Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 101744-160-55, Anthony Gage, Mass.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
Mass
Gage, Anthony
Sally
Deed
NUMBER
B.L. Wt. 101744-160-55
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38374
Act Mar 3/55
Aug 20/62
Sally Gage
Wife of
Anthony Gage
Cap Elihu Gifford
Mass Mil
War of Revolution
suspended.
Let. Damon E. Cheney
Sept 13, 1862.
Allowed 160 acres
Dec 16, 1862 L.M. Drum Examiner
Damone E. Cheney
Orange Mass
[illegible] Goodman
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No. 318374
County Land Claim.
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
ORIGINAL CLAIM FOR LAND WARRANT.
Mr. Sally Gage
Widow of Anthony Gage,
Capt. Elihu Gifford Co
Massachusetts Militia.
Revolutionary War
Damon E. Cheney Atty
Orange
Massachusetts.
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Declaration to be made by a widow who has never received Bounty Land.
State of Rhode Island
Providence County, SS.
On this twenty fifth day of June 1862, before me a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County and State above named personally appeared (1) "Mrs. Sally Gage aged 83
years, a resident of Smithfield R. I. who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of (2) Anthony Gage
who was a (3) Private, in Captain Elihu Gifford
Company of Massachusetts, Militia, commanded by Col. Turner in the war of the Revolution
That he (4) enlisted at Harwich in the State of Massachusetts 1780 and continued in actual service fourteen days, and was honorably discharged at Place to her unknown 1780 and (5) She further states that her said Husband
served several months at one or more tours during said war
She further states that she was married to the said (2) Anthony  Gage at Harwich Mass on or about the third day of March, A.D, 1797 by one
Rev. Abner Lewis a ..........   that  her name, before her said marriage, was Sally Bassett that her said husband died at Smithfield R. I. on the twenty second day of October 1831 and she is now a widow. And she further states that she
believes there is a public record of her said marriage, (6)
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the act of March 3d, 1855, and May 14th, 1856, never having receive Bounty Land or knowing that she is entitled except for the above service, and she hereby constitutes and appoints Damon E. Cheney her Attorney with power of substitution to prosecute her claim and procure her warrant. Hereby authorizing and empowering her said attorney
to obtain from the proper authorities at Washington City, or elsewhere, certified copies of any Army or Navy records or documents in which her said husband's services may be recorded, and to procure any and all other evidence that may be necessary to establish her claim as fully as if personally present; and revoking and countermanding all former authority that may have been given for the above specified purpose.
                                             her
                                 (8)  Sally X  Gage
                                            mark
Sworn to, subscribed and acknowledged before me, the day and year first above written, and on the same day personally came
Isaiah C. Gage and Olive Carr residents
of Smithfield who being duly sworn according to law, declare that they are personally
acquainted with Mrs. (1) Sally Gage widow of (2) Anthony Gage who has made and subscribed the foregoing declaration, and were acquainted with her and her said husband, and know that they lived together as man and wife, and were so reputed. That she is the widow of the identical (2) Anthony Gage who performed the military service mentioned in said declaration, and has remained a widow since his death. That their knowledge of his death, and of her widowhood, is derived from (7) a residence in the same town and an intimate acquaintance in the family, and the above named parties for many years prove to his decease and with his widow until the present 
time and they further testify that they reside as above stated, and are disinterested in this claim.
        ( 9 )                   Isaiah C Gage
                                  Olive Carr
Sworn to and subscribed before me, and I certify that I am not interested in the claim, or concerned in its prosecution. That I believe the affiants to be credible witnesses, and the claimant is the person she represents herself in said declaration.
(10) Daniel Pearce Justice of the Peace
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State of Rhode Island
Providence County,
I, John A Goodman
Clerk of the Supreme Court in and for the
County and State above named, do hereby certify that Daniel Pearce
Esq, before whom the foregoing affidavits were made, and who has thereunto signed his name, was at the time of so doing a
Justice of the Peace for the town of Smithfield and the State above named, duly commissioned and
sworn, that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit, and that his signature thereto is genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed my official seal this 26th
day of June
1862
John A Gardner Clerk

No 318374
Bounty Land Claim
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
ORIGINAL CLAIM FOR LAND WARRANT
Mrs. Sally Gage
Widow of Anthony Gage
Capt Elihu Gifford Co
Massachusetts Militia
Revolutionary War
Damon E. Cheney Atty
Orange
Massachusetts

Instructions
1. Claimant's name.
2. Soldier's name
3. Here specify the service as follows: "in the company commanded by Captain_ Commanded by Colonel_" or " a _ on board of the United States ship _ in the war of _ " 
or as the case may be.
4. Enlisted, Volunteered, was drafted, or shipped.
5. Add: "that she has never before made application for Bounty Land, " or "that she made application for Bount Land for said service, and her claim was rejected, or suspended."
6. The claimant will here state that no public or private record of her marriage exists, or can be obtained if such is the case.  If there is a County, Town, or Church
record of the marriage, a duly certified copy of such record must be sent.  If there is no public, but a private or family record containing the marriage or the
births of children, a copy of such record must be sent and the magistrate will certify that it is a correct copy of the original.  Parol evidence of the marriage or
of co-habitation, is not admissible until the absence of record evidence is accounted for.  If the testimony of persons who were present at the marriage can be
produced, it should be sent and if such testimony cannot be had, the Claimant will so state.  This form will not alone be sufficient for the claim, without amendment or additional evidence of the marriage, unless the declarant is unable to present either public or private record evidence of or the testimony of persons who were
present, and so states in her declaration.
7. The witnesses will here mention facts and circumstances which induce their knowledge or belief that the husband of the Claimant was the soldier named, that he is
dead and that the claimant is now a widow. The mere statement of witnesses that their knowledge is derived from personal acquaintance," or a similar statement, is objectionable.
8. Claimant's signature.
9. Signatures of witnesses.
10. Magistrate's signature. The affidavits can be made before a Justice of the Peace, or any other officer authorized to administer oaths for general purposes.
11. Clerk's signature.
Correspondents sending claims unaccompanied by a letter, will please insert their names in the blanks below the Clerk's Certificate.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
BARNSTABLE, SS.
I, FREDERICK W. CROCKER, Clerk of
all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Barnstable
hereby certify that Obed Brooks Esquire,
of Harwich in said County, has been duly appointed,
commissioned, qualified, and sworn to act as a Justice of the Peace
within and for said County, and that the signature of the said
Justice to the Annexed Declaration and Affidavit
in to the best of my knowledge and belief, his true and genuine
signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the Superior Court
of said Commonwealth
this Eighth day of July
in the year eighteen hundred and Sixty two
Fred Whicker Clerk
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State of Mass County of Barnstable Town of Warwick

Married and solemnized in Warwick March thirtieth (30) seventeen hundred and ninety-seven by Rev Abner Lewis Anthony Gage & Sally Bassett both of Warwick.

I certify that the above 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:
"March 30th, 1797"

Wm H Underwood - Town Clerk

I Wm H Underwood 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 copy from the records of said city with the exception above named as certified by me.

Wm H Underwood - Town Clerk Warwick

Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this firth day of July AD 1862. I have no interest in this case.

Obed Brooks - Justice of the Peace
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318.374
Bounty Land Claim
Act of March 3d 1855.
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Mrs. Sally Gage
Widow of
Anthony Gage
Private
Revolutionary War.
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Damon E. Cheney Atty.
Orange
Massachusetts
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable ss
I, Frederick W. Crocker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Barnstable hereby certify that Jonathan Higgins Esquire, of [illegible] in said county, has been duly appointed, commissioned, qualified, and sworn to act as a Justice of the peace within and for said County, and that the signature of the said Justice to the annexed declaration and affidavit is to the best of my knowledge and belief, his true and genuine signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Superior Court of said Commonwealth this first day of October in the year eighteen hundred and sixty two.
Frederick W. Crocker, Clerk
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State of Rhode Island
County  of Providence
I, SamClark, of Smithfield in the county and state aforesaid, doth depose and say, I am the Town Clerk in the Town of Smithfield and have the cutody and keeping of the Records of the Births, Marriages, and Deaths of the aforesaid Town, and I certify that the following is a true copy of the record, which is expessed in fair legible dates and figures, as follows:  Date of Death Oct 22d 1837; Name, Anthony Gage; Place of death Smithfield; Sex Male; Color White; Condition Married; Occupation Mariner; where fron Harwich Mass; parentage American; Where burried Smithfield; J Higgins, informant; Attest Saml Clark T Clerk.
The foregoing declaration was sworn to and subscribed before me, on this thirtieth day of July AD 1862; and I certify that I know the declarant to be the identical person he represents himself to be, and serving in the capacity above stated, and a person entitled to credit.
Daniel N. Paine, Justice of the Peace

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence ss
I John Gardiner Clerk of the  Supreme Circuit Court of said state for said county do hereby certify that Daniel N Paine, Esquiire, whose genuine signature appears above, is and was at the time of signing the same, an active Justice of the Peace for the town of Smithfield in said county and state aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit.
Given under my hand and seal of said county the 7th day of August AD 1862
John A Gavin, Clerk
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No. 318,374
Bounty and claim
Act of March 3d 1855
Mrs. Sally Gage
widow of
Anthony Gage
Revolutionary War
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State of Rhode Island County of Providence Town of Smithfield
(a) Date of Death October Twenty Second From Eighteen Hundred and thirty one-Name & Surname of the deceased- Antony Gage-- Age Sixty Eight, died in Smithfield R I & was
by occupation a Mariner & was born in Harwich Mass
I CERTIFY that the above is a true copy of the record, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the maid in fair legible figures, as follows:-- (b)  "Oct" 22, 1831"
Sam Clark___________ Town Clerk.

I, Sam Clark 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 copy from the records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me.
Sam Clark}       Town Clerk
Subscribed and duly win as before me, this tenth day of November A.D. 1862, I have no interest in this case.
Bailey E. Borden Justice of the Peace
( a ) Here fill in an exact transcript of the record, except that, instead of copying the figures, the date must be written in full.
( b ) Here give the date exactly as it is in the record
State

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Secretary's Office, Providence, November 25 1862
I HEREBY CERTIFY, That Bailey E Borden
Esquire, before whom the annex...  ath was made and who has thereunto subscribed his 
name was at t..   so doing, a Justice of the Peace of the State of Rhode Island, in and for the town of Smithfield and as such, is by law authorized to take  Depositions, and the acknowledgement of Deeds, and other Instruments, and to administer all necessary Oaths; that he is duly commissioned, as appears of record until sworn; and some and I furthermore believe that his signature is genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Seal of the State aforesaid, the day and year above written.
John R Bartlett
Secretary of State
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Additional Evidence
Bounty Land Claim
Act of March , 1855

Anthony Gage dec
318.374
Not on (illegible)
Department of the Interior
Dec 07, 1862
Hon. Joseph H. Barrett.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington  D.C.

Rest of document is too light to properly transcribe.
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Free
Stamped Department  of the Interior
Aug 20 18 __
Hon Joseph C Barrett
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D C
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Town Clerk Harwich
to           Gage as the
the
Town Clerk Smithfield
as to     Gage
1831
    68
 1763
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101744
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston
July 9, 1862

Hereby Certify, That from an examination of the Books and D... ments relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department
it appears that the name of Anthony Gage is borne upon "An Abstract of the wages,
(illegible) and subsistance money due to Capt. Elihu Giffords company, Col. Turner's regiment when on duty in the five months service
in Rhode Island," Service  as a private, from July twenty sixth seventeen hundred and Eighty one, to the  twenty seventh of the two
of the succeeding November Four months and one day
On file in this office is a certificate, of which the
following is a true copy.
(Over)
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To Thomas Ivers Esq.
Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Sir,
This may certify that Anthony Baker and Anthony Gage, both of the town of Harwich in the county of Barnstable, were both of them in my company in Col. Wm Sumers regiment in the five months service on Rhode Island in 1781, as you will find in my muster roll in your office.
Elihu Gifford
[illegible] Feb 26, 1785
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Commonwealth of Rhode Island
Providence ss
I Sally Gage do depose and say this
am the widow of Anthony Gage deceased who was soldier in the war of the revolution that my said husband enlisted from the town of Harwich in the said State and serve one or more tours the duration of said service is to me unknown. 
I hereby constitute and appoint Damon E. Cheney of Orange Mass, my Attorney to apply for and receive from the Secretary of the Commonwealth the time and place of my Husbands enlistment the officers under whom he served and the time and place of his discharge
Witness my hand and seal this 15th
day of June 1862                   Her        
Attest  Isaiah Gage        Sally  X Gage     
                                             Mark
Olive Carr
Providence Ss.
On this 25th day of June A.D. 1862
personally appeared the above named Sally
Gage and made oath that the foregoing affidavit by her subscribed is true and at the same time acknowledge the foregoing power of Attorney to be her free act. I further certify that I have no interest in any claim to which it may apply as evidence or conserned in its
Prosecution.
Before me
Daniel Pearce          Justice of the Peace
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THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
PROVIDENCE, SC.

CLERKS OFFIGE SUPREME COURT,
PROVIDENCE, June 26th A.D. 1862
I John A Gardner Clerk of SUPREME COURT
of said State, within and for the County of Province:

DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Daniel Pearce is a Justice of the Peace for the town of Smithfield in said County & State & as such was at the time of signing the army certificate
duly appointed and qualified and authorized to administer oaths and take depositions and the acknowledgement of deeds and other instruments, and that the signature to the annexed certificate purporting to be his is genuine.
IN ATTESTATION WHEREOF, I hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, the day and year above written
John A. Gardner Clerk