Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 18,941, Bolter Colson, Mass.
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Service MASS

Colson, Bolter
Colson, Bolter
Sarah

Number W.18,941
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15.896
Massachusetts ┃
Bolton Colson
of Middlesex in the State of Mastts
who was a private in the Comp commanded
by Captain Welcher of the Regt. commanded
by lut Lovelock in the Maine
line for 6 months
Will
Inscribed on the Roll of Masttes
at the rate of 20 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the -

6 day of Aug 1823
and Sutto G. Cana
Anton
Arrears to the 4th of May
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept '33
$40
10
$50
{Revolutionary Claim,Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by Po.l Stiles, Clerk
Book E. Vol. 2. Page .3

81
Middling
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Massachusetts 3402
Sarah Colson
widow of Bolter Colson
who was a Private
in the Massachusetts line
for 6 months

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
Twenty Dollars ---
Centes per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843

Certificate of Pension issued the 
seventh day of December 1845
and sent to Ada F. Lawrence
Pepperell
Mass.

[Act of March 3. 1843]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 1 Page
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Declaration of
Bolter Colson
26.077

Samuel Dana [--]
Groton, Mass
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Middlesex    SS.
On this Sixth 
day of November Colson
personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Common Pleas, now sitting at (illegible)
within and for the County of Middlesex
in the Commonwealth aforesaid
Bolter Colson of Pepperell in County
aged eighty eight years
who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of
Congress, passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That is to say
That he entered the service in the year AD 1776 and on the forefront of
December he inlisted in the Company of Capt Belcher of Braintree in Col. Love ┃
Wells Regt of Massachusetts forces and for three months, he entered his company
in December and proceeded with them to New Jersey where he was encamped and was
with his company at Tarrytown in New York and continued untill he served
out his term of three months and was regularly dismissed, some time in March
AD 1777
Groton
2d li
again engaged to Rhodeisland for three months and enlisted in the
Company of Capt

Lt Whitney of Roxbury in Col
Regt he joined his company and proceeded to Rhodeisland and was there with
them untill he compleated his term of three months and was dismissed
The said Walter Colson by reason of his great age and decay of memory is 
unable to state the Captain and Col
. under whom he served at Rhode
island, and no documentary evidence can be found for him  nor any person
who was in service with him in either c;ampaign - He having lived in
places remote from his present residence when he served as will appear
by the his answers to the interrogatories hereto annexed.
He relinquishes every claim, whatever, to a pension or annuity, whatever except. the present, and declares that his name is not
on the pension roll, of the agency of any State,
Sworn to and subscribed
the day and year aforesaid
Bolter Collins
mark
in
in presence of Sam Dana of Groton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
We James Now
---
a Clergyman residing in the town of Pepperrell  hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Bolter Colson
who has subscribed and sworn to the above, and that we believe him to be eighty eight years of age, that he is reputed and
believed in the neighborhood, where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed
Before me Same Dana Jus Peace within and for all
the Counties in said Commonwealth.
Jas Howe
James Lewis
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And the said Court do hereby declare their Opinion, that after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories
prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states.
And the Court further certifies that it appears to them, that James Howe
who has signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the town of Pepperelle that James Lewis is of said town & is a magistrate
Laws of said town & and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
S.P.P.Pay  Prob
I Isaac Fisher Register-

Clerk of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex
do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of
Bolter Colson for a pension.
testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this tenth day of
November in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty two

Isaac Fisher
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Middlesex, to wit,
At the Court of Probate
begun and holden at Groton
on the Sixth
day of November A. D. 1832.
On the application of Bolton Colson-
claiming 
to be a Soldier of the Revolution, the following
Interrogatories were propounded to him to wit:
Where, and in what year were you born
Answer,
I was born at Weymouth in line a on the 6th of
January AD. 1744.

2. Have you any record of your age, and where is it?
Answer,
I have no family record, but there is a record of my age
on the records of Weymouth

3. Where were you living, when called into service, where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
Answer,
I was living in Bath new in the State of Maine, and
then I lived in Weymouth from there I removed to Peterborough in
now called Sharon in Newhampshire, from there I removed to Townsend in (illegible)
from there I removed to Pepperell in as where I now live.-
4. How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute, and if a substitute for whom?
Answer,
All my services were voluntary and of my own will
5 do you ever receive a discharge from service
Ans. I never had any written discharge
6 State the names of some of the regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served, such Continental and Militia
Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service?
Answer, I saw Gen Washington in New Jersey, I saw Gen Heath and
Give Lincoln of (illegible)
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for
veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution?
Answer, the Revd James Howe Allen Parker, Deacon     Parker Dean
Jennett, and Doctor Nehemiah Cutter all of Pepperell M.
in presence of Sam Dana
Walter Colsons mark
Mid & ss Novr 6th 1832
Sworn to &
S, P. P. Fay  (illegible)
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C. 1960
Sarah Colson
Wid of Bolter
Mass
Act July 7. 1838
married 1785
Died
1837
Allow $20 per ann
from
March 21st 1839
Paul Gerrnsh Esq
Townsend
Mass
Court the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss
I Elias Phinney clerk of Court of Common Pleas of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts County being a Court of virtue of Middlesex do certify that Soloman Strong Esquire is a judge of said Court of Com
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Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress
of the 7th of July 1838 entitled "An Act granting
half pay and pensions to certain widows"
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss
On this twenty eighth day of August eighteen hundred
and thirty eight       personally appeared before me
Solomon Strong one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
 for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the same
being a County of Record Sarah Colson
resident of Pepperell
in said County of Middlesex
widow aged seventy four year
who being first
duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following 
declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress
passed July 7 1838, entitled, "An Act granting half pay and
pensions to certain widows"" that she is the widow of
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in said County
Bolter Colson late of Townsend in said county  who was a private soldier in the Revolutionary War. He
was in the service during the war six months,
as she was informed by him. He was put on
the pension list. The pension certificate is not
now in her possession. It was sent to Bolter
when the arrearages of his pension after his death was obtained. She further declares that she was
married to the said Bolter Colson at 
Weymouth in the County of Norfolk and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the ninth day
of June seventeen hundred and eighty five by
the Reverend S. Williams when the settled and
ordained Minister of that Town and she has
continued his widow ever since never having
since been married. My name before I was
married was Sarah Holbrook. She further
says that her said husband the aforesaid Bolter
Colson died at Sharon in the State of New Hampshire
on the twenty first or the twenty second day of
March eighteen hundred and thirty seven.
she further declares that he was not married to
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him prior to his leaving the service but the
marriage took place previous to the first of
January seventeen hundred and and ninety four
at the time above stated. She further declare
that she has no documentary evidence or other
evidence to prove her husbands service (illegible)
what is in the War office, and by which his
pension was obtained..
Sarah Colson

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss. On this twenty eighth day of
August eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally
appeared before me Solomon Story a Judge of
&
the Court of Common Pleas for said County of
Middlesex the same being a court of record Sarah
Colson above named and subscibed the above
●
declaration in my presence, and made solemn
oath to the truth of the same.
The said Sarah Colson by reason of age and bodily infirmity
is unable to attend court, and took her examination at
Townsend, in said County
Solomon Strong Judge C.C. Pleas
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex SS. I Elias Phinney Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
for the County of Middlesex being a court of record do certify that Solomon
Strong Esquire is a Judge of said Court of Common
Pleas and that his name subscribed to
the within certificate is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court the twelfth
day of September 1838.
E. Phinney (illegible)
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Paul Gerish Eq. Post
Master
Townsend Harbor
Mass
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk and Town of
Weymouth
I Thomas C. Webb
Town Clerk of said Weymouth. here
by Certify that the following is a true
from the Records of said Town 
of
Weymouth with the exception of the date
which is expressed in fair legible
figures to wit:
Bolter Colson Sarah Holbrook

Both of Weymouth, Married by S.
Williams about June ninth Seventeen
Hundred Eighty Five. the date
recorded in June 1785
Thomas C. Webb
Town Clerk
of Weymouth
I Thomas C. Well above named
depose
say that I hold the Office
of Clerk of said Town of Weymouth
and that the above is a true extract
from the Records of the Town with the ┃
exceptions above named as certified by me
Thomas C Webb Town Clerk
of Weymouth.
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Norfolk Ss.  August 13. 1838 Personally appeared
the within named Thomas C. Webb and made
solemn on oath to the truth of the Statement
herein contained - before me
Fisher A. Kingsbury
(*illegible) County of Norfolk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Suffolk M
I, Chas A. Parker, Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas, the same being a Court
of Record, do hereby certify that Fisher
A. Kingsbury Esq is a Justice of the
Peace in & for the County of Norfolk
duly commissioned & qualified,
that his signature above written is his
true & proper signature
Witness my hand of the Seal of
said Court at Boston this
Eighteenth day of August A.D. 1838.

Chas.A. Parker Clerk
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No 26077
Bolton Colson Middlesex
County, Massachusetts
Private 6 months
●
Saml Dana Esq. Massachusetts
Groton
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Pension Office,
Sir, The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has
been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of
your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and
the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed,
before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is
necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed,
you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when
you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and
you will, by compling with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Bolton Colson Middlesex County
Massachusetts
Period when the ervice was rendered
Duuration of the
claimant's service.

Years  Months  Days

Rank of
the
claimant.

Names and rank of the Field officers
under whom he served.
Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service
Proof by which the declaration is supported

Entered    1776   --  3  --  private
Cap Belcher, Colonel
Lovewells
80 years
Bath now state of Maine
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army,
and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all
persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who
were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to
Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are
also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged
in guarding particular
places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2.  The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION.
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Terriory, or District of .
County of } ss
On this     day of
personally appeared (a) before
A. B. a resident (b) of

in the county of
and State, Territory or District
of
aged (c) 
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 year (d)         , with
and
served in the
(e) regiment of the
line, under the following named officers:
(Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served
under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the
town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons
who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of
the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.                  , A. B.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier, and served as he states.
I 
of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of
                         for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of
& c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia.
except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and
subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A.B., a Clergyman, residing in the
and C. D. residing in (the same)hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with
who has subscibed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be

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.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
(And then will follow the certificate of the Court.)
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after
putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B.
who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the
and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
1.
Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of

for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this
day of
& c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services
of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration,(l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted
; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. ┃
{To a Soldier.
Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given
, and what has become of it?
To an Officer.
Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what
has become of it?
7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be
the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.
If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character
and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct
proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the
inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before
required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper
county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform,
and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record,
or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper
Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a
Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is
his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before
the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the
declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period
of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the
opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
(a)The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b) The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c) The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d) The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e) Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the
loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his
recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:--For---year----months, and
days, I served as a        ; For ______ months and ________ days, I served as a ; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase
 about three or four months
is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years
in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown
under what officers the applicant served; the duration of such term of engagement;

the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certincate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must fix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must
pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
(j) In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as
the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witness, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m) The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration
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Bolter Colson made an application for pension on November 6, 1832, at which time he was residing in Pepperell, Mass., and eighty-eight years of age, and his pension was allowed for six months' actual service as a private in the Massachusetts troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. Belcher and Col. Lovewell. 

Very respectfully,

Commissioner.

Hon. David G. Colson,
House of Representatives.
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Widow, &c.

No. 18941
Sarah Colsen
widow of
Bolter Colsen
Prive. Rev. War

Act: Mar. 3 3/11 1843
Index - Vol. A, Page 151

[Agreement of 1879]
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Massachusetts - 2058.
Sarah Colson
widow of Bolter Colson
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 June '32
and who died on the 4 March 1837-
of Middlesex in the State of Masstts
who was a private in the compy commanded
by Captain Belcher of the
commanded by Col. Lovewell in
the Massachtts line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at
the rate of 20 - Dollars -
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836. & terminating 4 March '37
Certificate of Pension issued the 3d day of
April 1843 and sent to E. Clark
Brighton, 

Arrears to the 4th of
Semiannual allowance ending
$20.95
Act July 7, 1838.}
Recorded by Helestenart
Clerk,
Book A - Vol. 1- Page 80 -

Refd 5th

New certificate issd:
in this case see opinion of
atty. Genl of the 2d
September 1842

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2058
Massachusetts
Sarah Colson
widow of of Bolter Colson decd.
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832
and who died on the 21st March 1837
of Middlesex in the State of Ms.
who was a Private in the Compy commanded
by Captain Belcher of the Regt commanded
by Col Lovewell in the Ms.
line for 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Ms.
at the rate of 20 Dollars ____Cents per annum
to commence on the 21st, March, 1836. 1st
March 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of March 1839 and sent Paul Gerrish
Townsend Ms.
---
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 39,     $39.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Sept. 10.00
---
$49.00
Act July 7,
1838.Recorded by
D. D. Addison Clerk,
Book A Vol 1st Page 80
Uhta. Mar. 25, 1839
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Bolton Colson, Mass. Act June 7. $20. when paid
H H S
Dec 21 March 1837 paid to that period
JH
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J.L. Edwards Esq
Comm. of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

S. Colson
March 23, 1842
Mass
$20 per ann
Asa L. Lawrence
Pepperelle, Mass
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State of Massachusetts
Middlesex County ss. On this fourteenth day
of August in the year eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared before me Asa F. Lawrence
a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Middlesex Sarah Colson a resident of Pepperell in said County of Middlesex aged Seventy eight years who
being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d day of March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War. That she
is the widow of Bolton Colson late of said Pepperelle
deceased who was a Private in the Revolutionary War, and also a Revolutionary Pensioner under the
act of June 7th 1832 and for a more partic-
ular description of the said Bolter, Revolutionary
services reference may be had to the said Bolton
declaration and the accompanying papers & to the
said Sarah, former declaration probably now
on file in the War Department. That the annual
amount of the pension which she received under the
act of July
7th 1838 is twenty dollars. The
said Sarah further declares that she is still
a widow
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Sworn to and subscribed on
the day & year first above written
Sarah Colson
Before me Asa F. Lawrence Justice Peace
I Asa F. Lawrence above named do hereby certify
that the declarant the above named Sarah Colson
is personally known to me & that she is a person
of truth & veracity -
Asa F. Lawrence Jus. Peace


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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex Ss.
I
Elias Phinney Clerk of the Supreme
Inderal Court of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, for said County of Middlesex
do certify that Asa F. Lawrence Esquire ┃
is a Justice of the Peace within & for
said County of Middlesex, duly com
missioned & qualified & that his name ┃
Subscribed to the within Certificate is
his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand
affixed the seal of said
Court the twenty fifth day
of August 1843.
E. Phinney Clerk
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J. L Edwards Esq Court of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed I send you the declaration
of the Widow Sarah Calson in order that the
may obtain a pension under the
Act of Congress of the 3d of March last
Please send her Pension Certificate
addressed
to the subscribed at Pepperell
Massachusetts & oblige
Your Obt Servant
Asa F. Lawrence
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Sarah Colson
Mass
act 7 July 38
20 $
from 4 March 36
to 21 March 1837-
Elijah Clark
Brighton
Mass.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex, ss,
On this twenty second day of March eighteen hundred and
forty three, Personally appeared before me Elijah Clark
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Middlesex, Sarah
Colson, a resident of Pepperell in said County, Seventy eight
years of age, who being duly sworn according to Law doth
on her oath make the following Declaration in order to
obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the
fourth of March 1836 to the twenty first day of March
in the year 1837, from which period she has been already
paid under the act of the seventh of July 1838, and
the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow
of Bolter Colson who was a private in the Revolutionary War
, that her pension was allowed at the rate of twenty
dollars per annum, and was paid to her at the agency at
Boston in the State of Massachusetts and further she saith not
Sarah Colson
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written
Before me Elijah Clark, Justice Peace
Middlesex. J. Pepperell March 22. AD 1843
I hereby certify that Sarah Colson who has signed
and made oath to the above declaration is reputed to
be the widow of Botter Colson deceased, and that she
has formally received a pension from the United States
Elijah Clark, Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary Office March 24th 1843
I hereby certify that at the date of the
within attestation Elijah Clark was a Justice of
the peace for the County of Middlesex
Witness the seal of the
State
Jno A Bolles
Secretary at the Commonwealth