyman, residing in the town of Pittston in the County of Kennebec, and David Lowell residing in the same town, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Heath who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration; that we believe him to be seventy five 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.

David Young
David Lowell

State of Maine.

Lincoln ss.—Sworn and subscribed this twentieth day of July A.D. 1832

Before me,
Reuben Lewis, Justice of the Peace.

Reuben Lewis, Esq. is a Justice of the Peace. And the Rev. David Young is a Clergyman residing in Pittston. And David Lowell, Esq. of Whitefield is a credible person. Their statement is entitled to be believed.

Nathan Weston Junr
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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller’s Office,
December 13th, 1838

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled “An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States,” Isaac Heath, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Portland, Maine Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of Sept., 1837, to the 4th day of March, 1838.

Respectfully, yours,
[illegible]
Comptroller

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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State of Maine

Lincoln ss. July 3d 1832—

I Thaddeus Bailey of Albion in the County of Kennebec & State of Maine, Yeoman, hereby on oath do testify & say that I was in company with Isaac Heath of Whitefield in the County of Lincoln, Yeoman, at Bagaduce then so called, now Castine in this State, in the military service of the Country in the Regiment commanded by Col. McCobb & in the company commanded by Capt. Hale in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and twenty nine, for the full term of three months in said Campaign— and I further testify & say that I know the said Isaac Heath & have ever since known him to be the same Isaac Heath mentioned aforesaid, and that he is now personally present with me on my making this deposition.

Thaddeus Bailey

Lincoln ss. July 3. 1832— Then the above deposition of Thaddeus Bailey above named was subscribed by him and sworn to before me

Reuben Lewis } Justice of the Peace

I am satisfied that the deponent above named is a credible witness, and that Reuben Lewis Esq is a Justice of the Peace.

Nathan Weston Junr
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Deposition of 
John Bailey
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I John Bailey of Albion, County of Kennebec, yeoman, of lawful age do depose & say, that I knew an Isaac Heath of the town now called Whitefield in the County of Lincoln, yeoman, and that in January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy seven said Heath with myself entered into the service of the United States in a company commanded by Capt Daniel Scott, and under the command of Colonel North the term of three months which ended in April the same year & I do know that said Isaac Heath served the aforesaid term of three months. Our station was not far distant from what was called Little Compton. I have known said Isaac Heath ever since that time, & now do know that it is he that is personally present on my making this deposition.

John Bailey

Lincoln ss. July 6th 1832 Then the above named John Bailey made & subscribed the above deposition and made oath that what is therein stated is true & agreeable to facts.

Before me Reuben Lewis } Justice of the Peace

I am satisfied that the deponent above named is a credible witness and that Reuben Lewis Esq is a Justice of the Peace.

Nathan Weston Junr
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Whitefield Me. July 15th 1832—

I hereby certify to all persons whom it may concern, that I have lived a near neighbor to Mr Isaac Heath of Whitefield the bearer for the term of thirty years, & am well acquainted with him much in the time, & his reputation for truth & veracity such as to be undoubted by all who know him as a man & citizen.

David Jewell

The above also certified by us
John Coombs
Rufus Lakin
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Whitefield July 13th 1832

To all whom it may concern, This may certify that I have had an acquaintance with Mr Isaac Heath of this town during the term of twelve years, have lived near his residence for the most part of that time, and am satisfied that he is a man of character, & undoubtedly a good man, he is best known especially as a man of truth and veracity.

Reuben Lewis
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18671

Boston Feb 9, 1910

Mr James L. Davenport
Commissioner of Pensions
Wash D.C.

Dear Sir;—

Among the Mass. soldiers of the Revolution was an Isaac Heath in the Province of Maine and town of Whitefield. He was placed on the pension roll some years later;
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and I very much desire
a copy of his applica-
tion for pension.
Thinking these papers
may be in your
Department I write
to see if you can gratify
me by taking
a copy of it and send
to me. Yours truly

Frank H. Heath
96 Washington St
Boston
Mass