Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,616, Jacob Bates, Mass.
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SERVICE
Mass.

Bates, Jacob

NUMBER
8.29.616
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Maine 11.271 
Jacob Bates 
Cumberland Co in the State of Maine who was a Pri in the Company commanded Captain Hambin of the Regt commanded Col Bailey in the Massachusetts Troops 
2 Ys Private $80 

Inscribed on the Roll of Maine the rate of 80 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 

Certificate of Pension issued the 17th day of April 1833 and Sent to F. Bradford, Portland Me
 
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 160. 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept 1833 40 
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$200.00 
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⎨ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }

Recorded by John J. Sprague Clerk,
Book E  Vol. q  Page 3
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Declaration of Jacob Bates 
No 3228 
Admd

2 yr $80 - 

F. Bradford Esq
Portland Me
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAINE DISTRICT SS.
AT a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at [crossed out: Portland] Minot, within and for said District, on the fourteenth day of August A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court. 

On this fourteenth day of August aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Minot Jacob Gates a resident of Minot in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy three 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. 

1- That he the said Bates entered the army of the United States as a private Soldier some time in the spring of the year of 1775 and served eight months at Roxbury near Boston in the Company commanded by Capt Hamlin in the regiment commanded by Col. Bailey of Hanover that he was a resident of Abington County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts at the time he entered the said term of service 

II- That he the said Bates again entered the service as a private Soldier at Abington aforesaid in the Company commanded by Capt Joseph Trufant, which company was raised from Abington Braintree & Weymouth, some time in the latter part of the Spring of 1776 and served eight months, the regiment to which he belonged was commanded by Col Whitney 

II- That he again served in the winter following for three months in the company command by Capt Thayer of Braintree and was stationed at Nantasket, Boston harbor, during said three months. That he the said Bates again enlisted sometime in the spring of 1777 at Abington aforesaid in the Company commanded by Capt Porter of Weymouth in the regiment commanded by Col. Burbank and served six months under said enlistment [inserted: at Castle William near Boston] that the evidence of the aforesaid service is hereunto annexed 
Jacob Bates

 he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or [crossed out: (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of] 
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before, Ashur Ware 
U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
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the said Bates further declares that he was born in the town of Abington County of Plymouth in the State of Massachusetts, in the year 1759 I have a record of my age that my father gave me in an ancient manuscript- 

That he was a resident in the Town of Abington aforesaid at the time he entered the service afore 

That since the revolutionary war he has resided for the most part in the Town of Minot County of Cumberland when he now resides - that is, he has lived in Minot more than forty years. That he enlisted in the service aforesaid, and not a substitute That he never received a discharge from the service 
Jacob Bates
Signed & sworn to before Ashur Ware 
Aug 16. 1828 [followed by illegible initials]

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states 

I, John Mussey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Jacob Bates for a pension And that Samuel S. Brown & Josiah W. Mitchell Esquries who took the annexed deposition of Simon Record & Job Beal, are Justices of the Peace duly qualified & that their official attestations are entitled to full faith & credit 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighteenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two 
John Mussey 
Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District. 

Maine District District Clerk's Office Nov. 13, 1832 
Thereby certify that Freeman Bradford Esquire whose certificate to the character of Joshua Pool & James Hearsey whose depositions are hereto annexed is a Justice of the Peace duly qualified & that his official attestations are entitled to full faith credit & in witness thereof have hereto set my hand & seal official the day & year last above written 
John Mussey Clerk U.S. Court
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The interlineation on the bottom of the first page in the following words "at Castle William near Boston" was inserted before the applicant subscribed his name 
Attest Freeman Bradford
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION. 3 - 525 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. BUREAU OF PENSIONS. Washington, D. C. 19 

S.F 29616
In reply to your request of___, received___ for a statement of the military history of Jacob Bates a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. 
[table headings]DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE.  | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. CAPTAIN. | COLONEL. | STATE. 
[row 1]Spring 1775 | 8 mos | Pvt | Eleazer Hamlin | John Bailey | Mass.
[row 2]Spring 1776 | 8 mos. | " | Joseph Trufant | Josiah Whitney | [blank]
[row 3]Winter following 3 mos | [blank] | Thayer | [blank] | [blank] | [blank]
[row 4]Spring 1777 | [blank] | Porter | Burbank | [blank]
Battles engaged in, 
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abington, Plymouth Co, Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug 14. 1832. His claim al.
Residence at date of application, Minot in Cumberland Co, Maine
Age at date of application, born in 1759 at Abington Mass 
Remarks: For date of last payment of pension & probable date of death &c 
6tf 11.271 issued Apr. 17, 1833. $80 from Mch 4, 1831.  Act June 7, 1832 Maine Agency

Respectfully, Commissioner.
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29616 Revy INVALID. 
File No. 29616 
Jacob Bates Pri Rev War 
Act: June 7" 32" 

Index: -- Vol. A, Page 25 
[Arrangement of 1870.] 

1916 Aug. 12 Hist. to Jennie R. Bates 
1916 Dec. 12 Hist to George A. Johnson & Mrs Lillian M Fuller
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Jacob Bates Case Aff of Joshua Pool
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I Joshua Pool of Greenwood in the County of Oxford State of Maine on oath depose and say that I am seventy one years of age and was a soldier during the revolutionary war at various periods one of which was in the six months service in the State of Massachusetts in A.D. 1777 and stationed at Castle William in Boston harbour. I further testify that Jacob Bates of Minot in the County of Cumberland served with me during the said term of six months and was a private in the same company 

I have always been acquainted with the said Bates and know him to be the identical person that saved with me. The Company to which I belonged was commanded by Capt Porter in the regiment commanded by Col. Burbanks. The company in which in the said Bates was enrolled belonged to Capt. Porter in the regiment commanded by Col. Burbank 
Joshua Pool 

Maine District Cumberland SS August 14 1832. 
Then personally appeared the above named Joshua Pool and made solemn oath to the truth of the deposition by him subscribed Before me John Wam [crossed out: Justice of the a pass] Press of the C.C.Pleas of Maine

This may certify that I have known Joshua Pool the above named deponent for many years and state that he is a man of truth and irreproachable character and full confidence and credit may be placed in his statement 
Freeman Bradford Justice Peace
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Depo of Job Beal for Jacob Bates
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State of Maine Cumberland Ss
I Job Beal of Freeport in the County of Cumberland Yeoman aged 73 years-- do depose, testify & say, that I was a private soldier in the company commanded by Capt Joseph Trufant in the Regt commanded by Col Josiah Whitney in the year 1776 and I do know that Jacob Bates now of Minot was a private soldier in said Company and did duty as such for the term of eight months at that time and served in the same company with me. I further testify and say that the said Bates served three months in the winter following in the company commanded by Capt Thayer of Braintree in Massachusetts - We did duty on Nantasket in Boston harbour - we did duty in the Massachusetts line, in the Revolutionary war- 
Job Beal

State of Maine 
Cumberland SS July 30th 1832 Then the above named Job Beal came before me and made sole oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed. And I hereby certify that said Beal is a credible witness- 
Josiah W. Mitchell Just peace
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Jacob Bates Case 
Aff of Simon Record
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I. Simon Record of Buckfield in the County of Oxford State of Maine Yeoman aged seventy nine years, testify & say that I was a soldier in the American army, during the revolutionary war with Great Britain for different periods, one of which was in the eight months service in the Massachusetts troops at Roxbury near Boston under Captain Eleazer Hamlin of Colonel John Baileys Regiment. I enlisted at Pembroke in the County of Plymouth, Massachusetts for said eight months which term I served  through & was discharged. This was in the year 1775 

I further say that I am well knowing to the fact that Jacob Bates now residing in the town of Minot, County of Cumberland, State of Maine was a soldier in the same company with me and that he served for the same period he having elisted in Abington in the same County of Plymouth. I have known said Bates ever since & have lived a neighbor to him for more their forty years & will know him to have served as aforesaid- 
Simon Record 

State of Maine County of Oxford SS

July 21. 1832. Then the above named Simon Record to me well known as a man of truth personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me 
Samuel F Brown Justice of the Peace
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Jacob Bates Can Aff of James Hearsey
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I James Hearsey of Sumner in the County of Oxford State of Maine aged seventy four years on oath testify and say, that I was a soldier in the revolutionary war at different periods, one of which was eight months service in Massachusetts troops at Hull or Nantasket in Boston harbour in the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Trufant according to the best of my recollection I enlisted at Abington for said Eight months and served said term through and was discharged. This was in the year 1776 

I further testify that I am well knowing to the fact that Jacob Bates of Minot in the County of Cumberland State of Maine, was a soldier in the same Company with me and that he served for the same period. I have known said Bates ever since and well know him to have served as aforesaid. 

I further testify that the said Bates served three months in the winter following viz in 1777 in the company commanded by Capt Thayer of Braintree according to the best of my remembrance 
James Hearsey 

District of Maine  August 16 1832 Then personally appeared the above named James Hearsey and made solemn oath to the truth of the affidavit by him signed 
Before me [crossed out: Justice of the Peace] Pro of the C C by Dist of Maine

I hereby certify that James Hearsey of Sumner who subscribed and made oath to the above deposition is a man of the strictest truth and veracity and full credit may be placed in his statement as above
Freeman Bradford Jus Pacis
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Ret'd 19 Dec'd

Revolutionary Claims 
Hon. Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington D.C. -
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The pension certificate of the applicant Mr. Bates may be returned to the subscriber if awarded 
Freeman Bradford Portland Maine
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Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War Washington D.C.
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Portland November 13, 1832 

Sir I have examined the letters that have hitherto been transmitted to Mr Mussey Clerk of the U.S. D.C. and, together with him have come to the conclusion that all that was necessary to be done, in order to conform to the regulations of the department, was to certify to the good character of the Deponents Hearsey & Pool, - have all the depositions attached to the declaration by a piece of tape and sealed by the Clerk 

The Declarant has stated the term of the several times that he served. When I drew his declaration I asked him if those several terms were the least that he served and he stated that they were. I invariably put the same questions to all applicants when they made their declarations by me and the sum of all these terms of service when added together will make the least time which he served.

you will perceive that the character of the other deponents is certified to by the Justices who took their several depositions in that part of the deposition which contain the official attestation of the
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Magistrate. Mr Bates has lived for many years in the town when I formerly resided and his statements are entitled to full confidence 

To Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War 

I am most respectfully your obt. svt 
Freeman Bradford
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Rev W C H 
Norway, Maine, Aug. 3, 1916. 
United States Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C. 
Dear Secretary: -- I am very desirous to obtain some information concerning my great grand father, Jacob Bates, who went into the Revolutionary War, and was there through the seven years. I think he went from Turner, Maine, at least I know he came back to that town at the close of the war, and received the regular pension, $96.00 for the rest of his life, and this would have been sent to him in the town of Turner, 

I would like to know the time and place of his birth, also of his death and the same information concerning his wife, if you have such data there and would kindly furnish it. 
Thanking you in advance for the favor, (Miss) Jennie R. Bates Box 228 1 Norway Maine
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Pension 
V. S. Beaman 
Rev Sec 
June 

Will you kindly tell me the length of service of Jacob Bates whom enlisted in the Revolutionary 16 war from Abington Mass Cert who after words Received a pension from his home in Minot Me. also will you kindly give me date of birth and place and oblige Yrs Rep Nov 21 

Mrs Lillian M. Fuller 22 West 110th St 
New York City
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Please furnish me with a record of Revolutionary War service of Jacob Bates, born Abington, Massachusetts, November 9th, 1759; enlisted in the Continental Army from Abington, Mass., and was pensioned at Minot, Maine, where he died July 10th, 1850. Please furnish me with volume and page of authority for his service, and state any particulars relating thereto which may be a matter of record. If possible I would like to obtain a certified copy of this record, and shall be glad to pay any charges connected therewith. Very truly yours, George Alson GAJ: EMA