Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 2165, for John Pope, Massachusetts
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Mass.

Pope, John
Pope, Sarah

W. 2165

B.L. Wt 3824-60-55
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21.158

Massachusetts

John Pope
of Norfolk in the State of Mass.
who was Pri, Corpl., Sgt. & Lieut. in the Company commanded
by Captain Payson of Regt commanded
by Greaton Col.  in the Mass.
Line for 7 mos. Private
23 days Corporal
25 dayd Sergeant
2 months & 3 days Lieut.

Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts
at the rate of 58 Dollars 50 Cents per annum.
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of Oct
1833 and sent Robert
Vose  Dorchester Mass.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833           $146.25
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 34  $ 29.25
                                                              $175.50

Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832

Recorded by J.D. Addison  Clerk,
Book E  Vol 2  Page 65

a new certificate issued
___ ____ of one dated 22nd
Aug. 1833   (Cancelled)
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Mr. John Pope

25626


Abel Cushing Atty

Dorchester Mass.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

County of Norfolk ss.     On this fourteenth day of November in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court
before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now
sitting at Roxbury in and for said County John Pope a resident
of Dorchester in said County, aged seventy seven who being first 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 8th A.D. 1832.
      THAT he was born at Dorchester aforesaid
              on the fourteenth day of January A.D. 1755, and that there is a
record of his birth in said Dorchester; that he was in the United States service from
the first day of June A.D. 1775, to the first day of January A.D. 1776--7 months
as a volunteer Lieut. in the Massachusetts Militia &: that he was
residing at Squantum in said Dorchester
when he entered the service; that he was stationed there during said term
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Payson of Skovon & in
Col. Graton's Regiment: that he served at Squantum with none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge: that since the Revolutionary war he
has resided at Dorchester aforesaid: & the number of months he
served this time was seven--That he has no documentary evidence
of this service, nor is there any person known to him by whom he can prove it
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from
the twenty ninth day of January A.D. 1776 to the twenty-nineth or thirtieth day of March A.D. 1776
as a Volunteer Corporal in the Massachusetts Militia: that he was
residing at Dorchester aforesaid
when he entered the service; that he was again stationed at Squantum
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Hopestill Hall & Col. Lemuel
Robinson's Regiment: that he served at Squantum
with none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him: that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge & the term of this service
was two months--
ALDO: that he was in the United States serviced from
the seventeenth day of April A.D. 1777, to the tenth day of July A.D. 1777
as a Sergeant in the Massachusetts Militia Line: that he was
residing at said Dorchester
when he entered the service; that he was at Rhode Island
and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Capt. Seth Sumner of Milton
& Col.  Gill's Regiment.; that he marched from Dorchester to
Rhode Island, from thence to Dorchester again-: that he served at Bristol
in Rhode Island with none of the regular troops; and
no regular officers were known to him; that he was in no battle
and at the end of his service received no written discharge. time of service two
months & twenty three days--
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and the said Pope further states that in the year 1781 He
again entered the service of the United States in the Massachusetts
Militia being commissioned as first Lieutenant in company
commanded by Capt. Raymond De Guiscord for five month
to march to Rhode Island & do duty under the command of
Brigadier  General De Choisy-- that under said Commission
which is hereunto annexed he did march to Rhode
Island & did duty under said commission as he verily believes
nearly if not fully the time therein specified--& he is certain that
from the time he was detailed as aforesaid he was holdin
to be in readiness at a moments warning--
At the end of said tour he was discharged but not by
writing

     He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity 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 first aforesaid

John Pope

We William Oliver and Abel Cushiny both residing in Dorchester
aforesaid hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Pope who has
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration ; that we believe him to be seventy seven
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 as aforesaid.

Wm. Oliver
Abel Cushiny

     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 abovenamed applicant
was a revolutionary soldier & officer and served considerable part of the time he states. And the court further certify that it
appears to them that William Oliver Esquire, who has signed the preceding certificate, is
a resident in the said Dorchester; and that Abel Cushiny Esquire
who has also signed the same is a resident in said Dorchester and they are credible persons; and that
their statement is entitled to credit, & the court further certify that the depositions of 
Lemuel Wittington & Thomas Lyon were duly
annexed to this statement--

Sherman Leland Judge of probate

I Samuel Haven Regt. of the Court of Probate aforesaid to hereby certify
that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the
application of John Pope for a pension.
     In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the
seventh day of May, Anno Domini, 1833.

Samuel Haven
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286

Massachusetts

Sarah Pope
widow of John Pope
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Corpl, Sergt. & Lieut.
Mass. Line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 58 Dollars 50
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1848.

Certificate of Pension issued the
8th day of August 1849
and sent to Robert Vose of
Dorchester Massachusetts

Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act
29 July 1848, Page 65 Vol 1  Book D.
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No 394
Sarah Pope
Wid of John
Mass
Act 29 July 1848
Married 1799
husband decd 1834
Admd 58.50 pm
on 4 March 1848

Robert Vose 
Dorchester Mass
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Secretary's Office, Boston April 6th 1849

I hereby certify that at the date of
the annexed attestation Sherman
Leland, was Judge of Probate
for the County of Norfolk,

in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted:
and that his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.

W. B. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk   ss.

               On this fifth day
of April in the year one thousand
eight hundred and forty nine personally
appeared, before Sherman Leland
Esquire, Judge of the Court of Probate
in and for said County of Norfolk,
Sarah Pope a resident of Dorchester,
in said County, aged eighty five
years, 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 4
1848; that she is the widow of
John Pope who was a Lieutenant
a Sergeant & Corporal in the Revolutionary
Army and served as a Lieutenant
in Rhode Island, in a company
commanded by a French Captain,
also in Rhode Island, as a Sergeant in a company,
commanded by Capt. Seth Sumner & as corporal in the
neighborhood of Boston, in a company commanded by Captain
Hopestill Hall
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and that for his services he received
a pension from the United States
under the Act of Congress of 7th
June 1832 and for a more  particular
account of the services of
her said husband and to the officers
under whom he served, she respectfully
defers to the Declaration made
by him at the time the Pension
was granted; she further declares
that she was married to the said
John Pope on the fourteenth day
of February in the year one thousand
seven hundred and ninety
nine and that her said husband
died on the fourteenth day of November
A.D. 1834; that she was not
married to the said John Pope 
before he left the service of the 
United States but that she was
married to him before the year 
one thousand eight hundred, to wit,
at the time above stated and that
she has remained a widow ever
since the decease of her said
husband

Sarah Pope

          Sworn to and subscribed
on the day and year first above written
Before   
S. Leland  Judge of Probate
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32.384  Act. Mar 3/55
                   Apl 2/55

Sarah Pope widow of
John Pope Corpl., Sergt., & Lieutenant

Capt.: Mass: Mily:
Col.

Revolutionary Pension under
Act July 29th 1848
No. 286.

Rd: 160 acres Aug: 15/55
Rev War.

Boynton



3824 iss. Aug. 17 1855
Eben. Tolman
Dorchester
Mass.


Mass.

29 248-- No. 285

Vol P. Page 109
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Application For Bounty Land

State of Massachusetts
County of Norfolk   SS.

               On this twenty-ninth day of March A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared before me a Justice of the
Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid, Sarah Pope, aged ninety-one
years, a resident of Dorchester, in the said County of Norfolk and
State of Massachusetts who being duly sworn according to law declares that
she is the widow of John Pope deceased, who was a Corporal, Sergeant and
Lieutenant

in the Revolutionary War, that she cannot state the particular dates,
length of services &c, but that her said husband obtained a pension, and
that she has since his death received a pension; and that the following is a
true copy of her pension certificate:

"---Department of the Interior---
---Widows Pension---

I certify that in conformity with the act of July 29th 1848, Sarah
Pope, widow of John Pope, who was a Corpl. Sergt. and Lieutenant in the
revolutionary war is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Fifty Eight dollars
and Fifty cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1843 and continuing
for life, unless she should again marry, in which case the Pension is not
payable after the time of such marriage--
{Seal]

Given at the Department of the Interior this 8th
day of August one thousand eight hundred and
forty nine.

T. Ewing  Secretary of the Interior

Examined and Countersigned:

J.L. Edwards   Commissioner of Pensions"

"No. 286"
"Payment to be made at Boston Massachusetts by Franklin Haven P.A. Agent
for paying Pensioners in the Agency of  -------Payable on the 4th
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk, S.S.    Dorchester, March 28th A.D. 1855
          I, the Subscriber, do hereby certify that the following
are extracts from the Registry of Marriages and Deaths in said
Dorchester:
               "Marriages in Dorchester by the Revd. Thaddeus Mason
Harris 1799:"
               "Mr. John Pope to Miss Sarah Davis both of Dorchester
February fourteenth Seventeen hundred and ninety-nine."

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-- "February 14. 1799"

Eben Tolman  Town Clerk.

"Deaths, 1834"
Col. John Pope November thirteenth eighteen hundred and
thirty four aged Eighty years."

I certify that the above is a true copy of the record with the exception
of the date, and age which is expressed on the record in fair
legible figures as follows: "Nov. 13th 1834 aged 80 years."

Eben Tolman Town Clerk

I, Eben Tolman above named, depose and say, that I hold the
Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and State aforesaid.
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and that the foregoing are true copies from the records of said
Town with the exception above named as certified by me.

Eben Tolman  Town Clerk.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk S.S. Subscribed and duly sworn to before me this
twenty-eighth day of March A.D. 1855

Lewis Pierce   Justice of the Peace
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State of Massachusetts in County of Norfolk
I, Daniel Davenport, of Dorchester, aged Eighty one years having
been duly sworn depose and say that I well know Col. John Pope
and Sarah his wife for more than thirty years before his death
that I know that they lived together as man and wife and
were so reputed... and that I am knowing to his dying on or
about the 13th of November, eighteen hundred and thirty four.
as I was Undertaker at his funeral---that I have known
his said widow from his death to this time--- that she has
remained unmarried and that I am disinterested.

Daniel Davenport

Subscribed and duly sworn to before me, who certify that 
the deponent is a creditable witness-- this twenty-ninth
day of March A.D. 1855.  I also certify that the words "of
Dorchester," and "husband" were interlined before signing.

Lewis Pierce   Justice of the Peace
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts, County of Norfolk

I, Thomas J. Tolman of Dorchester ages Eighty years
having been duly sworn depose and say that I was well acquainted
with Col. John Pope and Sarah his wife for many years
before his death, that I have known his widow who now applies
for bounty land from the time of his death until the  present
time-- that she has remained unmarried-- and that 
I am disinterested.

Thomas J. Tolman

Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-ninth
day of March, A.D. 1855. who certify that the deponent
is a creditable witness.

Eben Tolman,   Justice of the Peace
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No. 25626

John Pope Norfolk County
Massachusetts


Corporal       23 days
Sergeant       25 days
Private 9 mo.  3 days
           10 Mo. 21 days



Abel Cushing Jr. Dorchester
Massachusetts
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Private        7 mos.
Corporal                  23 days
Sergeant                  25 days
Lieutenant   2 mos.   3 days

23.33
 2.88
 4.17
26.67
  1.33
58.38
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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.  These 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 complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A statement, showing the Service of John Pope, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Served June 1775  7 mos.    Private        Capt. Payson, Col. Graton  77 years    Traditionary & Documentary
Vol. 29 Jan 1776  23 days    Corporal       Capt. Hall, Col. Robinson   Norfolk     evidence & ten depositions not
Served Apl. 1777 25 days    Sergeant      Capt. Sumner, Col. Gill  County   properly attached or authenticated
Served 1781  2 mo. 3 days    Lieut.          Capt. R. De Guiscord  Massachusetts
        10 Mo. 21 days                                Genl. De Choisy


I am, respectfully;
Your obedient servant,

J.L. Edwards
Commisioner of Pensions
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                                      2

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 withe 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 placed 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, musicians 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, Territory, or District of
                                  County of  ss.

On this ___ day or ___ personally appeared (a) before
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  for 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
subscribed 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 day 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.
      I,   _____ 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.
        In 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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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
JOHN HANCOCK, Esq;
Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the COMMONWEALTH of
MASSACHUSETTS
To John Pope Gentleman  Greeting.

YOU being appointed First Lieutenant of a Company of Militia
in the five Months Service at Rhode Island detached
to do duty under the Command of Brigadier General de Choisey
agreeable to a resolve of the General Court of the 16 June last.
By Virtue of the Power vested in me, I do by these presents, (reposing Special
Trust and Confidence in your Loyalty, Courage and good conduct) Commission
you accordingly.-- You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty
of a 1st Lieut. in leading, ordering and exercising said Company in Arms,
both Inferior Officers and Soldiers; and to keep them in good Oder and discipline:
And they are hereby commanded to obey you as their 1st Lieut. and you
are yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions as you shall from 
time to Time receive from me or your Superior Officers.


Given under my Hand, and the Seal of the Said Commonwealth, the fourth day of October in the Year of our LORD, 1781  in the 
Sixth Year of the Independence of the United States of America.

John Hancock

By His Excellency's Command,

John Ivery


annexed by
S. Leland Judge Probate
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3824


160 acres
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32.384


[letter postmarked Boston Mar. 1 1850]

To the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington  D.C.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary's Office, March 27, 1833

I hereby certify, that, from an examination of the Books
and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of
the Revolution, which remain in this Department,
that John Pope served as followsviz,
Under Capt Hopestill Hall, in Col. 
Lemuel Robinson's Regt. in the capacity
of a Corporal for the period of twenty
three days commencing January twenty ninth
1775, under Capt. Seth Sumner in Col. 
Gill's Regt. in the capacity of a Sergeant,
for the period of twenty five days, commencing
April 17th 1777, & under Capt. Raymond
De Guiscard in Col. Turner's Regt, 
as a Lieut., for the period of two months 
& three days, commencing October 4th 1781.
        The Christian name of Pope does not appear
upon De Guiscard's Roll.

Edward D. Bangs
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No. 32384

ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.

Received April 2, 1855

Sarah Pope,
Widow of John Pope,
Rev: War

Warrant No. 3324-160-55

Eben Tolman Dorchester,
Massachusetts
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Post Office Dorchester Mass.
Norfolk County, May 15, 1849

Dear Sir

          Yours of the 12 last in reply to mine
of the 28th of Decr. last respecting a Pension for
Sarah Pope widow of John Pope, is before m
In reply to which I beg leave to say that early in
April last past. I forwarded to your Department
the Declarations of the said Sarah Pope, duly executed
before the Hon. Judge Leland of this County
accompanied by certificates of the Secretary
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts all 
of which, I presume were rec'd at the Department
in due course of Mail.  Hoping they will
prove satisfactory & that I shall in due time
receive a certificate for the old lady now
in her Eighty-sixth year.
 
my [  ]

I  remain yr most obt. servant
Robert Vose
       P.Master

Hon J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
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Robert Vose Post Master
Dorchester Mass



J.L. Edwards Esq.

Commr. of Pensions
Washington D.C.
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Post Office Dorchester Mass.
Norfolk County Dec 28, 1848

Dear Sir

          John Pope late of this
Town was a Pensioner, under the Act of
1832 "(I think)" and received some 56 or 58 Dollars
per year until his death in Nov. 1834. He
was a soldier, Corporal, Sergeant, & a Lieutenant
in the Militia of Mass. in the Revolutionary War
& his Commission Signed by John Hancock
was sent to your War Department in 1832
or 1833-- He married Sally (Sarah) Davis
(in 1799 in Feby) she still lives, at the age
of 85 yrs (in Jany next) still his widow--
Now I am told she is entitled to a pension 
if she is will you write me how we
must proceed to procure it-- The certificate
of her husband I gave up to the Pension
agent in Boston. when Mrs. Pope received
the small amt. due her at his decrease.
          If I am not asking too much of
your Hon. I hope to receive answer
& am with much respect
yr most obt. svt.

J.L. Edwards Esq.       

Robert Vose PMaster
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I, Thomas Lyon of Dorchester in
the County of Norfolk, Yeoman of legal ability to
give evidence do testify & say that I was with
Mr. John Pope of Dorchester now an applicant for a
pension-- at Rhode Island in the company of Capt. Seth
Sumner of Milton-- Said Pope did Sergeants duty
in the company--The time of service command
about the first of May 1777 & I should think two
or three months said Pope & I were discharged
together-- whilst our men then were stationed at
Bristol

Roxbury Aug. 1st 1832

Thomas Lyon

Norfolk August 15th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to before me & I hereby
certify that said Thomas Lyon is a credible witness

S. Leland J. Probate

annexed to the file
S. Leland J. Probate Court

Lemuel Withington

Norfolk, August 15th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to before me & 
I hereby certify that said Lemuel Withington is a credible
witness

S. Leland J. Probate

annexed by me 
S. Leland J. Probate
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I Lemuel Withington of Dorchester in
the county of Norfolk Yeoman of legal ability to
give evidence do testify & say John Pope of said
Town did on the twenty eighth day of January
1776 enlist in the same company with me under 
the command of Capt. Hopestill Hall of said Dorchester
for the term of two months in the Massachusetts
Militia-- that we were stationed at Squantum in
said Dorchester& that we received our discharges
together on the thirtieth day of March the same
year-- Dated at Roxbury August 14th 1832

Lemuel Withington

Norfolk August 15th 1832 Subscribed & sworn to before me & 
I hereby certify that said Lemuel Withington is a credible
witness.

S. Leland J. Probate

annexed by me

S. Leland J. Probate
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Robert Vose P.M.
Dorchester Mass


J.L. Edwards Esq.

(Com. of Pensions)
Washington D.C.
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Post Office Dorchester Mass Sept. 7 1833

Sir

          John Pope, of this Town
rec'd a few days since a Pension
Certificate authorizing him to call
at the "Pension Office in Boston
& receive his pay-- On calling
there we find that his name 
has not been returned. Pay is
therefore refused--  Will you please
forward the name-- & oblige the
Old Veteran & your most obt.
Servant &c
Robert Vose
Post Master

 J.L. Edwards Esq.
Com. of Pensions

P.S. we rec'd the Certificate by the
way of Abel Cushing
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J.L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
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Post Office Dorchester, Mass.
Norfolk Co. April 6 1849

Dear Sir

          With this I forward you
the application of Widow Sarah Pope
for the benefit of the pension, under
the act of July 1848. Your attention to
it & the forwarding of the certificate to
me in proper time, will very much
oblige.  your most obt. Servant.

Robert Vose
Postmaster

John L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

P.S.  The amount of Pension
read by Mr. John Pope deceased.
husband of Mrs. Sarah Pope was $58.50 pension
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Secretary's Office, Boston, April 6, 1849

I hereby certify, that at the date of
the annexed attestation. Robert
Vose was a Justice of the Peace
for the County of Norfolk.

in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted:
and that to his acts and attestations, as such full faith and
credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the
Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.

W. B. Calhoun
Secretary of the Commonwealth