Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 26,548, Bracket Towle, N.H.
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(3-1776)

SERVICE
N.H.

Towle, Bracket
..............Nelly

NUMBER
W. 26548

CONTENTS
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Windsor Vermont
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Nelly Towle   419
of Orange Co in the State of Vt.
who was a Pri Sgt & Lt in the Co commanded
by Captain-----------of the---------commanded
by ------in the-------    NH
["line for" stricken out]  widow of Bracket Towle dec'd late a Private Sergeant & Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution
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Inscribed on the Roll of Verm't Windsor A'y
at the rate of 201 Dollars 12 Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension ifsued the 26 day of Jan'y
1837 and sent Hon H. Everett
Ho. of Reps
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1836 ........... $1,161.16
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Mar 37     105.56
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............................................................................$1,266.72
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(Revolutionary Claim,)
(Act June 7, 1832.      )

Recorded by D D Addison  Clerk,
Book A.   Vol. 1.   Page 42

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[illegible]
Feb 22, '37
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I Sherborn Dearborn of the town of Chester in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged seventy nine years in the month of September last past do testify and declare that I was a native of said Chester---and have always resided in said Chester I further declare that I was brought up in the immediate neighborhood of Bracket Towle who was also a native of said Chester and was always acquainted with said Towle from my early boyhood untill he removed from said Chester to the town of Corinth in the State of Vermont--I further declare that said Towle enlisted as a private soldier in the Spring of 1775 into Captain Thomas Coggswell's company with Lieutenant Jacob Elliot for eight months and served out said term of enlistment in said company inthe vicinity of Cambridge in the State of Massachusetts--I further declare that said Bracket Towle enlisted as a private soldier in the month of July 1777 into Captain Stephen Dearborn's company and Colonel Stickney's Regiment for the term of three months to go to the State of Vermont.  I enlisted into said company and Regiment at the same time with said Towle and we marched to Bennington in said State of Vermont and were both of us in Bennington Battle, we both remained in said company and Regiment the full term of our enlistment being three months and were honorably discharged at Stillwater in the State of New York.  I further declare that said Towle afterwards went to Rhode Island as a Lieutenant with said Jacob Elliot and was the in the army about a year.  I further testify and declare that I was well acquainted with Nelly Richardson of the aforesaid Chester before she was married and after she was married to said Bracket Towle.  I have been to school with said Nelly Richardson when we were children although she was older than me.  I was always acquainted with said Nelly from my early boyhood untill she and her husband Bracket Towle removed to Corinth in the State of Vermont soon after the Revolutionary War.  I know that the aforesaid Bracket Towle married said
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Nelly Richardson in the Spring of the year 1775 and soon after he enlisted into the aforesaid eight months service in Captain Thomas Coggswell's company  I never knew said Bracket Towle to have any other wife but said Nelly  I have frequently seen said Bracket Towle since he removed from Chester to said Corinth, but he has now been dead for several years.
Chester  December 3d 1836.
Sherborn Dearborn

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County ss.  Chester  December 3d 1836

Then personally appearing the above named Sherborn Dearborn, made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true
Before me  Samuel Aiken  Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Sherborn Dearborn for many years last past and that he is a credible witness and entitled to belief
Chester   Dec'r 3d 1836.
Samuel Aiken  Justice of the Peace
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I Jacob Elliot of the town of Chester in the County of Rockingham and State of New Hampshire aged eighty one years in the month of November last past do testify and declare that I was born in said Chester, and that I was brought up in the neighborhood of Bracket Towle and was well acquainted with him personally from my infancy, as said Bracket Towle was some years older than myself.  I further testify that said Bracket Towle entered the Revolutionary service as a private soldier in the month of May 1775 with me at Cambridge in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, said towle and myself enlisted for the term of eight months into Captain Thomas Coggswell's Company and Colonel Gerrish's then, and afterwards Colonel Baldwin's Regiment early in the month of May 1775 and said Towle served out his full term of eight months according to his enlistment with me and was honorably discharged with me.  I further testify that said Bracket Towle enlisted into Captain Stephen Dearborn's company and Colonel Stickney's Regiment for the term of three months in the month of July 1777 and marched to Bennington in the State of Vermont and was in the battle of Bennington as also in the time of his before described service I believe he was in the battle of Bunker hill  I was wounded in Bennington battle and was not with said Towle the whole of the three months, but know that he served out said last mentioned three months and was a faithful soldier.  I further testify that said Bracket Towle was commissioned as a first Lieutenant in the company of Captain Daniel Runnells and Lieut. Colonel Stephen Peabody's Regiment about the fist of January in the year 1778 and actualy served in said Runnell's company and Peabody's Regiment as a first Lieutenant for the term of one year in the State of Rhode Island.  I further declare that I was second Lieutenant in said last mentioned compay and Regiment and served out the full term of one year with said Towle from the time we left
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said Chester untill we were discharged--I was well acquainted with said Towle and was intimate with him during said last mentioned service.  We were discharged early in January 1779 and returned to Chester--said Bracket Towle married his wife in said Chester, her name was Nelly Richardson.  I was acquainted with her before and after marriage with said Bracket Towle.  I never knew that said Towle had any other wife but said Nelly, said Towle and said Nelly were married just before or during the Revolutionary War according to my best recollection I was not present at their marriage, but know that said Towle was a married man during the Revolutionary War.  said Towle & wife removed from Chester to the town of Corinth in the State of Vermont soon after the Revolutionary War and never have returned to Chester to reside.  I once saw said Bracket Towle in said town of Corinth in the State of Vermont
Chester  December 3d 1836.
Jacob Elliot

State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County  Chester  December 3d 1836

Then personally appearing the above-named Jacob Elliot made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true
Before me   Samuel Aiken  Justice Peace

I hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Jacob Elliot and that he is a credible witness and entitled to belief
Chester  Dec'r 3d 1836.
Samuel Aiken   Justice of the Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Rockingham County.  Town of Sundown  Dec. 6th 1836

I hereby certify that the following is an original entry and record on the town books of said Sundown

Bracket Towle and Nelly Richardson was marrid March 26th 1775  both of Chester
Attest Reuben Clough  Town Clerk

A true copy of the original record
Josiah Hoit Jr.  Town Clerk of Sundown

I Josiah Hoit Jr. of lawful age do testify and say that I am Town Clerk of the town of Sundown in said County of Rockingham at the present time and was duly chosen at the annual meeting for said town of Sundown on the eighth day of March last past and was then duly sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of town clerk by Samuel Pillsburg a Justice of the Peace in said meeting and have ever since acted as such   I further testify that the original record a copy of which is above certified appears ancient and as if written as long ago as the year 1775 and also appears in the hand writing of Reuben Clough

I further testify that the Rev. Josiah Cotton was the settled minister of said Sundown in the year 1775 and before and afterwards as appears by his receipts for his annual Salary on the town books of Sundown
Josiah Hoit Jr.

State of Newhampshire  Rockingham county fs.
Chester   Dec 6--1836.

Then personally appearing the above named Josiah Hoit Jr made solemn
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oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is just and true Before me
Robert Shirley Jr  Justice of Peace

I here by certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Josiah Hoit Jr for many years last past and that he is a man of truth and veracity
Robert Shirley Jr  Justice of Peace

State of Newhampshire
Rockingham County fs.
Chester  Dec 6th 1836
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[illegible seal affixed at top of page]

State of New Hampshire
Secretary's office   December 8, 1836

I certify that the within named Robert Shirly and Samuel Aiken are Justices of the Peace in and for an County of Rockingham duly qualified and their signatures as such genuine.  In testimony whereof I have hereto set the Seal of the State.
Ralph Metcalf  Secretary.
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State of Vermont
Orange County  SS.

On this 14 day of December 1836 Personally Appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Bradford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont a Court of Record and in Open Court holden at Said Corinth in Said District before William Spencer Judge of Said Court Lucretia Towle of Said Corinth Aged 31 Years in the month of May last past who testifieth and deposeth as follows--that she was well acquainted with Bracket Towle from her infancy and that he died on the 5th day of May 1827 and that Nelly Towle, has remained a widow, ever since that period, that I have ever been acquainted with her, from my infancy and further saith that the said Nelly Towle is the widow of the said Bracket towle deceased
Lucretia Towle

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written & I certify that the above named Lucretia Towle is a person of truth & veracity before
Wm Spencer, Judge of Probate

In testimony whereof I Wm Spencer Judge of the said Probate Court have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court on the 14th day of December AD 1836.
Wm. Spencer  Judge of Probate

[illegible seal affixed to the left of the above paragraph]
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871   3 &c.

  10.
  26.67
    1.33
160.00
    3.12
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    9.12  [stricken out]
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201.12

original case

admd.
8 mo  pri
2  "  8 ds.  Serg't
12 " 7 "  Lieut't
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no deduction

Hon. H Everett
Ho. Rep.

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Return to be made to Wm. Spencer  Corinth
Orange County,  Vermont.
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State of Vermont    )
Orange County  fs. )

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the third Section of the Act of Congrefs of the 4th July 1836

On this 14th day of December 1836 Personally Appeared before the Probate Court for the District of Bradford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont in Court of Record of unlimited jurisdiction in Probate matters and in open Court holden at Corinth in said District before William Spencer Judge of Said Court Nelly Towle a resident of Corinth in the County of Orange and State of Vermont, Aged 82 Years in September last past who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provifion made by the Act of Congrefs pafsed July 4th 1836.  That she is the widow of Bracket Towle, who was a Revolutionary Officer & Soldier that her husband Bracket Towle was under three engagements that he left their place of residence, then in the Town Chester, Rockingham County State of newhampshire, for to Join his regiment in the month of May 1775 as a private soldier  that he did not return to her again until eight months or more had expired.  that again he left her in the month of July 1777 to Join the Army and did not return to her again until the time of three months or more had elapsed.  I further testify that my deceased husband Bracket Towle Was commifsioned as a first Lieutenant in the company of Capt Daniel Runnels and Lieut Colonel Stephen Peabodys Regiment about the 1st of January in the Year 1778.  that she saw her husband Bracket Towle march away with soldiers to Join his Regiment and that he was absent one Year or more before he returned home again.  and that her deceased husband Bracket Towle a few days before his death left with her his Commifsion which is hereunto Annexed, all which can now be found of it, but as to his inlistments and services performed in the Revolution she refers to the Proof hereunto Annexed.  She further declares that she was married to the Said Bracket Towle on the 26 day of March 1775 by the Rev'd Josiah Cotton in the Town of Sundown Rockingham County and State of Newhampshire, and that at the close of the Revolution or soon after she with her husband Bracket Towle removed to this Town Corinth in the County of Orange and State of Vermont aforesaid and here have lived together until the day of her husbands death which took place the 5th day of May 1837 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by referring to the proof hereto Annexed and that she has no documentary evidence in her pofsefsion, excepting what is herein enclosed
Nelly  x her mark Towle
Attest--Wm. Spencer--

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year above written before Wm Spencer  Judge of Probate.

I certify that I have been personally acquainted with the above named Nelly Towles for more than 30 years and she has always sustained the character of a person of truth & veracity & that she made her mark in my presence
Wm Spencer  Judge of Probate

In testimony I Wm Spencer Judge of the said Probate Court have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court on this 14th day of December AD 1836.
Wm Spencer  Judge of Probate
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Brackett, Towle
[illegible] Wm spencer
16th March with Service to Jany 21, '31 wrote [illegible] Wm[?] [illegible]
Nelly Towle, Vermont
Widow Brackett
Pend[?] - Act Sh[?] 38
Ex by W Wade Feb '51
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Corinth.  March 6. 1846       [illegible--cut off]

Bracket Towle was a Lieutenant in the Continental line, [illegible--stricken out] died at Corinth about 19 years since  left a widow Nelly Towle who applied for & obtained a pension as the Widow of s'd Bracket Towle and sent in among her vouchers with her s'd application the s'd Bracket Towles Lieutenant Commifsion and which is now in the pension office at Washington City in her s'd application and refferences being had to s'd papers, Mrs. Towles has since deceased & Bracket Towles heirs are of the opinion that this ancestor B Towles was entitled to Bounty Land or Commentation money.  They are wishing for your afsistance to look up this matter for them, your attention to this matter will greatly oblige them, If any chance to get something drop me a line & oblige
Wm. Spencer.
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STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE
seal [illegible]  [left-side of page]

found mutilated [illegible] 10, 11  [This statement overlaps the following]

The Government and Peo
TO Bracket Towle Gent
We reposing especial Trust and Confid
and good Conduct, Do, by these Prefe
the said Bracket Towle
of Cap't Daniel Runnelles Comp
of Treopel served within [illegible]
States of New England & New Y
lecut Colonel Stephen Peab
You are therefore carefully, and diligently to disel
in leading, ordering, and [illegible] said Company
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ficers and Soldiers, and to keep them in good Order and Discipline ; hereby commanding them to obey you as their first Lieutenant and yourself to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Council and House of Representatives of said State for the Time being, and in their Recess from their Committee of Safety, or any your Superior Officers for the Service of said States according to Military Rules and Discipline, pursuant to the Trust reposed in you.  In testimony whereof we have caused the Seal of said State to be hereunto affixed : Witness Mesheck Weare Esq; President of our said Council at Exeter, the second Day of January - Anno Domini 1778
E. Thompson 
M Weare
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State of Vermont    )
Orange County SS. )

On this 14th day of december 1836 Personally appeared before the Probate Court for the district of Bradford in the County of Orange and State of Vermont a Court of Record and in open Court holden at said Corinth in said District before William Spencer Judge of said Court Samuel Hafseltine of Said Corinth aged 60 Years in the month of November last past who testifieth and deposeth as follows--that he had resided in the town of Corinth aforesaid during the term of 52 Years--that he has always been acquainted with Bracket Towle and Nelly Towle his widow for 52 Years past.  that he has resided within one mile of them during that time.   that the aforesaid Bracket Towle died on the 5th day of May 1827 and that the Aforesaid Nelly Towle is his Widow and had remained a Widow ever since that period and that it has always been said and I have always been told by them, that they removed from the Town of Chester Rockingham County, Newhampshire, to this Town Corinth aforesaid, at the close of the Revolution Or Soon After
Sam'l Hafseltine

Sworn to and subscribed on the day before above written & I certify that the above named Samuel Hasseltine is a person of truth & veracity--before
Wm. Spencer  Judge of Probate.

In testimony whereof, I Wm Spencer Judge of the said Probate Court have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of said Court on this 14 day of December AD 1836--
Wm Spencer  Judge of Probate.

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Bracket Towle

75  Cap. Tho's Coggswell  Vol 14--p. 64   Gerrick Mass on Roll   99 days to 1 ans   8 mo

77  Cap. Stephen Dearborn  NH  Sergt. on Roll  2 mo 8 ds   3 m

78  Cap. Runnells    Peabody--NH on Roll  Lt.  12-7 ds   12
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26,548
Revy
WIDOW, &c.

File No. 26,548

Kelly Towle
Wid of
Bracket Towle
Lieut  Rev  War

Act:  June 7th 1832

Index:---Vol. M, Page 423
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Nov. 30--1900--Hist to
T.W. Hubbard, San Francisco Cal
And Hon. Geo. E. Perkins  U.S.S.