Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 2,813, James Dearborn, N.H.
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SERVICE  N. H.

Dearborn, James

NUMBER  R. 2,813
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Ex'r.  OLD WAR

No. 2813

REJECTED

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James Dearborn

NH

Service:  Revolutionary

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North Effingham NH    Tres [crossed out: 183-]
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Hon. Levi Woodbury
Secretary of the Treasury U.S.
City of Washington

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Treas. Dept
June 19, 1897
Respectfully [?]
Secretary of War
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12 June 1837
Pension Office
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James Dearborn

NH

[unknown] J [S?] Dearborn

June 13 1837

(Rejected)

Hon [S?] Cushman

6 March 1839

Act 7 June 1832
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Act 1832

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State of New Hampshire
County of Carroll ss.}

Be it known, that on this first day of January A. D. 1853 before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Edward Dearborn resident of Effingham in said County, and made oath according to law that he is legal heir of the identical James Dearborn who was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and who has heretofore made application for the benefit of the Pension Act of [blank] that he is directly interested as a claimant in said pension and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.

Countermanding and revoking all Powers of Attorney, and authority heretofore given, I hereby constitute and appoint SAMUEL M. KNIGHT, of Washington City, my true and lawful Attorney, to prosecute the claim of James Dearborn for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or increase of Pension that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Attorney to examine all papers or documents in relation to said claim on file in the Department at Washington City. or elsewhere, to file additional evidence or arguments, and to receive for my exclusive benefit, the Certificate which may be issued for said claim, which certificate I wish made payable at the Washington City, D. C. Agency; to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purpose herein expressed, and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present.  Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
[signed] Edward Dearborn

Sworn to, Subscribed, and Acknowledged before me the day and year above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Edward Dearborn to be directly interested in said claim as set forth, and to be the identical party therein alleged.   [signed] Josiah Dearborn

State of of Hampshire
County of Carroll}
It is hereby Certified, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me, Clerk of the Court of Probate for said County that Edward Dearborn Esq [Josiah is crossed out] the party who has sworn to, and acknowledged the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney is the heir of said James Dearborn deceased the reputed soldier aforesaid.  I further certify, that Josiah Dearborn Esq. before whom the preceding affidavit and Power of Attorney were made and acknowledged, was, at the time of so doing, a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, and that the signature purporting to be his, I believe to be gen[uine].
In testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of Office, this fourth day of January 1853
[signed] Sanborn B. Carter
Register of Probate

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I Joseph Davis of Effingham in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire depose and say that I was in the year AD 1819 ordained as a free will baptist Minister over the free will baptist Church in said Effingham prior to that time and ever since have been acquainted with James Dearborn of Effingham aforesaid and who made his declaration at a Probate Court holden at Ossipee in said County of Strafford on the Eleventh day of May AD 1837 in order to obtain a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 which declaration I have this day made & I have no doubt of his veracity.  He is a man in my opinion intild [entitled] to full faith and credit.  He has been a member of said Church about four years.
[signed] Joseph Davis

State of New Hampshire
Strafford SS  May 29th 1837  Then personally appeared the above named Joseph Davis and made solemn oath that the above declaration by him subscribed is true before me
[signed] Josiah Dearborn  Justice of the Peace for said County of Strafford
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Declaration for A Tension

James Dearborn

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

State of New Hampshire, County of Strafford } ss.
Court of Probate holden at Ossipee
On this Eleventh day of May 1837 personally appeared before the Judge of the Court of Probate James Dearborn a resident of Effingham in the County of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, aged Eighty two 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 years 1775 & 1777 under the following named officers:  that he enlisted for three months in the Company under Command of Capt Caleb Hodgdon in the Regiment Commanded by Col Wingate in the year 1775 and served three months - was stationed at Portsmouth in the county of Rockingham State of New Hampshire - during the time of said Service of three months he helped sink a British vessel between [?] Island and Kittery in the state of Maine that he does not know any person who was in the land service with him now living - that at the time he enlisted he lived in Dover N.H.  That in the year 1777 he enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt. Calf for three months and served said three months .  That he was stationed at Ticonteroga  [Ticonderoga} engaged principal part of said time in building barracks.  That he does not remember to whose regiment the said company belonged nor who commanded it.  That the time he enlisted he lived in Lee in New Hampshire and he further declares that he does not know any person now living who served with him[.]  He further declares that he actually served said six months.  That after the last [term?] of his service expired he returned to Lee aforesaid lived there abut five years thence removed to Northwood New Hampshire[.]  That he lived in said Northwood about six years thence removed to Durham New Hampshire [,] lived there about three years from said Durham he removed to Ossipee, New Hampshire lived there about twenty five years from said Ossipee removed to Effingham aforesaid where he now lives has lived there about twenty years where he now lives[.]  He further declares that he believes that he never had any written discharges from said services.  He further declares that he did know until last winter that any person could obtain a pension unless he had served nine months which is the reason of his not applying before for a pension.
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.  
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.  James Dearborn  X his mark
[signed] Daniel C. Atkinson Judge of Probate

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  [signed] Daniel C. Atkinson  Judge of Probate
I, Ira A. Eastman Register of the Court of Probate for said county do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of James Dearborn for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this eleventh day of May a.D. 1837
[signed] Ira A. Eastman  Register